dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ago_MWT.json
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{
"agonize":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"anguish",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"agonized":{
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
"examples":[
"one look at his agonized , tearful eyes and it was clear that something was terribly wrong"
],
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"aching",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirgelike",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicted",
"anguished",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"attacked",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"molested",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"crushed",
"oppressed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"smote",
"struck",
"tyrannized",
"victimized",
"hurt",
"pained",
"panged",
"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
"stung",
"wrung",
"martyred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"agonizing":{
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"examples":[
"agonizing cries rose up from the dungeon"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
]
},
"intensely or unbearably painful":{
"examples":[
"died an agonizing death"
],
"synonyms":[
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"racking",
"raging",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"torturous",
"wrenching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acute",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fierce",
"intense",
"vehement",
"violent",
"biting",
"cutting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"shooting",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"tearing",
"tingling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in suffering , mourning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grieving",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"weeping",
"cry",
"sob",
"tears",
"hand-wringing",
"regret",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"moan",
"plaint",
"wail",
"complaint",
"cri de coeur",
"outcry",
"protest",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exultation",
"rejoicing",
"cheering",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hesitation , indecision":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"introspection",
"premeditation",
"cogitation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"pondering",
"rumination",
"account",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"reflection",
"study",
"thought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"anguishing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aching",
"longing (for)",
"pining (away)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"sympathizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"agonizingly":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"agonizingly made the decision to have her beloved cat put to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"agog":{
"having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something":{
"examples":[
"parents agog for the latest news from the children away at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"agape",
"anticipant",
"anticipatory",
"expectant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"open-eyed",
"openmouthed",
"alert",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"anxious",
"athirst",
"breathless",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"raring",
"antsy",
"impatient",
"restive",
"restless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"unimpressed",
"uninterested",
"unmoved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"all agog to get started on their journey"
],
"synonyms":[
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"agonies":{
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"waiting all those hours to hear if he'd survived the plane crash was pure agony"
],
"synonyms":[
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"horrors",
"miseries",
"murders",
"nightmares",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"calvaries",
"crosses",
"curses",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"tribulations",
"calamities",
"misfortunes",
"tragedies",
"galls",
"thorns",
"bummers",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"recreations",
"larks",
"picnics",
"riots"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavens",
"paradises"
]
},
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"the agony of never knowing what happened to her son"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"anguishes",
"distresses",
"excruciations",
"hurts",
"miseries",
"pains",
"racks",
"straits",
"torments",
"tortures",
"travails",
"tribulations",
"woes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"trials",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"emergencies",
"pinches",
"asperities",
"difficulties",
"hardships",
"rigors",
"aches",
"pangs",
"stitches",
"throes",
"twinges",
"dangers",
"jeopardies",
"troubles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"alleviations",
"assuagements",
"eases",
"reliefs",
"peaces",
"securities",
"well-beings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"the announcement that the war was over unleashed a mass agony of joy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"fits",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agonistic":{
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
"examples":[
"clearly a writer with a chip on his shoulder, he's very agonistic even when stating indisputable facts"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"fierce",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bristly",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"ornery",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"stroppy",
"surly",
"testy",
"touchy",
"ugly",
"waspish",
"savage",
"vicious",
"battling",
"fighting",
"warring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-imperialist",
"antimilitarist",
"unwarlike",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"conciliatory",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"kindhearted",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"mild"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"agony":{
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"waiting all those hours to hear if he'd survived the plane crash was pure agony"
],
"synonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affliction",
"calvary",
"cross",
"curse",
"ordeal",
"trial",
"tribulation",
"calamity",
"misfortune",
"tragedy",
"gall",
"thorn",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"lark",
"picnic",
"riot"
],
"antonyms":[
"heaven",
"paradise"
]
},
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"the agony of never knowing what happened to her son"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"anguish",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"cross",
"crucible",
"trial",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"joylessness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"emergency",
"pinch",
"asperity",
"difficulty",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"ache",
"pang",
"smarting",
"soreness",
"stitch",
"throe",
"twinge",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"ease",
"relief",
"peace",
"security",
"well-being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"the announcement that the war was over unleashed a mass agony of joy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}