dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/aci_MWT.json
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{
"acid":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"an acid -tasting medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
"examples":[
"with her acid personality, my aunt could be relied upon to bring some much-needed balance to the holiday gush"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"splenetic",
"surly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"crotchety",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"querulous",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"peppery",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snippy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"angry",
"exasperated",
"indignant",
"irate",
"mad",
"upset",
"uptight",
"depressed",
"dour",
"glum",
"morose",
"sullen",
"anal",
"old-maidish",
"schoolmarmish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"amicable",
"congenial",
"friendly",
"pleasant",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"nice",
"sweet",
"bubbly",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"joyful",
"lighthearted",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"content",
"glad",
"happy",
"calm",
"placid",
"serene",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"tolerant"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiable",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered"
]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"a cultural gadfly known for an acid tongue that spares no one"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acidness":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"there's an irritating acidness to the writer's comments on just about everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the acidness in his remarks hurt her to the core"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acing (out)":{
"as in surpassing , topping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acidulous":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"a slightly acidulous drink that is far more refreshing than the overly sweet iced tea that is also available"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"a gently acidulous writing style that never becomes annoying"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acid tests":{
"as in litmus tests , litmuses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"litmuses",
"litmus tests",
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"fires",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"baptisms",
"initiations",
"challenges",
"complications",
"difficulties",
"griefs",
"grievances",
"hardships",
"rigors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acidhead":{
"as in crackhead , pothead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cokehead",
"crackhead",
"pothead",
"speed freak",
"addict",
"dopehead",
"doper",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"fiend",
"freak",
"head",
"hophead",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user",
"burnout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acidity":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"detected a certain acidity in the way he responded"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the acidity of their relationship was well known to their mutual acquaintances"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acidheads":{
"as in crackheads , potheads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cokeheads",
"crackheads",
"potheads",
"speed freaks",
"addicts",
"dopeheads",
"dopers",
"druggies",
"fiends",
"freaks",
"heads",
"hopheads",
"hypes",
"junkies",
"stoners",
"users",
"burnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonaddicts",
"nonusers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acid test":{
"as in litmus test , litmus":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"litmus",
"litmus test",
"cross",
"crucible",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"ordeal",
"trial",
"baptism",
"initiation",
"challenge",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"grief",
"grievance",
"hardship",
"rigor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acidic":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"the acidic flavor of lemon goes nicely with broiled fish"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"her often acidic reviews have ruffled more than a few toques in the restaurant kitchens of New York"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acing":{
"as in nailing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nailing",
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}