1583 lines
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1583 lines
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{
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"dubitable":{
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"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
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"antonyms":[
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"certain",
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"hands-down",
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"incontestable",
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"indisputable",
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"indubitable",
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"questionless",
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"sure",
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"undeniable",
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"undoubted",
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"unproblematic",
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"unquestionable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"some highly dubitable \"evidence\" that the stone tower was built by the Vikings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decisive",
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"definitive",
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"clear",
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"obvious",
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"open-and-shut",
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"positive"
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],
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"related":[
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"alleged",
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"so-called",
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"supposed",
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"moot",
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"ambiguous",
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"open",
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"unclear",
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"uncertain",
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"undecided",
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"undetermined",
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"far-fetched",
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"flimsy",
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"improbable",
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"unlikely",
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"weak"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"debatable",
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"disputable",
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"dodgy",
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"doubtable",
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"equivocal",
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"fishy",
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"problematic",
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"problematical",
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"queer",
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"questionable",
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"shady",
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"shaky",
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"suspect",
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"suspicious"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ducked":{
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"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"courted",
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"embraced",
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"pursued",
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"sought",
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"welcomed",
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"caught",
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"contracted",
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"incurred"
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],
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"related":[
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"missed",
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"averted",
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"deflected",
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"diverted",
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"obviated",
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"parried",
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"prevented",
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"warded (off)",
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"debarred",
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"eliminated",
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"excepted",
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"excluded",
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"precluded",
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"ruled out",
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"bypassed",
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"circumvented",
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"skirted",
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"foiled",
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"foxed",
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"frustrated",
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"outfoxed",
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"outsmarted",
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"outwitted",
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"overreached",
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"thwarted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"avoided",
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"dodged",
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"eluded",
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"escaped",
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"eschewed",
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"evaded",
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"finessed",
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"got around",
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"scaped",
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"shirked",
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"shook",
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"shuffled (out of)",
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"shunned",
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"weaseled (out of)"
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]
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},
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"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"avoided",
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"eluded",
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"escaped",
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"evaded",
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"parried",
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"shirked",
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"skirted",
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"deflected",
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"turned",
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"slid",
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"slipped"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dodged",
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"jinked",
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"sidestepped",
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"slalomed",
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"weaved",
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"zigzagged"
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]
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},
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"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bathed",
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"moistened",
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"soaked",
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"steeped",
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"wet",
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"wetted",
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"drenched",
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"drowned",
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"flooded",
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"dived",
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"dove",
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"plunged",
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"thrust"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dipped",
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"doused",
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"dowsed",
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"dunked",
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"immersed",
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"sopped",
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"soused",
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"submerged",
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"submersed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ducking":{
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"the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abidance",
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"endurance",
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"submission",
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"toleration"
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],
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"related":[
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"bypassing",
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"circumvention",
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"runaround",
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"sidestepping",
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"skirting",
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"averting",
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"deflection",
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"obviation",
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"precluding",
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"prevention"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"avoidance",
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"cop-out",
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"dodging",
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"eluding",
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"elusion",
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"escape",
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"eschewal",
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"eschewing",
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"evasion",
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"out",
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"shaking",
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"shunning"
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]
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},
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"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"courting",
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"embracing",
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"pursuing",
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"seeking",
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"welcoming",
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"catching",
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"contracting",
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"incurring"
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],
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"related":[
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"missing",
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"averting",
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"deflecting",
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"diverting",
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"obviating",
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"parrying",
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"preventing",
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"warding (off)",
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"banning",
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"barring",
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"debarring",
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"eliminating",
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"excepting",
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"excluding",
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"precluding",
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"ruling out",
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"bypassing",
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"circumventing",
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"skirting",
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"foiling",
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"foxing",
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"frustrating",
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"outfoxing",
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"outsmarting",
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"outwitting",
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"overreaching",
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"thwarting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"avoiding",
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"dodging",
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"eluding",
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"escaping",
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"eschewing",
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"evading",
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"finessing",
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"getting around",
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"scaping",
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"shaking",
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"shirking",
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"shuffling (out of)",
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"shunning",
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"weaseling (out of)"
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]
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},
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"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"avoiding",
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"eluding",
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"escaping",
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"evading",
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"parrying",
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"shirking",
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"skirting",
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"deflecting",
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"turning",
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"sliding",
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"slipping"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dodging",
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"jinking",
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"sidestepping",
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"slaloming",
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"weaving",
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"zigzagging"
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]
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},
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"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bathing",
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"moistening",
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"soaking",
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"steeping",
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"wetting",
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"drenching",
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"drowning",
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"flooding",
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"diving",
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"plunging",
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"thrusting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dipping",
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"dousing",
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"dowsing",
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"dunking",
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"immersing",
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"sopping",
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"sousing",
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"submerging",
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"submersing"
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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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"dulling":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
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"antonyms":[
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"darkening",
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"deepening",
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"embrowning"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blackening",
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"blotching",
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"checkering",
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"dappling",
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"daubing",
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"discoloring",
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"flecking",
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"marbling",
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"mottling",
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"patterning",
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"polychroming",
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"shading",
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"specking",
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"speckling",
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"splotching",
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"spotting",
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"streaking",
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"striating",
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"striping",
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"tarnishing",
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"variegating",
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"coloring",
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"dyeing",
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"painting",
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"pigmenting",
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"staining",
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"tincturing",
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"tingeing",
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"tinging",
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"tinting",
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"burnishing",
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"polishing",
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"shining"
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],
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"related":[
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"brightening",
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"lightening",
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"dimming",
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"matting",
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"etiolating",
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"whitewashing",
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"frosting",
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"silvering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanching",
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"bleaching",
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"blenching",
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"decolorizing",
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"fading",
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"paling",
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"snowing",
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"washing out",
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"whitening"
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]
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},
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"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
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"antonyms":[
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"sharpening",
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"whetting"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amplifying",
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"augmenting",
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"beefing (up)",
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"boosting",
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"consolidating",
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"deepening",
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"enhancing",
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"magnifying",
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"redoubling",
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"stepping up",
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"strengthening",
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"animating",
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"arousing",
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"stimulating"
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],
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"related":[
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"muffling",
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"muting",
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"toning (down)",
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"decreasing",
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"diminishing",
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"lessening",
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"letting up (on)",
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"lowering",
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"reducing",
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"subduing",
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"debilitating",
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"enfeebling",
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"weakening",
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"dwindling",
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"receding",
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"subsiding",
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"tapering (off)",
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"waning",
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"alleviating",
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"easing",
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"lightening",
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"abating",
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"moderating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"benumbing",
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"blunting",
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"cauterizing",
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"dampening",
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"damping",
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"deadening",
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"numbing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dumbfounded":{
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"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blas\u00e9",
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"blase",
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"casual",
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"nonchalant",
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"unruffled"
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],
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"related":[
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"blindsided",
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"startled",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"aghast",
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"appalled",
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"dismayed",
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"horrified",
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"bewildered",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"overwhelmed",
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"agape",
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"awed",
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"awesome",
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"openmouthed",
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"wide-eyed",
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"widemouthed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amazed",
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"awestruck",
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"awestricken",
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"bowled over",
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"dumbstruck",
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"flabbergasted",
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"shocked",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"thunderstruck"
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]
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},
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"filled with amazement or wonder":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unimpressed",
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"disinterested",
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"incurious",
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"indifferent",
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"unconcerned",
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"uninterested",
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"dispassionate",
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"emotionless",
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"impassive",
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"unemotional",
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"bored",
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"jaded"
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],
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"related":[
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"startled",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"bemused",
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"bewildered",
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"puzzled",
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"overwhelmed",
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"staggered",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amazed",
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"awed",
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"awestruck",
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"awestricken",
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"flabbergasted",
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"marveling",
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"marvelling",
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"openmouthed",
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"wondering"
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]
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},
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"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"befuddled",
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"bewildered",
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"blew away",
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"blindsided",
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"confounded",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"discomfited",
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"disconcerted",
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"dismayed",
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"jarred",
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"muddled",
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"nonplussed",
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"nonplused",
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"perplexed",
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"shook up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amazed",
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"bowled over",
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"flabbergasted",
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"floored",
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"rocked",
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"shocked",
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"startled",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"thunderstruck"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dumped":{
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"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hooked up (with)",
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"took",
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"befriended",
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|
"latched (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"broke off (with)",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"jilted",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"left"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dump the trash on the curb and go back inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dumping on":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"derogating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"poor-mouthing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"talking down",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"vilipending",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunderheaded":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dungeons":{
|
|
"a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The king threw them into the dungeon ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunked":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"duperies":{
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"duplicitous":{
|
|
"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"duplicity":{
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"fraudulence",
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"hanky-panky",
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"jugglery",
|
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"legerdemain",
|
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"mountebankery",
|
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"obliquity",
|
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"skulduggery",
|
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"skullduggery",
|
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"subterfuge",
|
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"swindling",
|
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"trickery",
|
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"wile",
|
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"falsehood",
|
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"falsity",
|
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"fib",
|
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"untruth",
|
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"hypocrisy",
|
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"insincerity",
|
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"sanctimoniousness",
|
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"two-facedness",
|
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"artfulness",
|
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"caginess",
|
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"cageyness",
|
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"deviousness",
|
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"shrewdness",
|
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"treacherousness",
|
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"underhandedness",
|
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"unscrupulousness",
|
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"covertness",
|
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"furtiveness",
|
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"secrecy",
|
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"shadiness",
|
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"sneakiness",
|
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"stealthiness",
|
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"oiliness",
|
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"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
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"slipperiness",
|
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"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"artifice",
|
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"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
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"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"duress":{
|
|
"the use of power to impose one's will on another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complied with the order only under duress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"intimidation",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"terrorism",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"squeeze play",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm-twisting",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"pressure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"duty":{
|
|
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"direct tax",
|
|
"personal tax",
|
|
"capitation",
|
|
"custom(s)",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"hidden tax",
|
|
"income tax",
|
|
"poll tax",
|
|
"property tax",
|
|
"sales tax",
|
|
"single tax",
|
|
"sin tax",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"value-added tax",
|
|
"withholding tax",
|
|
"supertax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"surtax",
|
|
"death tax",
|
|
"estate tax",
|
|
"inheritance tax",
|
|
"flat tax",
|
|
"proportional tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"impost",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"tax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the regular duties of a lifeguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chare",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"stint",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"task"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must obey the call of duty and serve my country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"prearrangement",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"onus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devoir",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbency",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |