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{
"daemon":{
"an evil spirit":{
"examples":[
"only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a source of persistent emotional distress":{
"examples":[
"a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"hang-up",
"terror",
"torment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"b\u00eate noire",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"hobgoblin",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daft":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"the king was clearly daft , talking to trees and rocks as if they were people"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"a daft plan, doomed to wretched failure and merciless ridicule"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dainty":{
"hard to please":{
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"you can't afford to be dainty about food when you're starving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"related":[
"hyperfastidious",
"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
]
},
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dainty hors d'oeuvres were delicious, but not terribly filling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"related":[
"bijou",
"jewellike",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"select"
]
},
"satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness":{
"antonyms":[
"robust",
"strong",
"sturdy"
],
"examples":[
"a set of dainty teacups that would be perfect for an elderly lady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"rough",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"choice",
"elegant",
"extraordinary",
"incomparable",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"rare",
"select",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"picked",
"selected",
"fine",
"fragile",
"frail"
],
"synonyms":[
"airy",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"nuanced",
"refined",
"subtle"
]
},
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the widow plied her suitor with dainties and endless glasses of sherry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"morsel",
"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"cate",
"delectable",
"delicacy",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
],
"examples":[
"the sort of dainty finger foods that might be served at afternoon tea"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
]
}
},
"dais":{
"a level usually raised surface":{
"examples":[
"the speaker took his place at the front of the dais"
],
"synonyms":[
"platform",
"podium",
"rostrum",
"stage",
"stand",
"tribune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altar",
"bimah",
"bima",
"footpace",
"pulpit",
"riser",
"scaffold",
"balcony",
"gallery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daisies":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"while the old crooner is now well past his prime, Grandma still harkens back to the \" daisy of a performance\" he could give in his heyday"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daisy":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"while the old crooner is now well past his prime, Grandma still harkens back to the \" daisy of a performance\" he could give in his heyday"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dally":{
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he spent his college years dallying , seemingly determined to acquire as little knowledge as possible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"labor",
"plod",
"plug (away)",
"slave",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"work"
],
"related":[
"cavort",
"frisk",
"gambol",
"romp",
"dabble",
"trifle",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"delight",
"please",
"dabble",
"fiddle (around)",
"mess around",
"putter (around)",
"bum (around)",
"dawdle",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"idle",
"loaf",
"lounge (around or about)",
"relax",
"rest",
"screw around",
"slack (off)",
"jest",
"joke",
"tease"
],
"synonyms":[
"disport",
"frolic",
"play",
"recreate",
"rollick",
"skylark",
"sport",
"toy"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"don't dally on the way to the interview"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"related":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
]
},
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she spent the summer dallying with a guy renting the neighboring beach house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"vamp",
"court",
"mash",
"woo",
"josh",
"kid",
"put on",
"razz",
"rib",
"tease",
"fool",
"lead on",
"string along",
"manipulate",
"play (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquet",
"coquette",
"flirt",
"frivol",
"mess around",
"toy",
"trifle"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I kept dallying at my desk until I couldn't put off doing my work any longer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"related":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dam":{
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the river backed up behind the dam until it formed a new lake"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breakwater",
"jetty",
"seawall",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"rampart",
"canal",
"channel",
"ditch",
"gutter",
"trough",
"lock",
"barricade",
"barrier",
"block",
"floodgate",
"sluice",
"barrage",
"milldam",
"stank",
"weir"
],
"synonyms":[
"dike",
"embankment",
"head",
"levee"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dam up the pipes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"related":[
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal",
"repack",
"restuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"fill",
"pack",
"plug",
"stop",
"stuff"
]
},
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"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
],
"examples":[
"ice floes were damming the river"
],
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"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"related":[
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
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"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the collision did a great deal of damage to her car"
],
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"affliction",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury"
],
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"disservice",
"injustice",
"outrage",
"wrong",
"affront",
"dart",
"indignity",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"beating",
"crippling",
"mayhem",
"mutilation",
"defacement",
"disability",
"disablement",
"disfigurement",
"impairment",
"lesion",
"rupture",
"strain",
"abrasion",
"chafe",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"boo-boo",
"bruise",
"contusion",
"swelling",
"wound",
"bump",
"concussion",
"cut",
"gash",
"laceration",
"burn",
"scald",
"scar",
"scathe",
"sear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"healing",
"recovery",
"cure",
"fix",
"remedy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"ordered by the court to pay $1000 in damages"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"mulct",
"penalty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessment",
"award",
"compensation",
"indemnity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the company was forced to pay millions in damages to the permanently disabled worker"
],
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"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"he winced when he saw the damage after the family's shopping spree"
],
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"ante",
"charge",
"cost",
"fee",
"figure",
"freight",
"price",
"price tag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fair market value",
"market value",
"valuation",
"value",
"asking price",
"list price",
"sticker price",
"price point",
"rate",
"tariff",
"unit price",
"carrying charge",
"overcharge",
"service charge",
"service fee",
"surcharge",
"deduction",
"discount",
"markdown",
"reduction",
"sale",
"deposit",
"down payment",
"account",
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"tab"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"bloody",
"break",
"compromise",
"crab",
"cripple",
"cross (up)",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"endamage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"vitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"erode",
"scour",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"blight",
"tarnish",
"dent",
"ding",
"dint",
"botch",
"gum (up)",
"queer",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"torment",
"torture",
"annihilate",
"bang up",
"bash",
"batter",
"clobber",
"crush",
"dash",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"rectify",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"remodel",
"revise",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
]
},
"to cause bodily damage to":{
"examples":[
"his knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"wound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"bloody",
"blow out",
"bruise",
"contuse",
"cut",
"gash",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"scald",
"scar",
"scathe",
"strain",
"tear",
"crease",
"graze",
"nick",
"cripple",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"abuse",
"aggrieve",
"afflict",
"maltreat",
"torment",
"torture",
"lay up",
"blemish",
"impair",
"mar",
"scrape",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"remedy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"damages":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"ordered by the court to pay $1000 in damages"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"mulct",
"penalty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessment",
"award",
"compensation",
"indemnity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the company was forced to pay millions in damages to the permanently disabled worker"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"bloodies",
"breaks",
"compromises",
"crabs",
"cripples",
"crosses (up)",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"endamages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"vitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"erodes",
"scours",
"washes out",
"wears (away)",
"blights",
"tarnishes",
"dents",
"dings",
"dints",
"botches",
"gums (up)",
"queers",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"torments",
"tortures",
"annihilates",
"bangs up",
"bashes",
"batters",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"dashes",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"does in",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"rectifies",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies",
"edits",
"remodels",
"revises",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
]
},
"to cause bodily damage to":{
"examples":[
"his knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"wounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"bloodies",
"blows out",
"bruises",
"contuses",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"scalds",
"scars",
"scathes",
"strains",
"tears",
"creases",
"grazes",
"nicks",
"cripples",
"hamstrings",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"abuses",
"afflicts",
"aggrieves",
"maltreats",
"torments",
"tortures",
"lays up",
"blemishes",
"impairs",
"mars",
"scrapes",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"remedies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dammed":{
"as in blocked , clogged":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dam up the pipes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"related":[
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed (off)",
"clotted",
"congested",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"caulked",
"calked",
"chinked",
"sealed",
"repacked",
"restuffed"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"bunged",
"filled",
"packed",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"stuffed"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
],
"examples":[
"ice floes were damming the river"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"related":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"damming (up)":{
"as in stopping , closing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocking",
"clogging (up)",
"closing",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping",
"constricting",
"encumbering",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"obstructing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"barricading",
"blockading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"damn":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that dilapidated house is a damn eyesore and should be torn down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"related":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
]
},
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't want to hear about your problems\u2014I just don't give a damn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"told her she'd never get married because she was too damn picky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"antonyms":[
"bless"
],
"examples":[
"a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate"
],
"related":[
"attack",
"blame",
"blast",
"criticize",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"doom",
"sentence",
"convict",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprove",
"berate",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rake",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"vituperate",
"curse",
"imprecate",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"revile"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardon",
"reprieve"
],
"related":[
"adjudge",
"judge",
"castigate",
"censure",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"penalize",
"punish",
"conclude",
"decide",
"decree",
"determine",
"find",
"opine",
"resolve",
"rule"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemn",
"doom",
"sentence"
]
},
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"damned the car for once again breaking down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bless",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"salute"
],
"related":[
"imprecate",
"maledict",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"synonyms":[
"curse"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"damnable":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"this damnable couch is falling apart"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
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"marvelous",
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"wonderful"
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"The minister spoke about death and damnation .",
"He feared a sentence of eternal damnation for the sins of his youth."
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"condemnation",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"comeuppance",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"perdition",
"reprobation",
"anathema",
"ban",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze",
"reprisal",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"criticism",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof"
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"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remitment",
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing",
"condonation",
"disregard",
"overlooking"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"dampen a paper towel with water and use it to clean up the mess"
],
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"bedewing",
"damping",
"moistening"
],
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"bathing",
"laving",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"sousing",
"steeping",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting",
"humidifying",
"dipping",
"dunking",
"immerging",
"immersing",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"rinsing",
"sluicing",
"refreshing",
"rehydrating",
"remoistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidifying",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"antonyms":[
"drying"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the oppressive heat dampened our spirits"
],
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"benumbing",
"blunting",
"cauterizing",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing"
],
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"muffling",
"muting",
"toning (down)",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening",
"abating",
"moderating"
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"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"arousing",
"stimulating"
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"sharpening",
"whetting"
]
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"nothing could dampen their enthusiasm"
],
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"castrating",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"gelding",
"lobotomizing",
"petrifying"
],
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"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
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"arousing",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"firing",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"dampen a paper towel with water and use it to clean up the mess"
],
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"bedews",
"damps",
"moistens"
],
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"bathes",
"laves",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"souses",
"steeps",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"humidifies",
"dips",
"dunks",
"immerges",
"immerses",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"rinses",
"sluices",
"refreshes",
"rehydrates",
"remoistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidifies",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"antonyms":[
"dries"
]
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"examples":[
"the oppressive heat dampened our spirits"
],
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"benumbs",
"blunts",
"cauterizes",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"numbs"
],
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"muffles",
"mutes",
"tones (down)",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"abates",
"moderates"
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"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
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"steps up",
"strengthens",
"animates",
"arouses",
"stimulates"
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"sharpens",
"whets"
]
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"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"nothing could dampen their enthusiasm"
],
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"castrates",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes",
"petrifies"
],
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"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
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"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
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"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dandle":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"antonyms":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
],
"examples":[
"the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"discipline",
"restrain",
"oppress",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight",
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"victimize"
],
"related":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"content",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"mother",
"oblige",
"please",
"satisfy",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"cocker",
"coddle",
"cosset",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"nurse",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"wet-nurse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dandy":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"that's a dandy new racing bike"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"that dandy was willing to spend all day and hundreds of dollars just to get the perfect pair of shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"popinjay",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"that new PDA is a dandy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dandyish":{
"as in foppish , sappy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"camp",
"campy",
"feminine",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"antimacho",
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"danger":{
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"examples":[
"he knew he was in danger when he received the threatening phone calls at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"distress",
"endangerment",
"harm's way",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
]
},
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"willing to face the dangers of the Arctic in quest of the Northwest Passage"
],
"synonyms":[
"hazard",
"imminence",
"menace",
"peril",
"pitfall",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"booby trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"ward",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangerous":{
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers were specially selected to go on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
]
},
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"the common knowledge that smoking is dangerous to one's health hasn't stopped some people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dapperness":{
"as in style , swankiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chic",
"chicness",
"elegance",
"poshness",
"smartness",
"style",
"swank",
"swankiness",
"cool",
"coolness",
"fashionableness",
"hip",
"hipness",
"hipsterism",
"modishness",
"stylishness",
"trendiness",
"voguishness",
"class",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"majesty",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfashionableness",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"gracelessness",
"grotesqueness",
"tackiness",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daresays":{
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"imagines",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises",
"suspects",
"suspicions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
"believes",
"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
"thinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daringness":{
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"the sheer daringness of Hannibal's trek over the Alps with the aid of elephants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"related":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"darken":{
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news"
],
"synonyms":[
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frown",
"scowl",
"glare",
"stare",
"brood",
"mope",
"pet",
"pout",
"sulk",
"anger",
"bristle",
"fume",
"rage",
"steam",
"storm",
"intimidate",
"menace",
"threaten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"cheer (up)",
"lighten",
"perk (up)"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the sky darkened as a storm moved in"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacken",
"black out",
"close in",
"dusk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dim",
"fade",
"wane",
"gloom",
"lower",
"lour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawn",
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"light",
"lighten"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"mar",
"poison",
"spoil",
"stain",
"taint",
"tarnish",
"touch",
"vitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrime",
"besmear",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"blur",
"cloud",
"dirty",
"discolor",
"pollute",
"smear",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"smut",
"soil",
"sully",
"tar",
"abase",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"bastardize",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"subvert",
"color",
"distort",
"twist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"glorify",
"hallow",
"magnify",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"darkened":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"wanting to surprise her, we waited in the darkened room for her to get home before calling out \"happy birthday\""
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news"
],
"synonyms":[
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowned",
"scowled",
"glared",
"stared",
"brooded",
"moped",
"petted",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"angered",
"bristled",
"fumed",
"raged",
"steamed",
"stormed",
"intimidated",
"menaced",
"threatened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"cheered (up)",
"lightened",
"perked (up)"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the sky darkened as a storm moved in"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"blackened",
"closed in",
"dusked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimmed",
"faded",
"waned",
"gloomed",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawned",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"marred",
"poisoned",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"touched",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimed",
"besmeared",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"dirtied",
"discolored",
"polluted",
"smeared",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"smutted",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tarred",
"abased",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"bastardized",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"subverted",
"colored",
"distorted",
"twisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purified",
"dignified",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"hallowed",
"magnified",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"darkling":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"the darkling valleys of Transylvania, where tales of vampires have long existed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"related":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"darksome":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"a pile of darksome ruins in the heart of the forest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"related":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"darn":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sew",
"stitch",
"suture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mend",
"patch",
"repair",
"baste",
"ease",
"fell",
"finish",
"overcast",
"cross-stitch",
"embroider",
"crochet",
"knit",
"quilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"I can't seem to tie this darn shoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dart":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the darts flew fast and furiously when the two former friends bumped into each other at the party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"related":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"related":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"darts":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"the darts flew fast and furiously when the two former friends bumped into each other at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out"
],
"synonyms":[
"dances",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flirts",
"flits",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dashed (off)":{
"as in cobbled (together or up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobbled (together or up)",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"ad-libbed",
"clapped (together or up)",
"clapt (together or up)",
"extemporized",
"faked",
"improvised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dashingly":{
"in a strikingly neat and trim manner":{
"examples":[
"a handsome young man dashingly dressed in a tuxedo for the prom"
],
"synonyms":[
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"sprucely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"trimly",
"elegantly",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"stylishly",
"swankily",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"pristinely",
"spotlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dowdily",
"inelegantly",
"slatternly",
"messily",
"mussily",
"untidily",
"scruffily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily"
],
"antonyms":[
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"daubing":{
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
],
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
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"polluting",
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"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
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"jumbling",
"messing",
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"collying",
"crocking"
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"besmirching",
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"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
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"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
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"plastering",
"greasing",
"oiling",
"gumming",
"larding",
"pitching",
"tarring",
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"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
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"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
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"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
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"besmearing",
"smearing"
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"we stayed up talking until dawn"
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"cockcrow",
"dawning",
"day",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morn",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
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"daytime",
"forenoon"
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"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
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"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
]
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"day one",
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"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
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"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
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"drawing board",
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"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
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"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
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"start"
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"exist",
"live",
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"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
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"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
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"end",
"stop"
]
},
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"verb"
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"to come into existence":{
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"a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke"
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"halted",
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"verb"
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"an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{
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"examples":[
"the brief but glorious day of the clipper ship"
],
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"generation",
"year",
"bit",
"space",
"span",
"spell",
"stretch",
"while",
"date",
"vintage"
],
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"age",
"epoch",
"era",
"period",
"time"
]
},
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
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"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
],
"examples":[
"at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness"
],
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"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
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"forenoon"
],
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"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morn",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
]
},
"the hours of light between one night and the next":{
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"night",
"nighttime"
],
"examples":[
"during the day , we like to go play ball in the park"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness"
],
"related":[
"light",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"forenoon",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"afternoon",
"noon",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evening",
"gloaming",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
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"daylight",
"daytime"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daydreaming":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"if you're bored while traveling, daydreaming is a perfectly normal state to be in, regardless of what the road signs say"
],
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"reverie",
"revery",
"study",
"trance",
"woolgathering"
],
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"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
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"as in dreaming , dreamy":{
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"absorbed",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"intent",
"pensive",
"rapt",
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unheeding",
"unknowing",
"unmindful",
"unperceptive",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unwitting",
"vacant",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"birdbrained",
"clueless",
"confused",
"dazed",
"flighty",
"foggy",
"forgetful",
"forgetting",
"hazy",
"muddled",
"scatterbrained",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"alive",
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"engaged",
"heads-up",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"observant",
"observing",
"open-eyed",
"sharp",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"clearheaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stargazing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stargazing",
"conceiting",
"conceiving",
"conjuring (up)",
"dreaming",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"fancying",
"fantasizing",
"fantasying",
"featuring",
"ideating",
"imaging",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"seeing",
"visioning",
"visualizing",
"hallucinating",
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"reflecting",
"reliving",
"reminiscing",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"musing",
"pondering",
"ruminating",
"concocting",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"planning",
"projecting",
"foreseeing",
"prefiguring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daydreamlike":{
"as in surreal , delusional":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"hallucinatory",
"illusory",
"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"
]
},
"daylight":{
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
],
"examples":[
"daylight was just breaking when we stumbled out of bed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
"related":[
"daytime",
"forenoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"day",
"daybreak",
"light",
"morn",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
]
},
"the hours of light between one night and the next":{
"antonyms":[
"night",
"nighttime"
],
"examples":[
"there isn't a lot of daylight left, so we'd better get home soon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness"
],
"related":[
"light",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"forenoon",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"afternoon",
"noon",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evening",
"gloaming",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"synonyms":[
"day",
"daytime"
]
},
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
],
"examples":[
"nearly terrified the daylights out of him with that scream"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"related":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"synonyms":[
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"saneness",
"sanity",
"wit(s)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daymares":{
"as in nightmares":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dazed":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"the dazed goalie could only watch as the winning point went flying past him"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
"examples":[
"the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocked",
"stunned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadened",
"knocked out",
"paralyzed",
"benumbed",
"numbed",
"stupefied",
"bowled over",
"knocked down",
"banged",
"bashed",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"hammered",
"hit",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"pummeled",
"pummelled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"a skier dazed by the glare from the snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazzled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confused",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"stunned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dazes":{
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
"examples":[
"the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocks",
"stuns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadens",
"knocks out",
"paralyzes",
"benumbs",
"numbs",
"stupefies",
"bowls over",
"knocks down",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"bonks",
"bops",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"hammers",
"hits",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"pummels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"a skier dazed by the glare from the snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazzles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuses",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"stuns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dazzle":{
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
"examples":[
"the dazzle of the stars on a cold but clear winter's night"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"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"
]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"skiers were dazzled by the glare off of the slopes of freshly packed snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuse",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"stun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"danging":{
"as in dashing , darning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"damps":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"refused to let the setbacks damp his drive for success"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrates",
"dampens",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes",
"petrifies"
],
"related":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
]
},
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"damp the shirt slightly before ironing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedews",
"dampens",
"moistens"
],
"related":[
"bathes",
"laves",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"souses",
"steeps",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"humidifies",
"dips",
"dunks",
"immerges",
"immerses",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"rinses",
"sluices",
"refreshes",
"rehydrates",
"remoistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidifies",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"antonyms":[
"dries"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"nothing seemed to damp the unwelcome attentions of her suitor"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbs",
"blunts",
"cauterizes",
"dampens",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"numbs"
],
"related":[
"muffles",
"mutes",
"tones (down)",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"abates",
"moderates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens",
"animates",
"arouses",
"stimulates"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpens",
"whets"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dazedness":{
"a state of mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"a degree of dazedness that only the truly dissolute ever get to experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"daze",
"fog",
"haze",
"muddle",
"spin",
"swoon"
],
"related":[
"reverie",
"stupor",
"trance",
"befuddlement",
"bewilderment",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"delirium",
"malaise",
"paralysis",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"levelheadedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dawdler":{
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
"examples":[
"we encouraged the dawdlers to pick up the pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawler",
"dallier",
"dragger",
"laggard",
"lagger",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"plodder",
"slowpoke",
"snail",
"straggler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latecomer",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"delayer",
"procrastinator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"scrambler",
"hurrier",
"rusher",
"speeder"
],
"antonyms":[
"speedster"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"darlingness":{
"as in sweetness , pleasingness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"niceness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasingness",
"sweetness",
"allurement",
"attraction",
"call",
"lure",
"seduction",
"sex appeal",
"allure",
"animal magnetism",
"appeal",
"attractiveness",
"captivation",
"charisma",
"charm",
"duende",
"enchantment",
"fascination",
"force field",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"magic",
"magnetism",
"oomph",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"seductiveness",
"witchery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repulsion",
"repulsiveness",
"disagreeableness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"offensiveness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"day-trade":{
"as in invest , speculate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"invest",
"speculate",
"corner",
"engross",
"monopolize",
"undersell",
"black-market",
"bootleg",
"fence",
"smuggle",
"distribute",
"fair-trade",
"market",
"peddle",
"retail",
"sell",
"supply",
"vend",
"wholesale",
"buy",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take",
"auction",
"exchange",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"rebuy",
"resell",
"swap",
"bargain",
"barter",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"transact",
"deal",
"trade",
"traffic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black",
"blackball",
"boycott"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dagger":{
"a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"blade",
"cutter",
"shank",
"shiv",
"cleaver",
"hack",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"scalpel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"damning":{
"bringing about ruin or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"calamitous",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"catastrophic",
"destructive",
"disastrous",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"ruinous",
"unfortunate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"adverse",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky",
"providential",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
"examples":[
"damned the car for once again breaking down"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprecating",
"maledicting",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"saluting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"reviling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessing"
]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"examples":[
"damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemning",
"dooming",
"sentencing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"judging",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punishing",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"decreeing",
"determining",
"finding",
"opining",
"resolving",
"ruling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardoning",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daughters":{
"as in sons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sons",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"spin-offs",
"descendants",
"descendents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"archetypes",
"daddies",
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"granddaddies",
"grandaddies",
"precursors",
"predecessors",
"prototypes",
"models",
"originals",
"originators",
"sires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daffy":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"lurid newspaper reports that portrayed the serial killer as clearly daffy"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"their daffy antics made generations of movie audiences laugh"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dale":{
"an area of lowland between hills or mountains":{
"examples":[
"a hunting lodge in a secluded dale in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"dene",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gully",
"gulley",
"kloof",
"ravine",
"rift valley",
"basin",
"bowl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"height",
"mountaintop",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"plateau",
"tableland"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"darted":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flirted",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"fluttered",
"zipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dampened":{
"as in deadened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deadened",
"tired",
"weary",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"dampen a paper towel with water and use it to clean up the mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedewed",
"damped",
"moistened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"laved",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soused",
"steeped",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted",
"humidified",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"immerged",
"immersed",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"refreshed",
"rehydrated",
"remoistened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidified",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
],
"antonyms":[
"dried"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the oppressive heat dampened our spirits"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbed",
"blunted",
"cauterized",
"damped",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"numbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffled",
"muted",
"toned (down)",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"abated",
"moderated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"redoubled",
"stepped up",
"strengthened",
"animated",
"aroused",
"stimulated"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpened",
"whetted"
]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"nothing could dampen their enthusiasm"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"darkness":{
"a time or place of little or no light":{
"examples":[
"the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"midnight",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness"
]
},
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the darkness of certain passages in the Book of Revelation"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
]
},
"the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight":{
"examples":[
"let's wait for darkness before telling ghost stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"dark",
"night",
"nighttime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dusk",
"evening",
"gloaming",
"nightfall",
"twilight",
"midnight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawn",
"daybreak",
"sunrise",
"sunup",
"forenoon",
"morning",
"high noon",
"midday",
"noon",
"noonday",
"noontide",
"noontime",
"afternoon"
],
"antonyms":[
"day",
"daytime"
]
},
"an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom":{
"examples":[
"the darkness of that period of my life is best forgotten"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloud",
"pall",
"shadow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fog",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"penumbra",
"umbra",
"midnight",
"night",
"mantle",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daguerreotypes":{
"an old type of photographic image that was made on a piece of silver or a piece of copper covered in silver":{
"examples":[
"The exhibit includes a series of fascinating daguerreotypes from the Civil War."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrotypes",
"monochromes",
"sepias",
"tintypes",
"photographs",
"photos",
"pics",
"pix",
"prints",
"shots",
"snaps",
"snapshots",
"blowups",
"close-ups",
"enlargements",
"stills",
"telephotos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dacha":{
"as in summerhouse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"summerhouse",
"bach",
"cabin",
"camp",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"lodge",
"bungalow",
"cot",
"hut",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dammed (up)":{
"as in stopped , closed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged (up)",
"closed",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped",
"constricted",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"obstructed",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dashing":{
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
"examples":[
"the dashing heroes in stories about the American West"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time"
],
"synonyms":[
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"scampering",
"sprinting",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"cantering",
"leaping",
"loping",
"shagging",
"skipping",
"springing",
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"coursing",
"footing (it)",
"haring",
"hastening",
"hoofing (it)",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"legging (it)",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming",
"nipping",
"pattering",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"stepping (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"hobbling",
"limping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"firing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
"examples":[
"our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespattering",
"plashing",
"spattering",
"splashing",
"splattering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"steeping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"washing",
"watering",
"slopping",
"slushing",
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
"examples":[
"a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"slopping",
"sloshing",
"spattering",
"splashing",
"swashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dabbling",
"lapping",
"plashing",
"washing",
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"spritzing",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming (out)",
"burdening",
"dejecting",
"depressing",
"getting down",
"oppressing",
"saddening",
"weighing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailing",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"afflicting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"assuring",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"exciting",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"buoying",
"cheering (up)",
"gladdening",
"lightening",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daimon":{
"as in angel , shaitan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"sprite",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangled":{
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hung",
"hanged",
"slung",
"suspended",
"swung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooked",
"mounted",
"pinned",
"tacked",
"draped",
"festooned",
"garlanded",
"strung",
"extended (out)",
"jutted",
"projected",
"stuck out",
"overhung",
"protruded",
"cascaded",
"depended",
"fell",
"balanced",
"poised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daredevil":{
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
"examples":[
"his daredevil stunts are sure to end in disaster someday"
],
"synonyms":[
"audacious",
"brash",
"foolhardy",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"reckless",
"temerarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"rash",
"brainless",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"scatterbrained",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unambitious",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"alert",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"examples":[
"a daredevil driver who thinks that drag racing on city streets is a harmless game"
],
"synonyms":[
"devil-may-care",
"foolhardy",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze",
"reckless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
]
},
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
"examples":[
"that little daredevil has broken an arm and an ankle this year alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"devil",
"madcap",
"madman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berserk",
"berserker",
"cowboy",
"hotdog",
"showboat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"darlings":{
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
"examples":[
"for a while that candidate was the darling of the news media and could do no wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"faves",
"favs",
"favorites",
"minions",
"pets",
"preferences",
"speeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"dears",
"sweethearts",
"jewels",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bugbears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with whom one is in love":{
"examples":[
"anything you say, darling"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"dears",
"flames",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"tootsies",
"amours",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds",
"crushes",
"heartthrobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dabbles":{
"to take part in an activity in a superficial way":{
"examples":[
"She dabbled in drawing and painting but sculpture was her favorite medium."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"trifles",
"flirts (with)",
"fiddles (around)",
"messes around",
"putters (around)",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"delights",
"pleases",
"bums (around)",
"dawdles",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lounges (around or about)",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"screws around",
"slacks (off)",
"jests",
"jokes",
"teases",
"dallies",
"disports",
"frolics",
"plays",
"recreates",
"rollicks",
"skylarks",
"sports",
"toys",
"cavorts",
"frisks",
"gambols",
"romps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"labors",
"plods",
"plugs (away)",
"slaves",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"works"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dashes":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"scampers",
"sprints",
"trips",
"trots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"canters",
"leaps",
"lopes",
"shags",
"skips",
"springs",
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"courses",
"foots (it)",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"hoofs (it)",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"legs (it)",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms",
"nips",
"patters",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"steps (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"trudges",
"hobbles",
"limps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"catapults",
"chucks",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
"examples":[
"our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespatters",
"plashes",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"splatters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenches",
"drowns",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"sops",
"souses",
"steeps",
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"washes",
"waters",
"slops",
"slushes",
"sprays",
"sprinkles",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
"examples":[
"a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"slops",
"sloshes",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"swashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dabbles",
"laps",
"plashes",
"washes",
"sprays",
"sprinkles",
"spritzes",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums (out)",
"burdens",
"dejects",
"depresses",
"gets down",
"oppresses",
"saddens",
"weighs down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ails",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"afflicts",
"torments",
"tortures",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"unnerves",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"assures",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"excites",
"inspires",
"stimulates",
"elates",
"exhilarates",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"buoys",
"cheers (up)",
"gladdens",
"lightens",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dawdled":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to dawdle , we'll be late for sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"delayed",
"diddled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"poked",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flew",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung about",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"vegged out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"furloughed",
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daybed":{
"as in couch , sofa":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"feather bed",
"four-poster",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sleigh bed",
"sofa",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack",
"sack",
"bedstead",
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"darned":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"the darned computer is broken"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sewed",
"stitched",
"sutured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mended",
"patched",
"repaired",
"basted",
"eased",
"felled",
"finished",
"overcast",
"cross-stitched",
"embroidered",
"crocheted",
"knit",
"knitted",
"quilted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"darning":{
"as in sewing , mending":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closing",
"filling",
"healing",
"knitting",
"mending",
"patching",
"plugging",
"repair",
"sealing",
"sewing",
"stitching",
"suturing",
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"joining",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union",
"uniting",
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor",
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"crack",
"fissure",
"fracture",
"rift",
"rupture",
"split",
"tear",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"notch",
"rent",
"rip",
"slash",
"slit",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sewing",
"stitching",
"suturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mending",
"patching",
"repairing",
"basting",
"easing",
"felling",
"finishing",
"overcasting",
"cross-stitching",
"embroidering",
"crocheting",
"knitting",
"quilting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"damned":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"only a damned fool would say such a thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"it's a damned fine day"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
"examples":[
"damned the car for once again breaking down"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprecated",
"maledicted",
"criticized",
"reproved",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"saluted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematized",
"censured",
"condemned",
"decried",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacked",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"convicted",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reproved",
"berated",
"lambasted",
"raked",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"vituperated",
"cursed",
"imprecated",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"reviled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"touted",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"honored",
"revered",
"venerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest"
]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"examples":[
"damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemned",
"doomed",
"sentenced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"judged",
"castigated",
"censured",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished",
"concluded",
"decided",
"decreed",
"determined",
"found",
"opined",
"resolved",
"ruled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardoned",
"reprieved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"daub":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"smear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coat",
"paint",
"plaster",
"grease",
"oil",
"gum",
"lard",
"pitch",
"tar",
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drawing , finger painting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing",
"finger painting",
"portrait",
"etching",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"watercolor",
"delineation",
"depiction",
"representation",
"resemblance",
"view",
"caricature",
"cartoon",
"doodle",
"icon",
"ikon",
"illustration",
"image",
"likeness",
"picture",
"collage",
"montage",
"photograph",
"hieroglyph",
"hieroglyphic",
"ideogram",
"ideograph",
"pictograph",
"diagram"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dawdles":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to dawdle , we'll be late for sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dances attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"serves",
"slaves (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"ministers (to)",
"tends (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"dazzled":{
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"skiers were dazzled by the glare off of the slopes of freshly packed snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confused",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"stunned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"date":{
"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
"examples":[
"I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"assignation",
"engagement",
"rendezvous",
"tryst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"invitation",
"interview",
"get-together",
"meeting",
"call",
"visit",
"schedule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
"examples":[
"the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuance",
"duration",
"life",
"life span",
"lifetime",
"run",
"standing",
"time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spell",
"stretch",
"span",
"tenure",
"term",
"hitch",
"tour",
"turn",
"half-life",
"age",
"longevity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to date him\u2014I'd rather just be friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"go out (with)",
"take out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"escort",
"see",
"court",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
"examples":[
"we dated for two years before we got engaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"court"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"gallant",
"romance",
"spark",
"woo",
"escort",
"see",
"take out",
"go out",
"step out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dates":{
"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
"examples":[
"I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointments",
"assignations",
"engagements",
"rendezvous",
"trysts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"invitations",
"interviews",
"get-togethers",
"meetings",
"calls",
"visits",
"schedules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
"examples":[
"the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuances",
"durations",
"life spans",
"lifetimes",
"lives",
"runs",
"standings",
"times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spells",
"stretches",
"spans",
"tenures",
"terms",
"hitches",
"tours",
"turns",
"half-lifes",
"half-lives",
"ages",
"longevities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to date him\u2014I'd rather just be friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"goes out (with)",
"takes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"escorts",
"sees",
"courts",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
"examples":[
"we dated for two years before we got engaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"courts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"gallants",
"romances",
"sparks",
"woos",
"escorts",
"sees",
"takes out",
"goes out",
"steps out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dawning":{
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"examples":[
"the cold, gray dawning of a wintry day"
],
"synonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"day",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morn",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytime",
"forenoon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"appearing",
"arising",
"beginning",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"engendering",
"forming",
"materializing",
"originating",
"setting in",
"springing",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dame":{
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"as the grand dames of local society, they determined which charities received support"
],
"synonyms":[
"dowager",
"grande dame",
"matriarch",
"matron"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grandam",
"grandame",
"headmistress",
"mistress",
"materfamilias",
"ma",
"mama",
"mamma",
"momma",
"mammy",
"mom",
"mother"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"the lords and dames of the shire eagerly awaited the royal visit"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentlewoman",
"lady",
"milady",
"noblewoman",
"peeress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baroness",
"countess",
"duchess",
"marchesa",
"marchioness",
"marquise",
"princess",
"queen",
"viscountess",
"dowager",
"matriarch",
"matron",
"mistress",
"ladyship",
"madam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dancing":{
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"treading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"darting",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dam (up)":{
"as in stop , close":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"block",
"clog (up)",
"close",
"plug (up)",
"stop",
"constrict",
"encumber",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"obstruct",
"trammel",
"barricade",
"blockade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daises":{
"a level usually raised surface":{
"examples":[
"the speaker took his place at the front of the dais"
],
"synonyms":[
"platforms",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"bimahs",
"bimas",
"footpaces",
"pulpits",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"damp":{
"containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture":{
"examples":[
"the damp air made 85 degrees feel like 105"
],
"synonyms":[
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"subhumid",
"subtropical",
"subtropic",
"tropic",
"tropical",
"close",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating",
"clammy",
"dank",
"moist",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bracing",
"cool",
"crisp",
"fresh",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"arid",
"baked",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"semiarid",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"antonyms":[
"dry"
]
},
"slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"marks can usually be removed with a damp cloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"dampish",
"dank",
"moist",
"wettish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semimoist",
"dewy",
"misty",
"clammy",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"tropical",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"steeped",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"waterless",
"baked",
"bone-dry",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets":{
"examples":[
"we bought a dehumidifier for the basement when the damp down there began causing mold to grow"
],
"synonyms":[
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"sultriness",
"clamminess",
"dankness",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"wetness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"refused to let the setbacks damp his drive for success"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
]
},
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"damp the shirt slightly before ironing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedew",
"dampen",
"moisten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"lave",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"souse",
"steep",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"humidify",
"dip",
"dunk",
"immerge",
"immerse",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"refresh",
"rehydrate",
"remoisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidify",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"antonyms":[
"dry"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"nothing seemed to damp the unwelcome attentions of her suitor"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumb",
"blunt",
"cauterize",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"numb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffle",
"mute",
"tone (down)",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"lower",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"abate",
"moderate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen",
"animate",
"arouse",
"stimulate"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpen",
"whet"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dabs":{
"a quick thrust":{
"examples":[
"one more quick dab of the brush and he would be finished with his painting"
],
"synonyms":[
"digs",
"jabs",
"lunges",
"pokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punches",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"jams",
"jerks",
"jogs",
"nudges"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"she added a dab of sesame oil to the dressing before pouring it on the salad"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a bear can knock a man down with a simple dab of his paw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a dab at finding unappreciated collectibles and reselling them at a considerable profit"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"artists",
"authorities",
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dab hands",
"experts",
"fiends",
"geeks",
"gurus",
"hands",
"hotshots",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"meisters",
"past masters",
"proficients",
"scholars",
"sharks",
"sharps",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"professionals",
"pros",
"consultants",
"hired guns",
"specialists",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"craftsmen",
"journeymen",
"all-rounders",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance men",
"mistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"beginners",
"neophytes",
"novices",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"laymen",
"nonprofessionals"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurs",
"inexperts",
"nonexperts"
]
},
"as in smears , slathers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anoints",
"bedaubs",
"besmears",
"daubs",
"plasters",
"slathers",
"smears",
"applies",
"lays",
"lays on",
"spreads",
"blankets",
"carpets",
"coats",
"covers",
"layers",
"mantles",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"overspreads",
"sheets",
"surfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"exposes",
"peels",
"strips",
"uncovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in taps , tips":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chucks",
"claps",
"flicks",
"pats",
"tags",
"taps",
"tips",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handles",
"holds",
"palms",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"raps",
"whacks",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"shaves",
"skims",
"feels",
"touches",
"palpates",
"palps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dash (off)":{
"as in cobble (together or up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobble (together or up)",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"hatch",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"think (up)",
"ad-lib",
"clap (together or up)",
"extemporize",
"fake",
"improvise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrange",
"lay",
"prepare",
"ready",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"ponder",
"study",
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"rehearse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"darkish":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"the darkish galleries do not show off the museum's paintings to their best advantage"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dalliances":{
"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
"examples":[
"an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat"
],
"synonyms":[
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"recreation",
"relaxation",
"rollicking",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"day nursery":{
"a school for children who are generally less than five years old":{
"examples":[
"committed to the needs of its employees with young children, the insurance company has its own on-site day nursery"
],
"synonyms":[
"cr\u00e8che",
"nursery",
"nursery school",
"pre-K",
"prekindergarten",
"preschool"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daughter":{
"as in son":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"son",
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"archetype",
"daddy",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"granddaddy",
"grandaddy",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype",
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dabbing":{
"as in smearing , slathering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"slathering",
"smearing",
"applying",
"laying",
"laying on",
"spreading",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tapping , tipping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chucking",
"clapping",
"flicking",
"patting",
"tagging",
"tapping",
"tipping",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"handling",
"holding",
"palming",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"rapping",
"whacking",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"shaving",
"skimming",
"feeling",
"touching",
"palpating",
"palping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Davy Jones's locker":{
"as in depths":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depths",
"basin",
"blue water",
"high seas",
"main",
"waters",
"blue",
"brine",
"deep",
"Neptune",
"ocean",
"sea",
"seven seas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dancing attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"serving",
"slaving (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"ministering (to)",
"tending (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"dallier":{
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
"examples":[
"the dalliers began to hurry when they realized a violent storm was brewing"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawler",
"dawdler",
"dragger",
"laggard",
"lagger",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"plodder",
"slowpoke",
"snail",
"straggler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latecomer",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"delayer",
"procrastinator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"scrambler",
"hurrier",
"rusher",
"speeder"
],
"antonyms":[
"speedster"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dad":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom"
],
"synonyms":[
"daddy",
"father",
"old man",
"pa",
"papa",
"poppa",
"pater",
"pop",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paterfamilias",
"patriarch",
"father figure",
"father image",
"stepfather"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"damnably":{
"as in terribly , awfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"daimones":{
"as in angels , shaitans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"sprites",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daunt":{
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"frustrate",
"unman",
"unnerve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bully",
"cow",
"intimidate",
"depress",
"sadden",
"weigh",
"afflict",
"try",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"distress",
"trouble",
"bother",
"irk",
"vex",
"worry",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoy (up)",
"cheer",
"gladden",
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"assure",
"reassure",
"boost",
"energize",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"inspire",
"lift",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"rally",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"nerve",
"steel"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dawn (on)":{
"to enter the mind of":{
"examples":[
"it finally dawned on me that I had been going the wrong way"
],
"synonyms":[
"come (to)",
"cross",
"occur (to)",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce",
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"appear",
"arrive",
"emerge",
"materialize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"unlearn",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daguerreotype":{
"an old type of photographic image that was made on a piece of silver or a piece of copper covered in silver":{
"examples":[
"The exhibit includes a series of fascinating daguerreotypes from the Civil War."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"tintype",
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"shot",
"snap",
"snapshot",
"blowup",
"close-up",
"enlargement",
"still",
"telephoto"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dampness":{
"the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets":{
"examples":[
"the dampness in the air made a mess of my new hairstyle"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"sultriness",
"clamminess",
"dankness",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"wetness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"danders":{
"as in angers , outrages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"chafes",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages",
"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"agitations",
"discomforts",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"upsets",
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"pips",
"vexations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dance":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball",
"cotillion",
"cotillon",
"formal",
"hop",
"prom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"celebration",
"event",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"masque",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"mixer",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"hoedown",
"square dance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dawns (on)":{
"to enter the mind of":{
"examples":[
"it finally dawned on me that I had been going the wrong way"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes (to)",
"crosses",
"occurs (to)",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recalls",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces",
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"appears",
"arrives",
"emerges",
"materializes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"days":{
"the hours of light between one night and the next":{
"examples":[
"during the day , we like to go play ball in the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"daytimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"forenoons",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"afternoons",
"noons",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eves",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"twilights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacks",
"darks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nights",
"nighttimes"
]
},
"an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{
"examples":[
"the brief but glorious day of the clipper ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"epochs",
"eras",
"periods",
"times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cycles",
"generations",
"years",
"bits",
"spaces",
"spans",
"spells",
"stretches",
"whiles",
"dates",
"vintages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"examples":[
"at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness"
],
"synonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"lights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"suns",
"sunups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytimes",
"forenoons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"midnights",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"afternoons",
"middays",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"gloamings",
"twilights"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dalliance":{
"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
"examples":[
"an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat"
],
"synonyms":[
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"recreation",
"relaxation",
"rollicking",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daydreamer":{
"as in fantasizer , woolgatherer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fantasizer",
"woolgatherer",
"emotionalist",
"sentimentalist",
"Micawber",
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"do-gooder",
"reformer",
"perfectionist",
"doctrinaire",
"theorist",
"thinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist",
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
"empiricist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dampen":{
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"dampen a paper towel with water and use it to clean up the mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedew",
"damp",
"moisten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"lave",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"souse",
"steep",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"humidify",
"dip",
"dunk",
"immerge",
"immerse",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"refresh",
"rehydrate",
"remoisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidify",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"antonyms":[
"dry"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the oppressive heat dampened our spirits"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumb",
"blunt",
"cauterize",
"damp",
"deaden",
"dull",
"numb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffle",
"mute",
"tone (down)",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"lower",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"abate",
"moderate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen",
"animate",
"arouse",
"stimulate"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpen",
"whet"
]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"nothing could dampen their enthusiasm"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"davenports":{
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
"examples":[
"we seated ourselves on the davenport while we waited for him to get ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"divans",
"lounges",
"settees",
"sofas",
"squabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loungers",
"love seats",
"recamiers",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"banquettes",
"benches",
"ottomans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daunting":{
"as in disheartening , disconcerting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"perturbing",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrisome",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"harassing",
"persecutive",
"persecutory",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reassuring",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"frustrating",
"unmanning",
"unnerving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"intimidating",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"weighing",
"afflicting",
"trying",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"bothering",
"irking",
"vexing",
"worrying",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoying (up)",
"cheering",
"gladdening",
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"nerving",
"steeling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daybook":{
"a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use":{
"examples":[
"each night, before bed, she jots down her thoughts in a daybook"
],
"synonyms":[
"diary",
"journal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"itinerary",
"blog",
"Weblog",
"log",
"logbook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"danced attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"served",
"slaved (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"ministered (to)",
"tended (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"davenport":{
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
"examples":[
"we seated ourselves on the davenport while we waited for him to get ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lounger",
"love seat",
"recamier",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"daybed",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"banquette",
"bench",
"ottoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dandies":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"that dandy was willing to spend all day and hundreds of dollars just to get the perfect pair of shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"bucks",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"lounge lizards",
"macaronis",
"pretty boys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcombs",
"fancy Dans",
"popinjays",
"blades",
"cavaliers",
"dashers",
"clotheshorses",
"exquisites",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"that new PDA is a dandy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dapples":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"the clouds threw dapples of shadow over the eerily quiet street"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"sunlight dappled the canopy of vines over our heads"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dots",
"flecks",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daily":{
"occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day":{
"examples":[
"they made their daily stop at the coffee shop after work to relax before dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"day-to-day",
"diurnal",
"quotidian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"intermittent",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"regular",
"ceaseless",
"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"everlasting",
"frequent",
"incessant",
"nonstop",
"perpetual",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monthly",
"weekly",
"yearly",
"erratic",
"infrequent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"interrupted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dark lantern":{
"as in fluorescent lamp , light bulb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"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",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dappling":{
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"sunlight dappled the canopy of vines over our heads"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dotting",
"flecking",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"peppering",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dangle":{
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hang",
"sling",
"suspend",
"swing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hook",
"mount",
"pin",
"tack",
"drape",
"festoon",
"garland",
"string",
"extend (out)",
"jut",
"project",
"stick out",
"overhang",
"protrude",
"cascade",
"depend",
"fall",
"balance",
"poise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daunted":{
"as in intimidated , unnerved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cowed",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"phobic",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary",
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicked",
"panicky",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fearless",
"unafraid",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"frustrated",
"unmanned",
"unnerved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"intimidated",
"depressed",
"saddened",
"weighed",
"afflicted",
"tried",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"bothered",
"irked",
"vexed",
"vext",
"worried",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoyed (up)",
"cheered",
"gladdened",
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"assured",
"reassured",
"boosted",
"energized",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"rallied",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"nerved",
"steeled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dallying":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"the dallying diners seemed oblivious to the fact that other customers were impatiently waiting for tables"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"as in lounging , loafing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"apathy",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"supineness",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"laziness",
"shiftlessness",
"sloth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drive",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"ambition",
"enterprise",
"go",
"hustle",
"initiative",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"diligence",
"perseverance",
"animation",
"briskness",
"energy",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"pep",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrancy",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"he spent his college years dallying , seemingly determined to acquire as little knowledge as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"disporting",
"frolicking",
"playing",
"recreating",
"rollicking",
"skylarking",
"sporting",
"toying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorting",
"frisking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"dabbling",
"trifling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"dabbling",
"fiddling (around)",
"messing around",
"puttering (around)",
"bumming (around)",
"dawdling",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging (around or about)",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"screwing around",
"slacking (off)",
"jesting",
"joking",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"laboring",
"plodding",
"plugging (away)",
"slaving",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"don't dally on the way to the interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"she spent the summer dallying with a guy renting the neighboring beach house"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquetting",
"flirting",
"frivoling",
"frivolling",
"messing around",
"toying",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamping",
"courting",
"mashing",
"wooing",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"putting on",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"teasing",
"fooling",
"leading on",
"stringing along",
"manipulating",
"playing (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"I kept dallying at my desk until I couldn't put off doing my work any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"furloughing",
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dastardly":{
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"his dastardly conduct in a critical moment haunted him for the rest of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"darks":{
"the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight":{
"examples":[
"we were going to wait until dark to go trick-or-treating"
],
"synonyms":[
"nights",
"nighttimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dusks",
"evenings",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"twilights",
"midnights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"sunrises",
"sunups",
"forenoons",
"mornings",
"high noons",
"middays",
"noondays",
"noons",
"noontides",
"noontimes",
"afternoons"
],
"antonyms":[
"days",
"daytimes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"day nurseries":{
"a school for children who are generally less than five years old":{
"examples":[
"committed to the needs of its employees with young children, the insurance company has its own on-site day nursery"
],
"synonyms":[
"cr\u00e8ches",
"nurseries",
"nursery schools",
"prekindergartens",
"pre-Ks",
"preschools"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dailies":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"domestics",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"lackeys",
"menials",
"retainers",
"servants",
"stewards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butlers",
"footmen",
"grooms",
"houseboys",
"housemen",
"majordomos",
"men",
"menservants",
"servitors",
"valets",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"housekeepers",
"housemaids",
"ladies-in-waiting",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"wenches",
"women",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"companions",
"factotums",
"followers",
"dogsbodies",
"drudges",
"gofers",
"gophers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"taskmasters"
],
"antonyms":[
"masters",
"mistresses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daytime":{
"the hours of light between one night and the next":{
"examples":[
"it's a lot easier to find your way through a strange neighborhood in the daytime"
],
"synonyms":[
"day",
"daylight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"light",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"forenoon",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"afternoon",
"noon",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evening",
"gloaming",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness"
],
"antonyms":[
"night",
"nighttime"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dazzles":{
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"skiers were dazzled by the glare off of the slopes of freshly packed snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuses",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"stuns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dark ages":{
"as in sunsets , nadirs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decadences",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devolutions",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ascents",
"rises",
"upswings",
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dance card":{
"as in card , plate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"card",
"exercises",
"plate",
"agenda",
"calendar",
"docket",
"program",
"schedule",
"timetable",
"arrangement",
"order",
"ordering",
"organization",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dashed":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time"
],
"synonyms":[
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"scampered",
"sprinted",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"cantered",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"loped",
"shagged",
"skipped",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"coursed",
"footed (it)",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"hoofed (it)",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"legged (it)",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed",
"nipped",
"pattered",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"stepped (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"hobbled",
"limped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapulted",
"chucked",
"fired",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
"examples":[
"our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespattered",
"plashed",
"spattered",
"splashed",
"splattered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenched",
"drowned",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"steeped",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"washed",
"watered",
"slopped",
"slushed",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
"examples":[
"a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"slopped",
"sloshed",
"spattered",
"splashed",
"swashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dabbled",
"lapped",
"plashed",
"washed",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"spritzed",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed (out)",
"burdened",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"got down",
"oppressed",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"datum":{
"a single piece of information":{
"examples":[
"let's begin our discussion of this matter with a datum from actual experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"fact",
"nicety",
"particular",
"particularity",
"point",
"specific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"article",
"item",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"member",
"part",
"aspect",
"circumstance",
"facet",
"factor",
"evidence",
"exhibit",
"database",
"information",
"knowledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"inaccuracy",
"misconception",
"misstatement",
"myth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dastard":{
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"the villain of the story is a dastard indeed"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"funk",
"poltroon",
"recreant",
"sissy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"quitter",
"cream puff",
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussy",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"caitiff",
"snake",
"sneak",
"ostrich",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hero",
"stalwart",
"valiant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dapperly":{
"as in breezily , jauntily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breezily",
"cockily",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily",
"agilely",
"nimbly",
"spryly",
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"allegro",
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dully",
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"daimons":{
"as in angels , shaitans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"sprites",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dabble":{
"to take part in an activity in a superficial way":{
"examples":[
"She dabbled in drawing and painting but sculpture was her favorite medium."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"trifle",
"flirt (with)",
"fiddle (around)",
"mess around",
"putter (around)",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"delight",
"please",
"bum (around)",
"dawdle",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"idle",
"loaf",
"lounge (around or about)",
"relax",
"rest",
"screw around",
"slack (off)",
"jest",
"joke",
"tease",
"dally",
"disport",
"frolic",
"play",
"recreate",
"rollick",
"skylark",
"sport",
"toy",
"cavort",
"frisk",
"gambol",
"romp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"labor",
"plod",
"plug (away)",
"slave",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dandles":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"cockers",
"coddles",
"cossets",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"nurses",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"wet-nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"mothers",
"obliges",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"disciplines",
"restrains",
"oppresses",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"victimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuses",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"darns":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"damns",
"diddlies",
"diddly-squats",
"doodley-squats",
"doodly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"licks",
"modicums",
"raps",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sews",
"stitches",
"sutures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mends",
"patches",
"repairs",
"bastes",
"eases",
"fells",
"finishes",
"overcasts",
"cross-stitches",
"embroiders",
"crochets",
"knits",
"quilts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dawned (on)":{
"to enter the mind of":{
"examples":[
"it finally dawned on me that I had been going the wrong way"
],
"synonyms":[
"came (to)",
"crossed",
"occurred (to)",
"struck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced",
"conned",
"learned",
"memorized",
"appeared",
"arrived",
"emerged",
"materialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgot",
"unlearned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daringly":{
"as in audaciously , adventurously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"self-confidently",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"hastily",
"precipitately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dainties":{
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"examples":[
"the widow plied her suitor with dainties and endless glasses of sherry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bits",
"cates",
"delectables",
"delicacies",
"goodies",
"kickshaws",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"treats",
"viands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"morsels",
"candies",
"desserts",
"junkets",
"sweetmeats",
"sweets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangers":{
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"willing to face the dangers of the Arctic in quest of the Northwest Passage"
],
"synonyms":[
"hazards",
"imminences",
"menaces",
"perils",
"pitfalls",
"risks",
"threats",
"troubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"booby traps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"wards",
"asylums",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daintiness":{
"the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{
"examples":[
"we were less impressed by the daintiness of the etching on the crystal vase than by the heftiness of its price"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicacy",
"exquisiteness",
"fineness",
"fragility",
"frangibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaphanousness",
"flimsiness",
"insubstantiality",
"wispiness",
"brittleness",
"crumbliness",
"friability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firmness",
"solidity",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"roughness",
"rudeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dances":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?"
],
"synonyms":[
"balls",
"cotillions",
"cotillons",
"formals",
"hops",
"proms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"celebrations",
"events",
"festivals",
"festivities",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"masquerades",
"masques",
"masks",
"mixers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"hoedowns",
"square dances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"steps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prances",
"struts",
"trips",
"boogies",
"boogeys",
"bops",
"fox-trots",
"gavottes",
"jigs",
"jitterbugs",
"jives",
"mambos",
"polkas",
"shags",
"shimmies",
"shuffles",
"tangos",
"tap-dances",
"twists",
"waltzes",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"darts",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flirts",
"flits",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daddies":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"I stopped calling my father \" Daddy \" because I thought it sounded childish"
],
"synonyms":[
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"papas",
"poppas",
"pas",
"paters",
"pops",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patresfamilias",
"patriarchs",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"archetypes",
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"granddaddies",
"grandaddies",
"precursors",
"predecessors",
"prototypes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"originals",
"originators",
"sires",
"fathers",
"mothers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"spin-offs",
"daughters",
"sons"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"databases":{
"a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer":{
"examples":[
"All of our customers' information was kept in a database .",
"an online database"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"information",
"knowledges",
"data",
"details",
"facts",
"niceties",
"particularities",
"particulars",
"points",
"specifics",
"articles",
"items",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients",
"members",
"parts",
"aspects",
"circumstances",
"facets",
"factors",
"evidences",
"exhibits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"errors",
"fallacies",
"falsehoods",
"inaccuracies",
"misconceptions",
"misstatements",
"myths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daydreamed":{
"as in stargazed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stargazed",
"conceited",
"conceived",
"conjured (up)",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"fancied",
"fantasied",
"fantasized",
"featured",
"ideated",
"imaged",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"saw",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"hallucinated",
"re-created",
"recreated",
"reflected",
"relived",
"reminisced",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"mused",
"pondered",
"ruminated",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"planned",
"projected",
"foresaw",
"prefigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dab hand":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a British mystery writer who's an undisputed dab hand at building suspense"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daunts":{
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"frustrates",
"unmans",
"unnerves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeats",
"bullies",
"cows",
"intimidates",
"depresses",
"saddens",
"weighs",
"afflicts",
"tries",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"bothers",
"irks",
"vexes",
"worries",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"frightens",
"horrifies",
"scares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoys (up)",
"cheers",
"gladdens",
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"assures",
"reassures",
"boosts",
"energizes",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"rallies",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"nerves",
"steels"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"damaged":{
"as in broken , injured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"flawed",
"impaired",
"imperfect",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"half",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial",
"sketchy",
"unassembled",
"uncompleted",
"unfinished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"full",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"whole",
"flawless",
"unbroken",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"completed",
"finished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
]
},
"to cause bodily damage to":{
"examples":[
"his knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"wounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"blew out",
"bloodied",
"bruised",
"contused",
"cut",
"gashed",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"scalded",
"scarred",
"scathed",
"strained",
"tore",
"creased",
"grazed",
"nicked",
"crippled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"abused",
"afflicted",
"aggrieved",
"maltreated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"laid up",
"blemished",
"impaired",
"marred",
"scraped",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"remedied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"datedness":{
"as in obsolescence , obsoleteness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antiquation",
"obsolescence",
"obsoleteness",
"old-fashionedness",
"age",
"agedness",
"ancientness",
"antiquity",
"hoariness",
"fustiness",
"agelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"newness",
"currency",
"currentness",
"freshness",
"modernity",
"modernness",
"novelty",
"recentness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daresaying":{
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"imagining",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"theorizing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"expecting",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"taking",
"thinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"finding out",
"learning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"darings":{
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
"examples":[
"daring acrobats who risk life and limb every day for the entertainment of the crowds at the circus"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"examples":[
"the daring that the early explorers of Oceania must have had"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
]
},
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
"examples":[
"I dare you to repeat that to my face!",
"he dared his friend to race to the end of the block"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenging",
"defying",
"stumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"facing",
"outbraving",
"outfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
"examples":[
"every day the old fisherman dared the elements to make his meager living"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving",
"outfacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facing up (to)",
"fronting",
"affronting",
"challenging",
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accosting",
"approaching",
"cornering",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"standing",
"withstanding",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"squaring (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodging",
"ducking",
"funking",
"shirking",
"sidestepping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daily dozen":{
"as in regimen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regimen",
"drill",
"grind",
"groove",
"lockstep",
"pattern",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"treadmill",
"housekeeping",
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"approach",
"manner",
"method",
"procedure",
"strategy",
"style",
"tack",
"technique",
"way",
"design",
"plan",
"program",
"scheme",
"convention",
"policy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dabblers":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"he was a dabbler , learning the basics of many arts but mastering none"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers",
"tinkerers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dazing":{
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
"examples":[
"the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocking",
"stunning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadening",
"knocking out",
"paralyzing",
"benumbing",
"numbing",
"stupefying",
"bowling over",
"knocking down",
"banging",
"bashing",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"pummeling",
"pummelling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"a skier dazed by the glare from the snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazzling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confusing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"stunning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dauntless":{
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
"examples":[
"dauntless heroes who are inclined to rush to danger, not away from it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"reassured",
"unafraid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dauntlessly":{
"in a fearless manner":{
"examples":[
"the early suffragettes dauntlessly pursued their cause, even in the face of public ridicule"
],
"synonyms":[
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"self-confidently",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"hastily",
"precipitately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"daybooks":{
"a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use":{
"examples":[
"each night, before bed, she jots down her thoughts in a daybook"
],
"synonyms":[
"diaries",
"journals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"itineraries",
"blogs",
"Weblogs",
"logbooks",
"logs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dash":{
"active strength of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"the cavalry officer's dash and enthusiasm inspired his men to follow him into battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
]
},
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"scamper",
"sprint",
"trip",
"trot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"canter",
"leap",
"lope",
"shag",
"skip",
"spring",
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"course",
"foot (it)",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"hoof (it)",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"leg (it)",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"rush",
"rustle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom",
"nip",
"patter",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"step (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"lumber",
"plod",
"trudge",
"hobble",
"limp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
"examples":[
"our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespatter",
"plash",
"spatter",
"splash",
"splatter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"wash",
"water",
"slop",
"slush",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
"examples":[
"a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"slop",
"slosh",
"spatter",
"splash",
"swash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dabble",
"lap",
"plash",
"wash",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"spritz",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum (out)",
"burden",
"deject",
"depress",
"get down",
"oppress",
"sadden",
"weigh down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ail",
"distress",
"trouble",
"afflict",
"torment",
"torture",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"unnerve",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"assure",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"excite",
"inspire",
"stimulate",
"elate",
"exhilarate",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"boost",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daubed":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"synonyms":[
"anointed",
"bedaubed",
"besmeared",
"smeared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coated",
"painted",
"plastered",
"greased",
"oiled",
"gummed",
"larded",
"pitched",
"tarred",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"damaging":{
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"the damaging effects of the sun on unprotected skin"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"bloodying",
"breaking",
"compromising",
"crabbing",
"crippling",
"crossing (up)",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"endamaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"vitiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"blighting",
"tarnishing",
"denting",
"dinging",
"dinting",
"botching",
"gumming (up)",
"queering",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"annihilating",
"banging up",
"bashing",
"battering",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"rectifying",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"remodeling",
"revising",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
]
},
"to cause bodily damage to":{
"examples":[
"his knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"wounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"bloodying",
"blowing out",
"bruising",
"contusing",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"scalding",
"scarring",
"scathing",
"straining",
"tearing",
"creasing",
"grazing",
"nicking",
"crippling",
"hamstringing",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"abusing",
"afflicting",
"aggrieving",
"maltreating",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"laying up",
"blemishing",
"impairing",
"marring",
"scraping",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"remedying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dander":{
"as in anger , outrage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangling":{
"extending freely from a support from above":{
"examples":[
"there was a dangling banner in one corner of the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependent",
"hanging",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"pendulous",
"suspended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooping",
"flagging",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hanging",
"slinging",
"suspending",
"swinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooking",
"mounting",
"pinning",
"tacking",
"draping",
"festooning",
"garlanding",
"stringing",
"extending (out)",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"sticking out",
"overhanging",
"protruding",
"cascading",
"depending",
"falling",
"balancing",
"poising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"darkening":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"a darkening sky that seemed to match our downcast spirits"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news"
],
"synonyms":[
"glooming",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowning",
"scowling",
"glaring",
"staring",
"brooding",
"moping",
"petting",
"pouting",
"sulking",
"angering",
"bristling",
"fuming",
"raging",
"steaming",
"storming",
"intimidating",
"menacing",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"cheering (up)",
"lightening",
"perking (up)"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the sky darkened as a storm moved in"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackening",
"blacking out",
"closing in",
"dusking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimming",
"fading",
"waning",
"glooming",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawning",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"lighting"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blackening",
"blearing",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"dimming",
"dislimning",
"fogging",
"fuzzing (up)",
"hazing",
"misting",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overclouding",
"overshadowing",
"shadowing",
"shrouding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"blotting out",
"concealing",
"eclipsing",
"hiding",
"obliterating",
"screening",
"shading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"masking",
"veiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposing",
"revealing",
"uncovering",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"lightening",
"lighting (up)"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"marring",
"poisoning",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tainting",
"tarnishing",
"touching",
"vitiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begriming",
"besmearing",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"dirtying",
"discoloring",
"polluting",
"smearing",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"smutting",
"soiling",
"sullying",
"tarring",
"abasing",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"bastardizing",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"subverting",
"coloring",
"distorting",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"glorifying",
"hallowing",
"magnifying",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daytimes":{
"the hours of light between one night and the next":{
"examples":[
"it's a lot easier to find your way through a strange neighborhood in the daytime"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"days"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"forenoons",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"afternoons",
"noons",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eves",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"twilights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacks",
"darks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nights",
"nighttimes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dawdling":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"the dawdling pace of the movie was really making us restless"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to dawdle , we'll be late for sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"furloughing",
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daylights":{
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"examples":[
"nearly terrified the daylights out of him with that scream"
],
"synonyms":[
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"saneness",
"sanity",
"wit(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dance cards":{
"as in cards , plates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cards",
"exercises",
"plates",
"agendas",
"calendars",
"dockets",
"programs",
"schedules",
"timetables",
"arrangements",
"orderings",
"orders",
"organizations",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dated":{
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"his jokes are awfully dated , referring to things that happened years ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to date him\u2014I'd rather just be friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"took out",
"went out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"saw",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
"examples":[
"we dated for two years before we got engaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"courted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"gallanted",
"romanced",
"sparked",
"wooed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"took out",
"stepped out",
"went out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dashes (off)":{
"as in cobbles (together or up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobbles (together or up)",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"hatches",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"ad-libs",
"claps (together or up)",
"extemporizes",
"fakes",
"improvises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranges",
"lays",
"prepares",
"readies",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"ponders",
"studies",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daily dozens":{
"as in regimens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regimens",
"drills",
"grinds",
"grooves",
"locksteps",
"patterns",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"treadmills",
"housekeepings",
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"approaches",
"manners",
"methods",
"procedures",
"strategies",
"styles",
"tacks",
"techniques",
"ways",
"designs",
"plans",
"programs",
"schemes",
"conventions",
"policies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"damsel":{
"a young unmarried woman":{
"examples":[
"knights are celebrated in fairy tales for rescuing damsels in distress"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoiselle",
"girl",
"maid",
"maiden",
"miss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"virgin",
"deb",
"debutante",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"bird",
"chit",
"filly",
"lass",
"lassie",
"sheila",
"sister",
"colleen",
"mademoiselle",
"senhorita",
"senorita",
"se\u00f1orita"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dashing (off)":{
"as in cobbling (together or up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobbling (together or up)",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"thinking (up)",
"ad-libbing",
"clapping (together or up)",
"extemporizing",
"faking",
"improvising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranging",
"laying",
"preparing",
"readying",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"pondering",
"studying",
"exercising",
"practicing",
"practising",
"rehearsing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"day ones":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"since day one of this project, we've always insisted that we would create the best product possible without any consideration of cost"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dab":{
"a quick thrust":{
"examples":[
"one more quick dab of the brush and he would be finished with his painting"
],
"synonyms":[
"dig",
"jab",
"lunge",
"poke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punch",
"stab",
"stick",
"push",
"shove",
"jam",
"jerk",
"jog",
"nudge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"she added a dab of sesame oil to the dressing before pouring it on the salad"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a bear can knock a man down with a simple dab of his paw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a dab at finding unappreciated collectibles and reselling them at a considerable profit"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
]
},
"as in smear , slather":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"daub",
"plaster",
"slather",
"smear",
"apply",
"lay",
"lay on",
"spread",
"blanket",
"carpet",
"coat",
"cover",
"layer",
"mantle",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet",
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"peel",
"strip",
"uncover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tap , tip":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chuck",
"clap",
"flick",
"pat",
"tag",
"tap",
"tip",
"clasp",
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handle",
"hold",
"palm",
"hit",
"knock",
"pound",
"rap",
"whack",
"brush",
"graze",
"shave",
"skim",
"feel",
"touch",
"palp",
"palpate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daring":{
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
"examples":[
"daring acrobats who risk life and limb every day for the entertainment of the crowds at the circus"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"examples":[
"the daring that the early explorers of Oceania must have had"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
]
},
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
"examples":[
"I dare you to repeat that to my face!",
"he dared his friend to race to the end of the block"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenging",
"defying",
"stumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"facing",
"outbraving",
"outfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
"examples":[
"every day the old fisherman dared the elements to make his meager living"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving",
"outfacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facing up (to)",
"fronting",
"affronting",
"challenging",
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accosting",
"approaching",
"cornering",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"standing",
"withstanding",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"squaring (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodging",
"ducking",
"funking",
"shirking",
"sidestepping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"damsels":{
"a young unmarried woman":{
"examples":[
"knights are celebrated in fairy tales for rescuing damsels in distress"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoiselles",
"girls",
"maidens",
"maids",
"misses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"virgins",
"debs",
"debutantes",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"birds",
"chits",
"fillies",
"lasses",
"lassies",
"sheilas",
"sisters",
"colleens",
"mademoiselles",
"mesdemoiselles",
"senhoritas",
"senoritas",
"se\u00f1oritas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daze":{
"a state of mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"she was in a daze for a minute after being hit on the head by a volleyball"
],
"synonyms":[
"dazedness",
"fog",
"haze",
"muddle",
"spin",
"swoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverie",
"stupor",
"trance",
"befuddlement",
"bewilderment",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"delirium",
"malaise",
"paralysis",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"levelheadedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
"examples":[
"the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"rock",
"stun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deaden",
"knock out",
"paralyze",
"benumb",
"numb",
"stupefy",
"bowl over",
"knock down",
"bang",
"bash",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bonk",
"bop",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"hammer",
"hit",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pummel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"a skier dazed by the glare from the snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"dazzle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuse",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"stun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"darkens":{
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news"
],
"synonyms":[
"glooms",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowns",
"scowls",
"glares",
"stares",
"broods",
"mopes",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"angers",
"bristles",
"fumes",
"rages",
"steams",
"storms",
"intimidates",
"menaces",
"threatens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"cheers (up)",
"lightens",
"perks (up)"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the sky darkened as a storm moved in"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackens",
"blacks out",
"closes in",
"dusks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dims",
"fades",
"wanes",
"glooms",
"lowers",
"lours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawns",
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"shines"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"lights"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blackens",
"blears",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dims",
"dislimns",
"fogs",
"fuzzes (up)",
"hazes",
"mists",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overclouds",
"overshadows",
"shadows",
"shrouds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrates",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"eclipses",
"hides",
"obliterates",
"screens",
"shades",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"masks",
"veils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes",
"reveals",
"uncovers",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"lightens",
"lights (up)"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"mars",
"poisons",
"spoils",
"stains",
"taints",
"tarnishes",
"touches",
"vitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimes",
"besmears",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dirties",
"discolors",
"pollutes",
"smears",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"smuts",
"soils",
"sullies",
"tars",
"tarres",
"abases",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"bastardizes",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"subverts",
"colors",
"distorts",
"twists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"glorifies",
"hallows",
"magnifies",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daybreaks":{
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"examples":[
"I always seem to wake up at daybreak , regardless of what the clock says"
],
"synonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daylights",
"days",
"lights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"suns",
"sunups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytimes",
"forenoons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"midnights",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"afternoons",
"middays",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"gloamings",
"twilights"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangles":{
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hangs",
"slings",
"suspends",
"swings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooks",
"mounts",
"pins",
"tacks",
"drapes",
"festoons",
"garlands",
"strings",
"extends (out)",
"juts",
"projects",
"sticks out",
"overhangs",
"protrudes",
"cascades",
"depends",
"falls",
"balances",
"poises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dark":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"a dark alley that most people wisely avoided"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"not having a light complexion":{
"examples":[
"he was tall, dark , and handsome"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"brunet",
"brunette",
"swart",
"swarthy"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"pale",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"wan"
],
"antonyms":[
"light"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"her mind was filled with dark thoughts until the results of the medical test came back as negative"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
"examples":[
"the actor was always quite dark about his life before his arrival in Hollywood"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"closemouthed",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"tight-mouthed",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quiet",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"discreet",
"prudent",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"frank",
"honest",
"out-front",
"up-front",
"blunt",
"outspoken",
"tactless"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"open"
]
},
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the superhero was not daunted by the villain's dark threats"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"complex",
"complicated",
"difficult",
"obtuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
]
},
"lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{
"examples":[
"is known as a dark period in European history when people lived in ignorance, fear, and want"
],
"synonyms":[
"analphabetic",
"benighted",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"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"
]
},
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"dark deeds that resulted in the Russian czar being known to history as Ivan the Terrible"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
]
},
"a time or place of little or no light":{
"examples":[
"I have a bad habit of running into tables in the dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"midnight",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness"
]
},
"the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight":{
"examples":[
"we were going to wait until dark to go trick-or-treating"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkness",
"night",
"nighttime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dusk",
"evening",
"gloaming",
"nightfall",
"twilight",
"midnight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawn",
"daybreak",
"sunrise",
"sunup",
"forenoon",
"morning",
"high noon",
"midday",
"noon",
"noonday",
"noontide",
"noontime",
"afternoon"
],
"antonyms":[
"day",
"daytime"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dankness":{
"as in wetness , sogginess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clamminess",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"wetness",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dallies":{
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"he spent his college years dallying , seemingly determined to acquire as little knowledge as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"disports",
"frolics",
"plays",
"recreates",
"rollicks",
"skylarks",
"sports",
"toys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorts",
"frisks",
"gambols",
"romps",
"dabbles",
"trifles",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"delights",
"pleases",
"dabbles",
"fiddles (around)",
"messes around",
"putters (around)",
"bums (around)",
"dawdles",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lounges (around or about)",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"screws around",
"slacks (off)",
"jests",
"jokes",
"teases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"labors",
"plods",
"plugs (away)",
"slaves",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"works"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"don't dally on the way to the interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"she spent the summer dallying with a guy renting the neighboring beach house"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquets",
"coquettes",
"flirts",
"frivols",
"messes around",
"toys",
"trifles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamps",
"courts",
"mashes",
"woos",
"joshes",
"kids",
"puts on",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"teases",
"fools",
"leads on",
"strings along",
"manipulates",
"plays (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"I kept dallying at my desk until I couldn't put off doing my work any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"day-to-day":{
"occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day":{
"examples":[
"the day-to-day routine of commuting to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"daily",
"diurnal",
"quotidian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"intermittent",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"regular",
"ceaseless",
"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"everlasting",
"frequent",
"incessant",
"nonstop",
"perpetual",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monthly",
"weekly",
"yearly",
"erratic",
"infrequent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"interrupted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dachas":{
"as in summerhouses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"summerhouses",
"baches",
"cabins",
"camps",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"lodges",
"bungalows",
"cots",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dawdle":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to dawdle , we'll be late for sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"damns":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to hear about your problems\u2014I just don't give a damn"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"darns",
"durns",
"diddlies",
"diddly-squats",
"doodley-squats",
"doodly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"licks",
"modicums",
"raps",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
"examples":[
"damned the car for once again breaking down"
],
"synonyms":[
"curses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprecates",
"maledicts",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blesses",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"salutes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"decries",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacks",
"blames",
"blasts",
"criticizes",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"dooms",
"sentences",
"convicts",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reproves",
"berates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rakes",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"vituperates",
"curses",
"imprecates",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"reviles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"hails",
"salutes",
"touts",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"reveres",
"venerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"blesses"
]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"examples":[
"damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemns",
"dooms",
"sentences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"judges",
"castigates",
"censures",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"concludes",
"decides",
"decrees",
"determines",
"finds",
"opines",
"resolves",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardons",
"reprieves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"damming":{
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"ice floes were damming the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocking",
"choking",
"clogging",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing",
"furring",
"silting",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"dam up the pipes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocking",
"bunging",
"filling",
"packing",
"plugging",
"stopping",
"stuffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choking",
"clogging",
"closing (off)",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"caulking",
"calking",
"chinking",
"sealing",
"repacking",
"restuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"shoveling",
"shovelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daubs":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"synonyms":[
"anoints",
"bedaubs",
"besmears",
"smears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coats",
"paints",
"plasters",
"greases",
"oils",
"gums",
"lards",
"pitches",
"tars",
"tarres",
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drawings , finger paintings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawings",
"finger paintings",
"portraits",
"etchings",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"watercolors",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"representations",
"resemblances",
"views",
"caricatures",
"cartoons",
"doodles",
"icons",
"ikons",
"illustrations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"pictures",
"collages",
"montages",
"photographs",
"hieroglyphics",
"hieroglyphs",
"ideograms",
"ideographs",
"pictographs",
"diagrams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daredevils":{
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
"examples":[
"that little daredevil has broken an arm and an ankle this year alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"devils",
"madcaps",
"madmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berserks",
"berserkers",
"cowboys",
"hotdogs",
"showboats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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