5452 lines
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5452 lines
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{
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"merged":{
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"as in mixed , incorporated":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blended",
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"commingled",
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"incorporated",
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"intermingled",
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"intermixed",
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"mingled",
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"mixed",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"corrupted",
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"debased",
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"defiled",
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"dirtied",
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"fouled",
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"maculate",
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"maculated",
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"soiled",
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"spoiled",
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"sullied",
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"coalesced",
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"combined",
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"compounded",
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"unclarified",
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"unfiltered",
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"unrefined",
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"cheapened",
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"doctored",
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"adulterate",
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"adulterated",
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"alloyed",
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"contaminated",
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"dilute",
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"diluted",
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"impure",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"thinned",
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"weakened"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fine",
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"pure",
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"ultrapure",
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"unadulterated",
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"unalloyed",
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"uncontaminated",
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"uncut",
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"undiluted",
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"unmixed",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"clarified",
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"filtered",
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"purified",
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"refined",
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"ultrarefined",
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"neat",
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"plain",
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"straight",
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"concentrated",
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"strong",
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"uncombined",
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"pasteurized",
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"sterile",
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"sterilized",
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"clean",
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"immaculate",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unsoiled",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
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"examples":[
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"years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amalgamated",
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"blended",
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"blent",
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"combined",
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"comingled",
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"commingled",
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"commixed",
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"composited",
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"concreted",
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"conflated",
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"fused",
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"homogenized",
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"immingled",
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"immixed",
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"incorporated",
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"integrated",
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"interfused",
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"intermingled",
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"intermixed",
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"melded",
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"mingled",
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"mixed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"added",
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"admixed",
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"beat (in)",
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"cut in",
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"folded",
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"stirred",
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"tossed",
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"coalesced",
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"compounded",
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"emulsified",
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"conjoined",
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"joined",
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"knit",
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"knitted",
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"linked",
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"united",
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"intertwined",
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"interwove",
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"interweaved",
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"wove",
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"weaved"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cleaved",
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"cleft",
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"disjoined",
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"disunited",
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"divided",
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"divorced",
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"parted",
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"ruptured",
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"severed",
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"sundered",
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"dispersed",
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"dissolved",
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"scattered",
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"detached",
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"disengaged",
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"split"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"broke down",
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"broke up",
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"separated",
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"unmixed"
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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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"merger":{
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"the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
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"examples":[
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"the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"combination",
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"combining",
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"connecting",
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"connection",
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"consolidation",
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"coupling",
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"junction",
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"linking",
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"merging",
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"unification",
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"union"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agglomeration",
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"amalgamation",
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"blend",
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"coalescence",
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"commingling",
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"compounding",
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"fusion",
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"intermingling",
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"intermixture",
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"mingling",
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"mix",
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"mixture",
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"synthesis",
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"reunification",
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"reunion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detachment",
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"divorcement",
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"separation",
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"severance"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breakup",
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"disconnection",
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"dissolution",
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"disunion",
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"division",
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"parting",
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"partition",
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"schism",
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"scission",
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"split"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mergers":{
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"the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
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"examples":[
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"the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"combinations",
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"connections",
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"consolidations",
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"couplings",
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"junctions",
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"unifications",
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"unions"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agglomerations",
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"amalgamations",
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"blends",
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"coalescences",
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"fusions",
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"intermixtures",
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"mixes",
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"mixtures",
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"syntheses",
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"reunifications",
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"reunions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detachments",
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"divorcements",
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"separations",
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"severances"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breakups",
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"disconnections",
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"dissolutions",
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"disunions",
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"divisions",
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"partings",
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"partitions",
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"schisms",
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"scissions",
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"splits"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"merits":{
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"a quality that gives something special worth":{
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"examples":[
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"this mystery novel at least has the merit of an original plot"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cardinal virtues",
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"distinctions",
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"excellences",
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"excellencies",
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"graces",
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"values",
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"virtues"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advantages",
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"edges",
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"pluses",
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"plusses",
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"superiorities"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemishes",
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"defects",
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"failings",
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"faults",
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"flaws",
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"drawbacks",
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"minuses",
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"negatives"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deficiencies",
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"demerits",
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"disvalues"
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]
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},
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"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
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"examples":[
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"that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deserves",
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"earns",
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"rates"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entitles",
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"qualifies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"merrily":{
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"in a cheerful or happy manner":{
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"examples":[
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"our coworker merrily announced that it was her birthday, so we felt obligated to treat her to lunch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brightly",
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"cheerfully",
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"cheerily",
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"gaily",
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"gayly",
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"happily",
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"heartily",
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"jocosely",
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"jovially",
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"mirthfully",
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"smilingly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amusedly",
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"exuberantly",
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"giddily",
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"gigglingly",
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"joyfully",
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"joyously",
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"blithely",
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"blithesomely",
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"breezily",
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"gladly",
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"gladsomely",
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"laughingly",
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"lightheartedly",
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"sunnily",
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"amicably",
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"friendlily",
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"friendly",
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"good-humoredly",
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"good-naturedly",
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"jocularly",
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"hopefully",
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"optimistically",
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"sanguinely",
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"blissfully",
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"elatedly",
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"euphorically",
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"rapturously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abjectly",
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"dejectedly",
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"despondently",
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"disconsolately",
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"dispiritedly",
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"wretchedly",
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"dolefully",
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"dolorously",
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"forlornly",
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"mournfully",
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"plaintively",
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"sorrowfully",
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"dourly",
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"glumly",
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"mirthlessly",
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"sourly",
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"sternly",
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"sulkily",
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"sullenly",
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"blackly",
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"dismally",
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"drearily",
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"gloomily",
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"pessimistically"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bleakly",
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"cheerlessly",
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"darkly",
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"heavily",
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"miserably",
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"morosely",
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"unhappily"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"merry":{
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"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
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"examples":[
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"the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry , twinkling blue eyes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blithe",
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"blithesome",
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"festive",
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"gay",
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"gleeful",
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"jocose",
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"jocular",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"laughing",
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"mirthful",
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"sunny"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amused",
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"beaming",
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"chuckling",
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"giggling",
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"smiling",
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"bright",
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"buoyant",
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"carefree",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"chipper",
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"lighthearted",
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"lightsome",
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"upbeat",
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"animated",
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"bouncing",
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"frisky",
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"jaunty",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"spirited",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"vivacious",
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"zippy",
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"blissful",
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"delighted",
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"ecstatic",
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"elated",
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"enraptured",
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"entranced",
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"euphoric",
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"exhilarated",
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"exuberant",
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"exultant",
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"gladsome",
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"happy",
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"high",
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"joyful",
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"joyous",
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"jubilant",
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"overjoyed",
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"radiant",
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"rapturous",
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"ravished",
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"thrilled",
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"tickled",
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"amusing",
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"facetious",
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"flippant",
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"frolicsome",
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"funny",
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"hilarious",
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"jesting",
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"joking",
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"joshing",
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"playful",
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"sportive",
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"witty",
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"cavalier",
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"devil-may-care",
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"easygoing",
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"happy-go-lucky",
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"insouciant",
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"unconcerned",
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"hopeful",
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"optimistic",
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"rosy",
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"sanguine",
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"antic",
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"comic",
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"comical",
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"farcical",
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"humorous",
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"riotous",
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"sidesplitting",
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"uproarious"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abject",
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"aggrieved",
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"anguished",
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"blue",
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"brokenhearted",
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"crestfallen",
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"dejected",
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"depressed",
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"despondent",
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"disconsolate",
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"disheartened",
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"dispirited",
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"downcast",
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"downhearted",
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"forlorn",
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"glum",
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"heartbroken",
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"heartsick",
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"heavyhearted",
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"low-spirited",
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"melancholy",
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"sad",
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"saddened",
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"sorrowful",
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"unhappy",
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"crying",
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"groaning",
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"moaning",
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"sobbing",
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"wailing",
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"weeping",
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"discontented",
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"disgruntled",
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"moody",
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"doleful",
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"dolorous",
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"joyless",
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"lachrymose",
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"lugubrious",
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"mournful",
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"plaintive",
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"sorry",
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"woeful",
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"black",
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"bleak",
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"cheerless",
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"comfortless",
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"dark",
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"depressing",
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"desolate",
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"dismal",
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"dreary",
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"gloomy",
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"glum",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"morose",
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"saturnine",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"sullen",
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"miserable",
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"woebegone",
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"wretched",
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"dull",
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"lethargic",
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"listless",
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"sluggish",
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"torpid"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"merrymakings":{
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"joyful or festive activity":{
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"examples":[
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"Christmas Eve is always an occasion of much merrymaking at our home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conviviality",
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"festivity",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"jollification",
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"jollity",
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"merriment",
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"rejoicing",
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"reveling",
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"revelling",
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"revelry",
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"whoopee"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carousal",
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"carouse",
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"delight",
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"diversion",
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"entertainment",
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"fun",
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"mischief",
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"pleasure",
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"recreation",
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"riot",
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"cheer",
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"cheerfulness",
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"cheeriness",
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"glee",
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"gleefulness",
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"hilarity",
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"joviality",
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"merriness",
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"mirth",
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"mirthfulness",
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"carnival",
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"celebration",
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"festival",
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"party",
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"revel",
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"frolicking",
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"gamboling",
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"gambolling",
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"rollicking",
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"romping",
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"enjoyment",
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"happiness",
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"joy",
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"binge",
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"fling",
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"frolic",
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"gambol",
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"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merry-andrew":{
|
|
"as in comedian , clown":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandize":{
|
|
"products that are bought and sold in business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we stock only the finest-quality merchandise in this store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commodities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"wares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"line",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"job lot",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"durables",
|
|
"durable goods",
|
|
"hard goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presell",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"remarket",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic (in)",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merriness":{
|
|
"a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hate the forced merriness of so many New Year's Eve parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"gamesomeness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocoseness",
|
|
"jocosity",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"giddiness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolorousness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merry-andrews":{
|
|
"as in comedians , clowns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"vices",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercurial":{
|
|
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss's mood is so mercurial that we never know how he's going to react to anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercies":{
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensations",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"privileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchant ship":{
|
|
"as in aircraft carrier , motor ship":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carrier",
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"coaster",
|
|
"collier",
|
|
"containership",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"flagship",
|
|
"freighter",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"lightship",
|
|
"liner",
|
|
"man-of-war",
|
|
"man-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantman",
|
|
"motor ship",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"steamer",
|
|
"steamship",
|
|
"superliner",
|
|
"supertanker",
|
|
"tanker",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"warship",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"barque",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"tall ship",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meres":{
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billabongs",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"puddles",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"wells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"sinkholes",
|
|
"swimming pools",
|
|
"lakes",
|
|
"ponds",
|
|
"water holes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merrymakers":{
|
|
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrants",
|
|
"celebrators",
|
|
"partyers",
|
|
"partiers",
|
|
"partygoers",
|
|
"revelers",
|
|
"revellers",
|
|
"roisterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"bingers",
|
|
"carousers",
|
|
"party animals",
|
|
"wassailers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"skylarkers",
|
|
"noisemakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandiser":{
|
|
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wholesale merchandiser makes a 15% profit on those toys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"trafficker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessman",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"entrepreneur",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"marketer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"storekeeper",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"engrosser",
|
|
"monopolist",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"provider",
|
|
"provisioner",
|
|
"purveyor",
|
|
"supplier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scattering of small merchandisers selling souvenirs around the fairgrounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"auctioneer",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scalper",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"discounter",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"e-tailer",
|
|
"exporter",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"reseller",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"chapman",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"horse trader",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandizing":{
|
|
"as in retailing , wholesaling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselling",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"remarketing",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"exporting",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking (in)",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchants":{
|
|
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"traffickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessmen",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"entrepreneurs",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"marketers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"storekeepers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"engrossers",
|
|
"monopolists",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"providers",
|
|
"provisioners",
|
|
"purveyors",
|
|
"suppliers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandise":{
|
|
"products that are bought and sold in business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we stock only the finest-quality merchandise in this store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commodities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"wares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"line",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"job lot",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"durables",
|
|
"durable goods",
|
|
"hard goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presell",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"remarket",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic (in)",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merry-go-rounds":{
|
|
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"zodiacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"syndromes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"rotations",
|
|
"turnovers",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercifully":{
|
|
"as in humanely , compassionately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merry-go-round":{
|
|
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"zodiac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"syndrome",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnover",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercy killing":{
|
|
"the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Some called her death a mercy killing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assisted suicide",
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"physician-assisted suicide",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"filicide",
|
|
"fratricide",
|
|
"matricide",
|
|
"parricide",
|
|
"patricide",
|
|
"regicide",
|
|
"uxoricide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merciful":{
|
|
"showing kindness and forgiveness instead of harshness or cruelty especially to someone under one's authority or control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When our English teacher caught us cheating, we prayed he would be merciful in deciding our punishment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"cruelty-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandised":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presold",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"remarketed",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"exported",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked (in)",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"paltered",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"stocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merriments":{
|
|
"a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their unexpected merriment made him nervously inquire as to the reason for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"gamesomeness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocoseness",
|
|
"jocosity",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"giddiness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolorousness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"joyful or festive activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mergences":{
|
|
"as in interfusions , commixtures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorptions",
|
|
"coalescences",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"concretions",
|
|
"homogenizations",
|
|
"immixtures",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"interfusions",
|
|
"mergers",
|
|
"couplings",
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"syntheses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"cleavages",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"fractionalizations",
|
|
"fractionations",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disassemblies",
|
|
"dismemberments",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandizes":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presells",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"remarkets",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"exports",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics (in)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercy":{
|
|
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always show your enemies mercy , because it makes you a better person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"lenity",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"uncharitableness",
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of such mercy that she's been known to cry over dead rodents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"largeheartedness",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanism",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchantman":{
|
|
"as in warship , freighter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carrier",
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"coaster",
|
|
"collier",
|
|
"containership",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"flagship",
|
|
"freighter",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"lightship",
|
|
"liner",
|
|
"man-of-war",
|
|
"man-o'-war",
|
|
"merchant ship",
|
|
"motor ship",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"steamer",
|
|
"steamship",
|
|
"superliner",
|
|
"supertanker",
|
|
"tanker",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"warship",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"barque",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"tall ship",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercy killings":{
|
|
"the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Some called her death a mercy killing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assisted suicides",
|
|
"euthanasias",
|
|
"physician-assisted suicides",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"rubouts",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"filicides",
|
|
"fratricides",
|
|
"matricides",
|
|
"parricides",
|
|
"patricides",
|
|
"regicides",
|
|
"uxoricides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meretricious":{
|
|
"attractive in a cheap or false way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meretricious beauty lacking in any real substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"kenspeckle",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"unflashy",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unemphatic",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unshowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mergence":{
|
|
"as in interfusion , immingling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"coalescence",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"concretion",
|
|
"homogenization",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixture",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"interfusion",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"synthesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merited":{
|
|
"being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the punishment, although harsh, was entirely merited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"condign",
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightful",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"rhadamanthine",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"square"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"unlawful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeserved",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unmerited",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merges":{
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"comingles",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"commixes",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"conflates",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"homogenizes",
|
|
"immingles",
|
|
"immixes",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"interfuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"intermixes",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"admixes",
|
|
"beats (in)",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"emulsifies",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"weaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unmixes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchant ships":{
|
|
"as in aircraft carriers , motor ships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"lightships",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
|
"motor ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercilessness":{
|
|
"as in ruthlessness , pitilessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"fellness",
|
|
"ferociousness",
|
|
"ferocity",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"bloodlust",
|
|
"bloodthirstiness",
|
|
"murderousness",
|
|
"sanguineness",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"hardhandedness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"heavy-handedness",
|
|
"oppressiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchantmen":{
|
|
"as in warships , freighters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"lightships",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
|
"motor ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meridians":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandisers":{
|
|
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wholesale merchandiser makes a 15% profit on those toys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"traffickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessmen",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"entrepreneurs",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"marketers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"storekeepers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"engrossers",
|
|
"monopolists",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"providers",
|
|
"provisioners",
|
|
"purveyors",
|
|
"suppliers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scattering of small merchandisers selling souvenirs around the fairgrounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"auctioneers",
|
|
"concessionaires",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"bootleggers",
|
|
"fencers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scalpers",
|
|
"smugglers",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"discounters",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"e-tailers",
|
|
"exporters",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"resellers",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"chapmen",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"salesclerks",
|
|
"salesmen",
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"saleswomen",
|
|
"shopgirls",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"horse traders",
|
|
"palterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"purchasers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchantable":{
|
|
"fit to be offered for sale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marketable",
|
|
"salable",
|
|
"saleable",
|
|
"sellable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsalable",
|
|
"unmarketable",
|
|
"unsalable",
|
|
"unsellable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meretriciousness":{
|
|
"as in vulgarity , tawdriness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"luridness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"fanciness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"fanfare",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"pomp",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"razzmatazz",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"\u00e9clat",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"mummery",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"swank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"conservativeness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"understatement",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"minimalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merge":{
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"comingle",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"commix",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"conflate",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"immingle",
|
|
"immix",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"intermix",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"admix",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"emulsify",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"weave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unmix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercenariness":{
|
|
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she possesses the unmistakable mercenariness of a confirmed gold digger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"graspingness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialism",
|
|
"materialism",
|
|
"possessiveness",
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"piggishness",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"bounteousness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"selflessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchant":{
|
|
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"trafficker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessman",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"entrepreneur",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"marketer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"storekeeper",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"engrosser",
|
|
"monopolist",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"provider",
|
|
"provisioner",
|
|
"purveyor",
|
|
"supplier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandising":{
|
|
"as in retailing , wholesaling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselling",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"remarketing",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"exporting",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking (in)",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meriting":{
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandized":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presold",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"remarketed",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"exported",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked (in)",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"paltered",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"stocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mermaid":{
|
|
"an imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail instead of legs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Nereid",
|
|
"Oceanid",
|
|
"sea-maid",
|
|
"sea-maiden",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"water nymph",
|
|
"dryad",
|
|
"hamadryad",
|
|
"naiad",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"oread",
|
|
"wood nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merging":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the merging of the two companies resulted in a corporation with a totally different configuration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"junction",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"coalescence",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"synthesis",
|
|
"reunification",
|
|
"reunion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"divorcement",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"severance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"disconnection",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"split"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"comingling",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixing",
|
|
"compositing",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"conflating",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"interfusing",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"intermixing",
|
|
"melding",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"admixing",
|
|
"beating (in)",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"emulsifying",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"weaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unmixing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meridian":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in high , highest":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apical",
|
|
"apogean",
|
|
"crestal",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climactic",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crossover",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"epochal",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"watershed",
|
|
"go-no-go",
|
|
"make-or-break"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimactic",
|
|
"anticlimactical",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mermaids":{
|
|
"an imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail instead of legs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs",
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"naiads",
|
|
"naiades",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meritless":{
|
|
"as in worthless , unworthy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercurialness":{
|
|
"as in unpredictability , moodiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"whimsicalness",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"flakiness",
|
|
"arbitrariness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility",
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mere":{
|
|
"being this and no more":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mere idea of your traveling alone to Europe is ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"puddle",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"sinkhole",
|
|
"swimming pool",
|
|
"lake",
|
|
"pond",
|
|
"water hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merrymaker":{
|
|
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"partyer",
|
|
"partier",
|
|
"partygoer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"binger",
|
|
"carouser",
|
|
"party animal",
|
|
"wassailer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"noisemaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercilessly":{
|
|
"as in ruthlessly , callously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"grimly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"toughly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merrymaking":{
|
|
"joyful or festive activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Christmas Eve is always an occasion of much merrymaking at our home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meritorious":{
|
|
"deserving of high regard or great approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked all night with meritorious determination to get the project done on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"applaudable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unlikable",
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"illaudable",
|
|
"reprehensible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all agreed that the most meritorious science project had won the competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"deserving",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"worthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"undeserving",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merchandises":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presells",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"remarkets",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"exports",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics (in)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercifulness":{
|
|
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"preached that the mercifulness of the Lord is without limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"lenity",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"uncharitableness",
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merit":{
|
|
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this mystery novel at least has the merit of an original plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cardinal virtue",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"superiority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"disvalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that idea has some merit , so let's explore it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"valuation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"evaluation",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"desirability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"crumminess",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"lousiness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserve",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merciless":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she is a merciless competitor at board games of any kind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merriment":{
|
|
"a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their unexpected merriment made him nervously inquire as to the reason for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"gamesomeness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocoseness",
|
|
"jocosity",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"giddiness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolorousness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"joyful or festive activity":{
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"examples":[
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"the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conviviality",
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"festivity",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"jollification",
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"jollity",
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"merrymaking",
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"rejoicing",
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"reveling",
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"revelling",
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"revelry",
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"whoopee"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carousal",
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"carouse",
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"delight",
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"diversion",
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"entertainment",
|
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"fun",
|
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"mischief",
|
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"pleasure",
|
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"recreation",
|
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"riot",
|
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"cheer",
|
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"cheerfulness",
|
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"cheeriness",
|
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"glee",
|
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"gleefulness",
|
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"hilarity",
|
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"joviality",
|
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"merriness",
|
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"mirth",
|
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"mirthfulness",
|
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"carnival",
|
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"celebration",
|
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"festival",
|
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"party",
|
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"revel",
|
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"frolicking",
|
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"gamboling",
|
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"gambolling",
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"rollicking",
|
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"romping",
|
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"enjoyment",
|
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"happiness",
|
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"joy",
|
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"binge",
|
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"fling",
|
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"frolic",
|
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"gambol",
|
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"lark",
|
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"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
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"buffoonery",
|
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"clownery",
|
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"clownishness",
|
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"flippancy",
|
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"frivolity",
|
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"funning",
|
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"jesting",
|
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"jocularity",
|
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"joking",
|
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"joshing",
|
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"levity",
|
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"lightheartedness",
|
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"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"blackness",
|
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"darkness",
|
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"dolefulness",
|
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"dolor",
|
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"gloom",
|
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"gloominess",
|
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"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
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"heartache",
|
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"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
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"miserableness",
|
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"misery",
|
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"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mercenary":{
|
|
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were a mercenary couple, who defined themselves not by what they were but by what they owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"moneygrubbing",
|
|
"rapacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialistic",
|
|
"materialistic",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterialistic",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"merely":{
|
|
"nothing more than":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outside noise was merely a raccoon knocking over the garbage can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"but",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"simply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |