dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/slu_MWT.json
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{
"slugfest":{
"as in fistfight , fisticuffs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slumbrous":{
"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"
]
},
"slurs":{
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awards",
"credits",
"honors",
"chastities",
"modesties",
"purities",
"goods",
"rights",
"honesties",
"integrities",
"legitimacies",
"probities",
"rectitudes",
"fames",
"glories",
"renowns",
"reputes"
],
"related":[
"black eyes",
"discredit",
"disesteems",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"guilts",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"sins",
"vices"
],
"synonyms":[
"blots",
"brands",
"onuses",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"related":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sluggishly":{
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
"examples":[
"the car responds sluggishly until it warms up"
],
"synonyms":[
"laggardly",
"leisurely",
"pokily",
"slow",
"slowly",
"tardily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"deliberately",
"purposefully",
"heavily",
"ploddingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immediately",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"readily",
"soon",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
],
"antonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"meteorically",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sluggishness":{
"as in dilatoriness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in apathy , lethargy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sluggish":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"slow to move or act":{
"examples":[
"reptiles are naturally sluggish at low temperatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"torpid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"apathetic",
"indolent",
"languorous",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"slack",
"slothful",
"sluggard",
"sluggardly",
"dormant",
"inanimate",
"motionless",
"resting",
"sedentary",
"static",
"still",
"dead",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"drugged",
"asleep",
"drowsy",
"somnambulant",
"catatonic",
"comatose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busy",
"engaged",
"occupied",
"working",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"hardworking",
"industrious",
"sedulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"active"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sluffs":{
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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":{
"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"
]
}
}