5112 lines
100 KiB
JSON
5112 lines
100 KiB
JSON
{
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"beseech":{
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"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hint",
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"imply",
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"intimate",
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"suggest",
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"appease",
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"conciliate",
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"gratify",
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"mollify",
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"oblige",
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"pacify",
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"placate",
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"please",
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"satisfy",
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"comfort",
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"console",
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"content",
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"quiet"
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],
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"related":[
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"bludge",
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"cadge",
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"mooch",
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"sponge",
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"ask",
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"desire",
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"invoke",
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"request",
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"sue",
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"claim",
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"coerce",
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"command",
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"compel",
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"demand",
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"force",
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"insist",
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"require"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appeal (to)",
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"beg",
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"besiege",
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"conjure",
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"entreat",
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"impetrate",
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"implore",
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"importune",
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"petition",
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"plead (to)",
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"pray",
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"solicit",
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"supplicate"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"besiege":{
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"to cause persistent suffering to":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"help",
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"deliver",
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"release",
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"relieve",
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"reprieve",
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"comfort",
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"console",
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"content",
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"quiet",
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"solace",
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"soothe",
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"succor"
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],
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"related":[
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"assail",
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"attack",
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"badger",
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"dog",
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"hound",
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"pursue",
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"ride",
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"aggravate",
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"agitate",
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"annoy",
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"bother",
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"bug",
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"chafe",
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"distress",
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"disturb",
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"exasperate",
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"gall",
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"get",
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"grate",
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"gripe",
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"hagride",
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"harass",
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"harry",
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"irk",
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"irritate",
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"molest",
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"nettle",
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"peeve",
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"pester",
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"pique",
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"put out",
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"rasp",
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"rile",
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"vex",
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"discomfort",
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"discompose",
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"disquiet",
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"fluster",
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"grieve",
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"perturb",
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"strain",
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"stress",
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"trouble",
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"try",
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"upset",
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"worry",
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"crush",
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"oppress",
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"overpower",
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"overwhelm",
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"smite",
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"strike",
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"tyrannize",
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"victimize",
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"hurt",
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"pain",
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"pang",
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"prick",
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"smart",
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"stab",
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"sting",
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"wring",
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"martyr"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"afflict",
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"agonize",
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"anguish",
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"bedevil",
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"beset",
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"curse",
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"excruciate",
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"harrow",
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"persecute",
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"plague",
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"rack",
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"torment",
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"torture"
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]
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},
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"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hint",
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"imply",
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"intimate",
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"suggest",
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"appease",
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"conciliate",
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"gratify",
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"mollify",
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"oblige",
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"pacify",
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"placate",
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"please",
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"satisfy",
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"comfort",
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"console",
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"content",
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"quiet"
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],
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"related":[
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"bludge",
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"cadge",
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"mooch",
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"sponge",
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"ask",
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"desire",
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"invoke",
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"request",
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"sue",
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"claim",
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"coerce",
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"command",
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"compel",
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"demand",
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"force",
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"insist",
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"require"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appeal (to)",
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"beg",
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"beseech",
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"conjure",
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"entreat",
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"impetrate",
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"implore",
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"importune",
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"petition",
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"plead (to)",
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"pray",
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"solicit",
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"supplicate"
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]
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},
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"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipate",
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"free",
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"liberate",
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"release",
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"rescue"
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],
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"related":[
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"barricade",
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"block",
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"cut off",
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"dam",
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"encircle",
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"confine",
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"insulate",
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"isolate",
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"quarantine"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beleaguer",
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"blockade",
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"invest",
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"leaguer"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"besieged":{
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"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
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"examples":[
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"armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beleaguered",
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"blockaded",
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"invested",
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"leaguered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barricaded",
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"blocked",
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"cut off",
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"dammed",
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"encircled",
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"confined",
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"insulated",
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"isolated",
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"quarantined"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipated",
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"freed",
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"liberated",
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"released",
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"rescued"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause persistent suffering to":{
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"examples":[
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"a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"afflicted",
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"agonized",
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"anguished",
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"bedeviled",
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"beset",
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"cursed",
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"excruciated",
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"harrowed",
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"persecuted",
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"plagued",
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"racked",
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"tormented",
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"tortured"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"attacked",
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"badgered",
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"dogged",
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"hounded",
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"pursued",
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"rode",
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"rid",
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"aggravated",
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"agitated",
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"annoyed",
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"bothered",
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"bugged",
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"chafed",
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"distressed",
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"disturbed",
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"exasperated",
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"galled",
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"got",
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"grated",
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"griped",
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"hagrode",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"irked",
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"irritated",
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"molested",
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"nettled",
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"peeved",
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"pestered",
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"piqued",
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"put out",
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"rasped",
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"riled",
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"vexed",
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"vext",
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"discomforted",
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"discomposed",
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"disquieted",
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"flustered",
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"grieved",
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"perturbed",
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"strained",
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"stressed",
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"tried",
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"troubled",
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"upset",
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"worried",
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"crushed",
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"oppressed",
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"overpowered",
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"overwhelmed",
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"smote",
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"struck",
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"tyrannized",
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"victimized",
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"hurt",
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"pained",
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"panged",
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"pricked",
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"smarted",
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"stabbed",
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"stung",
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"wrung",
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"martyred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abetted",
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"aided",
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"assisted",
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"helped",
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"delivered",
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"released",
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"relieved",
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"reprieved",
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"comforted",
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"consoled",
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"contented",
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"quieted",
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"solaced",
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"soothed",
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"succored"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
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"examples":[
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"bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appealed (to)",
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"begged",
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"beseeched",
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"besought",
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"conjured",
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"entreated",
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"impetrated",
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"implored",
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"importuned",
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"petitioned",
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"pleaded (to)",
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"pled (to)",
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"plead (to)",
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"prayed",
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"solicited",
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"supplicated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bludged",
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"cadged",
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"mooched",
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"sponged",
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"asked",
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"desired",
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"invoked",
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"requested",
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"sued",
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"claimed",
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"coerced",
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"commanded",
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"compelled",
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"demanded",
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"forced",
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"insisted",
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"required"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hinted",
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"implied",
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"intimated",
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"suggested",
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"appeased",
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"conciliated",
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"gratified",
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"mollified",
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"obliged",
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"pacified",
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"placated",
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"pleased",
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"satisfied",
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"comforted",
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"consoled",
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"contented",
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"quieted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"besieging":{
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"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
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"examples":[
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"armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beleaguering",
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"blockading",
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"investing",
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"leaguering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barricading",
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"blocking",
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"cutting off",
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"damming",
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"encircling",
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"assailing",
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"assaulting",
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"attacking",
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"besetting",
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"confining",
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"insulating",
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"isolating",
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"quarantining"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipating",
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"freeing",
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"liberating",
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"releasing",
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"rescuing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause persistent suffering to":{
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"examples":[
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"a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"afflicting",
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"agonizing",
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"anguishing",
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"bedeviling",
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"besetting",
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"cursing",
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"excruciating",
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"harrowing",
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"persecuting",
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"plaguing",
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"racking",
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"tormenting",
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"torturing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailing",
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"attacking",
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"badgering",
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"dogging",
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"hounding",
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"pursuing",
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"riding",
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"aggravating",
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"agitating",
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"annoying",
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"bothering",
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"bugging",
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"chafing",
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"distressing",
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"disturbing",
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"exasperating",
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"galling",
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"getting",
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"grating",
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"griping",
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"hagriding",
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"harassing",
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"harrying",
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"irking",
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"irritating",
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"molesting",
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"nettling",
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"peeving",
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"pestering",
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"piquing",
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"putting out",
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"rasping",
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"riling",
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"vexing",
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"discomforting",
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"discomposing",
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"disquieting",
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"flustering",
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"grieving",
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"perturbing",
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"straining",
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"stressing",
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"troubling",
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"trying",
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"upsetting",
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"worrying",
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"crushing",
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"oppressing",
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"overpowering",
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"overwhelming",
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"smiting",
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"striking",
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"tyrannizing",
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"victimizing",
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"hurting",
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"paining",
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"panging",
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"pricking",
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"smarting",
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"stabbing",
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"stinging",
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"wringing",
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"martyring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abetting",
|
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"aiding",
|
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"assisting",
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"helping",
|
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"delivering",
|
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"releasing",
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"relieving",
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"reprieving",
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"comforting",
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"consoling",
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"contenting",
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"quieting",
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"solacing",
|
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"soothing",
|
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"succoring"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
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"examples":[
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"bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appealing (to)",
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"begging",
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"beseeching",
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"conjuring",
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"entreating",
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"impetrating",
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"imploring",
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"importuning",
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"petitioning",
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"pleading (to)",
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"praying",
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"soliciting",
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"supplicating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bludging",
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"cadging",
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"mooching",
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"sponging",
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"asking",
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"desiring",
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"invoking",
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"requesting",
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"suing",
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"claiming",
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"coercing",
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"commanding",
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"compelling",
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"demanding",
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"forcing",
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"insisting",
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"requiring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"intimating",
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"suggesting",
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"appeasing",
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"conciliating",
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"gratifying",
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"mollifying",
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"obliging",
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"pacifying",
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"placating",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmear":{
|
|
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"besmeared the napkin with jelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anoint",
|
|
"bedaub",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespatter":{
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"best":{
|
|
"as in Sunday":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"noncasual",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"sporty",
|
|
"dressed down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressy clothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family wore their best to the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"full dress",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"regalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishabille"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only the best will go on to the finals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestial":{
|
|
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an apocalyptic sci-fi classic in which a lone drifter fights to avoid the bestial existence lived by the mass of survivors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"ferine",
|
|
"subhuman",
|
|
"swinish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmirches":{
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inconsiderately besmirched the carpet with their dirty feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"bemires",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"distains",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"gaums",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beshrewing":{
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would beshrew anyone who is untrue to his word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"danging",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"durning",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"cussing (out)",
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"congratulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowals":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's annual Yuletide bestowals include a holiday party and substantial bonuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"fairings",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"handsels",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"doles",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"oblations",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"tithes",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"care packages",
|
|
"foys",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"remembrances",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"propines",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"dowries",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"legacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"douceurs",
|
|
"peace offerings",
|
|
"sops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespeak":{
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"call (for)",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"speak (for)",
|
|
"sue (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (for)",
|
|
"beg (for)",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist (on)",
|
|
"petition (for)",
|
|
"press (for)",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betoken",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"tell (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"foreshow",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"presage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmirching":{
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inconsiderately besmirched the carpet with their dirty feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"draggling",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"crocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestrewing":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flower girl delightedly bestrewed the aisle with rose petals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespoken":{
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"reserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"given away",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"projected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"spoken (for)",
|
|
"sued (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (for)",
|
|
"begged (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"petitioned (for)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betokened",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"told (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boded",
|
|
"foreshown",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"presaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestrewed":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flower girl delightedly bestrewed the aisle with rose petals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"strewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beseeches":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"conjures",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"impetrates",
|
|
"implores",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleads (to)",
|
|
"prays",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"supplicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludges",
|
|
"cadges",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmearing":{
|
|
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"besmeared the napkin with jelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"bedaubing",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"smearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"greasing",
|
|
"oiling",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"tarring",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestir":{
|
|
"as in awaken , stir":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bed (down)",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"lie up",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"doss (down)",
|
|
"flop (down)",
|
|
"lie (down)",
|
|
"recline"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowed":{
|
|
"as in given , donated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"pro bono",
|
|
"complimentary",
|
|
"costless",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"gratis",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"honorary",
|
|
"uncompensated",
|
|
"unpaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bestowed a new car on their son for graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"volunteered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"threw in",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"comped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"pungled (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"sacrificed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually the refugee family was bestowed in its own apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"billeted",
|
|
"bivouacked",
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"bunked",
|
|
"camped",
|
|
"chambered",
|
|
"domiciled",
|
|
"encamped",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"roofed",
|
|
"roomed",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"took in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"homed",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shedded",
|
|
"stabled",
|
|
"tented",
|
|
"barracked",
|
|
"bedded (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"evicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestirs":{
|
|
"as in awakens , stirs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"uprises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beds (down)",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"drops off",
|
|
"lies up",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"dosses (down)",
|
|
"flops (down)",
|
|
"lies (down)",
|
|
"reclines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestows (on or upon)":{
|
|
"as in covers , confers (on)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"confers (on)",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"wills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"beseems":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befits",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"suffices",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bests":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespattering":{
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestows":{
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bestowed a new car on their son for graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"throws in",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"pungles (up)",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"sacrifices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"sells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually the refugee family was bestowed in its own apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"encamps",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"takes in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"stables",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"beds (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beshrewed":{
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would beshrew anyone who is untrue to his word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beseeching":{
|
|
"asking humbly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suppliant",
|
|
"supplicant",
|
|
"supplicating",
|
|
"supplicatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in imploring , entreaty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"supplication",
|
|
"evensong",
|
|
"matins",
|
|
"vespers",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"litany",
|
|
"requiescat",
|
|
"thanksgiving",
|
|
"orison",
|
|
"prayer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"impetrating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"supplicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beseemed":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitted",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"sufficed",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beside":{
|
|
"in addition to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll need one more helper beside all of you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"as well as",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"over and above"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"including"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not including":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need four books beside this one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apart from",
|
|
"aside from",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"but",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"except for",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"exclusive of",
|
|
"other than",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outside of",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in nearby , near":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"up",
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
"overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespatters":{
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestialized":{
|
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"men who had been bestialized by war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalized",
|
|
"brutalized",
|
|
"dehumanized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beseeming":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"suiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmeared":{
|
|
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"besmeared the napkin with jelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anointed",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowing (on or upon)":{
|
|
"as in covering , conferring (on)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"conferring (on)",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gifting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"stinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmirch":{
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inconsiderately besmirched the carpet with their dirty feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmirched":{
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wiped the toddler's besmirched face with a damp cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inconsiderately besmirched the carpet with their dirty feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestrew":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flower girl delightedly bestrewed the aisle with rose petals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"best bib and tucker":{
|
|
"dressy clothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He arrived to the gala wearing his best bib and tucker ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"full dress",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"regalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishabille"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beset":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unsuspecting tourists were suddenly beset by robbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bushwhack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rush",
|
|
"gang up (on)",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannon",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"bang away (at)",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"flank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beseem":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befit",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"suffice",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowal":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's annual Yuletide bestowals include a holiday party and substantial bonuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"dowry",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"legacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"douceur",
|
|
"peace offering",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespeaks":{
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"books",
|
|
"reserves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"projects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks (for)",
|
|
"calls (for)",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"pleads (for)",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"speaks (for)",
|
|
"sues (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (for)",
|
|
"begs (for)",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"clamors (for)",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"insists (on)",
|
|
"petitions (for)",
|
|
"presses (for)",
|
|
"requires",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"invokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betokens",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"tells (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodes",
|
|
"foreshows",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"presages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besmears":{
|
|
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"besmeared the napkin with jelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"bedaubs",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestialize":{
|
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"men who had been bestialized by war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalize",
|
|
"brutalize",
|
|
"dehumanize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besting":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing down",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespattered":{
|
|
"as in spattered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowed (on or upon)":{
|
|
"as in covered , conferred (on)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"conferred (on)",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"willed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestirring":{
|
|
"as in awakening , stirring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bedding (down)",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"lying up",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"dossing (down)",
|
|
"flopping (down)",
|
|
"lying (down)",
|
|
"reclining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beshrews":{
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would beshrew anyone who is untrue to his word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"dangs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"cusses (out)",
|
|
"fulminates (against)",
|
|
"rails (against)",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"congratulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestiaries":{
|
|
"as in beast fables":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beast fables",
|
|
"allegories",
|
|
"apologues",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"parables",
|
|
"morality plays",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"mythologies",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespeaking":{
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"reserving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"projecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
|
"calling (for)",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"pleading (for)",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"speaking (for)",
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
|
"petitioning (for)",
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betokening",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"telling (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreshowing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"presaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestirred":{
|
|
"as in awakened , stirred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rolled out",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uprose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bedded (down)",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed",
|
|
"bunked",
|
|
"perched",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"dossed (down)",
|
|
"flopped (down)",
|
|
"lay (down)",
|
|
"reclined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespoke":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wealthy man who can easily afford bespoke suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pledged in marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having made his fortune, he returned to the village only to discover that the object of his affection was already bespoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"promised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unattached"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"reserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"projected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"spoke (for)",
|
|
"sued (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (for)",
|
|
"begged (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"petitioned (for)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betokened",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"told (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boded",
|
|
"foreshowed",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"presaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besotted (by)":{
|
|
"filled with an intense or excessive love for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was so besotted by the movies that as a kid he'd sometimes spend all day staring up at the silver screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crazy (about or over)",
|
|
"dotty (over)",
|
|
"enamored (of)",
|
|
"enraptured (by)",
|
|
"gaga (over)",
|
|
"gone (on)",
|
|
"infatuated (with)",
|
|
"mad (about)",
|
|
"nuts (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hung up (on)",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"unenchanted",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"heart-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestow":{
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bestowed a new car on their son for graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"throw in",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually the refugee family was bestowed in its own apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besetting":{
|
|
"caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that woman's besetting need to meddle in the affairs of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsive",
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"obsessional",
|
|
"obsessive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irrepressible",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"reflex",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"resistible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"panging",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"martyring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unsuspecting tourists were suddenly beset by robbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bushwhacking",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"going in (on)",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"setting on",
|
|
"siccing",
|
|
"sicking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"turning (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushing",
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"cannoning",
|
|
"banging away (at)",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"flanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestiary":{
|
|
"as in beast fable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beast fable",
|
|
"allegory",
|
|
"apologue",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"parable",
|
|
"morality play",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besides":{
|
|
"in addition to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"besides me, there are five people working on this project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"as well as",
|
|
"beside",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"over and above"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"including"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not including":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book is 800 pages long besides the bibliography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apart from",
|
|
"aside from",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"beside",
|
|
"but",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"except for",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"exclusive of",
|
|
"other than",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outside of",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in addition to what has been said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\" Besides ,\" Dan exclaimed, \"Who are you to tell me what to do?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additionally",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"furthermore",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"moreover",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"withal",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestride":{
|
|
"to sit or ride with your legs on either side of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The dog liked to bestride the back of the sofa, and it was soon in tatters."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"straddle",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besieger":{
|
|
"as in invader , aggressor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressor",
|
|
"invader",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"predator",
|
|
"raper",
|
|
"rapist",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"counterattacker",
|
|
"mugger",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"assaulter",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"bushwhacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestializes":{
|
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"men who had been bestialized by war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalizes",
|
|
"brutalizes",
|
|
"dehumanizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestridden":{
|
|
"to sit or ride with your legs on either side of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The dog liked to bestride the back of the sofa, and it was soon in tatters."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"straddled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"slouched",
|
|
"sprawled",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"perched",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arisen",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"gotten up",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestower":{
|
|
"as in giver , contributor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altruist",
|
|
"contributor",
|
|
"giver",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"donator",
|
|
"donor",
|
|
"fairy godmother",
|
|
"Maecenas",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"sugar daddy",
|
|
"benefactress",
|
|
"patroness",
|
|
"almoner",
|
|
"almsgiver",
|
|
"philanthropist",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"subscriber",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"guardian angel",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"donee",
|
|
"giftee",
|
|
"recipient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |