5072 lines
96 KiB
JSON
5072 lines
96 KiB
JSON
{
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"slugfest":{
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"as in fistfight , fisticuffs":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blows",
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"fistfight",
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"fisticuffs",
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"grapple",
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"handgrips",
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"punch-out",
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"punch-up",
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"affray",
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"battle royal",
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"brawl",
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"broil",
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"donnybrook",
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"free-for-all",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"mix-up",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"confrontation",
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"duel",
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"face-off",
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"joust",
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"pitched battle",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"altercation",
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"argle-bargle",
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"argument",
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"argy-bargy",
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"contretemps",
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"controversy",
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"cross fire",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"falling-out",
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"kickup",
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"misunderstanding",
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"quarrel",
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"row",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tangle",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle",
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"battle",
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"clash",
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"combat",
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"conflict",
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"contest",
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"dustup",
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"fight",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"hassle",
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"scrap",
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"scrimmage",
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"scrum",
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"scuffle",
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"skirmish",
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"struggle",
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"tussle",
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"catfight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"truce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"slumbrous":{
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"desiring or needing sleep":{
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"examples":[
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"parents putting their slumberous children to bed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dozy",
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"drowsy",
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"sleepy",
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"somnolent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"asleep",
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"dormant",
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"dozing",
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"resting",
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"sleeping",
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"slumbering",
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"nodding",
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"yawning"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"restive",
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"restless",
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"sleepless",
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"insomniac"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"alert",
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"awake",
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"conscious",
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"wakeful",
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"wide-awake"
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]
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},
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"tending to cause sleep":{
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"examples":[
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"the slumberous murmur of the wind in the trees"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drowsy",
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"hypnotic",
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"narcotic",
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"opiate",
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"sleepy",
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"somniferous",
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"somnolent",
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"soporific"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"depressant",
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"relaxant",
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"sedative",
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"tranquilizing",
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"tranquillizing",
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"calming",
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"comforting",
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"lulling",
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"pacifying",
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"quieting",
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"relaxing",
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"restful",
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"settling",
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"soothing",
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"analgesic",
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"anesthetic",
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"anesthetizing",
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"benumbing",
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"deadening",
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"dulling",
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"numbing",
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"hypnotizing",
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"mesmerizing",
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"stupefying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arousing",
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"awakening",
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"energizing",
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"invigorating",
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"rousing",
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"stimulating",
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"wakening",
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"waking",
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"bracing",
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"refreshing",
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"restorative",
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"reviving",
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"stimulative",
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"stimulatory"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"stimulant"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"slurs":{
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"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"awards",
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"credits",
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"honors",
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"chastities",
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"modesties",
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"purities",
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"goods",
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"rights",
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"honesties",
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"integrities",
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"legitimacies",
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"probities",
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"rectitudes",
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"fames",
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"glories",
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"renowns",
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"reputes"
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],
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"related":[
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"black eyes",
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"discredit",
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"disesteems",
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"disgraces",
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"dishonors",
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"disreputes",
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"guilts",
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"ignominies",
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"infamies",
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"obloquies",
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"odiums",
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"opprobriums",
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"reproaches",
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"shames",
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"corruptions",
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"debaucheries",
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"depravities",
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"immoralities",
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"iniquities",
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"sins",
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"vices"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blots",
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"brands",
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"onuses",
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"smirches",
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"smudges",
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"spots",
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"stains",
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"stigmas",
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"stigmata",
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"taints"
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]
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},
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"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accolades",
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"commendations",
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"compliments",
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"acclaim",
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"applauses",
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"praises",
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"adulations",
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"flatteries"
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],
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"related":[
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"catcalls",
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"gibes",
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"jibes",
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"jeers",
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"mocks",
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"quips",
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"sneers",
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"taunts",
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"abuses",
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"invectives",
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"vituperations",
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"disapprovals",
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"opprobriums",
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"disgraces",
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"dishonors",
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"shames",
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"attacks",
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"criticisms",
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"knocks",
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"slams",
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"swipes",
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"torments",
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"tortures"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affronts",
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"barbs",
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"brickbats",
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"cuts",
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"darts",
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"digs",
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"dises",
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"disses",
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"epithets",
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"girds",
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"indignities",
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"insults",
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"names",
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"offenses",
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"offences",
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"outrages",
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"personalities",
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"pokes",
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"put-downs",
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"sarcasms",
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"slaps",
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"slights"
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]
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},
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sluggishly":{
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"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
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"examples":[
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"the car responds sluggishly until it warms up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"laggardly",
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"leisurely",
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"pokily",
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"slow",
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"slowly",
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"tardily"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carefully",
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"cautiously",
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"deliberately",
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"purposefully",
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"heavily",
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"ploddingly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immediately",
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"posthaste",
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"presto",
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"promptly",
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"pronto",
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"readily",
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"soon",
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"impetuously",
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"impulsively",
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"rashly",
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"recklessly",
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"abruptly",
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"suddenly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"apace",
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"briskly",
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"fast",
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"fleetly",
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"full tilt",
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"hastily",
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"meteorically",
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"quick",
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"quickly",
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"rapidly",
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"snappily",
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"speedily",
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"swift",
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"swiftly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"sluggishness":{
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"as in dilatoriness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in apathy , lethargy":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sluggish":{
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"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
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"examples":[
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"the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dilatory",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"laggard",
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"lagging",
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"languid",
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"leisurely",
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"poking",
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"poky",
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"pokey",
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"slow",
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"snail-paced",
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"snaillike",
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"tardy",
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"unhurried"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deliberate",
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"measured",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"lethargic",
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"loafing",
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"lounging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"tarrying",
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"ambling",
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"heavy-footed",
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"inching",
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"plodding",
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"shuffling",
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"slow-footed",
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"strolling",
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"decelerating",
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"slowing",
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"filibustering",
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"procrastinating",
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"stalling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expeditious",
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"prompt",
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"ready",
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"accelerated",
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"hastened",
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"quickened",
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"hurried",
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"rushed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"bolting",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"careering",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"flying",
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"hasty",
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"hurrying",
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"lightning",
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"meteoric",
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"quick",
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"racing",
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"rapid",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"snappy",
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"speeding",
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"speedy",
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"swift",
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"warp-speed",
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"whirling",
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"whirlwind",
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"whisking",
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"zipping"
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]
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},
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"slow to move or act":{
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"examples":[
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"reptiles are naturally sluggish at low temperatures"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dull",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"lethargic",
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"quiescent",
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"sleepy",
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"torpid"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambitionless",
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"apathetic",
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"indolent",
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"languorous",
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"lazy",
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"lazyish",
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"listless",
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"shiftless",
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"slack",
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"slothful",
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"sluggard",
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"sluggardly",
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"dormant",
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"inanimate",
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"motionless",
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"resting",
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"sedentary",
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"static",
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"still",
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"dead",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"drugged",
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"asleep",
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"drowsy",
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"somnambulant",
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"catatonic",
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"comatose"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"busy",
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"engaged",
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"occupied",
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"working",
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"animated",
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"bouncing",
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"dynamic",
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"energetic",
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"kinetic",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"spirited",
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"sprightly",
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"springy",
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"vigorous",
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"vital",
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"vivacious",
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"zippy",
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"assiduous",
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"diligent",
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"hardworking",
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"industrious",
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"sedulous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"active"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"sluffs":{
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"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
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"examples":[
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"the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs , and mudflats"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bogs",
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"fens",
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"marshes",
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"marshlands",
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"mires",
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"moors",
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"morasses",
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"muskegs",
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"swamplands",
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"swamps",
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"washes",
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"wetlands"
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],
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"related":[
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"swales",
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"quagmires",
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"gucks",
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"gooks",
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"muck",
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"muds",
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"oozes",
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"slimes",
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"slop",
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"sludges",
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"slush"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"examples":[
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"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barges",
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"clumps",
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"flogs",
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"flounders",
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"galumphs",
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"lumbers",
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"lumps",
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"plods",
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"pounds",
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"scuffles",
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"scuffs",
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"shambles",
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"shuffles",
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"slogs",
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"stamps",
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"stomps",
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"stumbles",
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"stumps",
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"tramps",
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"tromps",
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"trudges"
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],
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"related":[
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"drags",
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"flops",
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"hauls",
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"blunders",
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"careens",
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"dodders",
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"lurches",
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"reels",
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"staggers",
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"sways",
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"teeters",
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"totters",
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"waddles",
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"weaves",
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"wobbles",
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"wabbles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drifts",
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"floats",
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"hangs",
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"hovers",
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"poises",
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"wafts"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breezes",
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"coasts",
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"glides",
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"slides",
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"waltzes",
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|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"molts",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluicing":{
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"douching",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumbered":{
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"drowsed (off)",
|
|
"nodded off",
|
|
"overslept",
|
|
"slept in",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"hibernated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"drowsed",
|
|
"kipped",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"lulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slutty":{
|
|
"having loose sexual morals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crude joke about a slutty roommate that was more fit to be told at a bar than a family dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sluttish",
|
|
"trampy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"celibate",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slues":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs , and mudflats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swales",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"molts",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugged (down)":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slugging down endless bottles of water in the intense heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted (down)",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"pounded (down)",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"tossed (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tippled",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"wined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurring (over)":{
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary that slurs over certain important facts as it offers a very biased case for a conspiracy theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluiced":{
|
|
"as in flushed , rinsed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"douched",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slung":{
|
|
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sling a hammock between the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"pinned",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"strung",
|
|
"extended (out)",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"depended",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"poised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slinging stones at the fence post"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slug":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"one well aimed slug on the head knocked him out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potato",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"do-nothing",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"layabout",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lotus-eater",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"good-for-nothing",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"creeper",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"clock-watcher",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"loller",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knocked back another slug of whiskey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got so angry that she slugged the back of the chair and knocked it over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slushed":{
|
|
"as in sprayed , sprinkled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"splattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluggards":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"lotus-eaters",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"good-for-nothings",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"creepers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"lollers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumped":{
|
|
"as in slouched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouched",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in declined , slipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluiceways":{
|
|
"as in spillways , sluices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodways",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spillways",
|
|
"millraces",
|
|
"millstreams",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"tideways",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"aqueducts",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"racecourses",
|
|
"raceways",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugger":{
|
|
"as in palooka , stumblebum":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palooka",
|
|
"stumblebum",
|
|
"boxer",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"gladiator",
|
|
"prizefighter",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"pugilist",
|
|
"bantamweight",
|
|
"cruiserweight",
|
|
"featherweight",
|
|
"flyweight",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"light heavyweight",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"middleweight",
|
|
"superheavyweight",
|
|
"welterweight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurp":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt (down)",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"pound (down)",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slug (down)",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluices":{
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douches",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drains , flumes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"eaves troughs",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"rainspouts",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"aqueducts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumped (over)":{
|
|
"as in dropped , plopped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"keeled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"free-fell",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"stood (up)",
|
|
"uprose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurping":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belting (down)",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"pounding (down)",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slugging (down)",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"tossing (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tippling",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
"wining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slue":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs , and mudflats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"swampland",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliate",
|
|
"molt",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugabed":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potato",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"do-nothing",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"layabout",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lotus-eater",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"good-for-nothing",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"creeper",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"clock-watcher",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"loller",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slushing":{
|
|
"as in spraying , sprinkling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"splattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumber":{
|
|
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a toddler looking so innocent and peaceful in slumber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"shut-eye",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"z's",
|
|
"zs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"rapid eye movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"drowse (off)",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"lull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumps":{
|
|
"a period of decreased economic activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stock market is in a bit of a slump , but analysts expect things to pick up in the next fiscal quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"recessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"stagnations",
|
|
"downbeats",
|
|
"downdrafts",
|
|
"downswings",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slowdowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"booms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slouches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in declines , slips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slur":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black eye",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"stainlessness",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in croon , troll":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"warble",
|
|
"yodel",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"serenade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in insult , affront":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurs (over)":{
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary that slurs over certain important facts as it offers a very biased case for a conspiracy theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scants",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"tends (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumbering":{
|
|
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a comparison between the inattentive nation and a slumbering giant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"semiconscious",
|
|
"sleepwalking",
|
|
"somnambulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my peaceful slumbering was interrupted by a ring of the doorbell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"shut-eye",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"z's",
|
|
"zs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"rapid eye movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"drowsing (off)",
|
|
"nodding off",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"sleeping in",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hibernating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"drowsing",
|
|
"kipping",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"lulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugging":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got so angry that she slugged the back of the chair and knocked it over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurring":{
|
|
"as in crooning , trolling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"crooning",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"sharping",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"yodeling",
|
|
"yodelling",
|
|
"caroling",
|
|
"carolling",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"serenading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in insulting , affronting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slushy":{
|
|
"full of or covered with soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slushy racetrack resulted in a significantly slower time for the winning horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"oozy",
|
|
"slimy",
|
|
"sludgy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clayey",
|
|
"loamy",
|
|
"roily",
|
|
"silty",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slushy music underscores the movie's emotional scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumberous":{
|
|
"desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents putting their slumberous children to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"somnolent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"insomniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slumberous murmur of the wind in the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slush":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you stand to read that slush in the tabloids?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he paused in front of the doorway to wipe the slush off of his boots before going inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a musical that has been reviled as pure slush by the New York critics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"goo",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"soap opera",
|
|
"sorghum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"tripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"that which is of low quality or worth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovered that slush is what publishers want, so that's exactly what she'll write",
|
|
"didn't want to put in the effort to produce anything better than slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheese",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"tripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spray , sprinkle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"splatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumbers":{
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"snoozes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drops off",
|
|
"drowses (off)",
|
|
"nods off",
|
|
"oversleeps",
|
|
"sleeps in",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"hibernates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"wakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"drowses",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"snoozes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"lulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"wakens",
|
|
"wakes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slump":{
|
|
"a period of decreased economic activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stock market is in a bit of a slump , but analysts expect things to pick up in the next fiscal quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"recession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"stagnation",
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"downdraft",
|
|
"downswing",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slouch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decline , slip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slushes":{
|
|
"as in sprays , sprinkles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"splatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sludgy":{
|
|
"full of or covered with soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sludgy riverbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"oozy",
|
|
"slimy",
|
|
"slushy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clayey",
|
|
"loamy",
|
|
"roily",
|
|
"silty",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slump (over)":{
|
|
"as in drop , plop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"free-fall",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand (up)",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluff (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluffs (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluggers":{
|
|
"as in palookas , stumblebums":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palookas",
|
|
"stumblebums",
|
|
"boxers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"gladiators",
|
|
"prizefighters",
|
|
"pugilists",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"bantamweights",
|
|
"cruiserweights",
|
|
"featherweights",
|
|
"flyweights",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"light heavyweights",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"middleweights",
|
|
"superheavyweights",
|
|
"welterweights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumps (over)":{
|
|
"as in drops , plops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"free-falls",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands (up)",
|
|
"uprises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugs":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one well aimed slug on the head knocked him out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"lotus-eaters",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"good-for-nothings",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"creepers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"lollers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knocked back another slug of whiskey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"drops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got so angry that she slugged the back of the chair and knocked it over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurred (over)":{
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary that slurs over certain important facts as it offers a very biased case for a conspiracy theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scanted",
|
|
"skimped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slug (down)":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slugging down endless bottles of water in the intense heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt (down)",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"pound (down)",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugs (down)":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slugging down endless bottles of water in the intense heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts (down)",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"tosses (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slush fund":{
|
|
"as in allurement , cumshaw":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on",
|
|
"backhander",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"baksheesh",
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"persuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluffing":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliating",
|
|
"molting",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"slipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumberers":{
|
|
"one who sleeps":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rip Van Winkle is one of literature's most famous slumberers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dozers",
|
|
"sleepers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomniacs",
|
|
"risers",
|
|
"wakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugabeds":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"lotus-eaters",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"good-for-nothings",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"creepers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"lollers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sludges":{
|
|
"soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't bring myself to read that sludge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"goo",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"soap opera",
|
|
"sorghum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"tripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurred":{
|
|
"as in crooned , trolled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"crooned",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"lilted",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"sharped",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"warbled",
|
|
"yodeled",
|
|
"yodelled",
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"serenaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in insulted , affronted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |