5251 lines
105 KiB
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5251 lines
105 KiB
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{
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"wreak":{
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"to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for":{
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"examples":[
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"wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inflict",
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"assess",
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"charge",
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"exact",
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"fine",
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"impose",
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"lay",
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"levy",
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"put",
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"dock",
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"excise",
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"mulct",
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"penalize",
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"tax",
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"extort",
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"shake down",
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"wrest",
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"wring",
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"bleed",
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"fleece",
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"gouge",
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"milk",
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"skin",
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"squeeze",
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"coerce",
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"compel",
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"force",
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"set",
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"reapply",
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"reimpose",
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"relay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wrestle (with)":{
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"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
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"I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chew over",
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"cogitate",
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"consider",
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"contemplate",
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"debate",
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"deliberate",
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"entertain",
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"eye",
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"kick around",
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"meditate",
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"mull (over)",
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"perpend",
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"ponder",
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"pore (over)",
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"question",
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"revolve",
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"ruminate",
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"study",
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"think (about or over)",
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"turn",
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"weigh",
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"beat one's brains out (about)",
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"chew on",
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"cudgel one's brains (about)",
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"look at"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"muse (upon)",
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"reflect (on or upon)",
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"reminisce",
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"analyze",
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"explore",
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"review",
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"conclude",
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"reason",
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"second-guess",
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"speculate (about)",
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"brood (about or over)",
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"dwell (on or upon)",
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"fixate (on or upon)",
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"fret (about or over)",
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"obsess (about or over)",
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"believe",
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"conceive",
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"opine",
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"absorb",
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"assimilate",
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"digest",
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"drink (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"slight",
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"dismiss",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"reject"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wrestling":{
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"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
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"examples":[
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"the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grappling",
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"rassling",
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"scuffling",
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"tussling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battling",
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"clashing (with)",
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"combating",
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"combatting",
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"contending",
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"dueling",
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"duelling",
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"fighting",
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"warring (against)",
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"bashing",
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"battering",
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"beating",
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"buffeting",
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"hitting",
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"punching",
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"slugging",
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"striking",
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"boxing",
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"sparring",
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"brawling",
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"skirmishing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wrests":{
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"to draw out by force or with effort":{
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"examples":[
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"the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"corkscrews",
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"extracts",
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"pries",
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"prizes",
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"pulls",
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"roots (out)",
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"tears (out)",
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"uproots",
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"wrings",
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"yanks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mines",
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"plucks",
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"removes",
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"takes (out)",
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"withdraws"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"implants",
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"inserts",
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"installs",
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"instills",
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"crams",
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"jams",
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"rams",
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"stuffs",
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"wedges"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"exacts",
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"extorts",
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"wrings"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bleeds",
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"fleeces",
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"gouges",
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"milks",
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"skins",
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"squeezes",
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"cheats",
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"racketeers",
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"swindles",
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"coerces",
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"compels",
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"forces"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to get with great difficulty":{
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"examples":[
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"farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ekes (out)",
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"scrapes (up or together)",
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"scrounges",
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"squeezes",
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"wrings"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquires",
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"attains",
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"draws",
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"earns",
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"gains",
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"lands",
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"obtains",
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"procures",
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"secures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
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"examples":[
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"I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"twists",
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"wrenches",
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"wrings"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"draws",
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"dredges (up)",
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"extracts",
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"jerks",
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"lugs",
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"plucks",
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"pulls",
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"tugs",
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"tweaks",
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"yanks",
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"jimmies",
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"levers",
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"pries",
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"budges",
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"dislocates",
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"displaces",
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"disturbs",
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"removes",
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"shifts",
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"transfers",
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"transposes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
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"examples":[
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"wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rips",
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"tears",
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"wrenches",
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"yanks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grabs",
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"nabs",
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"seizes",
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"snaps (up)",
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"snatches",
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"lops (off)",
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"nips",
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"amputates",
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"cuts (off)",
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"dissevers",
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"severs",
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"extracts",
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"forces",
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"jerks",
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"pries",
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"prizes",
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"pulls",
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"roots (out)",
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"uproots"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"reattaches"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wretches":{
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"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
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"examples":[
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"the clerk was an ungrateful wretch who stole money from his employer's cash register"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baddies",
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"beasts",
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"brutes",
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"caitiffs",
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"devils",
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"evildoers",
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"fiends",
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"heavies",
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"hounds",
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"knaves",
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"meanies",
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"miscreants",
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"monsters",
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"nazis",
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"no-goods",
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"rapscallions",
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"rascals",
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"reprobates",
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"rogues",
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"savages",
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"scalawags",
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"scallywags",
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"scamps",
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"scapegraces",
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"scoundrels",
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"varlets",
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"villains"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"villainesses",
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"blackguards",
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"criminals",
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"crooks",
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"culprits",
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"felons",
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"lawbreakers",
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"malefactors",
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"offenders",
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"perpetrators",
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"perps",
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"transgressors",
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"sinners",
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"trespassers",
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"wrongdoers",
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"cads",
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"heels",
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"serpents",
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"snakes",
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"vipers",
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"bandits",
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"bravos",
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"bravoes",
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"desperadoes",
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"desperados",
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"outlaws",
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"cons",
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"convicts",
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"jailbirds",
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"assassins",
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"cutthroats",
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"gangsters",
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"goons",
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"gunmen",
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"hoodlums",
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"hooligans",
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"racketeers",
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"ruffians",
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"thugs",
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"roughs",
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"rowdies",
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"toughs",
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"losers",
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"lowlifes",
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"lowlives",
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"ne'er-do-wells",
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"stinkers",
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"trash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"angels",
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"innocents",
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"saints",
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"heroes"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wreathing":{
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"to cause to twine about one another":{
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"examples":[
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"decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the \"country look\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enlacing",
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"entwining",
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"implicating",
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"interlacing",
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"intertwining",
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"intertwisting",
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"interweaving",
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"inweaving",
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"lacing",
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"plying",
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"twisting",
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"weaving",
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"writhing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"braiding",
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"plaiting",
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"platting",
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"pleaching",
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"blending",
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"fusing",
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"joining",
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"linking",
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"mixing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disentangling",
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"uncoiling",
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"untangling",
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"untwining",
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"unwinding"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
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"examples":[
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"wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"interlacing",
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"interspersing",
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"interweaving",
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"lacing",
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"salting",
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"threading",
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"weaving"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inserting",
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"intermingling",
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"mingling",
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"mixing",
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"alternating",
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"juxtaposing",
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"amalgamating",
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"assimilating",
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"blending",
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"combining",
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"commingling",
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"embodying",
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"fusing",
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"incorporating",
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"integrating",
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"merging"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to form a circle around":{
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"examples":[
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"pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circling",
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"compassing",
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"embracing",
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"encircling",
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"enclosing",
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"inclosing",
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"encompassing",
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"environing",
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"girding",
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"girdling",
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"ringing",
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"surrounding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circumscribing",
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"closing in",
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"cordoning (off)",
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"fencing (in)",
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"hemming (in)",
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"walling",
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"besetting",
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"besieging",
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"entrenching",
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"intrenching",
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"investing",
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"swarming"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wrench":{
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"a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something":{
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"examples":[
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"with a sharp wrench of the hammer I pulled the nail from the board"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"twist",
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"twisting",
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"wrenching",
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"wresting",
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"wringing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"draft",
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"draw",
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"extraction",
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"pull",
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"tug",
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"yank",
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"dislocation",
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"displacement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
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"examples":[
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"with one final hard wrench I was able to pull the cork from the bottle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"draw",
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"haul",
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"jerk",
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"pluck",
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"pull",
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"tug",
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"yank"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drag",
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"tow",
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"hitch",
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"twitch",
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"grab",
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"snatch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heave",
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"shove",
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"thrust"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"push"
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]
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},
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"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
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"examples":[
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"with one last sharp yank, he wrenched the lid off the bottle of ketchup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"twist",
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"wrest",
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"wring"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"draw",
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"dredge (up)",
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"extract",
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"jerk",
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"lug",
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"pluck",
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"pull",
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"tug",
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"tweak",
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"yank",
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"jimmy",
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"lever",
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"pry",
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"budge",
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"dislocate",
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"displace",
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"disturb",
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"remove",
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"shift",
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"transfer",
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"transpose"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"wrenched her shoulder by all of that heavy lifting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pull",
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"rack",
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"strain",
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"stretch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fray",
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"tax",
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"weaken",
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"damage",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"wound",
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"batter",
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"bruise",
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"tear",
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"cripple",
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"lame",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate"
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|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched the post out of the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"amputate",
|
|
"cut (off)",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreathes":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the \"country look\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"intertwists",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"inweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"pleaches",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"weaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"juxtaposes",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"merges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"cordons (off)",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreathe":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the \"country look\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"pleach",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"uncoil",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"thread",
|
|
"weave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"juxtapose",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"merge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrenched":{
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with one last sharp yank, he wrenched the lid off the bottle of ketchup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"jimmied",
|
|
"levered",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched her shoulder by all of that heavy lifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched the post out of the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"lopped (off)",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"amputated",
|
|
"cut (off)",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"uprooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattached"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreaking":{
|
|
"to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"reimposing",
|
|
"relaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrenches":{
|
|
"a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a sharp wrench of the hammer I pulled the nail from the board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twistings",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"yanks",
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"displacements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with one final hard wrench I was able to pull the cork from the bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"tows",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"snatches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with one last sharp yank, he wrenched the lid off the bottle of ketchup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"yanks",
|
|
"jimmies",
|
|
"levers",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched her shoulder by all of that heavy lifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched the post out of the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"amputates",
|
|
"cuts (off)",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"uproots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrestling (with)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wresting":{
|
|
"a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of wresting could loosen the rusted bolt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"yank",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"displacement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mining",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking (out)",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"racketeering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eking (out)",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounging",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"jimmying",
|
|
"levering",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting (off)",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrestles":{
|
|
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"rassles",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"tussles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes (with)",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"duels",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars (against)",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"spars",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"skirmishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreaths":{
|
|
"as in arrangements , garlands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"flowerets",
|
|
"flowerettes",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in circles , rounds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"hoops",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"annulets",
|
|
"beckets",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"furls",
|
|
"hanks",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"spires",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"whorls",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"cinctures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"girdles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrested":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"tore (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mined",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (out)",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"racketeered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eked (out)",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"jimmied",
|
|
"levered",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"lopped (off)",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"amputated",
|
|
"cut (off)",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"uprooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattached"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrecker":{
|
|
"as in destroyer , saboteur":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"desecrater",
|
|
"desecrator",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wretched":{
|
|
"extremely unsatisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this report is simply wretched \u2014you'll have to rewrite it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"satisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wretched lie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lived alone in a wretched room in a run-down hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
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"cold",
|
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"comfortless",
|
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"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
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"sullen",
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"sunless",
|
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"tenebrific",
|
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"tenebrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"blue",
|
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"dejected",
|
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"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wretched attempt at writing an original song"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was wretched for weeks after breaking up with her boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wretched treatment of women earned him a bad reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of low quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wretched goods that aren't even worth half of what the store is charging for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"schlock",
|
|
"schlocky",
|
|
"shlock",
|
|
"shlocky",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"trumpery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"top-notch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserving of one's pity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those wretched souls who cannot even afford a decent roof over their heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressive",
|
|
"uninspiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pampered socialite complained that the only room available was in a wretched little motel by the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"meritless",
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreck":{
|
|
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found the wreck of the ship lying on the floor of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the destruction or loss of a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wreck cost the insurance company millions of dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"stranding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"scuttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dangerous stretch of roadway that has been the scene of numerous car wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"crack-up",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"smashup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"pileup",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many an unwary captain has wrecked his ship on the shoals that surround the island"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"strand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"scuttle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scotch",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"unbuild",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wretchedness":{
|
|
"as in woe , misery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in miserableness , lousiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lousiness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainousness",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"turpitude",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"pureness",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"cleanness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreaks":{
|
|
"to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"reimposes",
|
|
"relays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrest":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (out)",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eke (out)",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"yank",
|
|
"jimmy",
|
|
"lever",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"amputate",
|
|
"cut (off)",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrenching":{
|
|
"intensely or unbearably painful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forced to make the emotionally wrenching decision to place her mother in a nursing home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"torturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"tingling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a lot of wrenching and tugging, the plumber managed to pull the stubborn pipe free"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"yank",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"displacement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with one last sharp yank, he wrenched the lid off the bottle of ketchup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"jimmying",
|
|
"levering",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched her shoulder by all of that heavy lifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fraying",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrenched the post out of the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting (off)",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reattaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrecked":{
|
|
"as in destroyed , ruined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many an unwary captain has wrecked his ship on the shoals that surround the island"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwrecked",
|
|
"stranded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"scuttled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"salvaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wracked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"scotched",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"unbuilt",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"havocked",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreathed":{
|
|
"as in garlanded , emblazoned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"gold-plated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the \"country look\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"platted",
|
|
"pleached",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"salted",
|
|
"threaded",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"merged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrestle":{
|
|
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"rassle",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"tussle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash (with)",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war (against)",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"spar",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"skirmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrestled":{
|
|
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"rassled",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"tussled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"clashed (with)",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"dueled",
|
|
"duelled",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred (against)",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"sparred",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"skirmished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreckages":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wreckage of those ancient statues represents a great loss to the art world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wretch":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clerk was an ungrateful wretch who stole money from his employer's cash register"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreath":{
|
|
"as in arrangement , garland":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"floweret",
|
|
"flowerette",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in circle , round":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"hoop",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"annulet",
|
|
"becket",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"furl",
|
|
"hank",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spire",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"whorl",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"girdle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrecks":{
|
|
"the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dangerous stretch of roadway that has been the scene of numerous car wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"crack-ups",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"smashups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"pileups",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many an unwary captain has wrecked his ship on the shoals that surround the island"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"scuttles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"salvages"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scotches",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"unbuilds",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"havocs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vandalizes",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreckage":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wreckage of those ancient statues represents a great loss to the art world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wreckage of the cathedral was kept as a memorial and as a reminder of war's terrible cost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the destruction or loss of a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"debris floated ashore for weeks after the wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"stranding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"scuttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wretchedly":{
|
|
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole hockey team played wretchedly that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmally",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"grossly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"stingily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're wretchedly disappointed in you for behaving so irresponsibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrestles (with)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"perpends",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreckers":{
|
|
"as in destroyers , saboteurs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishers",
|
|
"desecraters",
|
|
"desecrators",
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"ruiners",
|
|
"saboteurs",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"defacers",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"graffitists",
|
|
"taggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"savers",
|
|
"conservators",
|
|
"preservationists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wreaked":{
|
|
"to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"levied",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"reapplied",
|
|
"reimposed",
|
|
"relaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrestled (with)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrecking":{
|
|
"the destruction or loss of a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wrecking of the freighter was one of the worst disasters ever on the Great Lakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"stranding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"scuttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many an unwary captain has wrecked his ship on the shoals that surround the island"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
|
"stranding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"scuttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"salvaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"scotching",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"unbuilding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"havocking",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
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"organizing",
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"conserving",
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"preserving",
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"protecting",
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"saving",
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"rebuilding",
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"reconstructing",
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"remodeling",
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"renovating",
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"restoring"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"building",
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"constructing",
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"erecting",
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"putting up",
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"raising",
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"rearing",
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"setting up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |