dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ang_MWT.json
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{
"angered":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"angered residents demanded to know why their street hadn't been plowed three days after the snowstorm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson\u2014she's the most easygoing person I've ever known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"soothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"calmed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"enchanted"
],
"related":[
"affronted",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"got",
"huffed",
"irritated",
"miffed",
"nettled",
"offended",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
],
"synonyms":[
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"madded",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"ticked off"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"angle":{
"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
"examples":[
"from this angle , that car looks gray, not brown"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"facet",
"hand",
"phase",
"side"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"appearance",
"character",
"color",
"complexion",
"condition",
"face",
"look",
"semblance",
"shape",
"state",
"visage",
"period",
"stage",
"step",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"position",
"posture",
"shoes",
"slant",
"stance",
"standpoint",
"view",
"viewpoint",
"interpretation",
"reading",
"rendering",
"translation",
"version",
"article",
"case",
"component",
"count",
"detail",
"dimension",
"element",
"factor",
"instance",
"item",
"matter",
"part",
"particular",
"point",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"what's your angle on the problem?"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye view",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"the road around the peninsula is all angles and hairpin turns"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"pitch",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"bend",
"deviate",
"swerve",
"veer",
"decline",
"descend",
"recline",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angle (for)":{
"as in fish (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fish (for)",
"ask (for)",
"court",
"flirt (with)",
"invite",
"woo",
"hunt",
"search",
"seek",
"provoke",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plot , intrigue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"connive",
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angling":{
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
"examples":[
"his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"cock",
"inclination",
"list",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"turn",
"twist",
"veer",
"bow",
"dip",
"nod"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"synonyms":[
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"pitching",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banking",
"bending",
"deviating",
"swerving",
"veering",
"declining",
"descending",
"reclining",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angry":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"my sister gets really angry and practically throws a tantrum if her soccer team loses"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anguishing":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aching",
"longing (for)",
"pining (away)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"sympathizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anguish":{
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"as a new teacher, she was in real anguish over the decision to report the cheating"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"agony",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"cross",
"crucible",
"trial",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"joylessness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"emergency",
"pinch",
"asperity",
"difficulty",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"ache",
"pang",
"smarting",
"soreness",
"stitch",
"throe",
"twinge",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"ease",
"relief",
"peace",
"security",
"well-being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
"examples":[
"words can't express my anguish at losing my cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorriness",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"suffering",
"torment",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"distress",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness",
"woefulness",
"wretchedness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"enjoyment",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"delight",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"pleasure",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anguishes":{
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"as a new teacher, she was in real anguish over the decision to report the cheating"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"distresses",
"excruciations",
"hurts",
"miseries",
"pains",
"racks",
"straits",
"torments",
"tortures",
"travails",
"tribulations",
"woes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"trials",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"emergencies",
"pinches",
"asperities",
"difficulties",
"hardships",
"rigors",
"aches",
"pangs",
"stitches",
"throes",
"twinges",
"dangers",
"jeopardies",
"troubles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"alleviations",
"assuagements",
"eases",
"reliefs",
"peaces",
"securities",
"well-beings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
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"afflicts",
"agonizes",
"bedevils",
"besets",
"besieges",
"curses",
"excruciates",
"harrows",
"persecutes",
"plagues",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"attacks",
"badgers",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"rides",
"aggravates",
"agitates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"molests",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"vexes",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"flusters",
"grieves",
"perturbs",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"crushes",
"oppresses",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"smites",
"strikes",
"tyrannizes",
"victimizes",
"hurts",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stabs",
"stings",
"wrings",
"martyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"delivers",
"releases",
"relieves",
"reprieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"succors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"sorrows",
"suffers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches",
"longs (for)",
"pines (away)",
"sighs",
"smarts",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"moans",
"sobs",
"takes on",
"wails",
"weeps",
"yammers",
"yowls",
"languishes",
"regrets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"crows",
"delights",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"laughs",
"ravishes",
"rejoices",
"triumphs",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"commiserates",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"sympathizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in blissful , beatific":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beatific",
"blissful",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"unworldly",
"Olympian",
"paradisiacal",
"paradisiac",
"utopian",
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"galactic",
"stellar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"anti-utopian",
"dystopian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cherubic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cherubic",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"pietistic",
"religiose",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"reverential",
"spiritual",
"worshipful",
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antireligious",
"faithless",
"godless",
"impious",
"irreligious",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"nonreligious",
"secular",
"unspiritual",
"worldly",
"backsliding",
"unfaithful",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"sinful",
"sinning",
"unrighteous",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"angled":{
"as in inclined , slanted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"listed",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped",
"craggy",
"hillocky",
"hilly",
"mountainous",
"scarped",
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"abrupt",
"bold",
"precipitous",
"sheer",
"steep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"gentle",
"gradual",
"moderate",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"horizontal",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"unruffled",
"unwrinkled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"synonyms":[
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"pitched",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banked",
"bent",
"deviated",
"swerved",
"veered",
"declined",
"descended",
"reclined",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"angled (for)":{
"as in fished (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fished (for)",
"asked (for)",
"courted",
"flirted (with)",
"invited",
"wooed",
"hunted",
"searched",
"sought",
"provoked",
"tempted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plotted , intrigued":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"connived",
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angering":{
"as in infuriating , enraging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson\u2014she's the most easygoing person I've ever known"
],
"synonyms":[
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"madding",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"burning (up)",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"getting",
"huffing",
"irritating",
"miffing",
"nettling",
"offending",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"enchanting"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"anguished":{
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
"examples":[
"an anguished cry",
"the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirgelike",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicted",
"agonized",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"attacked",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"molested",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"crushed",
"oppressed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"smote",
"struck",
"tyrannized",
"victimized",
"hurt",
"pained",
"panged",
"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
"stung",
"wrung",
"martyred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"angel":{
"an innocent or gentle person":{
"examples":[
"would like to think that her child is a perfect angel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"innocent",
"lamb",
"sheep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babe",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"greenhorn",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"newbie",
"tenderfoot",
"virgin",
"cherub",
"saint",
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"dupe",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bully",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"slob",
"shark",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"devil",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain"
],
"antonyms":[
"wolf"
]
},
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
"examples":[
"looking forward to seeing those red-breasted angels of the spring\u2014robins"
],
"synonyms":[
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"outrider",
"precursor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboder",
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"forewarning",
"advertiser",
"announcer",
"blazoner",
"crier",
"proclaimer",
"courier",
"messenger",
"runner",
"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"foreshadowing",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefiguring",
"presage",
"mark",
"sign",
"symptom",
"bellwether"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
"examples":[
"over the years the industrialist frequently served as the symphony orchestra's anonymous angel"
],
"synonyms":[
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"altruist",
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"helper",
"subscriber",
"supporter",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"angles (for)":{
"as in fishes (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fishes (for)",
"asks (for)",
"courts",
"flirts (with)",
"invites",
"woos",
"hunts",
"searches",
"seeks",
"provokes",
"tempts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plots , intrigues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compasses",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"arranges",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"hammers out",
"works out",
"connives",
"contrives",
"engineers",
"finagles",
"finesses",
"frames",
"machinates",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"masterminds",
"negotiates",
"wangles",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"hatches",
"captains",
"commands",
"conducts",
"directs",
"handles",
"manages",
"quarterbacks",
"runs",
"gerrymanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gums (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angling (for)":{
"as in fishing (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fishing (for)",
"asking (for)",
"courting",
"flirting (with)",
"inviting",
"wooing",
"hunting",
"searching",
"seeking",
"provoking",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plotting , intriguing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compassing",
"intriguing",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"conniving",
"contriving",
"engineering",
"finagling",
"finessing",
"framing",
"machinating",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"masterminding",
"negotiating",
"wangling",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"hatching",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"conducting",
"directing",
"handling",
"managing",
"quarterbacking",
"running",
"gerrymandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fumbling",
"gumming (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angst":{
"a strong feeling of being worried or nervous":{
"examples":[
"a film about teenage angst"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"angler":{
"as in trawler , troller":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fly fisherman",
"giller",
"surf caster",
"trawler",
"trawlerman",
"troller",
"fisherfolk",
"fisherwoman",
"waterman",
"fisher",
"fisherman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"angers":{
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson\u2014she's the most easygoing person I've ever known"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"mads",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronts",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"burns (up)",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"gets",
"huffs",
"irritates",
"miffs",
"nettles",
"offends",
"peeves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"soothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"calms",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"settles",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"enchants"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angerless":{
"as in pleased , delighted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth",
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"angular":{
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat such that the bones are prominent in appearance":{
"examples":[
"Her angular face emphasized her high cheekbones and strong jawline."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"bony",
"boney",
"fatless",
"gracile",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"anorectic",
"anoretic",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"wizened",
"meager",
"meagre",
"puny",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having one or more angles":{
"examples":[
"In the fading light, the rooftops formed angular silhouettes against the sky."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peaked",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"sharp",
"spired",
"tipped",
"needlelike",
"spiny",
"barbed",
"jagged",
"pronged",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"bladelike",
"knifelike",
"broken",
"craggy",
"ragged",
"scraggly",
"scraggy",
"saw-toothed",
"serrate",
"serrated",
"harsh",
"rough",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"nonuniform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"rounded",
"regular",
"uniform",
"flat",
"flush",
"level",
"plane",
"blunt",
"clean",
"even",
"smooth",
"soft",
"unbroken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anglers":{
"as in trawlers , trollers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fly fishermen",
"gillers",
"surf casters",
"trawlermen",
"trawlers",
"trollers",
"fisherfolk",
"fisherwomen",
"watermen",
"fishermen",
"fishers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}