4960 lines
98 KiB
JSON
4960 lines
98 KiB
JSON
{
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"bale":{
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"a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped":{
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"examples":[
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"a bale of cotton/paper"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bundle",
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"pack",
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"package",
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"packet",
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"parcel",
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"shipment",
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"burden",
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"cargo",
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"draft",
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"freight",
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"haul",
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"lading",
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"load",
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"loading",
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"payload",
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"weight",
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"consignment",
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"boatload",
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"carload",
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"shipload",
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"trainload",
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"truckload",
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"wagonload",
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"ballast",
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"deadweight",
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"overload",
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"surcharge",
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"manifest",
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"body",
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"bulk",
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"mass"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"balloons":{
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"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contracts",
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"decreases",
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"diminishes",
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"dwindles",
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"lessens",
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"recedes",
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"wanes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"jumps",
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"rockets",
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"skyrockets",
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"surges",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"redoubles",
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"blows up",
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"bulks",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"puffs (up)",
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"crescendoes",
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"crests",
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"peaks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerates",
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"accumulates",
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"appreciates",
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"booms",
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"builds up",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"climbs",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"gains",
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"increases",
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"mounts",
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"multiplies",
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"mushrooms",
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"proliferates",
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"rises",
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"rolls up",
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"snowballs",
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"spreads",
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"swells",
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"waxes"
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]
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},
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"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"shrinks"
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],
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"related":[
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"domes",
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"blows up",
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"inflates",
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"dilates",
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"distends",
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"expands",
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"mushrooms",
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"snowballs",
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"elongates",
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"extends",
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"lengthens",
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"stretches"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bags",
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"beetles",
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"bellies",
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"billows",
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"bulges",
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"bunches",
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"juts",
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"overhangs",
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"pokes",
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"pooches",
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"pouches",
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"pouts",
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"projects",
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"protrudes",
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"stands out",
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"starts",
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"sticks out",
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"swells"
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]
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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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"ballyragging":{
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"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
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"examples":[
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"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blackjacking",
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"bogarting",
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"browbeating",
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"bulldozing",
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"bullying",
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"cowing",
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"hectoring",
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"intimidating",
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"strong-arming"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blustering",
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"trash-talking",
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"affrighting",
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"alarming",
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"alaruming",
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"frightening",
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"horrifying",
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"scaring",
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"shocking",
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"spooking",
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"startling",
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"terrifying",
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"menacing",
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"terrorizing",
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"threatening",
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"badgering",
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"harassing",
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"hounding",
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"bludgeoning",
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"coercing",
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"compelling",
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"constraining",
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"dragooning",
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"forcing",
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"making",
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"obliging",
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"pressing",
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"pressuring",
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"pushing around",
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"demoralizing",
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"psyching (out)",
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"unmanning",
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"unnerving",
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"discomposing",
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"disconcerting",
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"disquieting",
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"distressing",
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"disturbing",
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"perturbing",
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"upsetting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cheering",
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"comforting",
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"consoling",
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"reassuring",
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"solacing",
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"soothing",
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"emboldening",
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"encouraging",
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"heartening",
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"steeling",
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"convincing",
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"persuading"
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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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"ballyhoo":{
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"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
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"examples":[
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"it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ado",
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"alarums and excursions",
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"blather",
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"bluster",
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"bobbery",
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"bother",
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"bustle",
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"clatter",
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"clutter",
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"coil",
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"commotion",
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"corroboree",
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"disturbance",
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"do",
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"foofaraw",
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"fun",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fuss",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hoo-ha",
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"hoo-hah",
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"hoopla",
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"hubble-bubble",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly",
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"hurly-burly",
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"hurricane",
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"hurry",
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"hurry-scurry",
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"hurry-skurry",
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"kerfuffle",
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"moil",
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"pandemonium",
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"pother",
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"row",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"rumpus",
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"shindy",
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"splore",
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"squall",
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"stew",
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"stir",
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"storm",
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"to-do",
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"tumult",
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"turmoil",
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"uproar",
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"welter",
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"whirl",
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"williwaw",
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"zoo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cacophony",
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"clamor",
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"din",
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"howl",
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"hue and cry",
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"noise",
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"outcry",
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"racket",
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"roar",
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"disorder",
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"unrest",
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"upheaval",
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"eruption",
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"flare-up",
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"flurry",
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"flutter",
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"outbreak",
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"outburst",
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"brawl",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"hassle",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"scuffle",
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"dither",
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"fever",
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"fret",
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"lather",
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"tizzy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"hush",
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"peace",
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"quiet",
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"quietude",
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"rest",
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"stillness",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"order",
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"orderliness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause":{
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"examples":[
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"the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hype",
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"publicity",
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"puffery"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ad",
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"advertisement",
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"commercial",
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"message",
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"plug",
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"promotion",
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"spot",
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"word",
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"banner",
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"bill",
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"billboard",
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"placard",
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"poster",
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"sign",
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"advertising",
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"marketing",
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"propaganda",
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"pronouncement",
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"publication",
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"release",
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"broadcast",
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"bulletin",
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"dispatch",
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"newscast",
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"report",
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"story",
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"ink",
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"testimonial",
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"write-up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
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"examples":[
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"that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow up",
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"crack up",
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"cry up",
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"glorify",
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"tout",
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"trumpet",
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"tub-thump"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"applaud",
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"extol",
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"extoll",
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"laud",
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"magnify",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"eulogize",
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"advance",
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"blare",
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"blaze",
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"blazon",
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"boost",
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"herald",
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"offer",
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"plug",
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"promote",
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"publicize",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"claim",
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"declare",
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"lay down",
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"make out",
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"proclaim",
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"pronounce"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to provide publicity for":{
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"examples":[
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"the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boost",
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"hype",
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"pitch",
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"plug",
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"promote",
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"publicize",
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"talk up",
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"tout"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advertise",
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"bark",
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"merchandise",
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"merchandize",
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"sell",
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"push",
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"acclaim",
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"hail",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"plump (for)",
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"plunk (for)",
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"plonk (for)",
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"recommend",
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"review",
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"announce",
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"broadcast",
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"publish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"balkiness":{
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"refusal to obey":{
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"examples":[
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"the teen's unrelenting balkiness was truly frustrating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contrariness",
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"contumacy",
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"defiance",
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"disobedience",
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"frowardness",
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"insubordination",
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"intractability",
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"obstreperousness",
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"rebellion",
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"rebelliousness",
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"recalcitrance",
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"refractoriness",
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"unruliness",
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"waywardness",
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"willfulness"
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],
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"related":[
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"civil disobedience",
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"noncooperation",
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"discourteousness",
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"disrespect",
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"impertinence",
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"impoliteness",
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"impudence",
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"inconsiderateness",
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"inconsideration",
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"insolence",
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"rudeness",
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"ungraciousness",
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"doggedness",
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"hardheadedness",
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"mulishness",
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"obduracy",
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"obdurateness",
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"obstinacy",
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"obstinateness",
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"peevishness",
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"pertinaciousness",
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"pertinacity",
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"perversity",
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"pigheadedness",
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"self-will",
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"stubbornness",
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"tenaciousness",
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"tenacity",
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"knavery",
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"mischievousness",
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"naughtiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agreeability",
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"amenability",
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"amiability",
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"slavishness",
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"submissiveness",
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"subservience",
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"subserviency",
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"trainability",
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"deference",
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"docility",
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"dutifulness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"compliance",
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"obedience",
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"submission",
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"subordinateness",
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"subordination",
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"tractability",
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"tractableness"
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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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"balled":{
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"as in bulbous , rounded":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bulbous",
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"rotund",
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"rounded",
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"roundish",
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"global",
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"globular",
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"round",
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"spherical",
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"annular",
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"circular",
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"disciform",
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"discoid",
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"discoidal",
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"disklike",
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"hooplike",
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"ringlike",
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"curved",
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"looped",
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"spiral",
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"cylindrical",
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"cylindric",
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"elliptical",
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"elliptic",
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"oblong",
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"oval",
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"ovate",
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"ovoid",
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"ovoidal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to form into a round compact mass":{
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"examples":[
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"balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agglomerated",
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"rolled",
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"rounded",
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"wadded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bunched",
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"clumped",
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"lumped",
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"beaded",
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"pearled",
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"pelleted",
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"pelletized",
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"sphered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"flattened",
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"opened",
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"smoothed",
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"spread",
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"unfolded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unrolled"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"balloon":{
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"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"examples":[
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"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"accumulate",
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"appreciate",
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"boom",
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"build up",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"climb",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"gain",
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"increase",
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"mount",
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"multiply",
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"mushroom",
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"proliferate",
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"rise",
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|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balancing":{
|
|
"to make equal in amount, degree, or status":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equalizing",
|
|
"equating",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equilibrating",
|
|
"equipoising",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"compensating",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"normalizing",
|
|
"regularizing",
|
|
"standardizing",
|
|
"democratizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disequilibrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dithering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hanging back",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"scrupling",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"continuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteing (up)",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balk":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the constant interruptions proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"checkmate",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"short-circuit",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"forestall",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"overcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balks":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the constant interruptions proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"checkmates",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"thwarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"sets back",
|
|
"short-circuits",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"forestalls",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"offsets",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"overcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baldrics":{
|
|
"as in bandoliers , Sam Browne belts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandoliers",
|
|
"bandoleers",
|
|
"Sam Browne belts",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"cesti",
|
|
"obis",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"waistbands",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"ceintures",
|
|
"cinctures",
|
|
"cummerbunds",
|
|
"cumberbunds",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"sashes",
|
|
"self-belts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballooning":{
|
|
"as in dilating , turgescent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"turgescent",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in skydiving , paragliding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hang gliding",
|
|
"paragliding",
|
|
"skydiving",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"aeronautics",
|
|
"aviation",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"flying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"billowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pooching",
|
|
"pouching",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"standing out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doming",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballasts":{
|
|
"heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air \u2014 often used figuratively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A large amount of ballast kept the boat from capsizing.",
|
|
"She provided the ballast the family needed in times of stress."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadweights",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cargoes",
|
|
"cargos",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"ladings",
|
|
"loadings",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"payloads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"consignments",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"trainloads",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"wagonloads",
|
|
"overloads",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"bales",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"shipments",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"masses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballistic":{
|
|
"feeling or showing anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she went ballistic when she discovered her brother reading her e-mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballyhooing":{
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"crying up",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"tub-thumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balked":{
|
|
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"overcame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balmy":{
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a balmy spring day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the balmy notion that the IRS wouldn't collect taxes on his lottery winnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balance":{
|
|
"a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in order to determine the weight of that beaker, you need to get the two pans of the scale in perfect balance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"equilibration",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"stasis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsteadiness",
|
|
"volatility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disequilibration",
|
|
"disequilibrium",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"nonequilibrium",
|
|
"unbalance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the balance of the landscaping is in keeping with the symmetry of so many 18th-century mansions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"concinnity",
|
|
"consonance",
|
|
"consonancy",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"orchestration",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"symmetry",
|
|
"symphony",
|
|
"unity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coordination",
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"equalization",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"evenness",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"regularity",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"disconnectedness",
|
|
"disjointedness",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"unevenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asymmetry",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"violence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a device for measuring weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"use a balance to make sure you get the amounts precisely correct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravimeter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the balance to the mountain of complaints are the many letters of praise that we also receive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canceler",
|
|
"canceller",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counteraction",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterforce",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"counterweight",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"neutralizer",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a remaining group or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"and the balance of the contestants should stand in that last corner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"leftovers",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"residuum",
|
|
"rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"scraping(s)",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make equal in amount, degree, or status":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equalize",
|
|
"equate",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equilibrate",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"compensate",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"normalize",
|
|
"regularize",
|
|
"standardize",
|
|
"democratize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disequilibrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balefully":{
|
|
"as in cruelly , ruthlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balkanized":{
|
|
"as in fractionalized , fractionated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fractionalized",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cohesionless",
|
|
"factious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unanimous",
|
|
"undivided",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballroom":{
|
|
"as in hall , theater":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheater",
|
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"arena",
|
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"auditorium",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"arena theater",
|
|
"music hall",
|
|
"odeum",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater-in-the-round",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"senate",
|
|
"cafetorium",
|
|
"lyceum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balked (at)":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she balked at lending him any more money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balking (at)":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she balked at lending him any more money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balefulness":{
|
|
"as in darkness , devilishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolism",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"satanism",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"malefaction",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bald-faced":{
|
|
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I took the remark as a bald-faced accusation that I had cheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"barefaced",
|
|
"bright-line",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luculent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"black-and-white",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"illegible",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballyhoos":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"cries up",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tub-thumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balustrade":{
|
|
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ornately carved balustrade for the staircase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banister",
|
|
"bannister",
|
|
"guardrail",
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"railing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handrail",
|
|
"taffrail",
|
|
"fender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balm":{
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the balm of the restaurant's backyard garden enhances the aura of romance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"attar",
|
|
"otto",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"fragrancy",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"spice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetor",
|
|
"malodor",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballyrags":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"bogarts",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"strong-arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes around",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balk (at)":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she balked at lending him any more money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deselect",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baldric":{
|
|
"as in bandolier , Sam Browne belt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandolier",
|
|
"bandoleer",
|
|
"Sam Browne belt",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cestus",
|
|
"obi",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"waistband",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"cummerbund",
|
|
"cumberbund",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"sash",
|
|
"self-belt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ball game":{
|
|
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm still in this ball game , so don't count me out yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dogfight",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"face-off",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"rivalry",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"nail-biter",
|
|
"showdown",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the new regulations in place, investors are facing a whole new ball game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balminess":{
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only sheer balminess would possess someone to invest in that loser of a stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballyragged":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"strong-armed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed around",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balks (at)":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she balked at lending him any more money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"deselects",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balling":{
|
|
"to form into a round compact mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerating",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"wadding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"beading",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"pelleting",
|
|
"pelletizing",
|
|
"sphering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unrolling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balls":{
|
|
"a more or less round body or mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little rubber ball used in racquetball",
|
|
"a ball of string"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"globes",
|
|
"orbs",
|
|
"spheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"globules",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"ellipses",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ovals",
|
|
"spheroids",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rondures",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"cubes",
|
|
"rectangles",
|
|
"squares"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullets",
|
|
"pellets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"dumdums",
|
|
"gunshots",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"missiles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"projectiles",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering for dancing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ball to celebrate the inauguration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cotillions",
|
|
"cotillons",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"proms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"masques",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"hoedowns",
|
|
"square dances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form into a round compact mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"pelletizes",
|
|
"pellets",
|
|
"spheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unrolls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baloney":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just follow my orders, and stop the baloney"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ball of wax":{
|
|
"something to be dealt with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We've moved all the boxes, but the furniture's another ball of wax ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"zero hour",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballparks":{
|
|
"as in parks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums",
|
|
"stadiums",
|
|
"stadia",
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"hippodromes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balustrades":{
|
|
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ornately carved balustrade for the staircase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banisters",
|
|
"bannisters",
|
|
"guardrails",
|
|
"railings",
|
|
"rails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handrails",
|
|
"taffrails",
|
|
"fenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballots":{
|
|
"a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ayes",
|
|
"yeas",
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"referenda",
|
|
"referendums",
|
|
"tickets",
|
|
"absentee ballots",
|
|
"Australian ballots",
|
|
"secret ballots",
|
|
"short ballots",
|
|
"write-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"franchises",
|
|
"suffrages",
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"says",
|
|
"say-sos",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disenfranchisements"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baleful":{
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dark, baleful sky portending a tornado"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"doomy",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"minatory",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"contends that the violent content of so much of popular entertainment is a baleful influence on our society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"contagious",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"palliative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"hurtless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a medicine that is beneficial in small doses but baleful in large"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sublethal",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
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"menacing",
|
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"parlous",
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"perilous",
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"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
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"threatening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
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"bloody",
|
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"internecine",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
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"restorative",
|
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"salubrious",
|
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"salutary",
|
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"alleviative",
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"corrective",
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"curative",
|
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"remedial",
|
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"tonic",
|
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"advantageous",
|
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"beneficial",
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"useful",
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"nonpoisonous",
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|
"nontoxic",
|
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"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
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"nonfatal",
|
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"nonlethal",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
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|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balderdash":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
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"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballot":{
|
|
"a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"referendum",
|
|
"ticket",
|
|
"absentee ballot",
|
|
"Australian ballot",
|
|
"secret ballot",
|
|
"short ballot",
|
|
"write-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"franchise",
|
|
"suffrage",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"say",
|
|
"say-so",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disenfranchisement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bales":{
|
|
"a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bale of cotton/paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"shipments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cargoes",
|
|
"cargos",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"ladings",
|
|
"loadings",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"payloads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"consignments",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"trainloads",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"wagonloads",
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"deadweights",
|
|
"overloads",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"masses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baldly":{
|
|
"as in openly , frankly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballrooms":{
|
|
"as in halls , theaters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheaters",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"auditoriums",
|
|
"auditoria",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres",
|
|
"arena theaters",
|
|
"music halls",
|
|
"odea",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters-in-the-round",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"senates",
|
|
"cafetoriums",
|
|
"lyceums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |