8990 lines
172 KiB
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8990 lines
172 KiB
JSON
{
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"flagellate":{
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"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"knout",
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"quirt",
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"strap",
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"cut",
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"flick",
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"touch up",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"cudgel",
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"fustigate",
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"pistol-whip",
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"bang",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"hit",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"paste",
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"punch",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smite",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"hammer",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"mangle",
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"maul",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"rough",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birch",
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"cowhide",
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"flail",
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"flog",
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"hide",
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"horsewhip",
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"lash",
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"leather",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"slash",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"whale",
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"whip"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"flagellates":{
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"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"knouts",
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"quirts",
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"straps",
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"cuts",
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"flicks",
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"touches up",
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"blackjacks",
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"canes",
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"clubs",
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"cudgels",
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"fustigates",
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"pistol-whips",
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"bangs",
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"bops",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"claps",
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"clips",
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"clobbers",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cuffs",
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"hits",
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"knocks",
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"lams",
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"pastes",
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"punches",
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"slaps",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smites",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"whacks",
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"bashes",
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"bastes",
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"bats",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"belabors",
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"belts",
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"bludgeons",
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"buffets",
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"bungs",
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"drubs",
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"fibs",
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"hammers",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lathers",
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"licks",
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"mangles",
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"mauls",
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"paddles",
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"pelts",
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"pommels",
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"pounds",
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"pummels",
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"roughs",
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"slates",
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"slogs",
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"threshes",
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"thumps",
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"tromps",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups",
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"works over"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birches",
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"cowhides",
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"flails",
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"flogs",
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"hides",
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"horsewhips",
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"lashes",
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"leathers",
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"rawhides",
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"scourges",
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"slashes",
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"switches",
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"tans",
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"thrashes",
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"whales",
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"whips"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"flagged":{
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"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"flowers flagging in the summer heat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distended",
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"stiffened",
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"rose",
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"straightened",
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"unbent",
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"uncurled"
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],
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"related":[
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"slouched",
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"slumped",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"crumpled",
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"dropped",
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"fell",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"subsided",
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"yielded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drooped",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"lolled",
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"sagged",
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"swagged",
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"wilted"
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]
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},
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"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"flagged the cars into the other parking lot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"nodded",
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"gesticulated",
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"mimed",
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"pantomimed",
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"signed",
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"signalized",
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"acquainted",
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"advised",
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"informed",
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"related",
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"told",
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"flourished",
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"shrugged"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beckoned",
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"gestured",
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"motioned",
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"signaled",
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"signalled",
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"waved"
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]
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},
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"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"convalesced",
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"rallied",
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"rebounded",
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"recovered",
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"recuperated",
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"gained"
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],
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"related":[
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"broke down",
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"wore out",
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"yielded",
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"degenerated",
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"deteriorated",
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"ran down",
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"rotted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decayed",
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"drooped",
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"emaciated",
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"faded",
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"failed",
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"lagged",
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"languished",
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"sagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"wasted (away)",
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"weakened",
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"went",
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"wilted",
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"withered"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"flagrant":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"that was a flagrant violation of the rules"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"imperceptible",
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"inconspicuous",
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"unnoticeable",
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"unobtrusive",
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"inconsequential",
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"inconsiderable",
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"insignificant",
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"slight",
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"small",
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"trifling",
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"trivial",
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"concealed",
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"hidden",
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"invisible"
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],
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"related":[
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"arresting",
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"clear",
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"distinct",
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"dramatic",
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"emphatic",
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"evident",
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"eye-catching",
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"marked",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"plain",
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"prominent",
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"remarkable",
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"salient",
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"showy",
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"splashy",
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"absolute",
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"arrant",
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"downright",
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"out-and-out",
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"outright",
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"sheer",
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"stark",
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"utter",
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"detectable",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
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"observable",
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"perceptible",
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"visible",
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"abominable",
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"deplorable",
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"execrable",
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"heinous",
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"lousy",
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"monstrous",
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"outrageous",
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"preposterous",
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"shameful",
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"shocking",
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"terrible",
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"wretched"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blatant",
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"conspicuous",
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"egregious",
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"glaring",
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"gross",
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"obvious",
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"patent",
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"pronounced",
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"rank",
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"striking"
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]
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}
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},
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"flameouts":{
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"a loss of status":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandizements",
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"ascents",
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"exaltations",
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"rises",
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"ups"
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],
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"examples":[
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"before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advances",
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"headways",
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"progresses",
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"flowers",
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"heydays",
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"primes"
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],
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"related":[
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"breakdowns",
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"burnouts",
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"collapses",
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"crashes",
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"meltdowns",
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"ruins",
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"undoings",
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"defeats",
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"disappointments",
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"reversals",
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"setbacks",
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"bottoms",
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"nadirs",
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"abasements",
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"disgraces",
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"humiliations"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"comedowns",
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"declines",
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"d\u00e9gringolades",
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"demises",
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"descents",
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"downfalls",
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"downs",
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"falls"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flames":{
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"a person with whom one is in love":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"decided to look up an old flame while she was in town"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"beaux",
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"beaus",
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"boyfriends",
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"boys",
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"fellows",
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"men",
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"swains",
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"gals",
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"girlfriends",
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"girls",
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"inamoratas",
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"ladyloves",
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"lasses",
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"mistresses",
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"tootsies",
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"amours",
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"lovers",
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"paramours",
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"dolls",
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"ducks",
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"pets",
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"dates",
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"escorts",
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"steadies",
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"admirers",
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"gallants",
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"suitors",
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"wooers",
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"grooms",
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"husbands",
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"brides",
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"wives",
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"significant others",
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"fianc\u00e9s",
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"intendeds",
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"crushes",
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"heartthrobs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beloveds",
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"darlings",
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"dears",
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"honeys",
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"hons",
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"loves",
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"squeezes",
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"sweethearts",
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"sweetie pies",
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"sweeties",
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"sweets",
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"trueloves"
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]
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},
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"to be on fire especially brightly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"catches",
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"enkindles",
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"deflagrates",
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"fires",
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"ignites",
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"kindles",
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"flares (up)",
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"lights (up)",
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"flickers",
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"gutters",
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"wavers",
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"bakes",
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"broils",
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"chars",
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"cooks",
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"melts",
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"roasts",
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"scorches",
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"swelters",
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"smolders",
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"smoulders",
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"sparks",
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"sputters",
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"beams",
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"brightens",
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"radiates",
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"beats (down)",
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"flashes",
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"glares",
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"gleams",
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"glimmers",
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"glints",
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"glistens",
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"glitters",
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"scintillates",
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"shimmers",
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"shines",
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"sparkles",
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"twinkles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blazes",
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"burns",
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"combusts",
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"glows"
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]
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},
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"to develop suddenly and violently":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"rockets",
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"skyrockets",
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"balloons",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"mounts",
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"multiplies",
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"mushrooms",
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"proliferates",
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"snowballs",
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"swells",
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"waxes",
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"blows up",
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"detonates",
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"touches off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blazes (up)",
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"breaks out",
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"bursts (forth)",
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"erupts",
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"explodes",
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"flares (up)"
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]
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},
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"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"beams",
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"glows",
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"radiates",
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"flashes",
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"glances",
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"gleams",
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"glimmers",
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"glints",
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"glistens",
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"glisters",
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"glitters",
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"scintillates",
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"shimmers",
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"sparkles",
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"twinkles",
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"bedazzles",
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"blinds",
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"dazes",
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"dazzles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"blazes",
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"burns",
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"flares",
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"glares"
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]
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},
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"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"beams",
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"radiates",
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"shines",
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"bedazzles",
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"blinds",
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"dazes",
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"dazzles",
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"blazes",
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"burns",
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"flares",
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|
"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":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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",
|
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"sails",
|
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"swims",
|
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"wafts"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouted",
|
|
"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",
|
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"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
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"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",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mismanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluctuate":{
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"stabilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphose",
|
|
"morph",
|
|
"transmute",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"turn around",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"change",
|
|
"mutate",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"vary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluctuates":{
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"stabilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"morphs",
|
|
"transmutes",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"turns around",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"mutates",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"varies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluctuating":{
|
|
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fluctuating stock market makes it hard for investors to know what to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
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"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not staying constant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our speed was constantly fluctuating , so the figure of 50 miles per hour is just an average"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"uneven",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateauing",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"morphing",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"turning around",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluctuations":{
|
|
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"political instability that resulted in wild fluctuations in the overseas stock markets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"transmogrifications",
|
|
"transmutations",
|
|
"vacillations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inconstancies",
|
|
"oscillations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluency":{
|
|
"a state of having mastery of or proficiency in a skill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The students demonstrated fluency in the language by the end of their year abroad."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flummox":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flummoxed":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discombobulated",
|
|
"disoriented",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"fuddled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"graveled",
|
|
"gravelled",
|
|
"mazed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mystified",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flummoxing":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"informing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discombobulating",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"fuddling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"graveling",
|
|
"gravelling",
|
|
"mazing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flump":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurried":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurry":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"windblast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurrying":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a border in common":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
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"inundations",
|
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"overflows",
|
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"spates",
|
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"torrents",
|
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"rushes",
|
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"stampedes",
|
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"rivers",
|
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"streams",
|
|
"tides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluences",
|
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"incomes",
|
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"inflows",
|
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"influxes",
|
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"inpourings",
|
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"inrushes"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"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"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |