dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sac_MWT.json
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{
"sacking":{
"as in robbery , looting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plunder",
"plundering",
"raiding",
"robbery",
"piracy",
"pirating",
"privateering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dismissal , firing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"firing",
"layoff",
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"humiliation",
"bump",
"demotion",
"reduction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"he was sacked for showing up late once too often"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking in",
"burglarizing",
"ripping off",
"stealing (from)",
"combing",
"hunting",
"raking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"harrying",
"raiding",
"ravishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sacks":{
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"examples":[
"asked the bagger to put all the loaves of bread in the same sack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"traveling bags",
"wallets",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"backpacks",
"barracks bags",
"duffel bags",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"rucksacks",
"satchels",
"totes",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"tote bags",
"ditty bags",
"flight bags",
"garment bags",
"kit bags",
"shopping bags",
"work bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
"examples":[
"I think I'm ready to hit the sack"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"he was sacked for showing up late once too often"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"terminates",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks in",
"burglarizes",
"rips off",
"steals (from)",
"combs",
"hunts",
"rakes",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"harries",
"raids",
"ravishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sacral":{
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
"examples":[
"sacral laws that have been passed down for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrate",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"ceremonial",
"liturgical",
"priestly",
"religious",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"spiritual",
"biblical",
"scriptural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"unspiritual",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sacrilege":{
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
"examples":[
"spitting on the temple floor would be a great sacrilege"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"impiety",
"irreverence",
"profanation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cursing",
"profanity",
"swearing",
"affront",
"insult",
"violation",
"contamination",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"pollution",
"sin",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consecration",
"purification",
"sanctification",
"reverence",
"veneration"
],
"antonyms":[
"adoration",
"glorification",
"worship"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacralized":{
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"canonized",
"spiritualized",
"chastened",
"cleansed",
"lustrated",
"purified",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"expurgated",
"committed",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"reconsecrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiled",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"tainted",
"violated",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"cussed",
"damned",
"execrated",
"cast out",
"condemned",
"damned",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"desanctified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacrosanct":{
"not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct , and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"holy",
"inviolable",
"sacred",
"unassailable",
"untouchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inviolate",
"pure",
"privileged",
"protected",
"secure",
"shielded",
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
"examples":[
"believers eventually built a chapel on the sacrosanct spot where the miracle was thought to have taken place"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrate",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacral",
"sacred",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"ceremonial",
"liturgical",
"priestly",
"religious",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"spiritual",
"biblical",
"scriptural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"unspiritual",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sacks out":{
"as in turns in , kips (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beds (down)",
"couches",
"dosses (down)",
"flops",
"kips (down)",
"retires",
"turns in",
"catnaps",
"conks (off or out)",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"lies up",
"sleeps in",
"oversleeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"rolls out",
"turns out",
"uprises",
"watches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacked":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"he was sacked for showing up late once too often"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"terminated",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke in",
"burglarized",
"ripped off",
"stole (from)",
"combed",
"hunted",
"raked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"harried",
"raided",
"ravished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacerdotal":{
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
"examples":[
"sacerdotal garments such as a cassock and miter"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerical",
"clerkly",
"ministerial",
"pastoral",
"priestly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"missionary",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"diaconal",
"diocesan",
"episcopal",
"papal",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"churchly",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical",
"divine",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"conventual",
"mendicant",
"monachal",
"monastic",
"caliphal",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lay",
"nonclerical",
"secular",
"temporal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sacrileges":{
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
"examples":[
"spitting on the temple floor would be a great sacrilege"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemies",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"impieties",
"irreverences",
"profanations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"profanities",
"affronts",
"insults",
"violations",
"contaminations",
"corruptions",
"debasements",
"pollutions",
"sins",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consecrations",
"purifications",
"sanctifications",
"reverences",
"venerations"
],
"antonyms":[
"adorations",
"glorifications",
"worships"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacrifice":{
"something offered to a god":{
"examples":[
"the herders selected their best lamb as a sacrifice in order to receive blessings from their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolation",
"offering",
"victim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libation",
"oblation",
"propitiation",
"holocaust",
"contribution",
"donation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolate",
"offer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"give",
"hand over",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sacrificed":{
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolated",
"offered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecrated",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"gave",
"handed over",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacredness":{
"as in consecration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consecration",
"goodness",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"priestliness",
"asceticism",
"devotion",
"morality",
"prayerfulness",
"religiousness",
"spirituality",
"blessedness",
"devoutness",
"godliness",
"holiness",
"piety",
"piousness",
"sainthood",
"saintliness",
"saintship",
"sanctity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godlessness",
"impiety",
"ungodliness",
"unholiness",
"blasphemousness",
"irreverence",
"sacrilegiousness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"hypocrisy",
"sanctimoniousness",
"sanctimony"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacrifices":{
"something offered to a god":{
"examples":[
"the herders selected their best lamb as a sacrifice in order to receive blessings from their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolations",
"offerings",
"victims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libations",
"oblations",
"propitiations",
"holocausts",
"contributions",
"donations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolates",
"offers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"gives",
"hands over",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"saccharine":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"the movie was funny, but it had a saccharine ending in which everyone lives happily ever after"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sacramental":{
"as in religious , sacred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical",
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sackers":{
"as in plunderers , pillagers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredators",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"spoilers",
"spoliators",
"demolishers",
"desecraters",
"desecrators",
"despoilers",
"destroyers",
"ravagers",
"ruiners",
"saboteurs",
"wasters",
"wreckers",
"graffitists",
"taggers",
"defacers",
"vandals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservers",
"preservers",
"protectors",
"savers",
"conservators",
"preservationists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacrilegiousness":{
"as in irreverence , blasphemousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasphemousness",
"irreverence",
"godlessness",
"impiety",
"ungodliness",
"unholiness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"hypocrisy",
"sanctimoniousness",
"sanctimony"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessedness",
"devoutness",
"godliness",
"holiness",
"piety",
"piousness",
"sainthood",
"saintliness",
"saintship",
"sanctity",
"asceticism",
"devotion",
"morality",
"prayerfulness",
"religiousness",
"spirituality",
"priestliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sackings":{
"as in dismissals , firings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissals",
"firings",
"layoffs",
"downgrades",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"humiliations",
"bumps",
"demotions",
"reductions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plunders , depredations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredations",
"despoilments",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"predations",
"spoliations",
"defacements",
"vandalisms",
"vandalizations",
"demolishments",
"desecrations",
"destructions",
"ravages",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"sabotages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservations",
"preservations",
"protections",
"salvages",
"savings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacrilegious":{
"not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred":{
"examples":[
"a sacrilegious , obscene joke\u2014and told in church at that!"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"impious",
"irreverent",
"profane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agnostic",
"atheistic",
"atheistical",
"godless",
"heretical",
"heretic",
"irreligious",
"miscreant",
"nonreligious",
"religionless",
"secular",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed",
"heathen",
"pagan",
"paganish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devout",
"God-fearing",
"godly",
"holy",
"prayerful",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified"
],
"antonyms":[
"pious",
"reverent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sack":{
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"examples":[
"asked the bagger to put all the loaves of bread in the same sack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carryall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"backpack",
"barracks bag",
"duffel bag",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"rucksack",
"satchel",
"tote",
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse",
"tote bag",
"ditty bag",
"flight bag",
"garment bag",
"kit bag",
"shopping bag",
"work bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
"examples":[
"I think I'm ready to hit the sack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedstead",
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"daybed",
"feather bed",
"four-poster",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sleigh bed",
"sofa",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"he was sacked for showing up late once too often"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break in",
"burglarize",
"rip off",
"steal (from)",
"comb",
"hunt",
"rake",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"harry",
"raid",
"ravish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sacralize":{
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptize",
"canonize",
"spiritualize",
"chasten",
"cleanse",
"lustrate",
"purify",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"expurgate",
"commit",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"reconsecrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defile",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"dirty",
"foul",
"pollute",
"soil",
"taint",
"violate",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"cuss",
"damn",
"execrate",
"cast out",
"condemn",
"damn",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sack out":{
"as in turn in , kip (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed (down)",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop",
"kip (down)",
"retire",
"turn in",
"catnap",
"conk (off or out)",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"lie up",
"sleep in",
"oversleep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise",
"watch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacralizing":{
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"canonizing",
"spiritualizing",
"chastening",
"cleansing",
"lustrating",
"purifying",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"expurgating",
"committing",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"reconsecrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiling",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"tainting",
"violating",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"cussing",
"damning",
"execrating",
"casting out",
"condemning",
"damning",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrating",
"desacralizing",
"desanctifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacker":{
"as in plunderer , pillager":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredator",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"spoiler",
"spoliator",
"demolisher",
"desecrater",
"desecrator",
"despoiler",
"destroyer",
"ravager",
"ruiner",
"saboteur",
"waster",
"wrecker",
"graffitist",
"tagger",
"defacer",
"vandal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserver",
"preserver",
"protector",
"saver",
"conservator",
"preservationist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacked out":{
"as in turned in , kipped (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedded (down)",
"couched",
"dossed (down)",
"flopped",
"kipped (down)",
"retired",
"turned in",
"catnapped",
"conked (off or out)",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"napped",
"nodded",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"lay up",
"slept in",
"overslept"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked",
"arose",
"got up",
"rolled out",
"rose",
"turned out",
"uprose",
"watched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacred":{
"not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{
"examples":[
"the sacred trust that exists between elected officials and the electorate"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"holy",
"inviolable",
"sacrosanct",
"unassailable",
"untouchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inviolate",
"pure",
"privileged",
"protected",
"secure",
"shielded",
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or being God":{
"examples":[
"a sacred name that must not be uttered in vain"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"divine",
"godlike",
"godly",
"heavenly",
"holy",
"supernatural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"omniscient",
"supreme"
],
"near antonyms":[
"human",
"mortal",
"natural"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion":{
"examples":[
"a sacred chalice"
],
"synonyms":[
"devotional",
"religious",
"spiritual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"solemn",
"liturgical",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"semireligious",
"semisacred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular"
]
},
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
"examples":[
"the sacred bones of a saint"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrate",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacral",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"ceremonial",
"liturgical",
"priestly",
"religious",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"spiritual",
"biblical",
"scriptural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"unspiritual",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
]
},
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"the alumni procession at graduation is one of the college's most sacred traditions, dating back over a hundred years"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"revered",
"reverend",
"venerable",
"venerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"saccharinity":{
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
"examples":[
"the film veers into saccharinity as soon as the cute child star appears on screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathos",
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness",
"syrup",
"sirup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotion",
"sentiment",
"corn",
"corniness",
"hokeyness",
"hokiness",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynicism",
"hardheadedness",
"hard-heartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacralizes":{
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"canonizes",
"spiritualizes",
"chastens",
"cleanses",
"lustrates",
"purifies",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"expurgates",
"commits",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"reconsecrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiles",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"taints",
"violates",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"cusses",
"damns",
"execrates",
"casts out",
"condemns",
"damns",
"punishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacrificing":{
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolating",
"offering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"giving",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacristies":{
"a room in a church building for sacred furnishings (as vestments)":{
"examples":[
"our choir robes were stored in the sacristy"
],
"synonyms":[
"vestries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloakrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacking out":{
"as in turning in , kipping (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedding (down)",
"couching",
"dossing (down)",
"flopping",
"kipping (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in",
"catnapping",
"conking (off or out)",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"lying up",
"sleeping in",
"oversleeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"rolling out",
"turning out",
"uprising",
"watching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sacristy":{
"a room in a church building for sacred furnishings (as vestments)":{
"examples":[
"our choir robes were stored in the sacristy"
],
"synonyms":[
"vestry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloakroom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}