2872 lines
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2872 lines
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{
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"amalgamated":{
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"made from the joining of two or more parts or elements":{
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"antonyms":[
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"noncompound",
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"simple"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union was formed from the merger of the clothing workers' and textile workers' unions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"uncombined",
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"unmixed"
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],
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"related":[
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"blended",
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"combined",
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"commingled",
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"mingled",
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"mixed",
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"coalescent",
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"fused",
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"integrated",
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"interlaced",
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"intermixed",
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"intertwined",
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"interwoven",
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"cut-and-paste"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"composite",
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"compound"
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]
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},
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"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
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"antonyms":[
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"broke down",
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"broke up",
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"separated",
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"unmixed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"silver amalgamated with mercury is used for tooth fillings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cleaved",
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"cleft",
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"disjoined",
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"disunited",
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"divided",
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"divorced",
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"parted",
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"ruptured",
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"severed",
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"sundered",
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"dispersed",
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"dissolved",
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"scattered",
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"detached",
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"disengaged",
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"split"
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],
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"related":[
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"added",
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"admixed",
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"beat (in)",
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"cut in",
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"folded",
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"stirred",
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"tossed",
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"coalesced",
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"compounded",
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"emulsified",
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"conjoined",
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"joined",
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"knit",
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"knitted",
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"linked",
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"united",
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"intertwined",
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"interwove",
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"interweaved",
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"wove",
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"weaved"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blended",
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"blent",
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"combined",
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"comingled",
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"commingled",
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"commixed",
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"composited",
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"concreted",
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"conflated",
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"fused",
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"homogenized",
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"immingled",
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"immixed",
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"incorporated",
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"integrated",
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"interfused",
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"intermingled",
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"intermixed",
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"melded",
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"merged",
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"mingled",
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"mixed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"amalgamation":{
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"a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an amalgamation of peat moss and vermiculite is a good medium for starting vegetable seedlings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"component",
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"constituent",
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"element",
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"ingredient"
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],
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"related":[
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"half-and-half",
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"absorption",
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"blending",
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"coalescence",
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"coalition",
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"commingling",
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"commixture",
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"compost",
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"concretion",
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"homogenization",
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"immingling",
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"immixture",
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"incorporation",
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"integration",
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"interfusion",
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"intermingling",
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"mergence",
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"merger",
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"merging",
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"mingling",
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"assortment",
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"hash",
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"hodgepodge",
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"hotchpotch",
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"jumble",
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"medley",
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"m\u00e9lange",
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"mishmash",
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"motley",
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"patchwork",
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"potpourri",
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"variety",
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"accumulation",
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"aggregation",
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"conglomeration"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"admixture",
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"alloy",
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"amalgam",
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"blend",
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"cocktail",
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"combination",
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"composite",
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"compound",
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"conflation",
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"emulsion",
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"fusion",
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"intermixture",
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"meld",
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"mix",
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"mixture",
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"synthesis"
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]
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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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"amateurishly":{
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"as in poorly , ineptly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"amateurishness":{
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"a lack of the level of skill associated with an expert or professional":{
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"antonyms":[
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"expertness",
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"masterfulness",
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"masterliness",
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"professionalism"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I was surprised at the amateurishness of the dance presentation, considering it was put on by supposed professionals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"finish",
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"polish",
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"ability",
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"adeptness",
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"competence",
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"proficiency",
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"skill",
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"skillfulness",
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"talent",
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"virtuosity"
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],
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"related":[
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"inexperience",
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"unpreparedness",
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"clumsiness",
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"crudeness",
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"ham-handedness",
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"heavy-handedness",
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"inability",
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"inaptitude",
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"incompetence",
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"incompetency",
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"unskillfulness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amateurism",
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"dilettantism",
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"inexpertness"
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]
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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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"amatory":{
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"of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonerotic",
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"unerotic",
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"unsexy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"amatory letters that kept their love alive during the years they were separated by war"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"decent",
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"decorous",
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"polite",
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"proper",
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"seemly",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive"
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],
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"related":[
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"autoerotic",
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"carnal",
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"fleshly",
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"sensual",
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"sensuous",
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"bawdy",
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"lascivious",
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"lewd",
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"lustful",
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"obscene",
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"prurient",
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"racy",
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"spicy",
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"suggestive",
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"titillating",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"indecent",
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"nasty",
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"pornographic",
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"ribald",
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"smutty",
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"unprintable",
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"vulgar",
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"fetishistic",
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"perversive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amorous",
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"aphrodisiac",
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"aphrodisiacal",
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"erogenous",
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"erotic",
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"erotical",
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"erotogenic",
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"sexy",
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"steamy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"amazed":{
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"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"you'd be amazed at the destruction one small squirrel can cause inside a house"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blas\u00e9",
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"blase",
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"casual",
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"nonchalant",
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"unruffled"
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],
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"related":[
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"blindsided",
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"startled",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"aghast",
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"appalled",
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"dismayed",
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"horrified",
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"bewildered",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"overwhelmed",
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"agape",
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"awed",
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"awesome",
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"openmouthed",
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"wide-eyed",
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"widemouthed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"awestruck",
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"awestricken",
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"bowled over",
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"dumbfounded",
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"dumfounded",
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"dumbstruck",
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"flabbergasted",
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"shocked",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"thunderstruck"
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]
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},
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"filled with amazement or wonder":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a visitor cannot help but be amazed by the size of the Great Pyramid"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unimpressed",
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"disinterested",
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"incurious",
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"indifferent",
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"unconcerned",
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"uninterested",
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"dispassionate",
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"emotionless",
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"impassive",
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"unemotional",
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"bored",
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"jaded"
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],
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"related":[
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"startled",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"bemused",
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"bewildered",
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"puzzled",
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"overwhelmed",
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"staggered",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"awed",
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"awestruck",
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"awestricken",
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"dumbfounded",
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"dumfounded",
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"flabbergasted",
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"marveling",
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"marvelling",
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"openmouthed",
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"wondering"
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]
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},
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"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"your ability to remember names and faces amazes me"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"befuddled",
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"bewildered",
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"blew away",
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"blindsided",
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"confounded",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"discomfited",
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"disconcerted",
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"dismayed",
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"jarred",
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"muddled",
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"nonplussed",
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"nonplused",
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"perplexed",
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"shook up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"bowled over",
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"dumbfounded",
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"dumfounded",
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"flabbergasted",
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"floored",
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"rocked",
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"shocked",
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"startled",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"thunderstruck"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"amazement":{
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"the rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Israelites watched in amazement as the Red Sea parted so that they could cross on dry land"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"apathy",
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"disinterest",
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"incuriosity",
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"indifference",
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"unconcern",
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"boredom",
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"doldrums",
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"ennui",
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"listlessness",
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"restlessness",
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"tedium",
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"tiredness",
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"weariness",
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"weltschmerz",
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"cheerlessness",
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"dispiritedness",
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"joylessness",
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"melancholy"
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],
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"related":[
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"dread",
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"fear",
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"respect",
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"reverence",
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"veneration",
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"curiosity",
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"interest",
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"shock",
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"surprise",
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"disbelief",
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"incomprehension",
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"incredulity",
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"beguilement",
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"bewitchment",
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"captivation",
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"enchantment",
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"fascination",
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"animation",
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"enlightenment",
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"excitement",
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"invigoration",
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"stimulation",
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"absorption",
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"engagement",
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"engrossment",
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"enthrallment",
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"immersion",
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"involvement"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"admiration",
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"astonishment",
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"awe",
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"wonder",
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"wonderment"
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]
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},
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"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"imagine Dorothy's amazement when she discovered that the Wizard of Oz was just an ordinary man"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"awe",
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"wonder",
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"wonderment",
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"startle",
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"bewilderment",
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"confusion",
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"consternation",
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"discomfiture",
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"dismay"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astonishment",
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"shock",
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"startlement",
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"stupefaction",
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"surprise",
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"surprize"
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]
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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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"ambrosial":{
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"having a pleasant smell":{
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"antonyms":[
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"fetid",
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"foul",
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"malodorous",
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"noisome",
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"putrid",
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"rancid",
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"rank",
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"reeking",
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"reeky",
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"skunky",
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"smelly",
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"stenchful",
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"stenchy",
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"stinking",
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"stinky",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the ambrosial air of a greenhouse filled with orchids"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"odorless",
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"unscented",
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"fusty",
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"musty",
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"stale",
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"gamy",
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"gamey"
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],
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"related":[
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"flowery",
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"fruity",
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"pungent",
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"spicy",
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"odiferous",
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"odored",
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"odoriferous",
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"odorous",
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"clean",
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"fresh",
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"pure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aromatic",
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"fragrant",
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"perfumed",
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"redolent",
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"savory",
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"savoury",
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"scented",
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"sweet"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
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"antonyms":[
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"distasteful",
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"flat",
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"flavorless",
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"insipid",
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"stale",
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"tasteless",
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"unappetizing",
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"unpalatable",
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"unsavory",
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"yucky",
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"yukky"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a platter heaped with exotic and ambrosial tropical fruits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"banal",
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"boring",
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"commonplace",
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"tedious",
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"noisome",
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"smelly",
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"stinky",
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"noxious",
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"unwholesome",
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"miserable",
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"wretched",
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"awful",
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"detestable",
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"disagreeable",
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"disgusting",
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"foul",
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"horrid",
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"nauseating",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"sickening",
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"unpleasant"
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|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"mouthwatering",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"ambulant":{
|
|
"traveling from place to place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scattering of ambulant vendors can be found on the downtown plaza"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"migratory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"itinerant",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"nomadic",
|
|
"perambulatory",
|
|
"peregrine",
|
|
"peripatetic",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wayfaring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ameliorate":{
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social legislation that must be given credit for ameliorating the lot of millions of deprived people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remediate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"refurbish",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"retouch",
|
|
"touch up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ameliorated":{
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social legislation that must be given credit for ameliorating the lot of millions of deprived people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remediated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"retouched",
|
|
"touched up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amelioratory":{
|
|
"as in supportive , constructive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amended":{
|
|
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge had heard the defendant promise before that he would amend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"regressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"shaped up",
|
|
"straightened (up or out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to amend the situation of the striking workers by supplying them with minimal food supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remediated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"retouched",
|
|
"touched up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Bill of Rights was adopted in an effort to amend a constitution that seemed to many to be deficient in guaranteeing individual rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"redrew",
|
|
"restyled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"righted",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"modified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"debugged",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amicable":{
|
|
"having or marked by agreement in feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"uncongenial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contract negotiations between the hotel workers and management were reasonably amicable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"competitive",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"symbiotic",
|
|
"synergetic",
|
|
"synergic",
|
|
"noncompetitive",
|
|
"nonconflicting",
|
|
"uncompetitive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"frictionless",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"unanimous",
|
|
"united"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finds his coworkers at his new job just as amicable as he ever could have hoped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"approachable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"fraternal",
|
|
"sisterly",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonhomous",
|
|
"buddy-buddy",
|
|
"chummy",
|
|
"collegial",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hail-fellow",
|
|
"hail-fellow-well-met",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"matey",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"palsy-walsy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amity":{
|
|
"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth club fostering amity among the city's many and diverse ethnic groups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonhomie",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"collegiality",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"rapprochement",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"cordialness",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"good-fellowship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"neighborliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amount (to)":{
|
|
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing\u2014that you can't babysit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"measure (up)",
|
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|
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|
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|
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},
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|
|
"bare",
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|
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|
|
"scant",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's ample time to order a pizza before the show"
|
|
],
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|
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|
"inadequate",
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|
"wanting",
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
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|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
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|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"aplenty",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cornucopian",
|
|
"galore",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"more than adequate or average in capacity":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a husky fellow, he always heads for the most ample chair in the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"incommodious",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
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|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
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|
|
"big",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
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|
|
"hefty",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"overscale",
|
|
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|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
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|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
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|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
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|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"adjective"
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"condensed",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after filing a report of missing luggage, he was asked to amplify a bit as to the circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
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|
|
"summed up"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
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|
|
"abated",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the number of blood volunteers was significantly amplified by the promise of thank-you gifts to donors"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"related":[
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
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|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
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|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
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|
|
"expanded",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fox's large ears serve to amplify such sounds as little critters skittering among stones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
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|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
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|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"amplify":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after filing a report of missing luggage, he was asked to amplify a bit as to the circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
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|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"dilate (on or upon)",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"flesh (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
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|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the number of blood volunteers was significantly amplified by the promise of thank-you gifts to donors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fox's large ears serve to amplify such sounds as little critters skittering among stones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broaden",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"restrengthen",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amplitude":{
|
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the amplitude of Thomas Jefferson's interests\u2014government, architecture, agriculture, science, philosophy\u2014is truly awesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"panorama"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amply":{
|
|
"in a generous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"parsimoniously",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"ungenerously"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"amply rewarded the boy who had found her necklace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"provocatively",
|
|
"coldly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"frigidly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"angrily",
|
|
"belligerently",
|
|
"begrudgingly",
|
|
"grudgingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"hospitably",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"congenially",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"selflessly",
|
|
"ungrudgingly",
|
|
"unselfishly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"beneficently",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"bigheartedly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"philanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounteously",
|
|
"bountifully",
|
|
"freehandedly",
|
|
"freeheartedly",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"liberally",
|
|
"munificently",
|
|
"openhandedly",
|
|
"unstintingly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amps (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"kills"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an important news story that doesn't need to be amped up with sensationalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes (up)",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"reinvigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restimulates",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"gingers (up)",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"juices up",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadens",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"restrengthens",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amputate":{
|
|
"to remove (part of a person's body)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amulet":{
|
|
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small cross made of goat bone was worn in the Middle Ages as an amulet to ward off evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gris-gris",
|
|
"grigri",
|
|
"juju",
|
|
"philter",
|
|
"toadstone",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"totem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ambushing":{
|
|
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the king's enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"pouncing (on)",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"sallying",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"mousetrapping",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"preying (on or upon)",
|
|
"stalking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amicably":{
|
|
"as in good-naturedly , jocularly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ambushments":{
|
|
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ambushments were a constant threat to travelers along the road to London"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"mousetraps",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"huntings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amuses":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the older girl amused her four-year-old sister at the family reunion by showing her off to all the relatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"solaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
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"bugs",
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"chafes",
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"disturbs",
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"exasperates",
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"frets",
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"galls",
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"grates",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"irks",
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"nettles",
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"peeves",
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"perturbs",
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"pesters",
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"piques",
|
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"upsets",
|
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"vexes"
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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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"amnesty":{
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"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
|
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"examples":[
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"the president of France traditionally grants amnesty to specially selected prisoners on Bastille Day"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"absolution",
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"forgiveness",
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"pardon",
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"remission",
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"remittal"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"parole",
|
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"acquittal",
|
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"exculpation",
|
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"exoneration",
|
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"vindication",
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"condonation",
|
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"exemption",
|
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"immunity",
|
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"impunity",
|
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"indemnity",
|
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"commutation",
|
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"commuting",
|
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"reprieve",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"conviction",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"condemnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"retribution"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ambulating":{
|
|
"to go on foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a progressive disease that compromises a patient's ability to ambulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"legging (it)",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"promenading",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"striding",
|
|
"trooping",
|
|
"power walking",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"trekking",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"footslogging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"gimping",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tiptoeing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"sashaying",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"trotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ambit":{
|
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"panorama"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"amulets":{
|
|
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small cross made of goat bone was worn in the Middle Ages as an amulet to ward off evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"mascots",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"periapts",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gris-gris",
|
|
"grigri",
|
|
"jujus",
|
|
"philters",
|
|
"toadstones",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"totems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |