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{
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"ill wills":{
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"an unfriendly feeling; a feeling of dislike":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"We bear no ill will toward each other."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"ill-bred":{
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"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
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"antonyms":[
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"civilized",
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"genteel",
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"polished",
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"refined",
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"smooth",
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"tasteful",
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"ultrarefined",
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"well-bred"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the ill-bred habit of chewing with the mouth open"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aristocratic",
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"courtly",
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"patrician",
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"elegant",
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"graceful",
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"restrained",
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"considerate",
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"gracious",
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"sensitive",
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"thoughtful",
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"citified",
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"sophisticated",
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"urbane"
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],
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"related":[
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"boorish",
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"churlish",
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"cloddish",
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"clownish",
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"loutish",
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"ungentlemanly",
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"clumsy",
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"lubberly",
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"lumpish",
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"oafish",
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"inconsiderate",
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"indelicate",
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"insensitive",
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"thoughtless",
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"countrified",
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"countryfied",
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"provincial",
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"rustic",
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"rustical",
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"unsophisticated",
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"graceless",
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"inelegant",
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"tacky",
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"animallike",
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"uncivilized",
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"mannerless",
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"unmannered",
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"unmannerly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coarse",
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"common",
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"crass",
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"crude",
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"gross",
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"illiberal",
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"incult",
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"insensible",
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"low",
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"lowbred",
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"lowbrow",
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"raffish",
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"rough",
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"rough-hewn",
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"roughneck",
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"rude",
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"rugged",
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"tasteless",
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"uncouth",
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"uncultivated",
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"uncultured",
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"unpolished",
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"unrefined",
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"vulgar"
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]
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},
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"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"civil",
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"considerate",
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"courteous",
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"genteel",
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"gracious",
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"mannerly",
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"polite",
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"thoughtful",
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"well-bred"
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],
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"examples":[
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"only an ill-bred , conceited person would demand that everyone cater to their whims"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"meek",
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"modest",
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"unassertive",
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"deferential",
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"dutiful",
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"respectful",
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"submissive",
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"yielding",
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"acceptable",
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"appropriate",
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"becoming",
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"befitting",
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"correct",
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"decent",
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"decorous",
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"fit",
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"fitting",
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"good",
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"meet",
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"proper",
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"respectable",
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"right",
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"seemly",
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"suitable",
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"affable",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"hospitable",
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"sociable",
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"felicitous",
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"graceful",
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"chivalrous",
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"courtly",
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"gallant",
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"ceremonious",
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"elegant",
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"refined"
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],
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"related":[
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"arch",
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"audacious",
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"bold",
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"bold-faced",
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"brash",
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"brassy",
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"brazen",
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"cheeky",
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"fresh",
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"impudent",
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"insolent",
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"lippy",
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"sassy",
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"saucy",
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"shameless",
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"boorish",
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"caddish",
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"churlish",
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"clownish",
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"loutish",
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"uncouth",
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"vulgar",
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"abrupt",
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"blunt",
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"brusque",
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"brusk",
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"crusty",
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"curt",
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"gruff",
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"sharp",
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"snippety",
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"snippy",
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"antisocial",
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"crabbed",
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"cross",
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"disagreeable",
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"grumpy",
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"sullen",
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"surly",
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"improper",
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"incorrect",
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"indecent",
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"indecorous",
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"unseemly",
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"arrogant",
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"bumptious",
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"conceited",
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"haughty",
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"high-handed",
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"imperious",
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"peremptory",
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"pompous",
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"presumptuous",
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"pretentious",
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"supercilious",
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"superior"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"discourteous",
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"disrespectful",
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"ill-mannered",
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"impertinent",
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"impolite",
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"inconsiderate",
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"rude",
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"thoughtless",
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"uncalled-for",
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"uncivil",
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"ungracious",
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"unhandsome",
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"unmannered",
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"unmannerly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ill-favored":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"unpleasant to look at":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aesthetic",
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"esthetic",
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"aesthetical",
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"esthetical",
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"attractive",
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"beauteous",
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"beautiful",
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"bonny",
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"bonnie",
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"comely",
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"cute",
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"drop-dead",
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"fair",
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"fetching",
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"good-looking",
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"goodly",
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"gorgeous",
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"handsome",
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"knockout",
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"lovely",
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"pretty",
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"ravishing",
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"seemly",
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"sightly",
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"stunning",
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"taking",
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"well-favored"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an ill-favored and yapping little dog that reminded people a lot of its owner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"shapely",
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"imposing",
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"impressive",
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"prepossessing"
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],
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"related":[
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"appalling",
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"awful",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
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"dreadful",
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"gross",
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"horrible",
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"horrid",
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"loathsome",
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"nauseating",
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"nauseous",
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"noisome",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"sickening",
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"frumpish",
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"frumpy",
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"plain",
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"unaesthetic",
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"unbecoming",
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"unshapely"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grotesque",
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"hideous",
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"homely",
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"monstrous",
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"ugly",
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"unappealing",
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"unattractive",
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"unbeautiful",
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"uncomely",
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"unhandsome",
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"unlovely",
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"unpleasing",
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"unpretty",
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"unsightly",
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"vile"
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]
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}
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},
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"ill-natured":{
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"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
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"antonyms":[
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"amiable",
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"good-humored",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an ill-natured and unpleasant old horse that sometimes bites"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agreeable",
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"amicable",
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"congenial",
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"friendly",
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"pleasant",
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"benign",
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"gentle",
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"kind",
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"nice",
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"sweet",
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"bubbly",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"effervescent",
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"exuberant",
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"high-spirited",
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"joyful",
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"lighthearted",
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"lively",
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"vivacious",
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"content",
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"glad",
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"happy",
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"calm",
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"placid",
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"serene",
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"long-suffering",
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"patient",
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"tolerant"
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],
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"related":[
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"choleric",
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"crabby",
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"cranky",
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"crotchety",
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"fussy",
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"grouchy",
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"grumpy",
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"querulous",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"peevish",
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"peppery",
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"petulant",
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"quick-tempered",
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"short-tempered",
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"snappish",
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"snippy",
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"testy",
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"touchy",
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"argumentative",
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"contentious",
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"contrary",
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"cussed",
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"angry",
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"exasperated",
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"indignant",
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"irate",
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"mad",
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"upset",
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"uptight",
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"depressed",
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"dour",
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"glum",
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"morose",
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"sullen",
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"anal",
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"old-maidish",
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"schoolmarmish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acid",
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"bearish",
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"bilious",
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"bloody-minded",
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"cantankerous",
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"disagreeable",
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"dyspeptic",
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"ill-humored",
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"ill-tempered",
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"ornery",
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"splenetic",
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"surly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ill-tempered":{
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"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
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"examples":[
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"an ill-tempered cat will scratch with little provocation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acid",
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"bearish",
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"bilious",
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"bloody-minded",
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"cantankerous",
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"disagreeable",
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"dyspeptic",
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"ill-humored",
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"ill-natured",
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"ornery",
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"splenetic",
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"surly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"choleric",
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"crabby",
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"cranky",
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"crotchety",
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"fussy",
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"grouchy",
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"grumpy",
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"querulous",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"peevish",
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"peppery",
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"petulant",
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"quick-tempered",
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"short-tempered",
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"snappish",
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"snippy",
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"testy",
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"touchy",
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"argumentative",
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"contentious",
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"contrary",
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"cussed",
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"angry",
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"exasperated",
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"indignant",
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"irate",
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"mad",
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"upset",
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"uptight",
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"depressed",
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"dour",
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"glum",
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"morose",
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"sullen",
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"anal",
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"old-maidish",
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"schoolmarmish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agreeable",
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"amicable",
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"congenial",
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"friendly",
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"pleasant",
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"benign",
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"gentle",
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"kind",
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"nice",
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"sweet",
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"bubbly",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"effervescent",
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"exuberant",
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"high-spirited",
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"joyful",
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"lighthearted",
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"lively",
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"vivacious",
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"content",
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"glad",
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"happy",
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"calm",
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"placid",
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"serene",
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"long-suffering",
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"patient",
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"tolerant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amiable",
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"good-humored",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ill-wishers":{
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"as in opponents , enemies":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adversaries",
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"antagonists",
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"enemies",
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"foes",
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"hostiles",
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"opponents",
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"assailants",
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"attackers",
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"combatants",
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"invaders",
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"archenemies",
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"archfoes",
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"nemeses",
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"competitors",
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"emulators",
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"rivals",
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"banes",
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"b\u00eates noires"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amigos",
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"friends",
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"buddies",
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"chums",
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"compadres",
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"cronies",
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"fellows",
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"hail-fellows",
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"hail-fellows-well-met",
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"hearties",
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"hobnobbers",
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"mates",
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"musketeers",
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"pals",
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"abettors",
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"abetters",
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"accomplices",
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"allies",
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"collaborators",
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"colleagues",
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"comrades",
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"confederates",
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"friendlies",
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"partners",
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"adherents",
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"disciples",
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"followers",
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"backers",
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"benefactors",
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"exponents",
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"supporters",
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"sympathizers",
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"well-wishers"
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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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"illegal":{
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"contrary to or forbidden by law":{
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"antonyms":[
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"lawful",
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"legal",
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"legitimate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"it is illegal to import those birds into this country"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"just",
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"principled",
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"right",
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"righteous",
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"virtuous",
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"allowed",
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"permitted",
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"authorized",
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"licensed",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"sanctioned",
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"abetted",
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"encouraged",
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"promoted",
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"suggested",
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"supported",
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"correct",
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"decent",
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"decorous",
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"proper",
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"seemly"
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],
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"related":[
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"bad",
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"evil",
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"immoral",
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"shameful",
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"sinful",
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"unethical",
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"wicked",
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"wrong",
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"blamable",
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"blameworthy",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"contraband",
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"criminalized",
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"disallowed",
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"discouraged",
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"forbidden",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed",
|
|
"adulterine",
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"under-the-counter",
|
|
"under-the-table",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"felonious",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an illegal pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"unchivalrous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiberal":{
|
|
"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who had been scorned as illiberal because they were poor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"animallike",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"incult",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an illiberal society that viewed any artistic depiction of the nude as inherently indecent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"freethinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"opinionative",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the more illiberal residents were opposed to having a hospice for AIDS patients in the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"illimitable":{
|
|
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the illimitable expanse of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"fathomless",
|
|
"horizonless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"immensurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"incomputable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"exhaustless",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"measurable",
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiteracy":{
|
|
"the state of being unlearned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"far too many children are doomed to a lifetime of illiteracy in that country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"functional illiteracy",
|
|
"innumeracy",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"philistinism",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiterate":{
|
|
"violating approved patterns of speaking and writing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the messages left on the Web site's bulletin board are illiterate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ungrammatical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unidiomatic",
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
|
"substandard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"idiomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grammatical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered menus with pictures, presumably for the many illiterate people who must eat there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analphabetic",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"nonliterate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"functionally illiterate",
|
|
"innumerate",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"familiar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"well-informed",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ignoramus , know-nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"Renaissance woman",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiterateness":{
|
|
"as in ignorance , illiteracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illumine":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"ensoul",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"transfigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"illumined":{
|
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"filled with much light":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"illumined display windows in the street's many shops add much to the holiday glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"ablaze",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
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"brightened",
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"illuminated",
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"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
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|
"spotlighted",
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"spotlit",
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"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
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|
"shiny",
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|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"beaconed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"haloed",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"ensouled",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"transfigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illusion":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the magician specializes in creating illusions , so that people believe they have seen something when they really haven't"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had no illusions about how much effort and money the renovation project would require"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factoid",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"sophism",
|
|
"sophistry",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illusions":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the magician specializes in creating illusions , so that people believe they have seen something when they really haven't"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had no illusions about how much effort and money the renovation project would require"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"misbeliefs",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"untruths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factoids",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misperceptions",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledges",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"sophisms",
|
|
"sophistries",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"verities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustrious":{
|
|
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an illustrious physicist who is a sure bet for a Nobel Prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustriousness":{
|
|
"as in honor , glory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputability",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"megastardom",
|
|
"popularity",
|
|
"stardom",
|
|
"superstardom",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recognition",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"inconspicuousness",
|
|
"invisibility",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illusionist":{
|
|
"one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to figure out how the illusionist made his assistant disappear from the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjurer",
|
|
"conjuror",
|
|
"magician",
|
|
"prestidigitator",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"enchanter",
|
|
"enchantress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegalities":{
|
|
"as in abuses , criminalities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"criminalities",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"vices",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"foibles",
|
|
"peccadilloes",
|
|
"peccadillos",
|
|
"felonies",
|
|
"misconducts",
|
|
"misdemeanors",
|
|
"misfeasances",
|
|
"bias crimes",
|
|
"hate crimes",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"crimes",
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"lawbreakings",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"misdeeds",
|
|
"misdoings",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"transgressions",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"violations",
|
|
"wrongdoings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncrimes",
|
|
"impeccabilities",
|
|
"innocences",
|
|
"irreproachabilities",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"virtues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustrated":{
|
|
"to show or make clear by using examples":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she illustrated her point with a story about her experiences as a field anthropologist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"instanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"listed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"puzzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lavishly illustrated the monograph on Caravaggio with color plates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"pictorialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recent devastating fire illustrates the need for improved safety codes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustrations":{
|
|
"something that visually explains or decorates a text":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this book on birds has gorgeous illustrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"graphics",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"visuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"artworks",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"pictograms",
|
|
"pictographs",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"insets",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"pictorializations",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forced to give several illustrations until she was understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"exegeses",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"road maps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"restatements",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"epexegeses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasonings",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor sketched an illustration to explain the procedure to the patient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineations",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"finger paintings",
|
|
"etchings",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"watercolors",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"hieroglyphics",
|
|
"hieroglyphs",
|
|
"ideograms",
|
|
"ideographs",
|
|
"pictographs",
|
|
"diagrams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose one essay as an illustration of the high quality of the collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"microcosms",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-boding":{
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an ill-boding turn of events, the government began rounding up political dissidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"doomy",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"minatory",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegible":{
|
|
"incapable of being read or deciphered":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"illegible signatures on the petition will be disregarded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illumines":{
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"ensouls",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"transfigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-using":{
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the employees felt so ill-used by the new manager that they quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"brutalizing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"messing over",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"wronging",
|
|
"beating (up)",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"working (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-usages":{
|
|
"as in mistreatments , maltreatments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ill-treatments",
|
|
"maltreatments",
|
|
"mistreatments",
|
|
"mismanagements",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misemployments",
|
|
"misusages",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"misutilizations",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"desecrations",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"prostitutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-treating":{
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who ill-treats their pets should not be allowed to have any"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"brutalizing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"messing over",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"wronging",
|
|
"beating (up)",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"working (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illumining":{
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"beaconing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"enhaloing",
|
|
"haloing",
|
|
"floodlighting",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"ensouling",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"transfiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiterates":{
|
|
"as in ignoramuses , know-nothings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"asses",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistors",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"Renaissance women",
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"wizzes",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-treat":{
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who ill-treats their pets should not be allowed to have any"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"brutalize",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mess over",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"sandbag",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"work (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illuminating":{
|
|
"providing useful information or knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the show is an illuminating tutorial on ways to prepare popular dishes using wholesome ingredients"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educational",
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"informational",
|
|
"informative",
|
|
"informatory",
|
|
"instructional",
|
|
"instructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"communicatory",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"newsy",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unenlightening",
|
|
"unilluminating",
|
|
"uninformative",
|
|
"uninstructive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a floor lamp illuminates a living room rather nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"beaconing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"enhaloing",
|
|
"haloing",
|
|
"floodlighting",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"demystifying",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"getting across",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"spelling out",
|
|
"unriddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"annotating",
|
|
"commentating",
|
|
"glossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows for sure the identity of the artist who illuminated that medieval manuscript so beautifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"pictorializing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results of the statewide testing illuminated the need to place more focus on instruction in math and science"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"foregrounding",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"punctuating",
|
|
"stressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"overplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how man is illuminated by a higher spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"ensouling",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"transfiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-treated":{
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who ill-treats their pets should not be allowed to have any"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"brutalized",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"messed over",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"wronged",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"worked (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illume":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, \"through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"ensoul",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"transfigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illogic":{
|
|
"as in incoherence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"ratiocination",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"persuasiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illogical":{
|
|
"not using or following good reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the illogical claim that playing basketball makes people taller because one sees so many tall players",
|
|
"illogical people are likely to believe every sensational claim made on TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"reasonless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illumed":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, \"through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"ensouled",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"transfigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"beaconed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"haloed",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illuminant":{
|
|
"something that provides illumination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the time, a spermaceti candle was the brightest indoor illuminant available"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"lamp",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illuminate":{
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a floor lamp illuminates a living room rather nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows for sure the identity of the artist who illuminated that medieval manuscript so beautifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"pictorialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"image",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"visualize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results of the statewide testing illuminated the need to place more focus on instruction in math and science"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"foreground",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"punctuate",
|
|
"stress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"overplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"underemphasize",
|
|
"understate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasize",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how man is illuminated by a higher spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"ensoul",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"transfigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-fated":{
|
|
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ill-fated trip ended in disaster for all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"hard-luck",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"snakebit",
|
|
"snakebitten",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illaudable":{
|
|
"as in reprehensible , censurable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unlikable",
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"applaudable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ills":{
|
|
"an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chicken pox and the other ills that were once a fixture of childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"ailments",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"complications",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"diseases",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"distemperatures",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"illnesses",
|
|
"infirmities",
|
|
"maladies",
|
|
"sicknesses",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contagions",
|
|
"contagious diseases",
|
|
"contagia",
|
|
"infections",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"debilities",
|
|
"decrepitudes",
|
|
"weaknesses",
|
|
"malaises",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"pestilences",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"plagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"idealistic people who try to cure all of our society's ills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evils",
|
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"immoralities",
|
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"iniquities",
|
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"sins",
|
|
"villainies",
|
|
"wrongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocities",
|
|
"diabolisms",
|
|
"enormities",
|
|
"satanisms",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalors",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"indecencies",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decencies",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"virtues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bad luck or an example of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the travelers merrily set off on their journey, scarcely imagining the ills that would befall them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"misadventures",
|
|
"mischances",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"tragedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calamities",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"woes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"portions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"successes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"serendipities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illuminative":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"illuminative descriptions of the sights to be seen from the observatory gave us a much better idea of what we were looking at"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-humored":{
|
|
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ill-humored person should probably not take a job that requires dealing with the public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"anal",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"schoolmarmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegitimate":{
|
|
"born to a father and mother who are not married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite being illegitimate , Alexander Hamilton rose to greatness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unfathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatherless",
|
|
"motherless",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"orphaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"contrary to or forbidden by law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an illegitimate use of campaign contributions for personal expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"felonious",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"contraband",
|
|
"criminalized",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"adulterine",
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"under-the-counter",
|
|
"under-the-table",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not using or following good reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made several illegitimate inferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"reasonless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illuminates":{
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a floor lamp illuminates a living room rather nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows for sure the identity of the artist who illuminated that medieval manuscript so beautifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"pictorializes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"images",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results of the statewide testing illuminated the need to place more focus on instruction in math and science"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"punctuates",
|
|
"stresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"overplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"plays down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how man is illuminated by a higher spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"ensouls",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"transfigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegalize":{
|
|
"to make or declare contrary to the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bill that would illegalize the private use of fireworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminalize",
|
|
"outlaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decriminalize",
|
|
"legalize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiberality":{
|
|
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"liked the peace and quiet of small-town life but chafed at its social and religious illiberality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigotry",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"illiberalness",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"intolerantness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"small-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"reactionaryism",
|
|
"insularism",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"progressiveness",
|
|
"progressivism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustrative":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an illustrative analogy in which the relationship between God and humanity is likened to that between a shepherd and his flock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-being":{
|
|
"as in sadness , misery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"purgatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beatitude",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"warm fuzzies",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"ravishment",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiberalism":{
|
|
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They each accused the other of a form of illiberalism ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigotry",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"illiberality",
|
|
"illiberalness",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"intolerantness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"small-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"reactionaryism",
|
|
"insularism",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"progressiveness",
|
|
"progressivism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illness":{
|
|
"an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distemperature",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"contagious disease",
|
|
"contagium",
|
|
"infection",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"unwellness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"pestilence",
|
|
"plague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"health",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the condition of not being in good health":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prone to illness as a child, he was sent to a western ranch with the expectation that it would toughen him up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"sickishness",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dysfunction",
|
|
"disfunction",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"invalidity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"hypochondria"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illogicality":{
|
|
"as in absurdity , ludicrousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"ridiculousness",
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"irony",
|
|
"paradox",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"wittiness",
|
|
"wryness",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comicality",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"uproariousness",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jokiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"waggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illuminati":{
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book launching party to which only New York's cultural illuminati were invited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiberalness":{
|
|
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the illiberalness of her religious beliefs made any theological discussion rather pointless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigotry",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"illiberality",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"intolerantness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"small-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"reactionaryism",
|
|
"insularism",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"progressiveness",
|
|
"progressivism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-wisher":{
|
|
"as in opponent , enemy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"opponent",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"invader",
|
|
"archenemy",
|
|
"archfoe",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"emulator",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amigo",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"compadre",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"hail-fellow",
|
|
"hail-fellow-well-met",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"hobnobber",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sympathizer",
|
|
"well-wisher"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill":{
|
|
"affected with nausea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she grew ill from the constant rocking motion of the boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"squeamish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"unsettled",
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"upset",
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"woozy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"settled",
|
|
"healthy",
|
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"well"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
|
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the ill effects of winter weather is the rapid spread of germs as people spend more time together indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
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"baleful",
|
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"baneful",
|
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"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
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|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
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"nocuous",
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"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
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"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"contagious",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"palliative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"hurtless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I'm ill , I guess that I'll just have to miss that dental appointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"airsick",
|
|
"carsick",
|
|
"seasick",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"hypochondriac",
|
|
"hypochondriacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such ill behavior will not be tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abrupt breakdown of negotiations appears to be an ill omen for this ongoing hostage situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"doomy",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"minatory",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days society treated debtors very ill , even going so far as to put them in prison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"grimly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"toughly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"certainly not":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can ill afford to miss another day of work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"none",
|
|
"noway",
|
|
"no way",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"near",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"nowise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"unequivocally",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chicken pox and the other ills that were once a fixture of childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distemperature",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"contagious disease",
|
|
"contagium",
|
|
"infection",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"unwellness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"pestilence",
|
|
"plague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"health",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"idealistic people who try to cure all of our society's ills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"balefulness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolism",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"satanism",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"malefaction",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bad luck or an example of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the travelers merrily set off on their journey, scarcely imagining the ills that would befall them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"hardship",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonsuccess",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"portion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"success"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"serendipity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illumination":{
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidate's so-called illuminations of his views on a number of controversial issues left many voters in the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"exegesis",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"road map"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"restatement",
|
|
"translation",
|
|
"annotation",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"epexegesis",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"disentanglement",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"caveat",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in that clime the illumination of the full moon on a clear night is so bright that you can practically read by it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"splendor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steady illumination from the flashlight was all I had while changing the tire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"sheen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustrational":{
|
|
"as in illustrative":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"drawn",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"iconographic",
|
|
"iconographical",
|
|
"ideogramic",
|
|
"ideogrammic",
|
|
"ideogrammatic",
|
|
"ideographic",
|
|
"pictographic",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"video",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegalizes":{
|
|
"to make or declare contrary to the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bill that would illegalize the private use of fireworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminalizes",
|
|
"outlaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decriminalizes",
|
|
"legalizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illusory":{
|
|
"based on something that is not true or real; based on an illusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an illusory hope",
|
|
"an illusory sense of security"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill will":{
|
|
"an unfriendly feeling; a feeling of dislike":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We bear no ill will toward each other."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"mean-spiritedness",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illiteracies":{
|
|
"the state of being unlearned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"far too many children are doomed to a lifetime of illiteracy in that country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"functional illiteracy",
|
|
"innumeracy",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"philistinism",
|
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"foolishness",
|
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"mindlessness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-treatments":{
|
|
"as in mistreatments , maltreatments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ill-usages",
|
|
"maltreatments",
|
|
"mistreatments",
|
|
"mismanagements",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misemployments",
|
|
"misusages",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"misutilizations",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"desecrations",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"prostitutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illustration":{
|
|
"something that visually explains or decorates a text":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this book on birds has gorgeous illustrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artwork",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"pictogram",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"inset",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"pictorialization",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forced to give several illustrations until she was understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"exegesis",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"road map"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"restatement",
|
|
"translation",
|
|
"annotation",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"epexegesis",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"disentanglement",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"caveat",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor sketched an illustration to explain the procedure to the patient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"picture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"finger painting",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"hieroglyph",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"ideogram",
|
|
"ideograph",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"diagram"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose one essay as an illustration of the high quality of the collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"microcosm",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegalized":{
|
|
"to make or declare contrary to the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bill that would illegalize the private use of fireworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminalized",
|
|
"outlawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decriminalized",
|
|
"legalized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegitimacy":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being born out of wedlock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had learned of her illegitimacy while rummaging through old family records in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar sinister",
|
|
"bastardy",
|
|
"spuriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illusionists":{
|
|
"one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to figure out how the illusionist made his assistant disappear from the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjurers",
|
|
"conjurors",
|
|
"magicians",
|
|
"prestidigitators",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"enchanters",
|
|
"enchantresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illegality":{
|
|
"as in abuse , criminality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"unlawfulness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringement",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"peccadillo",
|
|
"felony",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"misdemeanor",
|
|
"misfeasance",
|
|
"bias crime",
|
|
"hate crime",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"crime",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"lawbreaking",
|
|
"malefaction",
|
|
"misdeed",
|
|
"misdoing",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"transgression",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"wrongdoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncrime",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"guiltlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"illusive":{
|
|
"as in illusory , deceptive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"so-called",
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"ostensible",
|
|
"ostensive",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"prima facie",
|
|
"putative",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"inapparent",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill at ease":{
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm usually ill at ease when addressing a large crowd of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"goosey",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"freaked",
|
|
"freaked-out",
|
|
"shook-up",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"qualmy",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hypertense",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ill-starred":{
|
|
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ill-starred attempt to circumnavigate the earth in a balloon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"hard-luck",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"snakebit",
|
|
"snakebitten",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |