dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/egg_MWT.json
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{
"egg":{
"a member of the human race":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"related":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"egg (on)":{
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
"examples":[
"though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon"
],
"synonyms":[
"encourage",
"exhort",
"goad",
"nudge",
"press",
"prod",
"prompt",
"urge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drive",
"propel",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"hurry",
"hustle",
"push",
"rush",
"adjure",
"beseech",
"implore",
"importune",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"soft-soap",
"wheedle",
"high-pressure",
"nag",
"needle",
"pressure",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"brake",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"inhibit",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"eggbeaters":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"told stories of his days flying eggbeaters during the Vietnam War"
],
"synonyms":[
"choppers",
"copters",
"helicopters",
"helos",
"whirlybirds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiros",
"autogyros",
"convertiplanes",
"convertaplanes",
"gyroplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"slicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"egged (on)":{
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"braked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"inhibited",
"restrained"
],
"related":[
"drove",
"propelled",
"spurred",
"stimulated",
"hurried",
"hustled",
"pushed",
"rushed",
"adjured",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"implored",
"importuned",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"soft-soaped",
"wheedled",
"high-pressured",
"nagged",
"needled",
"pressured",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"encouraged",
"exhorted",
"goaded",
"nudged",
"pressed",
"prodded",
"prompted",
"urged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"egging (on)":{
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
"examples":[
"though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon"
],
"synonyms":[
"encouraging",
"exhorting",
"goading",
"nudging",
"pressing",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"urging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"driving",
"propelling",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"hurrying",
"hustling",
"pushing",
"rushing",
"adjuring",
"beseeching",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"soft-soaping",
"wheedling",
"high-pressuring",
"nagging",
"needling",
"pressuring",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"braking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"inhibiting",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"egg on one's face":{
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
"examples":[
"Bested by his peers, he mumbled something and walked away with egg on his face ."
],
"synonyms":[
"abashment",
"confusion",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"fluster",
"mortification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"disgrace",
"ignominy",
"shame",
"debasement",
"degradation",
"humiliation",
"mortification",
"humble pie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-possession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"eggs":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whips , prompts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exhorts",
"flogs",
"goads",
"hounds",
"presses",
"pricks",
"prods",
"prompts",
"scourges",
"spurs",
"whips",
"wrangles",
"shepherds",
"drives",
"herds",
"punches",
"runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"eggshell":{
"as in brittle , breakable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breakable",
"brittle",
"crushable",
"frangible",
"friable",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"sensitive",
"tender",
"feeble",
"flimsy",
"puny",
"slight",
"soft",
"tenuous",
"weak",
"nonhardy",
"perishable",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tough",
"durable",
"firm",
"flinty",
"hard",
"hardy",
"resistant",
"robust",
"rugged",
"solid",
"sound",
"stiff",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"infrangible",
"nonbreakable",
"unbreakable",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"tempered",
"toughened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in brushed , semigloss":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"semigloss",
"semilustrous",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glistening",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"satin",
"satiny",
"sleek",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"glassy",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"gleaming",
"glittering",
"reflective",
"shining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt",
"lackluster",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"eggheadedness":{
"as in intellectualism , highbrowism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"highbrowism",
"intellectualism",
"brain",
"brainpower",
"gray matter",
"headpiece",
"intellect",
"intellectuality",
"intelligence",
"mentality",
"reason",
"sense",
"smarts",
"braininess",
"brilliance",
"acumen",
"alertness",
"apprehension",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"discriminability",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"mother wit",
"aptitude",
"talent",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"head",
"mind",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denseness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"feeblemindedness",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eggbeater":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"told stories of his days flying eggbeaters during the Vietnam War"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopper",
"copter",
"helicopter",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiro",
"autogyro",
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"slick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}