dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/gl_mwt.json
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{
"Gloria Patri":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gladded":{
"to give satisfaction to":{
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"displeased"
],
"examples":[
"it hath gladded my heart to see thy face again"
],
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"annoyed",
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"bugged",
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"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
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"irked",
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"harassed",
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"pestered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
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"placated",
"soothed",
"assuaged",
"quenched",
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"satiated",
"excited",
"tickled",
"titillated",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"treated",
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"thrilled",
"calmed",
"comforted",
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"humored",
"indulged",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
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"agreed (with)",
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"delighted",
"feasted",
"gassed",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"rejoiced",
"satisfied",
"suited",
"warmed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gladdened":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
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"displeased"
],
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"it would gladden me to hear you sing again"
],
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"vext",
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"entertained",
"treated",
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"charmed",
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"thrilled",
"calmed",
"comforted",
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"humored",
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"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
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"feasted",
"gassed",
"gladded",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"rejoiced",
"satisfied",
"suited",
"warmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"making one feel good inside":{
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"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"the overdue change to warm, sunny weather is gladdening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"disappointing",
"disgruntling",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"saddening",
"discomforting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"cold",
"unfeeling",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unloving",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
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"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"edifying",
"elevating",
"uplifting",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"kind",
"kindly",
"loving",
"warm",
"animating",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"thrilling",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"welcoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"fulfilling",
"gratifying",
"heartening",
"heartwarming",
"rewarding",
"satisfying"
]
},
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"displeasing"
],
"examples":[
"it would gladden me to hear you sing again"
],
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"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
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"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
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"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladding",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"rejoicing",
"satisfying",
"suiting",
"warming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gladdens":{
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displeases"
],
"examples":[
"it would gladden me to hear you sing again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"piques",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"agitates",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"upsets",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends"
],
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"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes",
"assuages",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"excites",
"tickles",
"titillates",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"treats",
"captivates",
"charms",
"galvanizes",
"thrills",
"calms",
"comforts",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
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"agrees (with)",
"contents",
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"glads",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"rejoices",
"satisfies",
"suits",
"warms"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gladly":{
"as in blithely , laughingly":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in wishfully , desirably":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"gladsome":{
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"a gladsome group of carolers strolling through the city's historic district",
"a gladsome smile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unsatisfied",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"hangdog",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sorrowful"
],
"related":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"animated",
"chirpy",
"jaunty",
"lilting",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned",
"boon",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
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"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"glamour (up)":{
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"antonyms":[
"deglamorize"
],
"examples":[
"a movie that does its best to glamour up the field of archaeology"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"heroicize",
"heroize",
"euphemize",
"poeticize",
"soften",
"sweeten",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idolize",
"aggrandize",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"enthrone",
"magnify"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorize",
"glamourize",
"glorify",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glance":{
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was about to say something rude, but her mother silenced her with a glance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"diamonds glancing in the display case"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare",
"glow"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flame",
"flash",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"wink",
"winkle"
]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the basketball glanced off the rim",
"her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brush",
"graze",
"nudge",
"rake",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bump",
"contact",
"hit",
"kiss",
"touch",
"sideswipe",
"reflect"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip"
]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"antonyms":[
"gaze",
"stare"
],
"examples":[
"just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike",
"glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examine",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"question",
"survey",
"study",
"view",
"peer",
"pry",
"gawk",
"goggle",
"rubberneck",
"leer",
"ogle"
],
"related":[
"keek",
"peep",
"blink",
"squint",
"look over",
"peruse",
"rake",
"scan"
],
"synonyms":[
"browse",
"dip",
"glimpse",
"glint",
"peek",
"skim"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"glancing (upon)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glaring":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"beaming",
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"examples":[
"don't glare at me like that when I tell you \"no\""
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gaping",
"gazing",
"ogling",
"staring",
"grimacing",
"pouting",
"sulking",
"growling",
"snarling",
"sneering",
"sniggering"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowning",
"glooming",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the spotlight glared down on the suspect as the police questioned him relentlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaming",
"flaring"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no one missed the glaring spelling error in the title"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"invisible"
],
"related":[
"arresting",
"clear",
"distinct",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"marked",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"plain",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"showy",
"splashy",
"absolute",
"arrant",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"sheer",
"stark",
"utter",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"deplorable",
"execrable",
"heinous",
"lousy",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"preposterous",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"conspicuous",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"obvious",
"patent",
"pronounced",
"rank",
"striking"
]
}
},
"glasshouses":{
"a glass-enclosed building for growing plants":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a glasshouse for growing tropical plants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cold frames",
"hotbeds",
"nurseries",
"botanical gardens",
"botanic gardens"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservatories",
"greenhouses",
"hothouses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glaze":{
"a smooth and shiny surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The pot is covered with a bright red glaze .",
"doughnuts with a chocolate glaze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in coat , lacquer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gleaming":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fine china and stemware gleaming in the candlelight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaming",
"radiating",
"shining",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaring",
"glaring",
"glowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscating",
"flaming",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"lustering",
"lustring",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"spangling",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"winkling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gleaned":{
"as in gathered , reaped":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glib":{
"said or done in a way that lacks thought or is not sincere":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The teen's glib remarks showed that she didn't care much about soccer.",
"The presentation was criticized for its glib portrayal of a highly complex problem."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"glibness":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glided":{
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"examples":[
"looking for a college course that he could just glide through"
],
"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",
"flowed",
"rolled",
"sailed",
"skimmed",
"slid",
"slipped",
"streamed",
"swept",
"whisked"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a kite gliding on the autumn breeze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"wafted",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"sailed",
"swept",
"darted",
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"catapulted",
"helicoptered",
"jetted",
"orbited",
"rocketed",
"dived",
"dove",
"stooped"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviated",
"flew",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"sank",
"sunk",
"settled"
],
"examples":[
"water striders gliding along the surface of the brook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"lunged",
"plunged",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"related":[
"bobbed",
"dangled",
"suspended",
"buoyed",
"ballooned",
"rafted"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"rode",
"rid",
"sailed",
"swam",
"wafted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glides":{
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
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"struggles"
],
"examples":[
"looking for a college course that he could just glide through"
],
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"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stumbles",
"trudges",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"labors",
"toils"
],
"related":[
"flies",
"races",
"rushes",
"speeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"brushes",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"flows",
"rolls",
"sails",
"skims",
"slides",
"slips",
"streams",
"sweeps",
"whisks"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
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"examples":[
"a kite gliding on the autumn breeze"
],
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"related":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"wafts",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"sails",
"sweeps",
"darts",
"flits",
"flutters",
"catapults",
"helicopters",
"jets",
"orbits",
"rockets",
"dives",
"stoops"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviates",
"flies",
"planes",
"soars",
"wings"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
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"settles",
"sinks"
],
"examples":[
"water striders gliding along the surface of the brook"
],
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"dives",
"lunges",
"plunges",
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"related":[
"bobs",
"dangles",
"suspends",
"buoys",
"balloons",
"rafts"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"rides",
"sails",
"swims",
"wafts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glimpsed":{
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"antonyms":[
"gazed",
"stared"
],
"examples":[
"just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examined",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"questioned",
"surveyed",
"studied",
"viewed",
"peered",
"pried",
"gawked",
"goggled",
"rubbernecked",
"leered",
"ogled"
],
"related":[
"keeked",
"peeped",
"blinked",
"squinted",
"looked over",
"perused",
"raked",
"scanned"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsed",
"dipped",
"glanced",
"glinted",
"peeked",
"skimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glimpsing":{
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
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"gazing",
"staring"
],
"examples":[
"just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere"
],
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"examining",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"questioning",
"surveying",
"studying",
"viewing",
"peering",
"prying",
"gawking",
"goggling",
"rubbernecking",
"leering",
"ogling"
],
"related":[
"keeking",
"peeping",
"blinking",
"squinting",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"raking",
"scanning"
],
"synonyms":[
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"dipping",
"glancing",
"glinting",
"peeking",
"skimming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glistered":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dew glistered in the soft light of the early morning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flamed",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winked",
"winkled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glitterati":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glittered":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the queen's crown glittered under the glare of the TV lights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flamed",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winked",
"winkled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glitzed (up)":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"the company's cafeteria had been glitzed up for the holiday party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"global":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
],
"examples":[
"do a global search and replace the misspelling throughout the whole document"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"related":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"synonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"overall",
"universal"
]
},
"covering everything or all important points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"published a global report on the plight of Third World economies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
]
},
"having every part of the surface the same distance from the center":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"one of the fair's more striking pavilions was a global structure with a monorail running through its center"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annular",
"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"ringlike",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"balled",
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"synonyms":[
"globular",
"round",
"spherical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"globular":{
"having every part of the surface the same distance from the center":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the globular streetlights give the pedestrian mall a Gay Nineties look"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annular",
"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"ringlike",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"balled",
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"synonyms":[
"global",
"round",
"spherical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"globule":{
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fat globules of hot wax dripping onto the table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gobbet",
"dewdrop",
"raindrop",
"tear",
"teardrop",
"spatter",
"dribble",
"trickle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bead",
"blob",
"driblet",
"drip",
"drop",
"droplet",
"glob"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloom":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"examples":[
"has been in a perpetual gloom since his dog died"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"related":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"a time or place of little or no light":{
"antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness"
],
"examples":[
"the gloom of a rainy night is the perfect setting for a mystery story"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"related":[
"midnight",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
]
},
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"beam",
"grin",
"smile"
],
"examples":[
"we just sat there, glooming , as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"grimace",
"pout",
"sulk",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"snigger"
],
"synonyms":[
"frown",
"glare",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"cheer (up)",
"lighten",
"perk (up)"
],
"examples":[
"he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"frown",
"scowl",
"glare",
"stare",
"brood",
"mope",
"pet",
"pout",
"sulk",
"anger",
"bristle",
"fume",
"rage",
"steam",
"storm",
"intimidate",
"menace",
"threaten"
],
"synonyms":[
"darken",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloominess":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"examples":[
"even in the depths of her gloominess she never lost hope entirely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"related":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloomy":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"that house would be less gloomy if some of the overgrown trees and shrubs were cleared away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"related":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"examples":[
"the cold rain made for a gloomy day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"related":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"examples":[
"has been gloomy ever since the breakup with his girlfriend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"glorify":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"related":[
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"idealize",
"romanticize",
"sanitize",
"sugarcoat",
"acclaim",
"extol",
"extoll",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"magnify"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let us now glorify the Lord"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"affront",
"dishonor",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"ridicule",
"scorn",
"slight",
"displease",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear"
],
"related":[
"admire",
"honor",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"apotheosize",
"canonize",
"dignify",
"exalt",
"lionize",
"magnify",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"deify",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship"
]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"magnify",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"advance",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"boost",
"herald",
"offer",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"lay down",
"make out",
"proclaim",
"pronounce"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"blow up",
"crack up",
"cry up",
"tout",
"trumpet",
"tub-thump"
]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
"related":[
"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise",
"resound"
]
},
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"antonyms":[
"deglamorize"
],
"examples":[
"don't let the job title \"team spirit coordinator\" fool you\u2014he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"heroicize",
"heroize",
"euphemize",
"poeticize",
"soften",
"sweeten",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idolize",
"aggrandize",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"enthrone",
"magnify"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorize",
"glamourize",
"glamour (up)",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glorious":{
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
],
"examples":[
"the advent of the printing press in the West ushered in a glorious new era of learning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"related":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gloss":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"used a computer to give her astrological predictions the gloss of real science"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cotton candy",
"fluff",
"tinsel",
"fig leaf",
"charade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"pose",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"veneer",
"window dressing"
]
},
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the surface has such a high gloss , you can see your face reflected in it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"flatness",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"gloom",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"somberness"
],
"related":[
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glow",
"shimmer",
"blink",
"flicker",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"illumination",
"irradiation",
"iridescence",
"luminescence",
"brilliance",
"luminosity",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"refulgence",
"finish",
"glaze"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnish",
"luminance",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the action of the water will serve to gloss the seal's coat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"related":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"grind",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloss (over)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"related":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
]
},
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sugarcoat",
"varnish",
"apologize",
"atone",
"confess",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloze (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glossed":{
"as in polished , brushed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the action of the water will serve to gloss the seal's coat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughed (up)",
"roughened",
"ruffled",
"scuffed (up)"
],
"related":[
"sleeked",
"slicked",
"coated",
"glazed",
"japanned",
"lacquered",
"varnished",
"faced",
"finished",
"veneered",
"brightened",
"filed",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"bobbed",
"boned",
"lapped"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"dressed",
"furbished",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shone",
"shined",
"smoothed",
"smoothened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"glossiness":{
"as in flamboyance , flashiness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glove":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloves":{
"as in ropes , lassos":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloving":{
"as in roping , lassoing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glow":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the glow of the restaurant's table lamps is especially flattering to diners"
],
"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",
"flare",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the coals glowed red-hot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catch",
"enkindle",
"deflagrate",
"fire",
"ignite",
"kindle",
"flare (up)",
"light (up)",
"flicker",
"gutter",
"waver",
"bake",
"broil",
"char",
"cook",
"melt",
"roast",
"scorch",
"swelter",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"spark",
"sputter",
"beam",
"brighten",
"radiate",
"beat (down)",
"flash",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"shine",
"sparkle",
"twinkle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"burn",
"combust",
"flame"
]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"flush",
"redden"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"glows":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the glow of the restaurant's table lamps is especially flattering to diners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"dusks",
"glooms",
"nights",
"shadows"
],
"related":[
"flashes",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glitters",
"scintillations",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"daylights",
"moonlights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"afterglows",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"beams",
"halos",
"haloes",
"rays",
"shafts",
"streaks",
"streams",
"sunbeams",
"glistens",
"glosses",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"polishes",
"reflections",
"sheens"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"flares",
"fluorescences",
"glares",
"gleams",
"illuminations",
"incandescences",
"lights",
"luminescences",
"radiances",
"shines"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the coals glowed red-hot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catches",
"enkindles",
"deflagrates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"kindles",
"flares (up)",
"lights (up)",
"flickers",
"gutters",
"wavers",
"bakes",
"broils",
"chars",
"cooks",
"melts",
"roasts",
"scorches",
"swelters",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"sparks",
"sputters",
"beams",
"brightens",
"radiates",
"beats (down)",
"flashes",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"shines",
"sparkles",
"twinkles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"combusts",
"flames"
]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadines",
"rouges",
"ruddles",
"abashes",
"chagrins",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"humiliates",
"mortifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blushes",
"colors",
"crimsons",
"flushes",
"reddens"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloze (over)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"related":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
]
},
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sugarcoat",
"varnish",
"apologize",
"atone",
"confess",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloss (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glozing (over)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"related":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
]
},
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sugarcoating",
"varnishing",
"apologizing",
"atoning",
"confessing",
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lessening",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorizing",
"excusing",
"explaining away",
"extenuating",
"glossing (over)",
"palliating",
"whitewashing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glued":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"glen":{
"a narrow valley":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gladden":{
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"it would gladden me to hear you sing again"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gratify",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"satisfy",
"suit",
"warm"
],
"related":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"antonyms":[
"displease"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}