2248 lines
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2248 lines
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{
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"of one's own accord":{
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"of one's own free will":{
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"antonyms":[
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"involuntarily",
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"unwillingly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"No one sent me; I came here of my own accord ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unconsciously",
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"unintentionally",
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"unknowingly",
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"unwittingly",
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"reluctantly"
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],
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"related":[
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"consciously",
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"deliberately",
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"intentionally",
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"knowingly",
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"wittingly",
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"acquiescently",
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"consentingly",
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"electively",
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"optionally"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"freely",
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"voluntarily",
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"willingly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"off":{
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"falling short of a standard":{
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"antonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"fine",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"respectable",
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"satisfactory",
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"standard",
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"tolerable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the milk tasted off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"classic",
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"classical",
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"A1",
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"bang-up",
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"banner",
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"boss",
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"capital",
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"choice",
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"crackerjack",
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"dandy",
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"divine",
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"excellent",
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"exceptional",
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"fabulous",
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"first-class",
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"first-rate",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"groovy",
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"heavenly",
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"high-test",
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"jim-dandy",
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"keen",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"mean",
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"neat",
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"nifty",
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"noble",
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"par excellence",
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"perfect",
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"premium",
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"prime",
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"sensational",
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"slick",
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"splendid",
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"stellar",
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"sterling",
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"superb",
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"superior",
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"superlative",
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"supernal",
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"swell",
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"terrific",
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"tip-top",
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"top",
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"top-notch",
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"unsurpassed",
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"wonderful",
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"better",
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"exceptional",
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"fancy",
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"high-grade",
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"special",
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"sufficient",
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"average",
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"borderline",
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"fair",
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"mediocre",
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"middling",
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"minimal",
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"so-so",
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"unexceptional",
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"suitable",
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"useful",
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"worthy",
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"gratifying",
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"satisfying"
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],
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"related":[
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"abysmal",
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"bitchin'",
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"brutal",
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"damnable",
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"deplorable",
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"detestable",
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"disastrous",
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"dreadful",
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"execrable",
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"gnarly",
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"horrendous",
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"horrible",
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"pathetic",
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"stinky",
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"sucky",
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"terrible",
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"unspeakable",
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"defective",
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"faulty",
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"flawed",
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"egregious",
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"flagrant",
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"gross",
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"bum",
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"cheesy",
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"coarse",
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"common",
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"crappy",
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"cut-rate",
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"junky",
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"lesser",
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"low-grade",
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"low-rent",
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"mediocre",
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"miserable",
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"reprehensible",
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"rotten",
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"rubbishy",
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"second-rate",
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"shoddy",
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"sleazy",
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"trashy",
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"abominable",
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"odious",
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"vile",
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"useless",
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"valueless",
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"worthless",
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"inadequate",
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"insufficient",
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"lacking",
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"meager",
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"meagre",
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"mean",
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"miserly",
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"niggardly",
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"scanty",
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"shabby",
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"short",
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"skimp",
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"skimpy",
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"spare",
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"stingy",
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"miscreant",
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"scurrilous",
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"villainous",
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"sham"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush",
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"bush-league",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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]
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},
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"from this or that place":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"move off a few yards before I throw the football"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"apart",
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"aside",
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"elsewhere",
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"abroad",
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"afar",
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"afield",
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"astray"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"away",
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"down",
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"fro",
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"hence",
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"out"
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]
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},
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"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a telltale smirk suggested that there was something off about his parting shot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"decent",
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"G-rated",
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"nonobscene",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive",
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"staid",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian",
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"correct",
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"decorous",
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"genteel",
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"nice",
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"polite",
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"proper",
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"respectable",
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"seemly"
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],
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"related":[
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"leering",
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"barnyard",
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"coarse",
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"coarse-grained",
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"crude",
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"earthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"vulgar",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"gutter",
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"indecent",
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"lascivious",
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"locker-room",
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"nasty",
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"obscene",
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"pornographic",
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"porny",
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"prurient",
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"raunchy",
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"smutty",
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"stag",
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"unprintable",
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"unpublishable",
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"warm",
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"X-rated",
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"immodest",
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"indecorous",
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"indelicate",
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"naughty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdy",
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"blue",
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"gamy",
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"gamey",
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"lewd",
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"off-color",
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"off-colored",
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"racy",
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"ribald",
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"risqu\u00e9",
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"salty",
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"spicy",
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"suggestive"
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]
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},
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"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
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"antonyms":[
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"active",
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"alive",
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"busy",
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"employed",
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"functioning",
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"going",
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"living",
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"on",
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"operating",
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"operative",
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"running",
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"working"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the computer is off , so you'll have to turn it on in order to use it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"functional",
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"operable",
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"operational",
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"workable",
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"assiduous",
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"industrious",
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"sedulous",
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"energetic",
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"vigorous",
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"feasible",
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"practical",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"useful",
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"viable"
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],
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"related":[
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"abeyant",
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"arrested",
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"interrupted",
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"suspended",
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"unoccupied",
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"asleep",
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"comatose",
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"lifeless",
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"moribund",
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"quiescent",
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"sleepy",
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"inoperable",
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"unusable",
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"unworkable",
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"useless",
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"dull",
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"slow"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dead",
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"dormant",
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"fallow",
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"free",
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"idle",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"inoperative",
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"latent",
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"unused",
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"vacant"
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]
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},
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"not being in agreement with what is true":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accurate",
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"correct",
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"errorless",
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"exact",
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"factual",
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"precise",
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"proper",
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"right",
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"sound",
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"true",
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"valid",
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"veracious"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that claim that everyone is actually related to everyone else seems a bit off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"confirmed",
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"demonstrated",
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"established",
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"proven",
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"tested",
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"faultless",
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"flawless",
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"impeccable",
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"letter-perfect",
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"perfect"
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],
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"related":[
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"counterfactual",
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"specious",
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"spurious",
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"deceptive",
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"delusive",
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"delusory",
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"distorted",
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"fallacious",
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"fictitious",
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"illusory",
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"misleading",
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"amiss",
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"askew",
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"awry",
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"deceitful",
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"dishonest",
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"fraudulent",
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"lying",
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"mendacious",
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"unconfirmed",
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"unproven",
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"untested",
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"fabricated",
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"invented",
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"made-up",
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"trumped-up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"erroneous",
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"false",
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"inaccurate",
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"incorrect",
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"inexact",
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"invalid",
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"unsound",
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"untrue",
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"untruthful",
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"wrong"
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]
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},
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"small in degree":{
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"antonyms":[
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"good"
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],
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"examples":[
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"on the off chance that you do get straight A's, you can skip a grade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"great",
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"large",
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"distinct",
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"significant",
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"considerable",
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"goodly",
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"healthy",
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"largish",
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"respectable",
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"significant",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy"
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],
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"related":[
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"marginal",
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"minimal",
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"minor",
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"little",
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"tiny"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fragile",
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"frail",
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"negligible",
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"outside",
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"remote",
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"slight",
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"slim",
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"small"
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]
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},
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"to put to death deliberately":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animate",
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"raise",
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"restore",
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"resurrect",
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"resuscitate",
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"revive"
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],
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"related":[
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"blow away",
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"shoot",
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"shoot down",
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"blot out",
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"carry off",
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"claim",
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"cut down",
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"destroy",
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"fell",
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"kill",
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"smite",
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"zap",
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"butcher",
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"massacre",
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"mow (down)",
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"slaughter",
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"annihilate",
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"eliminate",
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"eradicate",
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"exterminate",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assassinate",
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"bump off",
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"croak",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"execute",
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"get",
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"ice",
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"knock off",
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"liquidate",
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"murder",
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"neutralize",
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"put away",
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"rub out",
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"slay",
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"snuff",
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"take out",
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"terminate",
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"whack"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"off one's rocker":{
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Not sure if the daredevil is courageous or off his rocker for trying such a stunt."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"lucid",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"judicious",
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"sensible",
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"wise",
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"healthy",
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"normal",
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"well-adjusted",
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"unneurotic"
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],
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"related":[
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"dotty",
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"fey",
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"loopy",
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"off",
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"potty",
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"teched",
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"tetched",
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"touched",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
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"disordered",
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"disturbed",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoiac",
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"paranoic",
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"paranoid",
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"paranoidal",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopathic",
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"eccentric",
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"odd",
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"oddball",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"queer",
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"strange",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"witless",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable",
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"amok",
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"amuck",
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"ape",
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"ballistic",
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"bananas",
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"berserk",
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"nuclear",
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"depressed",
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"distracted",
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"distraught",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"haywire",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"raving",
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"wigged-out",
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"fixated",
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"monomaniac",
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"monomaniacal",
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"obsessed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"off-color":{
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"off-the-cuff":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having gotten into hot water with some unfortunate off-the-cuff remarks, the candidate now limits himself to his carefully prepared campaign speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offences":{
|
|
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncrimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeccabilities",
|
|
"innocences",
|
|
"irreproachabilities",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"virtues"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bias crimes",
|
|
"hate crimes",
|
|
"felonies",
|
|
"misconducts",
|
|
"misdemeanors",
|
|
"misfeasances",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"foibles",
|
|
"peccadilloes",
|
|
"peccadillos",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"vices",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"criminalities",
|
|
"illegalities",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"crimes",
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"lawbreakings",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"misdeeds",
|
|
"misdoings",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"transgressions",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"violations",
|
|
"wrongdoings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diplomat never deliberately gives offense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"defensives",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"bombings",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"satisfactions",
|
|
"appeasements",
|
|
"mollifications",
|
|
"pacifications",
|
|
"contentments",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifications",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"exasperations",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"irritations",
|
|
"vexations",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"sulks",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"tizzies",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"resentments",
|
|
"umbrages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offend":{
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since this is the first time you've offended , we'll let you off lightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"repent",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"mess up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"err",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"brush (off)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"contravene",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"infringe (on or upon)",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offended":{
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"wounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since this is the first time you've offended , we'll let you off lightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"regretted",
|
|
"repented",
|
|
"rued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"messed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"sinned",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deferred (to)",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled",
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"brushed (off)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"tuned out",
|
|
"winked (at)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"contravened",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"infringed (on or upon)",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offense":{
|
|
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncrime"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"guiltlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bias crime",
|
|
"hate crime",
|
|
"felony",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"misdemeanor",
|
|
"misfeasance",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"peccadillo",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringement",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"illegality",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"unlawfulness",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"crime",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"lawbreaking",
|
|
"malefaction",
|
|
"misdeed",
|
|
"misdoing",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"transgression",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"wrongdoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diplomat never deliberately gives offense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"defensive",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"counteraggression",
|
|
"counterassault",
|
|
"counterattack",
|
|
"counteroffensive",
|
|
"counterstrike",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"breakthrough",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"incursion",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"air raid",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"coup de main",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"mollification",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"sulk(s)",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"umbrage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offensiveness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"officeholder":{
|
|
"a person who holds a public office":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bureaucrat",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commissioner",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"regulator",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"chairman",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"co-official"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"functionary",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"public servant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"officer":{
|
|
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you are ever lost, find the nearest officer and ask for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"patrolman",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"detective",
|
|
"dick",
|
|
"gumshoe",
|
|
"hawkshaw",
|
|
"inspector",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"plainclothesman",
|
|
"sherlock",
|
|
"sleuth",
|
|
"sleuthhound",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"sheriff",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"peace officer",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"sergeant",
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"private detective",
|
|
"private eye",
|
|
"private investigator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"flatfoot",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"lawman",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"shamus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who holds a public office":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an officer of the court"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bureaucrat",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commissioner",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"regulator",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"chairman",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"co-official"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"functionary",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"public servant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"officious":{
|
|
"thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hands-off",
|
|
"uninvolved",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"superserviceable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"intrusive",
|
|
"meddlesome",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"protrusive",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"snoopy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offscreen":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offsets":{
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"trade-offs",
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"cancelers",
|
|
"cancellers",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"counteractions",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterforces",
|
|
"counter-forces",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterweights",
|
|
"equipoises",
|
|
"neutralizers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"phaseouts",
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"abeyances",
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"breaks",
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"interruptions",
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"layoffs",
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"letups",
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"moratoriums",
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"moratoria",
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"pauses",
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"standstills",
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"suspensions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arrestments",
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"arrests",
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"ceases",
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"cessations",
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"checks",
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"closedowns",
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"closes",
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"closures",
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"conclusions",
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"cutoffs",
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"discontinuances",
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"discontinuations",
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"endings",
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"ends",
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"expirations",
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"finishes",
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"halts",
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"lapses",
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"shutdowns",
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"shutoffs",
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"stays",
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"stoppages",
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"stops",
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"surceases",
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"terminations"
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]
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},
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"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you get a high grade on this quiz, it will offset the D from your last one"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"invalidates",
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"negates",
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"neuters",
|
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"nullifies",
|
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"atones (for)",
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"outbalances",
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"outweighs",
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"redeems",
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"redresses",
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"relieves",
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"remedies",
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"overrides",
|
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"overrules"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annuls",
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"cancels (out)",
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"compensates (for)",
|
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"corrects",
|
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"counteracts",
|
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"counterbalances",
|
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"counterpoises",
|
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"makes up (for)",
|
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"negatives",
|
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"neutralizes"
|
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]
|
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"oftentimes":{
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"many times":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
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"rarely",
|
|
"seldom"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"children oftentimes don't realize how quickly time passes"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"now",
|
|
"now and then",
|
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"occasionally",
|
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"sometimes",
|
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"sporadically",
|
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"ne'er",
|
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"never",
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
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"always",
|
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"consistently",
|
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"continuingly",
|
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"continuously",
|
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"night and day",
|
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"perpetually",
|
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"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"afresh",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"anew",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"periodically",
|
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"recurrently",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"usually"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"again and again",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"over and over",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"offset":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you get a high grade on this quiz, it will offset the D from your last one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"compensate (for)",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"make up (for)",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"neutralize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"neuter",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"atone (for)",
|
|
"outbalance",
|
|
"outweigh",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"canceler",
|
|
"canceller",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counteraction",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterforce",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"counterweight",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"neutralizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |