3453 lines
68 KiB
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3453 lines
68 KiB
JSON
{
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"Brussels lace":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bruit":{
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"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
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"antonyms":[
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"quiet",
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"silence",
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"silentness",
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"still",
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"stillness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a film that captures the thunderous fury of medieval warfare and the bruit of a thousand clashing swords"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"hush",
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"lull",
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"quietude",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility"
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],
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"related":[
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"discord",
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"dissonance",
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"commotion",
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"furor",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly-burly",
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"rumpus",
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"tumult",
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"uproar",
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"clatter",
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"jangle",
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"bang",
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"blast",
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"boom",
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"clap",
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"crack",
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"crash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babel",
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"blare",
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"bluster",
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"bowwow",
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"brawl",
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"cacophony",
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"chatter",
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"clamor",
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"clangor",
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"decibel(s)",
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"din",
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"discordance",
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"katzenjammer",
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"noise",
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"racket",
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"rattle",
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"roar"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bruit (about)":{
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circulate",
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"noise (about or abroad)",
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"rumor",
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"whisper"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandy (about)",
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"blab",
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"tattle",
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"bare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"expose",
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"let on (about)",
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"report",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"hint",
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"imply",
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"insinuate",
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"intimate",
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"suggest",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"propagate",
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"publicize",
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"spread"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"brumous":{
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"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"cloudless",
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"limpid",
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"pellucid",
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"unclouded"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the village was slumbering peacefully beneath the brumous morning sky"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bright",
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"clean",
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"clement",
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"fair",
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"sunny",
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"sunshiny",
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"translucent",
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"transparent"
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],
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"related":[
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"overcast",
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"rainy",
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"stormy",
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"thick",
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"dirty",
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"miry",
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"mucky",
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"muddy",
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"slimy",
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"slushy",
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"turbid",
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"miasmal",
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"miasmatic",
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"miasmic",
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"smoky",
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"smokey",
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"smudgy",
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"sooty",
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"filmy",
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"milky",
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"opaque"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beclouded",
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"befogged",
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"clouded",
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"cloudy",
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"foggy",
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"gauzy",
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"hazy",
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"misty",
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"murky",
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"smoggy",
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"soupy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"brush (aside or off)":{
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"to dismiss as of little importance":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"blink (at)",
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"condone",
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"discount",
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"disregard",
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"excuse",
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"forgive",
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"gloss (over)",
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"gloze (over)",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"paper over",
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"pardon",
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"pass over",
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"remit",
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"shrug off",
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"whitewash",
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"wink (at)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"explain",
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"justify",
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"rationalize",
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"clear",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate",
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"vindicate",
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"waive",
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"wave (aside or off)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heed",
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"mark",
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"mind",
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"note",
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"object (to)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"brushed":{
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"as in eggshell , semigloss":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eggshell",
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"semigloss",
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"semilustrous",
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"buffed",
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"burnished",
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"glistening",
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"glossy",
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"lustrous",
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"polished",
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"rubbed",
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"satin",
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"satiny",
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"sleek",
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"silken",
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"silky",
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"slick",
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"slippery",
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"glassy",
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"glazed",
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"lacquered",
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"shellacked",
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"varnished",
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"gleaming",
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"glittering",
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"reflective",
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"shining"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dim",
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"dull",
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"flat",
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"lusterless",
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"matte",
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"mat",
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"matt",
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"lackluster",
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"unvarnished"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
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"examples":[
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"a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bowled",
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"breezed",
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"coasted",
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"cruised",
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"drifted",
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"flowed",
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"glided",
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"rolled",
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"sailed",
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"skimmed",
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"slid",
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"slipped",
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"streamed",
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"swept",
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"whisked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flew",
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"raced",
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"rushed",
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"sped",
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"speeded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"limped",
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"lumbered",
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"plodded",
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"stumbled",
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"trudged",
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"shambled",
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"shuffled",
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"stamped",
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"stomped",
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"stumped",
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"tramped",
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"labored",
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"toiled"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"floundered",
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"struggled"
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]
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},
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"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
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"examples":[
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"spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grazed",
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"kissed",
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"nudged",
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"shaved",
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"skimmed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bumped",
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"contacted",
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"scraped",
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"sideswiped",
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"struck",
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"swept",
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"swiped",
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"touched",
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"bounced",
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"caromed",
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"glanced",
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"rebounded",
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"ricocheted",
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"ricochetted",
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"skipped",
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"caressed",
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"cuddled",
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"fondled",
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"loved",
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"patted",
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"petted",
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"stroked",
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"missed",
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"skirted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"bumped",
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"clashed",
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"collided",
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"crashed",
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"hit",
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"impacted",
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"impinged",
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"knocked",
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"punched",
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"rammed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"swiped",
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"thudded",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"brushing (aside or off)":{
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"to dismiss as of little importance":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"blinking (at)",
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"condoning",
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"discounting",
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"disregarding",
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"excusing",
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"forgiving",
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"glossing (over)",
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"glozing (over)",
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"ignoring",
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"overlooking",
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"overpassing",
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"papering over",
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"pardoning",
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"passing over",
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"remitting",
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"shrugging off",
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"whitewashing",
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"winking (at)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"explaining",
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"justifying",
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"rationalizing",
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"absolving",
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"acquitting",
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"clearing",
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"exculpating",
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"exonerating",
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"vindicating",
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"waiving",
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"waving (aside or off)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heeding",
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"marking",
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"minding",
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"noting",
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"objecting (to)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"brushing (off)":{
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"as in rejecting , shrugging off":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"brutalizes":{
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"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
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"examples":[
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"even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"animalizes",
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"bestializes",
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"dehumanizes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abases",
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"corrupts",
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"debauches",
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"degrades",
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"demeans",
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"depraves",
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"perverts",
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"poisons",
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"profanes",
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"prostitutes",
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"subverts",
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"warps",
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"contaminates",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"disgraces",
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"humbles",
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"humiliates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dignifies",
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"exalts",
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"honors",
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"amends",
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"improves",
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"cleanses",
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"purifies",
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"restores",
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"respects",
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"elevates",
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"ennobles",
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"uplifts"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
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"examples":[
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"Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abuses",
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"bullies",
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"ill-treats",
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"ill-uses",
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"kicks around",
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"maltreats",
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"manhandles",
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"messes over",
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"mishandles",
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"mistreats",
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"misuses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"molests",
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"outrages",
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"violates",
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"harasses",
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"harms",
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"hurts",
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"injures",
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"oppresses",
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"persecutes",
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"torments",
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"tortures",
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"burns",
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"sandbags",
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"victimizes",
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"wrongs",
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"beats (up)",
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"messes (up)",
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"roughs (up)",
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"works (over)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cares (for)",
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"cherishes",
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"fosters",
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"nurtures",
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"babies",
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"caters (to)",
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"coddles",
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"favors",
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"gratifies",
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"humors",
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"indulges",
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"mollycoddles",
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"pampers",
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"spoils"
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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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"brutal":{
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"difficult to endure":{
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"examples":[
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"brutal hard labor in the hot sun"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bitter",
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"burdensome",
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"cruel",
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"excruciating",
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"grievous",
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"grim",
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"hard",
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"hardhanded",
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"harsh",
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"heavy",
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"inhuman",
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"murderous",
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"onerous",
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"oppressive",
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"searing",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"tough",
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"trying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"austere",
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"bleak",
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"comfortless",
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"discomforting",
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"forbidding",
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"inhospitable",
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"spartan",
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"uncomfortable",
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"biting",
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"inclement",
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"intemperate",
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"wild",
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"rigorous",
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"strict",
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"stringent",
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"agonizing",
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"heartbreaking",
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"heartrending",
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"painful",
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"wretched",
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"crushing",
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"grinding",
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"overwhelming",
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"wearing",
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"insufferable",
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"insupportable",
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"intolerable",
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"unbearable",
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"unendurable",
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"harrowing",
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"tortuous",
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"bad",
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"disagreeable",
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"hostile",
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"unfriendly",
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"unpleasant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"cozy",
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"luxurious",
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"snug",
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"agreeable",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"hospitable",
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"pleasant",
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"peaceful",
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"relaxing",
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"reposeful",
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"restful",
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"bearable",
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"endurable",
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"painless",
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"tolerable",
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"balmy",
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"calm",
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"clement",
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"gentle",
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"mild",
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"moderate",
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"temperate"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"easy",
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"light",
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"soft"
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]
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},
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"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
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"examples":[
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"a brutal tyrant who drove his country to revolt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"draconic",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a coarse, brutal man who has no sense of what it means to be refined or sensitive or cultured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brummagems":{
|
|
"as in bastards , duffers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"duffers",
|
|
"shoddies",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"synthetics",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"mock-ups",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"knockoffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"originals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brushy":{
|
|
"covered with or as if with hair":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the vogue for brushy cheeks on men reached a whimsical apex in the 19th century when muttonchop whiskers came in fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"fleecy",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"furry",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"hirsute",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"unshorn",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"bewhiskered",
|
|
"mustachioed",
|
|
"moustachioed",
|
|
"whiskered",
|
|
"stubbled",
|
|
"stubbly",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"linty",
|
|
"nappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beardless",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"glabrous",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shorn",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutalized":{
|
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalized",
|
|
"bestialized",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"messed over",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"wronged",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"worked (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brusque":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brusque and unhelpful reply from the clerk in the hardware store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutishly":{
|
|
"as in viciously , savagely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"grimly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"toughly",
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutally":{
|
|
"in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prisoners were treated brutally at the hands of the guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"grimly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"toughly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bruiting (about)":{
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"noising (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumoring",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandying (about)",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bruited (about)":{
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brush":{
|
|
"a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two advance parties had a brush , but no one was wounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"skirmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"skim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brushwoods":{
|
|
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boscages",
|
|
"boskages",
|
|
"bosks",
|
|
"bosques",
|
|
"bosquets",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"chaparrals",
|
|
"coppices",
|
|
"copses",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"thickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canebrakes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"scrublands",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"brambles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"groves",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"woodlots",
|
|
"forests",
|
|
"greenwoods",
|
|
"wildwoods",
|
|
"woodlands",
|
|
"woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutalize":{
|
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalize",
|
|
"bestialize",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mess over",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"sandbag",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"work (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Brussels laces":{
|
|
"as in laces , tulles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbinets",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fishnets",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"marquisettes",
|
|
"tulles",
|
|
"grilles",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"lattices",
|
|
"screenings",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"wireworks",
|
|
"webbings",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nettings",
|
|
"networks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"brush-off":{
|
|
"as in reject , shrug off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"rebel (against)",
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"mutiny (against)",
|
|
"revolt (against)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"goose-step (to)",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"stoop (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"cooperate (with)",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold shoulder",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"silent treatment",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"kiss-off",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"ostracism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"glad hand",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"open arms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutalizing":{
|
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalizing",
|
|
"bestializing",
|
|
"dehumanizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"messing over",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"wronging",
|
|
"beating (up)",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"working (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brunts":{
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum totals",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brushwood":{
|
|
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boscage",
|
|
"boskage",
|
|
"bosk",
|
|
"bosque",
|
|
"bosquet",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"chaparral",
|
|
"coppice",
|
|
"copse",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"thicket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canebrake",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"scrubland",
|
|
"bramble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"grove",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"woodlot",
|
|
"forest",
|
|
"greenwood",
|
|
"wildwood",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"woodland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutes":{
|
|
"one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasties",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin",
|
|
"bipeds",
|
|
"quadrupeds",
|
|
"carnivores",
|
|
"herbivores",
|
|
"insectivores",
|
|
"invertebrates",
|
|
"vertebrates",
|
|
"domestic animals",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"ferals",
|
|
"livestocks",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leave him alone, you brute !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddies",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"meanies",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nazis",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainesses",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brusk":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brusque and unhelpful reply from the clerk in the hardware store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brushup":{
|
|
"as in review , refresher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"homework",
|
|
"lesson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutishness":{
|
|
"the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novel depicting the brutishness to which a group of schoolboys descend when they are stranded on a deserted island"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalism",
|
|
"animality",
|
|
"beastliness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"swinishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"physicality",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellectuality",
|
|
"spirituality",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brush fires":{
|
|
"as in wildfires , forest fires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backfires",
|
|
"bonfires",
|
|
"campfires",
|
|
"forest fires",
|
|
"wildfires",
|
|
"conflagrations",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"infernos",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"arsons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bruising":{
|
|
"as in trying , tight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lacerating , mangling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"slitting",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"crosscutting",
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brutality":{
|
|
"disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"fellness",
|
|
"ferociousness",
|
|
"ferocity",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"bloodlust",
|
|
"bloodthirstiness",
|
|
"murderousness",
|
|
"sanguineness",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"hardhandedness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"heavy-handedness",
|
|
"oppressiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the disconcerting ease with which the people adopted the brutality of the enemy invaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalism",
|
|
"animality",
|
|
"beastliness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"swinishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"physicality",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellectuality",
|
|
"spirituality",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brute":{
|
|
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brute attacks on innocent civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"draconic",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of brute instinct, he deals with conflict the only way he knows how\u2014by physical force"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blastie",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin",
|
|
"biped",
|
|
"quadruped",
|
|
"carnivore",
|
|
"herbivore",
|
|
"insectivore",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"vertebrate",
|
|
"domestic animal",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"livestock",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leave him alone, you brute !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bruises":{
|
|
"a bodily injury in which small blood vessels are broken but the overlying skin is not":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got quite a big bruise from walking into the corner of the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"discolorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bruises caused by ill-fitting hiking boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"scrapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedsores",
|
|
"galls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lacerates , mangles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"crosscuts",
|
|
"hacksaws",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"sections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brunt":{
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brushes":{
|
|
"a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two advance parties had a brush , but no one was wounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"skirmishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"skims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"sideswipes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impinges",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"swipes",
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"thuds",
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"thwacks",
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"whacks"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"brusqueness":{
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"as in bluntness , shortness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abruptness",
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"bluntness",
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"curtness",
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"shortness",
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"brevity",
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"briefness",
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"compactness",
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"conciseness",
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"concision",
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"crispness",
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"pithiness",
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"sententiousness",
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"succinctness",
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"terseness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"diffuseness",
|
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"long-windedness",
|
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"prolixity",
|
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"verbosity",
|
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"wordiness",
|
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"periphrasis",
|
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"pleonasm",
|
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"redundancy",
|
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"repetitiousness",
|
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"repetitiveness",
|
|
"tautology"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brush (off)":{
|
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"as in reject , shrug off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"rebel (against)",
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"mutiny (against)",
|
|
"revolt (against)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"goose-step (to)",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"stoop (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"cooperate (with)",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold shoulder",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"silent treatment",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"kiss-off",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"ostracism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"glad hand",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"open arms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |