242 lines
4.8 KiB
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242 lines
4.8 KiB
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{
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"puerility":{
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"as in goofiness , childishness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"childishness",
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"goofiness",
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"cheer",
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"cheerfulness",
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"festivity",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"glee",
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"gleefulness",
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"high-spiritedness",
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"hilarity",
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"joviality",
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"lightheartedness",
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"merriment",
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"mirth",
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"mirthfulness",
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"facetiousness",
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"flightiness",
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"flippancy",
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"frivolity",
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"frivolousness",
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"frothiness",
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"levity",
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"light-headedness",
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"light-mindedness",
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"lightness",
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"silliness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"earnestness",
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"gravity",
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"seriousness",
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"soberness",
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"solemnity",
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"solemnness",
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"dejection",
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"depression",
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"despondency",
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"dispiritedness",
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"downheartedness",
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"gloom",
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"gloominess",
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"heartsickness",
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"joylessness",
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"melancholy",
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"mopes",
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"moroseness",
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"sadness",
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"sullenness",
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"unhappiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"puerile":{
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"having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children":{
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"examples":[
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"told the teenagers that such puerile behavior would not be tolerated during the ceremony"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adolescent",
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"babyish",
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"childish",
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"immature",
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"infantile",
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"jejune",
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"juvenile",
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"kiddish"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boyish",
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"brattish",
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"bratty",
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"girlie",
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"girly",
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"girlish",
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"childlike",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"simple",
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"simplistic",
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"unsophisticated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unchildlike",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"experienced",
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"knowing",
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"smart",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adult",
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"grown-up",
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"mature"
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]
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},
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"lacking in adult experience or maturity":{
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"examples":[
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"allowed the company to be taken over by a bunch of puerile whippersnappers fresh out of business school"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adolescent",
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"callow",
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"green",
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"immature",
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"inexperienced",
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"juvenile",
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"raw",
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"unfledged",
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"unformed",
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"unripe",
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"unripened"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babyish",
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"childish",
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"infantile",
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"infantilized",
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"infantine",
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"boyish",
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"girlish",
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"juvenescent",
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"kiddish",
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"young",
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"youngish",
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"youthful",
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"maidenly",
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"virginal",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"tender",
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"unknowing",
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"unseasoned",
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"unsophisticated",
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"untrained",
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"untried"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"precocious",
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"knowing",
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"savvy",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adult",
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"experienced",
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"grown-up",
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"mature",
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"ripe"
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]
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},
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"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
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"examples":[
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"the kind of puerile jokes that teenage moviegoers apparently love"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birdbrained",
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"ditzy",
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"ditsy",
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"dizzy",
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"featherbrained",
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"flighty",
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"frivolous",
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"frothy",
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"futile",
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"giddy",
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"goofy",
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"harebrained",
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"light-headed",
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"light-minded",
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"scatterbrained",
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"silly",
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"yeasty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fatuous",
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"foolish",
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"inane",
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"nonsensical",
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"thoughtless",
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"witless",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"fruity",
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"exuberant",
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"flippant",
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"fluttery",
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"giggly",
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"happy",
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"light",
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"lighthearted",
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"playful",
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"sappy",
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"shallow",
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"superficial"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grave",
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"melancholy",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"thoughtful",
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"dignified",
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"heavy",
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"no-nonsense",
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"sedate",
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"severe",
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"solemn",
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"staid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"serious",
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"serious-minded",
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"sober",
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"unfrivolous"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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}
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} |