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3618 lines
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{
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"butcher":{
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"someone who bungles an effort":{
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"examples":[
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"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunderbuss",
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"blunderer",
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"botcher",
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"bumbler",
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"bungler",
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"fumbler",
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"screwup"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"incompetent",
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"muddler"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"crackerjack",
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"crackajack",
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"expert",
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"maestro",
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"master",
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"virtuoso",
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"wizard"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to kill on a large scale":{
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"examples":[
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"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"massacre",
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"mow (down)",
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"slaughter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assassinate",
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"croak",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"execute",
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"fell",
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"murder",
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"slay",
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"smite",
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"snuff",
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"annihilate",
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"blot out",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"eradicate",
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"exterminate",
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"waste",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"examples":[
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"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muck up",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"gum (up)",
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"muddle",
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"piffle",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"damage",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"destroy",
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"wreck",
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"mishandle",
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"mismanage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"rectify",
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"refine",
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"reform",
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"remedy",
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"revamp"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"butt":{
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"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
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"examples":[
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"park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backside",
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"behind",
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"booty",
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"bootie",
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"bottom",
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"breech",
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"bum",
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"buns",
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"buttocks",
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"caboose",
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"can",
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"cheeks",
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"derriere",
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"derri\u00e8re",
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"duff",
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"fanny",
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"fundament",
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"hams",
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"haunches",
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"heinie",
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"hunkers",
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"keister",
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"keester",
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"nates",
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"posterior",
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"rear",
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"rear end",
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"rump",
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"seat",
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"tail",
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"tail end",
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"tush"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beam",
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"stern",
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"moon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
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"examples":[
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"the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"derision",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"laughingstock",
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"mark",
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"mock",
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"mockery",
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"sport",
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"target"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chump",
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"dupe",
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"fall guy",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"monkey",
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"pigeon",
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"sap",
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"sucker",
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"victim"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"darling",
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"favorite",
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"pet"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
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"examples":[
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"usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mark",
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"prey",
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"sitting duck",
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"target",
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"victim"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"pilgarlic",
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"lightning rod",
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"fall guy",
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"goat",
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"scapegoat",
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"whipping boy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gossip",
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"gossiper",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"troublemaker",
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"defamer",
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"libeler",
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"libelist",
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"traducer",
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"baiter",
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"heckler",
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"needler",
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"ribber",
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"taunter",
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"tease",
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"teaser",
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"tormentor",
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"tormenter",
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"torturer",
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"derider",
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"insulter",
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"mocker",
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"ridiculer",
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"scoffer",
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"scorner",
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"caricaturist",
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"lampooner",
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"parodist",
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"satirist"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
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"examples":[
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"a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"cask",
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"firkin",
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"hogshead",
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"keg",
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"kilderkin",
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"pipe",
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"puncheon",
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"rundlet",
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"runlet",
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"tun"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"scuttlebutt",
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"cistern",
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"tub",
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"vat",
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"can",
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"drum"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in push , kick":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bump",
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"jab",
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"jostle",
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"kick",
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"knee",
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"poke",
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"prod",
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"push",
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"shove",
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"stamp",
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"bunt",
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"flick",
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"stroke",
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"tap",
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"bowl (down or over)",
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"cream",
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"deck",
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"dump",
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"fell",
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"floor",
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"knock down",
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"level",
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"scuff",
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"rabbit-punch",
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"sucker punch",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"buffet",
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"bung",
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"chop",
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"cuff",
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"drub",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lick",
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"mangle",
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"maul",
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"pelt",
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"pepper",
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"pommel",
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"pummel",
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"rough",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"cudgel",
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"flail",
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"flog",
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"lash",
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"sap",
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"slash",
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"sledge",
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"sledgehammer",
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"spear",
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"stab",
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"switch",
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"thrash",
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"whip",
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"bat",
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"belt",
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"biff",
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"bludgeon",
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"bob",
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"bonk",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clobber",
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"clock",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"hammer",
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"hit",
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"knock",
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"nail",
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"paste",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"rap",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slog",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smite",
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"sock",
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"strike",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"tag",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"whale",
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"zap",
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"bean",
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"brain",
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"conk",
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"skull"
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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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"butte":{
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"a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.":{
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"examples":[
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"The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mesa",
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"plateau",
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"table",
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"tableland",
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"altitude(s)",
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"elevation",
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"eminence",
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"height",
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"highland",
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"hump",
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"mound",
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"prominence",
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"rise",
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"upland",
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"alp",
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"mount",
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"mountain",
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"peak",
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"bluff",
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"cliff",
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"crag",
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"precipice",
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"steep",
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"tor",
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"ridge",
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"sierra",
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"dome",
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"sugarloaf",
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"foothill",
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"hillock",
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"hummock",
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"knob",
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"knoll",
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"downs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dale",
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"dell",
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"depression",
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"dingle",
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"glen",
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"hollow",
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"vale",
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"valley",
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"canyon",
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"gorge",
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"ravine",
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"basin",
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"bottom",
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"bottomland",
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"fen",
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"flat",
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"floodplain",
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"plain",
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"tidewater",
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"lowland"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"butted":{
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"as in pushed , kicked":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bumped",
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"jabbed",
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"jostled",
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"kicked",
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"kneed",
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"poked",
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"prodded",
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"pushed",
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"shoved",
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"stamped",
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"bunted",
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"flicked",
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"stroked",
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"tapped",
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"bowled (down or over)",
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"creamed",
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"decked",
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"dumped",
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"felled",
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"floored",
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"knocked down",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"scuffed",
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"rabbit-punched",
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"sucker punched",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged",
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"chopped",
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"cuffed",
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"drubbed",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"licked",
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"mangled",
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"mauled",
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"pelted",
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"peppered",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"roughed",
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"caned",
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"clubbed",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"flailed",
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"flogged",
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"lashed",
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"sapped",
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"slashed",
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"sledged",
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"sledgehammered",
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"speared",
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"stabbed",
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"switched",
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"thrashed",
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"whipped",
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"batted",
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"belted",
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"biffed",
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"bludgeoned",
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"bobbed",
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"bonked",
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"bopped",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"clapped",
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"clapt",
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"clipped",
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"clobbered",
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"clocked",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"hammered",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"nailed",
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"pasted",
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"pounded",
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"punched",
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"rapped",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"slogged",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"struck",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"tagged",
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"thumped",
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"thwacked",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"whaled",
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"zapped",
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"beaned",
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"brained",
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"conked",
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"skulled"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"butterfingered":{
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"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
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"antonyms":[
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"handy",
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"sure-handed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expert",
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"masterly",
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"skilled",
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"skillful",
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"coordinated"
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],
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"related":[
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"uncoordinated",
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"bunglesome",
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"bungling",
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"gauche",
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"inept",
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"inexpert",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"cack-handed",
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"clumsy",
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"graceless",
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"ham-fisted",
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"ham-handed",
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"handless",
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"heavy-handed",
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"left-handed",
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"maladroit",
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"unhandy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butting heads":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our boss tries not to schedule Rosie and Mark for the same shifts, since the two often butt heads ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercating",
|
|
"argufying",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"brabbling",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"rowing",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"spatting",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"tiffing",
|
|
"wrangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisting",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"consenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttoned-down":{
|
|
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"antirevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttressed":{
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brace buttressed the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"undergirded",
|
|
"underpinned",
|
|
"upheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steadied",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"underlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"button":{
|
|
"as in switch , key":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dial",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lever",
|
|
"push button",
|
|
"selector",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"actuator",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"controller",
|
|
"regulator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in color , badge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"chevron",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"cockade",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"rosette",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"bronze",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"medallion",
|
|
"order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in do up , belay":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batten",
|
|
"belay",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"hasp",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"latch",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"toggle",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"coapt",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"reaffix",
|
|
"reattach",
|
|
"refasten",
|
|
"refix",
|
|
"resecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unhook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butchering":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"boggling",
|
|
"bollixing (up)",
|
|
"booting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"buggering (up)",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mucking up",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"screwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butters up":{
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"hero-worships",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttress":{
|
|
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"mainstay",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"reliance",
|
|
"standby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"sinew(s)",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"bolsterer",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"refuge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brace buttressed the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"undergird",
|
|
"underpin",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"underlie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"validate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"button-down":{
|
|
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"antirevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttery":{
|
|
"as in fat , oily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatty",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"oily",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"caloric",
|
|
"calorific",
|
|
"fattening",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"oversweet",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"sauced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lite",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nonfattening",
|
|
"slimming",
|
|
"nonfat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in larder , spence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambry",
|
|
"larder",
|
|
"spence",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"pantry",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"coatroom",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"wardrobe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttressing":{
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brace buttressed the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"undergirding",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steadying",
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"validating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercutting",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butt heads":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our boss tries not to schedule Rosie and Mark for the same shifts, since the two often butt heads ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"argufy",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brabble",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexist",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"consent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttering up":{
|
|
"as in sycophancy , fawning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"beguilement",
|
|
"endearment",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap",
|
|
"sweet talk",
|
|
"taffy",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butter":{
|
|
"excessive praise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a junior exec who was laying on the butter so thickly that her colleagues were ready to gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap",
|
|
"sweet talk",
|
|
"taffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"blandishments",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butterflies":{
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even experienced actors sometimes get butterflies before a performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttinsky":{
|
|
"a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's always some buttinsky who has to tell you there's a better way to do whatever you're doing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"busybody",
|
|
"interferer",
|
|
"interloper",
|
|
"intermeddler",
|
|
"intruder",
|
|
"kibitzer",
|
|
"kibbitzer",
|
|
"meddler",
|
|
"nosey parker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaper",
|
|
"gawker",
|
|
"gawper",
|
|
"gazer",
|
|
"peeper",
|
|
"peeping Tom",
|
|
"prier",
|
|
"pryer",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"rubbernecker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"discloser",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"quidnunc",
|
|
"revealer",
|
|
"teller",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butch":{
|
|
"as in Amazonian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Amazonian",
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"hoydenish",
|
|
"tomboyish",
|
|
"hairy-chested",
|
|
"hypermasculine",
|
|
"macho",
|
|
"ultramasculine",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"manlike",
|
|
"manly",
|
|
"mannish",
|
|
"man-size",
|
|
"man-sized",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"unmasculine",
|
|
"metrosexual",
|
|
"unmacho",
|
|
"effeminate",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"sissified",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"androgynous",
|
|
"neuter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butt in":{
|
|
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop butting in on my personal life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"interlope",
|
|
"intermeddle",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"meddle",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muck (about or around)",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"snoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intercede",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"chisel (in)",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"tamper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttonhole":{
|
|
"as in keyhole , armhole":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airhole",
|
|
"armhole",
|
|
"keyhole",
|
|
"knothole",
|
|
"peephole",
|
|
"pothole",
|
|
"wormhole",
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"intake",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"orifice",
|
|
"perforation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butteries":{
|
|
"as in larders , spences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambries",
|
|
"larders",
|
|
"spences",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"pantries",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"cloakrooms",
|
|
"coatrooms",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"vestiaries",
|
|
"wardrobes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butchers":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"botchers",
|
|
"bumblers",
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"fumblers",
|
|
"screwups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetents",
|
|
"muddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttoning (up)":{
|
|
"as in zipping (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zipping (up)",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unclosing",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"unbolting",
|
|
"unclasping",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlatching",
|
|
"unlocking",
|
|
"unbuttoning",
|
|
"unclenching",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"unfurling",
|
|
"unzipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butcheries":{
|
|
"the killing of a large number of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodbaths",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlettings",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"mortalities",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"genocides",
|
|
"pogroms",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"button men":{
|
|
"as in gangsters , mobsters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"blackmailers",
|
|
"extortioners",
|
|
"extortionists",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"gougers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"profiteers",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttons":{
|
|
"as in switches , keys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dials",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"levers",
|
|
"push buttons",
|
|
"selectors",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"actuators",
|
|
"controllers",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"regulators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in colors , badges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"chevrons",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"cockades",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"rosettes",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"bronzes",
|
|
"golds",
|
|
"silvers",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"trophies",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"medallions",
|
|
"medals",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in does up , belays":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"belays",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"hasps",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"latches",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"rivets",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"toggles",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"coapts",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reaffixes",
|
|
"reattaches",
|
|
"refastens",
|
|
"refixes",
|
|
"resecures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unhooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttes":{
|
|
"a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters",
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butterfingers":{
|
|
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I declined her offer to help us move; I'm not letting that butterfingers near my antiques"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"klutz",
|
|
"looby",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"lummox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"tawpie",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"stumblebum",
|
|
"stumbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttoned (up)":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in zipped (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zipped (up)",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"shut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unbuttoned",
|
|
"unclenched",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled",
|
|
"unzipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butted in":{
|
|
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop butting in on my personal life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"interloped",
|
|
"intermeddled",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"meddled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"mucked (about or around)",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"snooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interceded",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"chiseled (in)",
|
|
"chiselled (in)",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"tampered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"button (up)":{
|
|
"as in zip (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zip (up)",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"latch",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"shut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclose",
|
|
"unbar",
|
|
"unbolt",
|
|
"unclasp",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unlatch",
|
|
"unlock",
|
|
"unbutton",
|
|
"unclench",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl",
|
|
"unzip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttonholes":{
|
|
"as in keyholes , armholes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airholes",
|
|
"armholes",
|
|
"keyholes",
|
|
"knotholes",
|
|
"peepholes",
|
|
"potholes",
|
|
"wormholes",
|
|
"pinholes",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"inlets",
|
|
"intakes",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"pores",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"slots",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"loopholes",
|
|
"apertures",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"orifices",
|
|
"perforations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"fillings",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butts":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsides",
|
|
"behinds",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"breeches",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"cabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derrieres",
|
|
"derri\u00e8res",
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"fannies",
|
|
"fundaments",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinies",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keisters",
|
|
"keesters",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posteriors",
|
|
"rear ends",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"rumps",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"tail ends",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"sterns",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"targets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fall guys",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"pigeons",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"victims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"pets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"preys",
|
|
"sitting ducks",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"victims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"pilgarlics",
|
|
"lightning rods",
|
|
"fall guys",
|
|
"goats",
|
|
"scapegoats",
|
|
"whipping boys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"defamers",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"libelists",
|
|
"traducers",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"ribbers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"casks",
|
|
"firkins",
|
|
"hogsheads",
|
|
"kegs",
|
|
"kilderkins",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"puncheons",
|
|
"rundlets",
|
|
"runlets",
|
|
"tuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cisterns",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pushes , kicks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttered up":{
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"honeyed",
|
|
"honied",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up to)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"romanced",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butt (on or against)":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abut",
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
"border (on)",
|
|
"flank",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"march (with)",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attach (to)",
|
|
"communicate (with)",
|
|
"connect (with)",
|
|
"link (with)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"butting":{
|
|
"as in pushing , kicking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
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"kneeing",
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"poking",
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"prodding",
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"pushing",
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"shoving",
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"stamping",
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"bunting",
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"flicking",
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"stroking",
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"tapping",
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"bowling (down or over)",
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"creaming",
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"decking",
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"dumping",
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"felling",
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"flooring",
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"knocking down",
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"leveling",
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"levelling",
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"scuffing",
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"rabbit-punching",
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"sucker punching",
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"battering",
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"beating",
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"buffeting",
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"bunging",
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"chopping",
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"cuffing",
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"drubbing",
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"lacing",
|
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"lambasting",
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"licking",
|
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"mangling",
|
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"mauling",
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"pelting",
|
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"peppering",
|
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pummeling",
|
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"pummelling",
|
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"roughing",
|
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"caning",
|
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"clubbing",
|
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"flailing",
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"flogging",
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"lashing",
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"sapping",
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"slashing",
|
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"sledgehammering",
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"sledging",
|
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"spearing",
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"stabbing",
|
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"switching",
|
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"thrashing",
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"whipping",
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"banging",
|
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"bashing",
|
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"batting",
|
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"belting",
|
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"biffing",
|
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"bludgeoning",
|
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"bobbing",
|
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"bonking",
|
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"bopping",
|
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"boxing",
|
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"busting",
|
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"clapping",
|
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"clipping",
|
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"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buttoned-up":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in zipped (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zipped (up)",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"shut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unbuttoned",
|
|
"unclenched",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled",
|
|
"unzipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butting in":{
|
|
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop butting in on my personal life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interloping",
|
|
"intermeddling",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interceding",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"chiseling (in)",
|
|
"chiselling (in)",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"tampering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"butting (on or against)":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"marching (with)",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching (to)",
|
|
"communicating (with)",
|
|
"connecting (with)",
|
|
"linking (with)",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
}
|
|
} |