4341 lines
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4341 lines
86 KiB
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{
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"emaciating":{
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"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"convalescing",
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"rallying",
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"rebounding",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating",
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"gaining"
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],
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"related":[
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"breaking down",
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"wearing out",
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"yielding",
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"degenerating",
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"deteriorating",
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"rotting",
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"running down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decaying",
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"drooping",
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"fading",
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"failing",
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"flagging",
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"going",
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"lagging",
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"languishing",
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"sagging",
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"sinking",
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"wasting (away)",
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"weakening",
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"wilting",
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"withering"
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]
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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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"emanates":{
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"to throw or give off":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"absorbs",
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"inhales",
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"soaks (up)",
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"sponges",
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"sucks (up)",
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"takes up"
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],
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"related":[
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"eliminates",
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"evacuates",
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"excretes",
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"exudes",
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"oozes",
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"secretes",
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"ejects",
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"erupts",
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"gushes",
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"jets",
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"outpours",
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"pours",
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"spews",
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"spouts",
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"sprays",
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"spurts",
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"squirts"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"casts",
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"discharges",
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"emits",
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"evolves",
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"exhales",
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"expels",
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"expires",
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"gives out",
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"irradiates",
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"issues",
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"radiates",
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"releases",
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"sends (out)",
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"shoots",
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"throws out",
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"vents"
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]
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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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"emanation":{
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"as in emission , effluence":{
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"emancipate":{
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"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bind",
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"confine",
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"enchain",
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"fetter",
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"restrain"
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],
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"examples":[
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"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel",
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"commit",
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"immure",
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"imprison",
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"incarcerate",
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"intern",
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"jail",
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"lock (up)",
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"conquer",
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"enslave",
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"subdue",
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"subjugate"
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],
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"related":[
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"bail (out)",
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"deliver",
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"parole",
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"ransom",
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"redeem",
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"rescue",
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"save",
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"disembarrass",
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"disencumber",
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"disengage",
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"disentangle",
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"extricate",
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"unshackle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"discharge",
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"disenthrall",
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"disenthral",
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"enfranchise",
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"enlarge",
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"free",
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"liberate",
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"manumit",
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"release",
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"spring",
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"unbind",
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"uncage",
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"unchain",
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"unfetter"
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]
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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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"emancipating":{
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"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"binding",
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"confining",
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"enchaining",
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"fettering",
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"restraining"
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],
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"examples":[
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"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"handcuffing",
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"manacling",
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"shackling",
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"trammeling",
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"trammelling",
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"committing",
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"immuring",
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"imprisoning",
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"incarcerating",
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"interning",
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"jailing",
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"locking (up)",
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"conquering",
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"enslaving",
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"subduing",
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"subjugating"
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],
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"related":[
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"bailing (out)",
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"delivering",
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"paroling",
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"ransoming",
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"redeeming",
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"rescuing",
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"saving",
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"disembarrassing",
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"disencumbering",
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"disengaging",
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"disentangling",
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"extricating",
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"unshackling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"discharging",
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"disenthralling",
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"disenthraling",
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"enfranchising",
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"enlarging",
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"freeing",
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"liberating",
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"loosening",
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"loosing",
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"manumitting",
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"releasing",
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"springing",
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"unbinding",
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"uncaging",
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"unchaining",
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"unfettering"
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]
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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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"emancipations":{
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"the act of setting free from slavery":{
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"antonyms":[
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"enslavements"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bondages",
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"serfdoms",
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"servitudes",
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"thralldoms",
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"thraldoms",
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"yokes",
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"captivities",
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"enchainments",
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"imprisonments",
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"incarcerations",
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"internments",
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"conquests",
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"subjugations"
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],
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"related":[
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"deliverances",
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"redemptions",
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"salvations",
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"autonomies",
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"freedoms",
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"independences",
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"independencies",
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"liberties",
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"sovereignties",
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"sovranties"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enfranchisements",
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"liberations",
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"manumissions"
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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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"emasculate":{
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"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nerve"
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],
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"examples":[
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"being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fortify",
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"strengthen",
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"embolden",
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"encourage",
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"hearten"
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],
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"related":[
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"debilitate",
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"enervate",
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"enfeeble",
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"neuter",
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"weaken",
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"prostrate",
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"sap",
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"soften",
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"tire",
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"waste",
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"frighten",
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"intimidate",
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"psych (out)",
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"scare",
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"terrify",
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"terrorize",
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"daunt",
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"discourage",
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"dishearten",
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"dismay",
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"dispirit",
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"craze",
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"derange",
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"madden",
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"unbalance",
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"unhinge",
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"discompose",
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"disquiet",
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"disturb",
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"faze",
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"perturb",
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"unsettle",
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"upset",
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"weird out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"demoralize",
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"paralyze",
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"undo",
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"unman",
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"unnerve",
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"unstring"
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]
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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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"embankment":{
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"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"breakwater",
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"jetty",
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"seawall",
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"breastwork",
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"bulwark",
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"earthwork",
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"rampart",
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"canal",
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"channel",
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"ditch",
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"gutter",
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"trough",
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"lock",
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"barricade",
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"barrier",
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"block",
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"floodgate",
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"sluice",
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"barrage",
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"milldam",
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"stank",
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"weir"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dam",
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"dike",
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"head",
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"levee"
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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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"embargoed":{
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"as in excluded , ruled out":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"embarkation":{
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"as in embarkment":{
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"embarkment":{
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"as in embarkation":{
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"embarrasses":{
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"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aids",
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"assists",
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"facilitates",
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"helps"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clears",
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"makes way",
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"opens",
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"unclogs",
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"unplugs",
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"unstops",
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"frees",
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"liberates",
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"releases",
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"unties",
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"loosens",
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"smooths",
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"smoothes",
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"encourages",
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"furthers",
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"promotes"
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],
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"related":[
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"balks",
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"checks",
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"constrains",
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"curbs",
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"reins",
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"restrains",
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"binds",
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"chains",
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"halters",
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"leashes",
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"tethers",
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"ties",
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"arrests",
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"brakes",
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"delays",
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"retains",
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"retards",
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"barricades",
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"blockades",
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"blocks",
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"roadblocks",
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"bogs (down)",
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"mires",
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"chokes",
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"smothers",
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"stifles",
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"strangles",
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"suffocates",
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"baffles",
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"foils",
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"frustrates",
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"stumps",
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"thwarts",
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"derails",
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"disrupts",
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"sabotages",
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"muzzles",
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"represses",
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"suppresses",
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"confines",
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"hedges (in)",
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"hems (in)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clogs",
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"cramps",
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"encumbers",
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"fetters",
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"hampers",
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"handcuffs",
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"handicaps",
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"hinders",
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"hobbles",
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"hog-ties",
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"holds back",
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"holds up",
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"impedes",
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"inhibits",
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"interferes (with)",
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"manacles",
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"obstructs",
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"shackles",
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"short-circuits",
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"stymies",
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"ties up",
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"trammels"
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]
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},
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"to make complex or difficult":{
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"antonyms":[
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"simplifies",
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"streamlines"
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],
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"examples":[
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"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abbreviates",
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"cuts",
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"shortens",
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"eases",
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"facilitates",
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"disentangles",
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"straightens (out)",
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"unravels",
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"untangles",
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"oversimplifies"
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],
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"related":[
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"develops",
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"elaborates",
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"expands",
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"intensifies",
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"magnifies",
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"confounds",
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"confuses",
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"messes (up)",
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"mixes (up)",
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"muddles",
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"snarls",
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"tangles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"complexes",
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"complexifies",
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"complicates",
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"entangles",
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"perplexes",
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"sophisticates"
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]
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},
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"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calms",
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"comforts",
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"consoles",
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"relieves",
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"soothes",
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"buoys",
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"cheers",
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"emboldens",
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"encourages",
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"heartens",
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"assures",
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"reassures"
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],
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"related":[
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"agitates",
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"bothers",
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"chagrins",
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"discomforts",
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"discomposes",
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"dismays",
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"disquiets",
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"distresses",
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"disturbs",
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"perturbs",
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"puts off",
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"puts out",
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"unhinges",
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"unsettles",
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"upsets",
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"debases",
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"degrades",
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"demeans",
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"humbles",
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"humiliates",
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"queers",
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"shames"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abashes",
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"confounds",
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"confuses",
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"discomfits",
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"disconcerts",
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"discountenances",
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"fazes",
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"flusters",
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"mortifies",
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"nonpluses",
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"nonplusses",
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"rattles"
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]
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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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"embarrassments":{
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"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a big suitcase filled with clothes proved to be more an embarrassment than a convenience on my trip"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catalysts",
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"goads",
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"impetuses",
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"incentives",
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"spurs",
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"stimulants",
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"stimuli",
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"advantages",
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"breaks",
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"edges",
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"aids",
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"assistances",
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"benefits",
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"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"equanimities",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"self-confidences",
|
|
"self-possessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposures",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"humble pies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"disconcertments",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifications"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embattle":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embattling":{
|
|
"as in mobilizing , mechanizing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embayment":{
|
|
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy",
|
|
"a river embayment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"port",
|
|
"road(s)",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bight",
|
|
"cove",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"estuary",
|
|
"firth",
|
|
"fjord",
|
|
"fiord",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"loch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embed":{
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drive (into)",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellished":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"satirized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated (on)",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellishments":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meioses",
|
|
"understatements"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"disparagements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pufferies",
|
|
"superlatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"hyperboles",
|
|
"magnifications",
|
|
"overstatements",
|
|
"paddings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzlements":{
|
|
"as in misappropriations , grafts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embitterment":{
|
|
"as in antagonism , envenoming":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazon":{
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"resound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazonry":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emboldened":{
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not too surprisingly, rock climbing tends to attract the more emboldened seekers of outdoor adventure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brash",
|
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"daredevil",
|
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"foolhardy",
|
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"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"psyched (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"chirked (up)",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"inspirited",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embosom":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"enwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"circumfuse",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"embower",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embossment":{
|
|
"as in embroidery , appliqu\u00e9":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embowers":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"enwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"circumfuses",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embracing":{
|
|
"as in surrounding , encircling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"leaving (out)",
|
|
"missing out",
|
|
"omitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comprising",
|
|
"consisting (of)",
|
|
"bracketing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"subsuming",
|
|
"taking in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugging",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"enclasping",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"straining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"demurring (to)",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"deciding (on)",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"lapping (up)",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domesticating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"borrowing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embracive":{
|
|
"covering everything or all important points":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"pickle\" is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"sketchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"encyclical",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"panoptic",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unrestricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"all-in",
|
|
"all-inclusive",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cover-all",
|
|
"cyclopedic",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
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"inclusive",
|
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"omnibus",
|
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"panoramic",
|
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"thorough",
|
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"universal"
|
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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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"embrocation":{
|
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"as in":{
|
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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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},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"emends":{
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
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"impairs",
|
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"injures",
|
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"mars",
|
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"spoils",
|
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"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"redrafts",
|
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"redraws",
|
|
"restyles",
|
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"revises",
|
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"reworks",
|
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"rewrites",
|
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"blue-pencils",
|
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"cuts",
|
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"shortens",
|
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"redresses",
|
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"rights",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
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"betters",
|
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"improves",
|
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"perfects",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"modifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"debugs",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emerges":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"goes (on)",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"springs (up)",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emigrations":{
|
|
"as in exoduses , evacuations":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eminently":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an applicant who is eminently qualified for the job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emitted":{
|
|
"to send forth using the vocal chords":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"ejaculated",
|
|
"exclaimed",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"uttered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nuclei that emit gamma rays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emollient":{
|
|
"as in softening , cushioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emotion":{
|
|
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my emotions after hearing the shocking news went from utter disbelief to overwhelming sorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"unfeelingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"insensibleness",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the emotion that the singer is able to instill in \"Amazing Grace\" is truly stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stoniness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cathexis",
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"emotionality",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"passionateness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"white heat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emotionalistic":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emotionality":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emotionlessness":{
|
|
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her seeming emotionlessness at her husband's funeral masked a grief that was beyond words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hysterics",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"vehemence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectlessness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emphasizing":{
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"overplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"foregrounding",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"punctuating",
|
|
"stressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more apparent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"jazzing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"italicizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emphatically":{
|
|
"as in resolutely , steadfastly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emplace":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rearrange",
|
|
"reorder",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"wedge",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"employe":{
|
|
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"navvy",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"temp",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"employee":{
|
|
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"navvy",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"temp",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"employment":{
|
|
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the employment of the kitchen oven as a storage cupboard had predictably disastrous results"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disuse",
|
|
"nonuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"reuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"usage",
|
|
"use"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his regular employment is that of a restaurant waiter, but he always identifies himself as an actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"pursuit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"workload"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joblessness",
|
|
"nonemployment",
|
|
"unemployment"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the parents tried to convey to their adult son the joys of steady employment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"demotion",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"retirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"conscription",
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"recruitment",
|
|
"incumbency",
|
|
"tenure",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"hire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"employments":{
|
|
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the employment of the kitchen oven as a storage cupboard had predictably disastrous results"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disuses",
|
|
"nonuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"reuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"usages",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his regular employment is that of a restaurant waiter, but he always identifies himself as an actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"hobbies",
|
|
"pursuits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"workloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unemployments"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the parents tried to convey to their adult son the joys of steady employment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"removals",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"demotions",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"retirements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"conscriptions",
|
|
"enlistments",
|
|
"recruitments",
|
|
"incumbencies",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"hires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"employs":{
|
|
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unemployments"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"removals",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"demotions",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"retirements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"conscriptions",
|
|
"enlistments",
|
|
"recruitments",
|
|
"incumbencies",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"hires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new factory that will employ 500 people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"locks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"reengages",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"headhunts",
|
|
"scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"signs (up or on)",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"cannibalizes",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"reuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"empowered":{
|
|
"as in enfranchised":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the federal agency empowered to collect taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disbarred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disenfranchised",
|
|
"disfranchised",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"credentialed",
|
|
"credentialled",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"swore in",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"equipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"empowering":{
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the federal agency empowered to collect taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disbarring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disenfranchising",
|
|
"disfranchising",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"credentialing",
|
|
"credentialling",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"swearing in",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"privileging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"equipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"empyrean":{
|
|
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"Pandemonium",
|
|
"perdition"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"limbo",
|
|
"purgatory",
|
|
"hades",
|
|
"netherworld",
|
|
"underworld",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"pit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Beulah",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Valhalla",
|
|
"afterlife",
|
|
"afterworld",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"otherworld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"above",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"kingdom come",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-utopia",
|
|
"dystopia",
|
|
"hell"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"dreamland",
|
|
"dreamworld",
|
|
"fairyland",
|
|
"wonderland",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Camelot",
|
|
"Cockaigne",
|
|
"Eden",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"fantasyland",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"lotusland",
|
|
"never-never land",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggesting heaven":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chthonic",
|
|
"chthonian",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"infernal",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"sulfurous",
|
|
"Tartarean"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"anti-utopian",
|
|
"dystopian"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"beatific",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"Olympian",
|
|
"paradisiacal",
|
|
"paradisiac",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"stellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"elysian",
|
|
"empyreal",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"supernal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emulated":{
|
|
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"corresponded (to)",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"measured (up)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"smacked (of)",
|
|
"spelled",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents\u2014not him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dittoed",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"reechoed",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"travestied",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pantomimed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emotionalism":{
|
|
"as in sentimentality , melodrama":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emerge":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"crop (up)",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"spring (up)",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"go (on)",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"empathic":{
|
|
"having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserative",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"largehearted",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"ruthful",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"unaffectionate",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"small-minded",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldhearted",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellisher":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that simple dress is beautiful by itself and doesn't need any embellishers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"emaciates":{
|
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"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"runs down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroil":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"embrangle",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazonries":{
|
|
"as in blazonries , bells and whistles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embowered":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eminence":{
|
|
"the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eminence of the Nobel Prize in the field of awards and prizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"paramountcy",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"preponderance",
|
|
"preponderancy",
|
|
"prepotency",
|
|
"prestigiousness",
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"famousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"megastardom",
|
|
"stardom",
|
|
"superstardom",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"illustriousness",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"notableness",
|
|
"ascendance",
|
|
"ascendence",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old citadel sits on an eminence with a commanding view of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude(s)",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"highland",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"mesa",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"sugarloaf",
|
|
"foothill",
|
|
"hillock",
|
|
"hummock",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knoll",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dingle",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"tidewater"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emasculation":{
|
|
"as in femininity , womanhood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"femininity",
|
|
"muliebrity",
|
|
"womanhood",
|
|
"womanliness",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"maidenhood",
|
|
"effeminacy",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"femaleness",
|
|
"girlishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"machismo",
|
|
"macho",
|
|
"manhood",
|
|
"manliness",
|
|
"masculinity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"maleness",
|
|
"boyishness",
|
|
"mannishness",
|
|
"tomboyishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |