4904 lines
94 KiB
JSON
4904 lines
94 KiB
JSON
{
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"Murphy bed":{
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"as in bunk bed , couch":{
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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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"muck (about":{
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"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"eschew",
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"shun",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"overlook"
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],
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"related":[
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"intercede",
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"interpose",
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"intervene",
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"barge (in)",
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"chisel (in)",
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"encroach",
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"infringe",
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"invade",
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"trespass",
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"fiddle",
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"fool",
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"monkey",
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"play",
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"tamper"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"butt in",
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"interfere",
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"interlope",
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"intermeddle",
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"intrude",
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"meddle",
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"mess",
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"nose",
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"obtrude",
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"poke",
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"pry",
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"snoop"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"muck up":{
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"rectify",
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"refine",
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"reform",
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"remedy",
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"revamp"
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],
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"related":[
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"blunder",
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"gum (up)",
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"muddle",
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"piffle",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"damage",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"destroy",
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"wreck",
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"mishandle",
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"mismanage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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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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"muck-a-mucks":{
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
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"antonyms":[
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"lightweights",
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"nobodies",
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"nonentities",
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"shrimp",
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"shrimps",
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"twerps",
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"whippersnappers",
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"zeros",
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"zeroes",
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"zilches"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inferiors",
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"subordinates",
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"underlings",
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"mediocrities",
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"obscurities"
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],
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"related":[
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"barons",
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"czars",
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"tsars",
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"tzars",
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"kings",
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"lions",
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"magnates",
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"moguls",
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"princes",
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"princesses",
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"queens",
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"tycoons",
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"VIPs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big boys",
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"big cheeses",
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"bigfeet",
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"bigfoots",
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"biggies",
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"big guns",
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"big leaguers",
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"bigs",
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"big shots",
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"big-timers",
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"big wheels",
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"bigwigs",
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"fat cats",
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"heavies",
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"heavy hitters",
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"heavyweights",
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"high-muck-a-mucks",
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"high-muckety-mucks",
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"honchos",
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"kahunas",
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"kingfish",
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"kingpins",
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"major leaguers",
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"nabobs",
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"nawabs",
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"nibs",
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"nobs",
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"pooh-bahs",
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"poo-bahs",
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"wheels"
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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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"mucks":{
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"to make dirty":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cleans",
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"cleanses"
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],
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"examples":[
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"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decontaminates",
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"purges",
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"purifies",
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"disinfects",
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"sanitizes",
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"brushes",
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"dry-cleans",
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"dusts",
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"launders",
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"mops",
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"rinses",
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"scours",
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"scrubs",
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"sweeps",
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"washes",
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"wipes",
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"brightens",
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"deodorizes",
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"freshens",
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"renews",
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"spruces (up)",
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"straightens (up)",
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"tidies (up)"
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],
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"related":[
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"contaminates",
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"defiles",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"discolors",
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"confuses",
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"disarranges",
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"disarrays",
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"dishevels",
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"disorders",
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"draggles",
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"jumbles",
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"messes",
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"muddles",
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"collies",
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"crocks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"befouls",
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"begrimes",
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"bemires",
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"besmirches",
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"blackens",
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"daubs",
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"dirties",
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"distains",
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"fouls",
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"gaums",
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"grimes",
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"mires",
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"muddies",
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"smirches",
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"smudges",
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"soils",
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"stains",
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"sullies"
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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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"mucks up":{
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorates",
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"betters",
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"enhances",
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"helps",
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"improves",
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"meliorates",
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"rectifies",
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"refines",
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"reforms",
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"remedies",
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"doctors",
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"fixes",
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"patches",
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"reconditions",
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"renovates",
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"repairs",
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"revamps"
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],
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"related":[
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"blunders",
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"gums (up)",
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"muddles",
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"piffles",
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"blemishes",
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"blights",
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"damages",
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"flaws",
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"harms",
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"hurts",
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"impairs",
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"injures",
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"mars",
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"mutilates",
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"ruins",
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"spoils",
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"vitiates",
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"destroys",
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"wrecks",
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"mishandles",
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"mismanages"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blows",
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"bobbles",
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"boggles",
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"bollixes (up)",
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"boots",
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"botches",
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"buggers (up)",
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"bumbles",
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"bungles",
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"butchers",
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"dubs",
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"flubs",
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"fluffs",
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"foozles",
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"fouls up",
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"fumbles",
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"goofs (up)",
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"louses up",
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"mangles",
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"messes (up)",
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"muffs",
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"murders",
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"screws up"
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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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"muddy":{
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"full of or covered with soft wet earth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"pristine",
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"sparkling",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"squeaky-clean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"related":[
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"clayey",
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"loamy",
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"roily",
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"silty",
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"cruddy",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"gunky",
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"impure",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"squalid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"miry",
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"mucky",
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"oozy",
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"slimy",
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"sludgy",
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"slushy"
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]
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},
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"having visible particles in liquid suspension":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"crystal clear",
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"crystalline"
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],
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"examples":[
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"whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clarified",
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"filtered",
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"purified",
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"colorless",
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"transparent",
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"uncolored"
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],
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"related":[
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"dingy",
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"filmy",
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"hazy",
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"scummy",
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"unfiltered",
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"inky",
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"muddied",
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"muddled",
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"murky",
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"puddled",
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"sludgy",
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"opaque"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cloudy",
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"riley",
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"roiled",
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"turbid"
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]
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},
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"not clean":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"ultraclean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"examples":[
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"we were all muddy after playing outside"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"limpid",
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"pure",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"combed",
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"groomed",
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"neat",
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"tidy",
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"bleached",
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"purified",
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"whitened",
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"bright",
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"flawless",
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"perfect",
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"shiny",
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"sparkling",
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"unspotted",
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"untouched",
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"taintless",
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"unblemished",
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"undefiled",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"virgin",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"related":[
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"germy",
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"impure",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"insanitary",
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"uncleaned",
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"unsanitary",
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"unsterile",
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"unsterilized",
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"unwashed",
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"greasy",
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"gunky",
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"chaotic",
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"cluttered",
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"jumbled",
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"littered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"rumpled",
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"scruffy",
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"sloppy",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"raunchy",
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"scuzzy",
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"shabby",
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"skanky",
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"sleazy",
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"squalid",
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"collied",
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"crocked",
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"fuliginous",
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"sooty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"black",
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"blackened",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"dusty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"sordid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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]
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},
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"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clarify",
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"clear (up)",
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"illuminate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"simplify",
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"streamline",
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"disentangle",
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"straighten (out)",
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"undo",
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"unravel",
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"unscramble",
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"untangle",
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"decipher",
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"decode",
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"analyze",
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"break down"
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],
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"related":[
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"complicate",
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"perplex",
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"sophisticate",
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"entangle",
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"snarl",
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"tangle",
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"disarrange",
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"disarray",
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"discompose",
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"dishevel",
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"disorder",
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"disrupt",
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"disturb",
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"jumble",
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"mess (up)",
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"mix (up)",
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"muddle",
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"scramble",
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"shuffle",
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"tousle",
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"upset"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"becloud",
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"befog",
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"blur",
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"cloud",
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"confuse",
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"fog",
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"obfuscate"
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]
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},
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"to make dirty":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanse"
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],
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"examples":[
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"forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decontaminate",
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"purge",
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"purify",
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"disinfect",
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"sanitize",
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"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muddying":{
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complicating",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"draggling",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"crocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"informing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discombobulating",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"flummoxing",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"fuddling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"graveling",
|
|
"gravelling",
|
|
"mazing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muffled":{
|
|
"as in muted , softened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls muffled their conversation so that only a low murmur was heard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"soundproofed",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"mellowed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"smothered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the airport had been muffled in fog all morning long"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muffs":{
|
|
"as in foul-ups":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"muffed the repair job and had to do it again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulct":{
|
|
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"indemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"forfeiture",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulcted":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mules":{
|
|
"as in coyotes , gunrunners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crosses , hybrids":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hinnies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mull (over)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mull over the idea for a while and then let me know"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"muse (upon)",
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multicolored":{
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"displays of multicolored pottery from her native Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multicultural":{
|
|
"relating to or including many different cultures":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multicultural society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multifaceted":{
|
|
"having many different parts; having many facets":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multifaceted approach to health care"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multihued":{
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used multihued dinnerware and stemware to give the table settings a casual, festive look"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multipart":{
|
|
"as in mixed , heterogeneous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplex":{
|
|
"as in megaplex , plex":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"few"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multifold",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplied":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with each attempt the problems multiplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"gendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"parented",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"spawned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"procreated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplies":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with each attempt the problems multiplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"genders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"parents",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"spawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"procreates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multitalented":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multitude":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"peerage",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtail",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtail",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"rank and file"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mum":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept mum about the surprise bridal shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"smooth-tongued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"voiceless",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"sulking",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"wordless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mumbled":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't understand you if you mumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"buzzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mummify":{
|
|
"as in shrivel , wizen":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mummifying":{
|
|
"as in shriveling , wizening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"munch":{
|
|
"to eat (something) especially in a noisy way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We munched popcorn during the movie.",
|
|
"cattle munching grass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"munches":{
|
|
"to eat (something) especially in a noisy way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We munched popcorn during the movie.",
|
|
"cattle munching grass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"murder":{
|
|
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this weather is murder on my sinuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"riot"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"calvary",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"thorn",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrested for attempting to commit murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"mercy killing",
|
|
"filicide",
|
|
"fratricide",
|
|
"matricide",
|
|
"parricide",
|
|
"patricide",
|
|
"regicide",
|
|
"uxoricide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mismanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"murdered":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"screwed up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"murderous":{
|
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the murderous heat of the desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Viking warriors became legendary for the murderous fury they displayed in battle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"dovish",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"peacemaking",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"placative",
|
|
"placatory",
|
|
"propitiatory",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"homicidal",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"braved murderous machine-gun fire to capture the hill from the enemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sublethal",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"internecine",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those exams were murderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"murmur":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finished the tedious job without a murmur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"miserere",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could just barely hear the murmurs of the audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no prisoner dared murmur out loud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a college professor who tends to murmur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"buzz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"mutter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"murmurous":{
|
|
"as in low , soft":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muscle":{
|
|
"muscular strength":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"brawn",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"thew"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapableness",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"paralysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"firepower",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"horsepower",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potence",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)",
|
|
"win (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"blackmail",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"sandbag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"elbow",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shoulder",
|
|
"squeeze"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mushiness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prefers mindless action movies to the \" mushiness \" of romantic comedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"corniness",
|
|
"hokeyness",
|
|
"hokiness",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathos",
|
|
"gooeyness",
|
|
"lovey-doveyness",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"saccharinity",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentalism",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"soppiness",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mushroomed":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mushy":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mushy love story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mushy fruit that was obviously overripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"squooshy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mussed":{
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charmingly mussed look of a rock star in full rebel regalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind mussed up my hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"cluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musses (up)":{
|
|
"as in messes (up)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustering out":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mustered out of the army at the end of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musty":{
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"musty old gym socks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the musty prose of writers who use the same expressions over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"mutates":{
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"stabilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"morphs",
|
|
"transmutes",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"turns around",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"varies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mutating":{
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateauing",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"morphing",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"turning around",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mutations":{
|
|
"a significant and basic change":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sculpture series underwent several mutations as the artist experimented with different materials and techniques."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a result of a change in the genes of a plant or animal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"This coloration in the bird's plumage is a rare mutation ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muted":{
|
|
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was unexpectedly muted in the presence of her literary idol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"smooth-tongued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"voiceless",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"sulking",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"wordless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the muted cry of a frightened witness to a murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"tumultuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not excessively showy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"painted with muted colors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"low-key",
|
|
"low-keyed",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unflashy",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"closing the windows muted the traffic noise so we could get to sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"soundproofed",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"mellowed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"smothered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"muted the television while she was on the phone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
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"quietened",
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"settled",
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"shushed",
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"shut up",
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"silenced",
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"squelched",
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"stilled"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mutualism":{
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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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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"muzzles":{
|
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"as in beaks , mouths":{
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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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"as in silences , censors":{
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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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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"muzzy":{
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"not expressed in precise terms":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
|
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"definite",
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"explicit",
|
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"specific"
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],
|
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"examples":[
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"in an attempt to be all things to all people, the candidate offered to the voters an intentionally muzzy campaign message"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"candid",
|
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"direct",
|
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"forthright",
|
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"foursquare",
|
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"frank",
|
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"honest",
|
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"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
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"obvious",
|
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"plain",
|
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"unambiguous",
|
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"understandable",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
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"comprehensible",
|
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"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undefinable",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"unfathomable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with my mind still muzzy from the medication, I had no idea what the nurse was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiple sclerosis":{
|
|
"as in cerebral palsy , poliomyelitis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"munificence":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of poor communities now have school computers as a result of that billionaire's munificence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |