dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/fl_mwt.json
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{
"flagellate":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagellates":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagged":{
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flowers flagging in the summer heat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distended",
"stiffened",
"rose",
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"related":[
"slouched",
"slumped",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"dropped",
"fell",
"sank",
"sunk",
"subsided",
"yielded"
],
"synonyms":[
"drooped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"lolled",
"sagged",
"swagged",
"wilted"
]
},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flagged the cars into the other parking lot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"related":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagrant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that was a flagrant violation of the rules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"invisible"
],
"related":[
"arresting",
"clear",
"distinct",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"marked",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"plain",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"showy",
"splashy",
"absolute",
"arrant",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"sheer",
"stark",
"utter",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"deplorable",
"execrable",
"heinous",
"lousy",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"preposterous",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"conspicuous",
"egregious",
"glaring",
"gross",
"obvious",
"patent",
"pronounced",
"rank",
"striking"
]
}
},
"flameouts":{
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"ups"
],
"examples":[
"before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"related":[
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"abasements",
"disgraces",
"humiliations"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flames":{
"a person with whom one is in love":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"decided to look up an old flame while she was in town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"tootsies",
"amours",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds",
"crushes",
"heartthrobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catches",
"enkindles",
"deflagrates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"kindles",
"flares (up)",
"lights (up)",
"flickers",
"gutters",
"wavers",
"bakes",
"broils",
"chars",
"cooks",
"melts",
"roasts",
"scorches",
"swelters",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"sparks",
"sputters",
"beams",
"brightens",
"radiates",
"beats (down)",
"flashes",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"shines",
"sparkles",
"twinkles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"combusts",
"glows"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"bursts (forth)",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flares (up)"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares"
]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"winkles",
"winks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a flare in gift card sales around graduation time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"related":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ended the quarrel with a stunning flare of swearwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"related":[
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"daylight",
"moonlight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glow",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flame",
"glare"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare (up)":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"related":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"related":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flip (out)"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare-up":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"related":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"related":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flip (out)"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flaringly":{
"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flash point":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hot button",
"third rail"
],
"synonyms":[
"powder keg",
"time bomb",
"tinderbox",
"volcano"
]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tensions between the two longtime adversaries were at a flash point"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flash points":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
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"examples":[
"that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hot buttons",
"third rails"
],
"synonyms":[
"powder kegs",
"time bombs",
"tinderboxes",
"volcanoes",
"volcanos"
]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
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"examples":[
"tensions between the two longtime adversaries were at a flash point"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashbulb":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashlights":{
"as in lightings , lanterns":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flat-footed":{
"as in unprepared , unready":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flat-out":{
"as in completely , absolutely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
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"examples":[
"regarded their son-in-law as a flat-out loser and let him know it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"related":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"flatline":{
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
],
"examples":[
"the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"related":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flatter":{
"to praise too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"suck (up to)",
"toady",
"idolize",
"worship",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"felicitate",
"drool",
"gush",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"court",
"romance",
"woo"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulate",
"belaud",
"blarney",
"butter up",
"hero-worship",
"honey",
"massage",
"overpraise",
"puff",
"soft-soap",
"stroke"
]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boast",
"brag",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swash",
"vapor",
"vaunt",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pique",
"plume",
"pride"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flatteries":{
"excessive praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a talk show host who is known for charming her guests with disingenuous flattery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"related":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flannel",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flattering":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to praise too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"related":[
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"sucking (up to)",
"toadying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating",
"drooling",
"gushing",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"courting",
"romancing",
"wooing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulating",
"belauding",
"blarneying",
"buttering up",
"hero-worshipping",
"hero-worshiping",
"honeying",
"massaging",
"overpraising",
"puffing",
"soft-soaping",
"stroking"
]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boasting",
"bragging",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"swaggering",
"swanking",
"swashing",
"vaporing",
"vaunting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating"
],
"synonyms":[
"piquing",
"pluming",
"priding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flatters":{
"to praise too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"related":[
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up to)",
"toadies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"butters up",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"soft-soaps",
"strokes"
]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boasts",
"brags",
"crows",
"gasconades",
"swaggers",
"swanks",
"swashes",
"vapors",
"vaunts",
"congratulates",
"felicitates"
],
"synonyms":[
"piques",
"plumes",
"prides"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flaunting":{
"an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at first, her flaunting of her affection for her boyfriend was funny, but after a while it became tiresome"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"charade",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"simulation",
"affectation",
"pose",
"sham",
"betrayal",
"disclosure"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstration",
"display",
"exhibition",
"show"
]
},
"as in flashy , flamboyant":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"masking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"occulting",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"related":[
"brandishing",
"flourishing",
"waving",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"divulging",
"talking (about)",
"telling (of)",
"baring",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking"
],
"synonyms":[
"displaying",
"disporting",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flashing",
"laying out",
"parading",
"producing",
"showing",
"showing off",
"sporting",
"strutting",
"unveiling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flavorful":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
],
"examples":[
"makes a flavorful broth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
]
}
},
"flawed":{
"having a fault":{
"antonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect"
],
"examples":[
"a flawed paint job that resulted in some peeling almost as soon as the paint had dried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"unblemished",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"unspoiled"
],
"related":[
"fallible",
"blemished",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"examples":[
"that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"related":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flays":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"related":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"scales",
"strips",
"pares"
],
"synonyms":[
"barks",
"hulls",
"husks",
"peels",
"shells",
"shucks",
"skins"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleck":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flooring tile that is brown with flecks of white"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
]
},
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wiped a fleck of cookie off his jacket"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"related":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pepper",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flecked":{
"marked with spots":{
"antonyms":[
"unspotted"
],
"examples":[
"that flecked blue writing paper is so attractive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"solid"
],
"related":[
"spangled",
"marbled",
"moir\u00e9",
"moire",
"veined",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"piebald",
"pinto",
"roan"
],
"synonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"dotted",
"freckled",
"mottled",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotchy",
"spotted",
"spotty",
"stippled",
"variegated"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"peppered",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flecks":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flooring tile that is brown with flecks of white"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
]
},
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wiped a fleck of cookie off his jacket"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"related":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flee":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"fly",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a murderer who fled on foot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleeting":{
"lasting only for a short time":{
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"examples":[
"had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelong",
"continuing",
"durable",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indefectible",
"indestructible"
],
"related":[
"little",
"short",
"shortish",
"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fleshing (out)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"condensing",
"shortening"
],
"examples":[
"a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"contracting",
"outlining",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"related":[
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"developing",
"dilating (on or upon)",
"elaborating (on)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flew off the handle":{
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
],
"examples":[
"The manager flew off the handle when another customer complaint was called in."
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"related":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flexure":{
"as in twist , loop":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flibbertigibbety":{
"as in anxious , tense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flicking":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"related":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flicking (off)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flied":{
"as in canvas":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"get through",
"go down",
"go over",
"go through",
"play",
"take",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold up",
"pass",
"stand up",
"wash"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flight":{
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"custody",
"detention",
"hold",
"holding",
"retention",
"endangerment",
"hazard",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"related":[
"jailbreak",
"deliverance",
"liberation",
"redemption",
"release",
"rescue",
"salvation",
"close call",
"close shave",
"near miss"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"escape",
"getaway",
"lam",
"rout",
"slip"
]
},
"travel through the air by the use of wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aviation",
"aeronautics",
"ballooning",
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"paragliding",
"skydiving",
"soaring"
],
"synonyms":[
"flying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flimsy":{
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"a flimsy scarf that was more for decoration than for warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"knockabout",
"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
],
"related":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"fine",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"diaphanous",
"sheer",
"transparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"filmy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
]
},
"not likely to be true or to occur":{
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
],
"examples":[
"\"The check is in the mail\" is a pretty flimsy and tired excuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"earthly",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"potential",
"liable"
],
"related":[
"implausible",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unreal",
"wild",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flinders":{
"as in shiver , smithereens":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"fling":{
"a brief romantic relationship":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an ill-advised fling with a coworker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"intrigue",
"liaison",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"attachment",
"infatuation",
"entanglement",
"flirtation",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"passion",
"calf-love",
"puppy love"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"affaire",
"amour",
"love",
"love affair",
"romance"
]
},
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fling (off":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he flung away the used matchstick",
"flinging off dirty clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"related":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flinging":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flings (off or away)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"related":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"casts (off)",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"flinty":{
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"related":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"dour",
"gruff",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
],
"examples":[
"wrestling opponents intimidating each other with flinty stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flipped":{
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flip the coin over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"transposed",
"exchanged",
"interchanged",
"shifted",
"switched",
"overturned",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"inverted",
"reversed",
"turned over"
]
},
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pored (over)",
"studied"
],
"related":[
"browsed",
"dipped",
"glanced (at)",
"looked over",
"scanned"
],
"synonyms":[
"leafed",
"riffled",
"skimmed",
"thumbed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"float":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"berth",
"mooring",
"slip",
"embarcadero",
"dockyard",
"marina",
"quayage",
"shipyard",
"wharfage"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"jetty",
"landing",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"settle",
"sink"
],
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"lunge",
"plunge",
"dip",
"immerse",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"related":[
"bob",
"dangle",
"suspend",
"buoy",
"balloon",
"raft"
],
"synonyms":[
"drift",
"glide",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"ride",
"sail",
"swim",
"waft"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floats":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"berths",
"moorings",
"slips",
"embarcaderos",
"dockyards",
"marinas",
"quayages",
"shipyards",
"wharfages"
],
"synonyms":[
"docks",
"jetties",
"landings",
"levees",
"piers",
"quais",
"quays",
"wharves",
"wharfs"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"synonyms":[
"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"gads (about)",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"settles",
"sinks"
],
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"lunges",
"plunges",
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"related":[
"bobs",
"dangles",
"suspends",
"buoys",
"balloons",
"rafts"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifts",
"glides",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"rides",
"sails",
"swims",
"wafts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flog":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"related":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coast",
"fly",
"glide",
"kilt",
"sail",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"related":[
"jog",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"wallow",
"welter",
"falter",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"fumble",
"muddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bumble",
"flounder",
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"struggle",
"stumble",
"trudge"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flogged":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
],
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"related":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"barged",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasted",
"flew",
"glided",
"kilted",
"sailed",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"related":[
"jogged",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"wallowed",
"weltered",
"faltered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"fumbled",
"muddled"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundered",
"bumbled",
"floundered",
"limped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"struggled",
"stumbled",
"trudged"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
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"related":[
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"quirted",
"strapped",
"cut",
"flicked",
"touched up",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"fustigated",
"pistol-whipped",
"banged",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cuffed",
"hit",
"knocked",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"slated",
"slogged",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birched",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"flailed",
"hided",
"horsewhipped",
"lashed",
"leathered",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"slashed",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"whaled",
"whipped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flogs":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breezes",
"coasts",
"glides",
"slides",
"waltzes",
"whisks"
],
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"wafts"
],
"related":[
"drags",
"flops",
"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"synonyms":[
"barges",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"plods",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"trudges"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasts",
"flies",
"glides",
"kilts",
"sails",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"related":[
"jogs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"wallows",
"welters",
"falters",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"fumbles",
"muddles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bumbles",
"flounders",
"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"struggles",
"stumbles",
"trudges"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"flails",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flood":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
],
"examples":[
"a flood nearly wiped out the town",
"a flood of messages on my computer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"related":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"antonyms":[
"drain"
],
"examples":[
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"related":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flood tide":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
],
"examples":[
"the flood tide of criticism that the company received"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"related":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floods":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
],
"examples":[
"a flood nearly wiped out the town",
"a flood of messages on my computer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"related":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"antonyms":[
"drains"
],
"examples":[
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"related":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses",
"swamps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flop (down)":{
"as in lie (down) , doss (down)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flophouse":{
"as in dorm , dormitory":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flow":{
"as in flood , overflow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"antonyms":[
"back up"
],
"examples":[
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"related":[
"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"course",
"race",
"rush",
"fountain",
"gush",
"spout",
"spurt",
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overrun",
"swamp",
"cascade",
"dribble",
"drip",
"gutter",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"sheet",
"trickle",
"flush",
"wash out"
],
"synonyms":[
"pour",
"roll",
"run",
"stream"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"examples":[
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stumble",
"trudge",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"labor",
"toil"
],
"related":[
"fly",
"race",
"rush",
"speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"brush",
"coast",
"cruise",
"drift",
"glide",
"roll",
"sail",
"skim",
"slide",
"slip",
"stream",
"sweep",
"whisk"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flowed":{
"to move in a stream":{
"antonyms":[
"backed up"
],
"examples":[
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"hardened",
"set"
],
"related":[
"arose",
"disembogued",
"effused",
"emanated",
"issued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"coursed",
"raced",
"rushed",
"fountained",
"gushed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overran",
"swamped",
"cascaded",
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"guttered",
"riffled",
"rippled",
"sheeted",
"trickled",
"flushed",
"washed out"
],
"synonyms":[
"poured",
"ran",
"run",
"rolled",
"streamed"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"examples":[
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"stumbled",
"trudged",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"labored",
"toiled"
],
"related":[
"flew",
"raced",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"brushed",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"drifted",
"glided",
"rolled",
"sailed",
"skimmed",
"slid",
"slipped",
"streamed",
"swept",
"whisked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flowers":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the skiing season is usually in full flower by Christmas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"bottoms",
"nadirs"
],
"related":[
"autumns",
"Indian summers",
"efflorescences",
"flowerings",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths",
"glories",
"grandeurs",
"splendors",
"belle epoques",
"belles \u00e9poques",
"golden ages",
"silver ages",
"comebacks",
"recoveries",
"revivals"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"florescences",
"floruits",
"flushes",
"heydays",
"high noons",
"primes",
"salad days",
"springtimes"
]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without exception, the flower of this year's graduating class will be going to prestigious colleges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
"related":[
"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"top drawers",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties",
"upper crusts"
]
},
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flowers are always a thoughtful gift"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"buds",
"florets",
"flowerets",
"flowerettes",
"bouquets",
"nosegays",
"posies",
"arrangements",
"boutonnieres",
"corsages",
"garlands",
"leis",
"sprays",
"wreaths"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms"
]
},
"to produce flowers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries up",
"fades",
"shrivels",
"wilts",
"withers",
"dies",
"drops",
"expires",
"perishes"
],
"related":[
"leafs",
"leaves",
"buds",
"opens"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"blows",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"effloresces",
"unfolds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flub":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"related":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at some point in your training you're going to flub , so don't let it rattle you"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"added too much flour and flubbed the gravy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
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"botch",
"bugger (up)",
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"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"stabilize"
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"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
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"morph",
"transmute",
"better",
"improve",
"deteriorate",
"worsen",
"turn around",
"seesaw",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver"
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"mutate",
"shift",
"snap",
"vary"
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"verb"
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"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
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"plateaus",
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"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
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"morphs",
"transmutes",
"betters",
"improves",
"deteriorates",
"worsens",
"turns around",
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"teeters",
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"wavers"
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"shifts",
"snaps",
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"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
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"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
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"true",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
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"changeful",
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"flickery",
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"inconstant",
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"temperamental",
"uncertain",
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"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
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"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
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"unvarying"
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"our speed was constantly fluctuating , so the figure of 50 miles per hour is just an average"
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"regular"
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"changeful",
"choppy",
"fickle",
"fluid",
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"inconstant",
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"unsettled",
"variable",
"volatile"
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"erratic",
"irregular",
"unequal",
"uneven",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying"
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"stabilizing"
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"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
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"morphing",
"transmuting",
"bettering",
"improving",
"deteriorating",
"worsening",
"turning around",
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"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
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"shifting",
"snapping",
"varying"
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
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"examples":[
"political instability that resulted in wild fluctuations in the overseas stock markets"
],
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"mutations",
"transformations",
"transmogrifications",
"transmutations",
"vacillations"
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"inconstancies",
"oscillations"
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"noun"
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"The students demonstrated fluency in the language by the end of their year abroad."
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"noun"
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"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
],
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"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"related":[
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"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
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"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
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"verb"
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"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
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"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
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"stumped",
"weirded out",
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"embarrassed",
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"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
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"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
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"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
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"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
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"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
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"vexed",
"vext"
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"verb"
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"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
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"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
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"stumping",
"weirding out",
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"flustering",
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"nonplusing",
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"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
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"duping",
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"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
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"misleading",
"snowing",
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"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
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"disorienting",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"graveling",
"gravelling",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
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"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
]
},
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"verb"
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"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
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"examples":[
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
],
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"heave",
"sling",
"toss",
"ensconce",
"install",
"plant",
"settle"
],
"synonyms":[
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk"
]
},
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"verb"
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"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
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"calmed",
"composed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
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"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
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"alleviated",
"assuaged",
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"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
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"chivvied",
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"harassed",
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"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put off",
"put out",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"shook up",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
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"agitated",
"ailed",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"derailed",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"frazzled",
"freaked (out)",
"fussed",
"hagrode",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"worried"
]
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"verb"
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"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
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"a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests"
],
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"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
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"earful",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
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"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
]
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"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
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"a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread"
],
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"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
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"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
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"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
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"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
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"examples":[
"a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves"
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"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"air",
"breath",
"waft",
"puff",
"whiff",
"bluster",
"gale",
"hurricane",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northerly",
"northwester",
"southeaster",
"southwester",
"westerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"gust",
"scud",
"williwaw",
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"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
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"calm",
"compose",
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"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"examples":[
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
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"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
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"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
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"gall",
"get",
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"harass",
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"nettle",
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"haunt",
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"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
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"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
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"discomfort",
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"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
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"freak (out)",
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"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"worry"
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},
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"verb"
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"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
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"settling",
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"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"examples":[
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
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"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
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"harassing",
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"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
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"discountenancing",
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"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
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"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
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"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
]
},
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"verb"
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},
"flush":{
"a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"related":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color"
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"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
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"examples":[
"was in the flush of his youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"related":[
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"efflorescence",
"flowering",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"florescence",
"floruit",
"flower",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days",
"springtime"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a flush of patriotic pride"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
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"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"having a border in common":{
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"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
],
"examples":[
"the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk"
],
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"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
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"isolated",
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"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"related":[
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
],
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"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
]
},
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
],
"examples":[
"was flush after getting out of the hot bath"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"related":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
]
},
"having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities":{
"antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"lumpy",
"rough",
"uneven",
"unsmoothed"
],
"examples":[
"the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inexact",
"irregular",
"unaligned",
"warped",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"pitted",
"pockmarked",
"pocky"
],
"related":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical"
],
"synonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
]
},
"having active strength of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"examples":[
"a flush , healthy man of 65"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"effete",
"enervated",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"tired",
"indolent",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"lazy",
"invertebrate",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"wimpy",
"ill",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"broken-down",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
"worn-out"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"revitalized",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
]
},
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"she's very flush now that she has her inheritance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"related":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a field flush with flowers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"deficient",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short"
],
"related":[
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"clogged",
"congested",
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"surfeited",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"lively"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"awash",
"fraught",
"lousy",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"glow",
"redden"
]
},
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"swamp",
"flow",
"gush",
"rush",
"stream",
"douche",
"hose",
"drench",
"saturate",
"soak",
"douse",
"dowse",
"slosh",
"splash"
],
"synonyms":[
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"wash",
"wash out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flushed":{
"as in rinsed , irrigated":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in warm , pink":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadined",
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"colored",
"crimsoned",
"glowed",
"reddened"
]
},
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"swamped",
"flowed",
"gushed",
"rushed",
"streamed",
"douched",
"hosed",
"drenched",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"sloshed",
"splashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"irrigated",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"washed",
"washed out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flushness":{
"as in bloom , flush":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluttered":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"related":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"darted",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flirted",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"zipped"
]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"banged",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"knocked",
"pounded",
"smacked",
"spanked",
"thumped",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flitted",
"fanned",
"oscillated",
"swayed",
"swung",
"undulated",
"waved",
"palpitated",
"pulsed",
"throbbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"flailed",
"flapped",
"flopped",
"whipped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluttery":{
"easily excited by nature":{
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
"examples":[
"a fluttery bus driver who was obviously in the wrong line of work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"related":[
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"perturbable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"fiddle-footed",
"flighty",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flux":{
"a flowing or coming in":{
"antonyms":[
"outflow",
"outpouring"
],
"examples":[
"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emigration",
"exodus",
"flight"
],
"related":[
"deluge",
"flood",
"flow",
"inundation",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent",
"rush",
"stampede",
"river",
"stream",
"tide"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluence",
"income",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inpouring",
"inrush"
]
},
"abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Civil War doctors noted frequent cases of flux in the camps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dysentery",
"shigellosis",
"scour(s)"
],
"synonyms":[
"Delhi belly",
"diarrhea",
"Montezuma's revenge",
"runs",
"trots",
"turista"
]
},
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transformation",
"transmogrification",
"transmutation",
"vacillation",
"wavering"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"fluctuation",
"inconstancy",
"oscillation"
]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"antonyms":[
"harden",
"set",
"solidify"
],
"examples":[
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"jell",
"jelly",
"thicken"
],
"related":[
"found",
"gutter",
"smelt",
"try",
"dissolve",
"render",
"soften",
"thin"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"run",
"thaw"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fluxes":{
"a flowing or coming in":{
"antonyms":[
"outflows",
"outpourings"
],
"examples":[
"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emigrations",
"exoduses",
"flights"
],
"related":[
"deluges",
"floods",
"flows",
"inundations",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents",
"rushes",
"stampedes",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluences",
"incomes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"inpourings",
"inrushes"
]
},
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transformations",
"transmogrifications",
"transmutations",
"vacillations"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"fluctuations",
"inconstancies",
"oscillations"
]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"antonyms":[
"hardens",
"sets",
"solidifies"
],
"examples":[
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"thickens"
],
"related":[
"founds",
"gutters",
"tries",
"dissolves",
"renders",
"softens",
"thins"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"runs",
"thaws"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fly into a rage":{
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"examples":[
"The kids worried their parents would fly into a rage when they saw the broken television screen."
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"related":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flattered":{
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulated",
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"buttered up",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
"stroked"
],
"related":[
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"synonyms":[
"piqued",
"plumed",
"prided"
],
"related":[
"boasted",
"bragged",
"crowed",
"gasconaded",
"swaggered",
"swanked",
"swashed",
"vapored",
"vaunted",
"congratulated",
"felicitated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fly at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"related":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flogger":{
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
"examples":[
"a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly"
],
"synonyms":[
"lash",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip"
],
"related":[
"birch",
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"nightstick",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}