dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/nay_MWT.json
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{
"nay":{
"not merely this but also":{
"examples":[
"I was angry\u2014 nay , furious\u2014at the way they were treating that poor dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"even",
"indeed",
"truly",
"verily",
"yea"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"decidedly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indisputably",
"positively",
"really",
"surely",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a vote or decision against something":{
"examples":[
"when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays"
],
"synonyms":[
"negative",
"no",
"non placet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"con",
"blackball",
"veto",
"denial",
"negation",
"refusal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pro",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"grace"
],
"antonyms":[
"positive",
"yea",
"yes"
]
},
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
"examples":[
"gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"declination",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"no",
"nonacceptance",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"turndown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuff",
"repudiation",
"repulse",
"spurn",
"negative",
"ban",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowance",
"approval",
"grant",
"OK",
"okay"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"naysayer":{
"a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons":{
"examples":[
"those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system"
],
"synonyms":[
"cynic",
"misanthrope",
"pessimist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misandrist",
"misogynist",
"doubter",
"negativist",
"skeptic",
"belittler",
"critic",
"derider",
"detractor",
"scoffer",
"malcontent",
"defeatist",
"quitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"positivist",
"idealist",
"sentimentalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nays":{
"a vote or decision against something":{
"examples":[
"when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays"
],
"synonyms":[
"negatives",
"noes",
"nos",
"non placets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cons",
"blackballs",
"vetoes",
"denials",
"negations",
"refusals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pros",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"graces"
],
"antonyms":[
"positives",
"yeas",
"yeses",
"yesses"
]
},
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
"examples":[
"gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"declinations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"noes",
"nos",
"nonacceptances",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"turndowns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"repudiations",
"repulses",
"spurns",
"negatives",
"bans",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowances",
"approvals",
"grants",
"OKs",
"okays"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}