1342 lines
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1342 lines
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{
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"agin":{
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"opposed to; not for":{
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"antonyms":[
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"for",
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"pro"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Grandpa was generally agin any music created after the Second World War"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"athwart",
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"contrary to",
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"versus",
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"with"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"against",
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"anti",
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"contra"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"aging":{
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"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
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"examples":[
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"more and more middle-aged adults must care for aging parents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aged",
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"ancient",
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"elderly",
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"geriatric",
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"long-lived",
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"old",
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"older",
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"over-the-hill",
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"senescent",
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"senior",
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"unyoung"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"centenarian",
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"nonagenarian",
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"octogenarian",
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"septuagenarian",
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"sexagenarian",
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"oldish",
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"adult",
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"grown-up",
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"mature",
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"middle-aged",
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"pensioned",
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"retired",
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"superannuated",
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"matriarchal",
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"patriarchal",
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"venerable",
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"anile",
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"decrepit",
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"doddering",
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"senile",
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"spavined",
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"tottery",
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"overage",
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"overaged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ageless",
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"youngish",
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"adolescent",
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"immature",
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"juvenile",
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"preteen",
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"puerile",
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"minor",
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"underage",
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"callow",
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"green",
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"inexperienced",
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"raw",
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"babyish",
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"childish",
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"childlike",
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"infantile",
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"infantine",
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"kiddish"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"young",
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"youthful"
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]
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},
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"to become mature":{
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"examples":[
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"as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"developing",
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"growing",
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"growing up",
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"maturing",
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"progressing",
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"ripening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mellowing",
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"softening",
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"blooming",
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"blossoming",
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"burgeoning",
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"bourgeoning",
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"flourishing",
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"flowering",
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"opening",
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"unfolding",
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"advancing",
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"evolving",
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"getting along",
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"getting on",
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"graying",
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"greying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decaying",
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"declining",
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"degenerating",
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"deteriorating",
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"sinking",
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"worsening",
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"drooping",
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"drying",
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"fading",
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"flagging",
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"sagging",
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"shriveling",
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"shrivelling",
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"waning",
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"wasting (away)",
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"weakening",
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"wilting",
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"withering",
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"regressing",
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"retrogressing",
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"reverting",
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"backsliding",
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"lapsing",
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"returning"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"agitated (for)":{
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"as in worked (for) , campaigned (for)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"campaigned (for)",
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"worked (for)",
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"wrought (for)",
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"advertised",
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"boosted",
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"plugged",
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"publicized",
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"touted",
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"abetted",
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"aided",
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"assisted",
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"endowed",
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"financed",
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"funded",
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"patronized",
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"staked",
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"subsidized",
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"underwrote",
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"advocated",
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"backed",
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"championed",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"supported",
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"upheld",
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"advanced",
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"cultivated",
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"encouraged",
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"forwarded",
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"fostered",
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"furthered",
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"incubated",
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"nourished",
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"nursed",
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"nurtured",
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"promoted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discouraged",
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"frustrated",
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"hindered",
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"inhibited",
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"enjoined",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prevented",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed",
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"battled",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"contended (with)",
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"countered",
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"fought",
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"opposed",
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"repressed",
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"snuffed (out)",
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"squashed",
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"squelched",
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"stifled",
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"subdued",
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"suppressed",
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"arrested",
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"checked",
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"halted",
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"retarded",
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"encumbered",
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"fettered",
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"hobbled",
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"impeded",
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"interfered (with)",
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"manacled",
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"obstructed",
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"shackled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"agita":{
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"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
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"examples":[
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"took a deep breath to dispel her agita as she stepped onstage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitation",
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"anxiety",
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"anxiousness",
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"apprehension",
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"apprehensiveness",
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"care",
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"concern",
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"concernment",
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"disquiet",
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"disquietude",
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"fear",
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"nervosity",
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"nervousness",
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"perturbation",
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"solicitude",
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"sweat",
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"unease",
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"uneasiness",
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"worry"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"strain",
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"stress",
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"tension",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"anguish",
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"consternation",
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"desperateness",
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"desperation",
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"discomfort",
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"discomposure",
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"dismay",
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"distraction",
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"distress",
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"disturbance",
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"edginess",
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"franticness",
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"hand-wringing",
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"jitters",
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"jumpiness",
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"panic",
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"tremor",
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"angst",
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"fearfulness",
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"torment",
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"upset",
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"vexation",
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"cold feet",
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"doubt",
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"dread",
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"foreboding",
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"incertitude",
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"misgiving",
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"presentiment",
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"suspense",
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"uncertainty",
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"compunction",
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"qualm",
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"scruple"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"calmness",
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"content",
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"contentment",
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"ease",
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"easiness",
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"peace",
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"peacefulness",
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"placidity",
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"placidness",
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"quiet",
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"quietude",
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"sereneness",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"tranquilness",
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"comfort",
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"consolation",
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"relief",
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"solace"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unconcern"
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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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"agile":{
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"moving easily":{
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"examples":[
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"the expressive movements of agile dancers",
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"agile herons wading in the marsh"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"featly",
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"feline",
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"graceful",
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"gracile",
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"light",
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"light-footed",
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"light-foot",
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"lightsome",
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"lissome",
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"lissom",
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"lithe",
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"lithesome",
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"nimble",
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"spry"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acrobatic",
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"flexible",
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"limber",
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"loose-jointed",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"supple",
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"adroit",
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"light-fingered",
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"fleet-footed",
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"sure-footed",
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"athletic",
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"balletic",
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"coordinated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"uncoordinated",
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"inflexible",
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"rigid",
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"stiff",
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"bungling",
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"inept",
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"maladroit"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"clumsy",
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"gawky",
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"graceless",
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"klutzy",
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"lumbering",
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"ungainly",
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"ungraceful"
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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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"agitation":{
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"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
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"examples":[
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"knew immediately, from the horses' agitation , that something terrible was happening"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deliriousness",
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"delirium",
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"distraction",
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"fever",
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"feverishness",
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"flap",
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"frenzy",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fury",
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"hysteria",
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"rage",
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"rampage",
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"uproar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chaos",
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"confusion",
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"disorder",
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"havoc",
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"pandemonium",
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"turmoil",
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"bedlam",
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"bother",
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"brouhaha",
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"bustle",
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"clamor",
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"clatter",
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"commotion",
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"disturbance",
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"fuss",
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"hoo-ha",
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"hoo-hah",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly-burly",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"rumpus",
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"shindy",
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"squall",
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"stew",
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"stir",
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"storm",
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"tempest",
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"to-do",
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"tumult"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"calmness",
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"peace",
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"peacefulness",
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"placidity",
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"quiet",
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"quietude",
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"repose",
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"restfulness",
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"sereneness",
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"serenity",
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"still",
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"stillness",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"tranquilness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
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"examples":[
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"experienced a great deal of agitation over whether she had an appropriate dress for her husband's inauguration"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agita",
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"anxiety",
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"anxiousness",
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"apprehension",
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"apprehensiveness",
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"care",
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"concern",
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"concernment",
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"disquiet",
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"disquietude",
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"fear",
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"nervosity",
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"nervousness",
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"perturbation",
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"solicitude",
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"sweat",
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"unease",
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"uneasiness",
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"worry"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"strain",
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"stress",
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"tension",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"anguish",
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"consternation",
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"desperateness",
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"desperation",
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"discomfort",
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"discomposure",
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"dismay",
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"distraction",
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"distress",
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"disturbance",
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"edginess",
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"franticness",
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"hand-wringing",
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"jitters",
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"jumpiness",
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"panic",
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"tremor",
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"angst",
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"fearfulness",
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"torment",
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"upset",
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"vexation",
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"cold feet",
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"doubt",
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"dread",
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"foreboding",
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"incertitude",
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"misgiving",
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"presentiment",
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"suspense",
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"uncertainty",
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"compunction",
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"qualm",
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"scruple"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"calmness",
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"content",
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"contentment",
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"ease",
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"easiness",
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"peace",
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"peacefulness",
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"placidity",
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"placidness",
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"quiet",
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"quietude",
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"sereneness",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"tranquilness",
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"comfort",
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"consolation",
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"relief",
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"solace"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unconcern"
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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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"agitating (for)":{
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"as in working (for) , campaigning (for)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"campaigning (for)",
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"working (for)",
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"advertising",
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"boosting",
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"plugging",
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"publicizing",
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"touting",
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"abetting",
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"aiding",
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"assisting",
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"endowing",
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"financing",
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"funding",
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"patronizing",
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"staking",
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"subsidizing",
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"underwriting",
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"advocating",
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"backing",
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"championing",
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"endorsing",
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"indorsing",
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"supporting",
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"upholding",
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"advancing",
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"cultivating",
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"encouraging",
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"forwarding",
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"fostering",
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"furthering",
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"incubating",
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"nourishing",
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"nursing",
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"nurturing",
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"promoting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discouraging",
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"frustrating",
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"hindering",
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"inhibiting",
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"banning",
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"barring",
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"enjoining",
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"forbidding",
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"interdicting",
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"outlawing",
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"preventing",
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"prohibiting",
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"proscribing",
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"battling",
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"combating",
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"combatting",
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"contending (with)",
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"countering",
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"fighting",
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"opposing",
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"repressing",
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"snuffing (out)",
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"squashing",
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"squelching",
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"stifling",
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"subduing",
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"suppressing",
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"arresting",
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"checking",
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"halting",
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"retarding",
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"encumbering",
|
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"fettering",
|
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"hobbling",
|
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"impeding",
|
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"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"agitational":{
|
|
"as in provocative , instigative":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instigative",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"seditious",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"revolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"agitate":{
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this room could use a ceiling fan to agitate the stuffy air a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"churn",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no need to agitate the patient about little things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the washing machine so it will agitate for four minutes before going into the rinse cycle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pit-a-pat",
|
|
"pitter-patter",
|
|
"pulsate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a question which has been agitated by the legislature time and time again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bandy",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"review",
|
|
"speak (about)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"agitated":{
|
|
"being in a state of increased activity or agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all ferry crossings were cancelled because of the agitated waters around the islands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"hectic",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"overactive",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperexcited",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atingle",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling overwhelming fear or worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the time they finally showed up, long after midnight, we'd become so agitated that we never did get to sleep that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distrait",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this room could use a ceiling fan to agitate the stuffy air a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"churned",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no need to agitate the patient about little things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the washing machine so it will agitate for four minutes before going into the rinse cycle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketed",
|
|
"convulsed",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"joggled",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"jounced",
|
|
"juddered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pit-a-patted",
|
|
"pitter-pattered",
|
|
"pulsated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a question which has been agitated by the legislature time and time again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"spoke (about)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"agitatedly":{
|
|
"as in confusedly , crazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"chaotically",
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"riotously",
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"tumultuously",
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"turbulently",
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"aimlessly",
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"haphazard",
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"haphazardly",
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"hit or miss",
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"topsy-turvy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calmly",
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"collectedly",
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"composedly",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"imperturbably",
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"peacefully",
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"placidly",
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"self-composedly",
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"self-possessedly",
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"serenely",
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"unconcernedly",
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"meekly",
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"mildly",
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"passively",
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"tamely",
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"methodically",
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"orderly",
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"systematically"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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} |