dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/pet_MWT.json
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{
"pet peeve":{
"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
"examples":[
"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hang-up",
"problem",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation",
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peter (out)":{
"as in give out , fade (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"abate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax",
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petered (out)":{
"as in gave out , faded (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petitioned":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"solicited",
"supplicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petrified":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized"
],
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"pettiness":{
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
"examples":[
"the astonishing pettiness of most of the things that she fusses over"
],
"synonyms":[
"immateriality",
"inconsequence",
"inconsequentiality",
"inconsiderableness",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
"negligibility",
"nullity",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"substance",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petting":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who loves to be petted"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressing",
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pettish":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petty":{
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"related":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"parochial",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
]
},
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
],
"examples":[
"obsessed over even petty problems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"related":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petulant":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petite":{
"having a small and thin body \u2014 usually used to describe a woman or girl":{
"examples":[
"She's petite and has short black hair.",
"a petite young woman"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petcocks":{
"as in valves , spigots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cocks",
"faucets",
"gates",
"spigots",
"stopcocks",
"taps",
"valves",
"hydrants",
"spouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petitioning (for)":{
"as in requiring , insisting (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"applying (for)",
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"inviting",
"invoking",
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"desiring",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"requesting",
"seeking",
"soliciting",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peters (out)":{
"as in gives out , fades (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes",
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petrifying":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"gelding",
"lobotomizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petit-ma\u00eetre":{
"as in Beau Brummell , blood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"blade",
"blood",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"Galahad",
"knight",
"prince",
"captivator",
"charmer",
"ladies' man",
"lady's man",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"cavalier",
"gentleman",
"aristocrat",
"patrician",
"swell"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petitioning":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
],
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"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
],
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"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petty larcenies":{
"as in petit larcenies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petit larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"pilferages",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"black marketeerings",
"banditries",
"piracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petits-ma\u00eetres":{
"as in Beau Brummells , blood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"blades",
"blood",
"bucks",
"dandies",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"Galahads",
"knights",
"princes",
"captivators",
"charmers",
"ladies' men",
"lady's men",
"smoothies",
"cavaliers",
"gentlemen",
"aristocrats",
"patricians",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petit larcenies":{
"as in petty larcenies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petty larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"pilferages",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"black marketeerings",
"banditries",
"piracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pets":{
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's pet was always getting special privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"darlings",
"faves",
"favs",
"favorites",
"minions",
"preferences",
"speeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"dears",
"sweethearts",
"jewels",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bugbears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who loves to be petted"
],
"synonyms":[
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"petty cashes":{
"as in pocket moneys , spending moneys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"chests",
"coffers",
"accounts",
"budgets",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petitioner":{
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"the lottery winner was beset by a horde of petitioners , all of whom thought that they were most deserving of his charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"pleader",
"solicitor",
"suitor",
"suppliant",
"supplicant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"asker",
"requester",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petrifies":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petrify":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"geld",
"lobotomize"
],
"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"
]
},
"petiteness":{
"as in inadequateness , diminutiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"diminutiveness",
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"minuteness",
"tininess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude",
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"grossness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"extensiveness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"healthiness",
"liberality",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"weightiness",
"bulkiness",
"massiveness",
"voluminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petticoat":{
"as in distaff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distaff",
"ladylike",
"ultrafeminine",
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"female",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfeminine",
"unwomanly",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"male",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile",
"androgynous",
"neuter",
"Amazonian",
"butch",
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petcock":{
"as in valve , spigot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cock",
"faucet",
"gate",
"spigot",
"stopcock",
"tap",
"valve",
"hydrant",
"spout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pettifogger":{
"as in Philadelphia lawyer , ambulance chaser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulance chaser",
"Philadelphia lawyer",
"shyster",
"advocate",
"attorney",
"attorney-at-law",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"counselor-at-law",
"lawyer",
"legal eagle",
"cocounsel",
"district attorney",
"prosecuting attorney",
"prosecutor",
"solicitor",
"criminal lawyer",
"mouthpiece",
"public defender",
"trial lawyer",
"solicitor",
"jurist",
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hairsplitter , quibbler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"quibbler",
"perfectionist",
"purist",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petition":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"petering (out)":{
"as in giving out , fading (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petted":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who loves to be petted"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressed",
"fondled",
"gentled",
"loved",
"patted",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billed",
"canoodled",
"cuddled",
"necked",
"nestled",
"nosed",
"nuzzled",
"snuggled",
"spooned",
"felt up",
"pawed",
"cradled",
"embraced",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"bounced",
"dandled",
"kneaded",
"massaged",
"babied",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petulance":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petit larceny":{
"as in petty larceny":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petty larceny",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"banditry",
"piracy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pet peeves":{
"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
"examples":[
"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hang-ups",
"problems",
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations",
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pettifoggers":{
"as in Philadelphia lawyers , ambulance chasers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulance chasers",
"Philadelphia lawyers",
"shysters",
"advocates",
"attorneys",
"attorneys-at-law",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counselors-at-law",
"counsels",
"lawyers",
"legal eagles",
"cocounsels",
"co-counsels",
"district attorneys",
"prosecuting attorneys",
"prosecutors",
"solicitors",
"criminal lawyers",
"mouthpieces",
"public defenders",
"trial lawyers",
"solicitors",
"jurists",
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hairsplitters , quibblers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"quibblers",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"teachers",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}