48989 lines
955 KiB
JSON
48989 lines
955 KiB
JSON
{
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"blab":{
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"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"examples":[
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"the two friends can blab for hours on the phone"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babble",
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"cackle",
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"chaffer",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"chin",
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"converse",
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"gab",
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"gabble",
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"gas",
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"jabber",
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"jaw",
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"kibitz",
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"kibbitz",
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"natter",
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"palaver",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"prattle",
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"rap",
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"rattle",
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"run on",
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"schmooze",
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"shmooze",
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"talk",
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"twitter",
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"visit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gossip",
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"tattle",
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"descant",
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"discuss",
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"expatiate",
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"yak",
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"yack",
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"yammer",
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"yap"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
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"examples":[
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"he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"talk",
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"tattle",
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"wag"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandy (about)",
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"circulate",
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"noise (about or abroad)",
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"rumor",
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"blabber",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"reveal",
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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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"let on",
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"suggest",
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"inform",
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"report",
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"snitch",
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"squeal",
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"tip (off)",
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"babble",
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"spill",
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"confide"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clam up",
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"shut up"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in chatter , babble":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babble",
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"babbling",
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"blabbing",
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"chatter",
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"chattering",
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"drivel",
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"driveling",
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"drivelling",
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"gabble",
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"gabbling",
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"jabber",
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"jabbering",
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"maundering",
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"prattle",
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"prattling",
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"rambling",
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"rumor",
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"undertone",
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"whisper",
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"grunt",
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"grunting",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"murmuring",
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"mutter",
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"muttering"
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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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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"blabber":{
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"a person who talks constantly":{
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"examples":[
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"a blabber who always wastes my time with drivel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babbler",
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"blabbermouth",
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"blowhard",
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"cackler",
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"chatterbox",
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"chatterer",
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"conversationalist",
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"gabbler",
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"gasbag",
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"jabberer",
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"jay",
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"magpie",
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"motormouth",
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"prattler",
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"talker",
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"windbag"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gossip",
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"gossiper",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"blatherer",
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"blatherskite",
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"converser",
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"discourser"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
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"examples":[
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"the parents were delighted by their toddler's blabber and encouraged her to learn real words"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abracadabra",
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"babble",
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"burble",
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"double Dutch",
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"double-talk",
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"drivel",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"gibberish",
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"jabber",
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"jabberwocky",
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"mumbo jumbo",
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"nonsense",
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"prattle",
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"slobber"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blah",
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"blah-blah",
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"hocus-pocus",
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"hokeypokey",
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"twaddle",
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"chatter",
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"gab",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"tattle",
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"twitter",
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"cackle",
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"clack",
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"clatter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in blather , blither":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blather",
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"bleat",
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"blither",
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"gab",
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"jangle",
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"jaw",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"rattle",
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"run on",
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"smatter",
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"tittle-tattle",
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"troll",
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"yak",
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"yack",
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"babble",
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"bumble",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"jabber",
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"prattle",
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"sputter",
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"chunter",
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"maunder",
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"mouth",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"stammer",
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"stutter",
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"screech",
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"shout",
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"shriek"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"articulate",
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"enunciate",
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"pronounce"
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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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"blabbering":{
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"as in blathering , blithering":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blathering",
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"bleating",
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"blithering",
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"gabbing",
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"jangling",
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"jawing",
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"pattering",
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"prating",
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"rattling",
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"running on",
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"smattering",
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"tittle-tattling",
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"trolling",
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"yakking",
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"yacking",
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"babbling",
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"bumbling",
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"chattering",
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"chatting",
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"driveling",
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"drivelling",
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"drooling",
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"gabbling",
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"gibbering",
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"jabbering",
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"prattling",
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"sputtering",
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"chuntering",
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"maundering",
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"mouthing",
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"mumbling",
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"murmuring",
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"muttering",
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"stammering",
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"stuttering",
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"screeching",
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"shouting",
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"shrieking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"articulating",
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"enunciating",
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"pronouncing"
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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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"blabbermouth":{
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"a person who talks constantly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"told the blabbermouth to put a lid on it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"gossip",
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"gossiper",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"blatherer",
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"blatherskite",
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"converser",
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"discourser"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babbler",
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"blabber",
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"blowhard",
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"cackler",
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"chatterbox",
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"chatterer",
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"conversationalist",
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"gabbler",
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"gasbag",
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"jabberer",
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"jay",
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"magpie",
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"motormouth",
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"prattler",
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"talker",
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"windbag"
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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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"blabs":{
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"as in chatter , babbles":{
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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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"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the two friends can blab for hours on the phone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"gossips",
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"tattles",
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"descants",
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"discusses",
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"expatiates",
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"yaks",
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"yacks",
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"yammers",
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"yaps"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babbles",
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"cackles",
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"chaffers",
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"chats",
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"chatters",
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"chins",
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"converses",
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"gabbles",
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"gabs",
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"gases",
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"gasses",
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"jabbers",
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"jaws",
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"kibitzes",
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"kibbitzes",
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"natters",
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"palavers",
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"patters",
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"prates",
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"prattles",
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"raps",
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"rattles",
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"runs on",
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"schmoozes",
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"shmoozes",
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"talks",
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"twitters",
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"visits"
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]
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},
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"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clams up",
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"shuts up"
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],
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"related":[
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"bandies (about)",
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"circulates",
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"noises (about or abroad)",
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"rumors",
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"blabbers",
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"discloses",
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"divulges",
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"reveals",
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"tells",
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"hints",
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"implies",
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"insinuates",
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"intimates",
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"lets on",
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"suggests",
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"informs",
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"reports",
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"snitches",
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"squeals",
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"tips (off)",
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"babbles",
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"spills",
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"confides"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dishes",
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"gossips",
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"talks",
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"tattles",
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"wags"
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]
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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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"black-tie":{
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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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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"blackballing":{
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"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
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"antonyms":[
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"confirming",
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"ratifying"
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],
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"examples":[
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"he was disappointed to learn that he had been blackballed by the fraternity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"admitting",
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"allowing",
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"approving",
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"assenting (to)",
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"passing",
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"sanctioning",
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"electing",
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"supporting"
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],
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"related":[
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"declining",
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"disallowing",
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"disapproving",
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"dismissing",
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"refusing",
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"blacklisting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"downing",
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"killing",
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"negativing",
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"nixing",
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"shooting down",
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"vetoing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"blackened":{
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"not clean":{
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"examples":[
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"the church's blackened ceiling is the result of centuries of candle smoke"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"black",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"dusty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"muddy",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"sordid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"germy",
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"impure",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"insanitary",
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"uncleaned",
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"unsanitary",
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"unsterile",
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"unsterilized",
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"unwashed",
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"greasy",
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"gunky",
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"chaotic",
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"cluttered",
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"jumbled",
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"littered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"rumpled",
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"scruffy",
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"sloppy",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"raunchy",
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"scuzzy",
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"shabby",
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"skanky",
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"sleazy",
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"squalid",
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"collied",
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"crocked",
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"fuliginous",
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"sooty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"limpid",
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"pure",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"combed",
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"groomed",
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"neat",
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"tidy",
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"bleached",
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"purified",
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"whitened",
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"bright",
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"flawless",
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"perfect",
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"shiny",
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"sparkling",
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"unspotted",
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"untouched",
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"taintless",
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"unblemished",
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"undefiled",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"virgin",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"ultraclean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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]
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},
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"to make dirty":{
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"examples":[
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"blackened the towels with their dirty hands"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"daubed",
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"dirtied",
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"distained",
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"fouled",
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"gaumed",
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"grimed",
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"mired",
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"mucked",
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"muddied",
|
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"smirched",
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"smudged",
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"soiled",
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"stained",
|
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"sullied"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
|
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"polluted",
|
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"tainted",
|
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"discolored",
|
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"confused",
|
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"disarranged",
|
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"disarrayed",
|
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"disheveled",
|
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"dishevelled",
|
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"disordered",
|
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"draggled",
|
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"jumbled",
|
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"messed",
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"muddled",
|
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"collied",
|
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"crocked"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"decontaminated",
|
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"purged",
|
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"purified",
|
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"disinfected",
|
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"sanitized",
|
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"brushed",
|
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"dry-cleaned",
|
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"dusted",
|
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"laundered",
|
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"mopped",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
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"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
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"swept",
|
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"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the politician maliciously blackened his opponent's reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"aspersed",
|
|
"calumniated",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"libeled",
|
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"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
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"slandered",
|
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"smeared",
|
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"traduced",
|
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"vilified"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"belittled",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
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"detracted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"discredited",
|
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"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
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"shamed",
|
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"abased",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"bleared",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dislimned",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"fuzzed (up)",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the auditorium blackened suddenly, and a spotlighted performer appeared alone on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dusked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gloomed",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackening":{
|
|
"the making of false statements that damage another's reputation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blackening of the senator's good name disgusted voters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"calumniation",
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
"character assassination",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"vilifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"backbiting",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"hatchet job",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blackened the towels with their dirty hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"draggling",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"crocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the politician maliciously blackened his opponent's reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"calumniating",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blearing",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dislimning",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"fuzzing (up)",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overclouding",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"shrouding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the auditorium blackened suddenly, and a spotlighted performer appeared alone on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dusking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"glooming",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackens":{
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the auditorium blackened suddenly, and a spotlighted performer appeared alone on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dusks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blears",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dislimns",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"fuzzes (up)",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overclouds",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shrouds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blackened the towels with their dirty hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"draggles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"collies",
|
|
"crocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"bemires",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"distains",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"gaums",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the politician maliciously blackened his opponent's reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"calumniates",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackguard":{
|
|
"as in disparage , belittle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in scoundrel , miscreant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacklisting":{
|
|
"as in ostracizing , blackballing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"excommunicating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
"counting (out)",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"freezing out",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"staving off",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"checking off",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"combing (out)",
|
|
"weeding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"unbanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackmail":{
|
|
"to use blackmail against (someone)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacks out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out , and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dusks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blacked out after hitting her head on the beam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"faints",
|
|
"keels (over)",
|
|
"passes out",
|
|
"swoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"zonks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bladelike":{
|
|
"as in knifelike":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"spired",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blamable":{
|
|
"deserving reproach or blame":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"irreproachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an honest mistake is hardly a blamable offense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"innocent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"amerciable",
|
|
"chargeable",
|
|
"disciplinable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"wrongful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blameworthy":{
|
|
"deserving reproach or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were all equally blameworthy , whether we had openly approved the free-speech restrictions or simply kept quiet about them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"amerciable",
|
|
"chargeable",
|
|
"disciplinable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"wrongful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"innocent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"irreproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanch":{
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blandish":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blandishment":{
|
|
"a nice thing that someone says or does to persuade another to do something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He finally succumbed to his children's blandishments and allowed them to stay up past their bedtime."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap",
|
|
"sweet talk",
|
|
"taffy",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"beguilement",
|
|
"endearment",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blared":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"blurbed",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blaring":{
|
|
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some teens drove by and woke us up with blaring music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"slam-bang",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"ultraquiet",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasphemed":{
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blast":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sharp blast of the horn startled the other driver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"thunk",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"thunderclap",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whump"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wild fraternity blast that lasted a whole weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a surprise blast stole the umbrella right out of his hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"zephyr",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"northerly",
|
|
"northwester",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"westerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"windblast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blast destroyed the building completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"airburst",
|
|
"groundburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonation",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"blaze (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"squeeze off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recruits were all blasting away at the target range"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"snipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"shoot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"implode"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blasted the new governor for every little misstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blastie":{
|
|
"as in vermin , varmint":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"critter",
|
|
"biped",
|
|
"quadruped",
|
|
"carnivore",
|
|
"herbivore",
|
|
"insectivore",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"vertebrate",
|
|
"domestic animal",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"livestock",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasting":{
|
|
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried a blasting radio wherever he went"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"slam-bang",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"ultraquiet",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next blasting by the artillery scored a direct hit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"splintering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"squeezing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"blazing (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recruits were all blasting away at the target range"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"plinking",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"sniping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blasted the new governor for every little misstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"highballing",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasting off":{
|
|
"as in taking off , zooming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blas\u00e9":{
|
|
"as in nonchalant , breezy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in world-weary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"world-weary",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sick and tired",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"thrilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blathering":{
|
|
"as in blabbering , blithering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blathers":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted to retire quietly and without all the blather of an office send-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
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"clatters",
|
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"clutters",
|
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"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
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"whirls",
|
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"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in blabbers , blithers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"blithers",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"tittle-tattles",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"stutters",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blaze (up)":{
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of decline, street crime blazed up again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"touch off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazed (at)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazonry":{
|
|
"as in emblazonry , bells and whistles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleakly":{
|
|
"as in darkly , morosely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in somberly , severely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"demurely",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"colorlessly",
|
|
"inconspicuously",
|
|
"unobtrusively",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"boringly",
|
|
"drably",
|
|
"dully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"colorfully",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"flamboyantly",
|
|
"flashily",
|
|
"garishly",
|
|
"gaudily",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"loudly",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"fancily",
|
|
"ornately",
|
|
"swankily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blear":{
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't describe him; all I saw was a blear figure for an instant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dislimn",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"fuzz (up)",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overcloud",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shroud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleats":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"whines",
|
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"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"blubs",
|
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"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bled":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"sorrowed",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ached",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"pined (away)",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"rued",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"joyed",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"sympathized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"transuded",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"gave off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bleed water from the radiators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"vacuated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleeders":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let the insults of those lousy bleeders get you down, old chap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleeding":{
|
|
"as in burning , cramping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"afflictive",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"remedial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"pining (away)",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"commiserating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sympathizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"transuding",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"giving off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bleed water from the radiators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"tapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"vacuating",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
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"wringing",
|
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"clipping",
|
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"gouging",
|
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"nicking",
|
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"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
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"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
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"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleeding (for)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"grieving (for)",
|
|
"sorrowing (for)",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"empathizing (with)",
|
|
"identifying (with)",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"commiserating (with)",
|
|
"compassionating",
|
|
"condoling (with)",
|
|
"feeling (for)",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"sympathizing (with)",
|
|
"yearning (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleeps":{
|
|
"as in removes , cuts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blenched":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blenched from the horrible sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"quailed",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"winced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blend":{
|
|
"a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that fabric is a cotton and polyester blend , so it shouldn't shrink as much as pure cotton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"half-and-half",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"coalescence",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"compost",
|
|
"concretion",
|
|
"homogenization",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixture",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"interfusion",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"mergence",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"conflation",
|
|
"emulsion",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"synthesis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colors blend nicely in that rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"harmonize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unmix"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"admix",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"emulsify",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"weave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"comingle",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"commix",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"conflate",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"immingle",
|
|
"immix",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"intermix",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blended":{
|
|
"as in mixed , combined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colors blend nicely in that rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"harmonized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"admixed",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"emulsified",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"comingled",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"composited",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"conflated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"homogenized",
|
|
"immingled",
|
|
"immixed",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"interfused",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"melded",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blent":{
|
|
"as in mixed , combined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"coalescent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwoven",
|
|
"cut-and-paste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncompound",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"comingled",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"composited",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"conflated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"homogenized",
|
|
"immingled",
|
|
"immixed",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"interfused",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"melded",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"admixed",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"emulsified",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colors blend nicely in that rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"harmonized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blessed":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or being God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prayer to the blessed Savior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"godlike",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"supernatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"omniscient",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"human",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"statues honoring an array of blessed saints are scattered throughout the cathedral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacral",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"biblical",
|
|
"scriptural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blessed sight of home after a long journey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sacralized",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"spiritualized",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"lustrated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"reconsecrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"punished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"desanctified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bless the name of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hymned",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"resounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"rhapsodized",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"lambasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blessed with a knack for glib conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"bestowed (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"conferred (on)",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"willed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew off":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooked up (with)",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off (with)",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"jilted",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"left"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"showed up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"skipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew one's cool":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The movie star tolerated the constant attention of the paparazzi, but finally blew her cool when one asked about her recent divorce."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"flipped (out)",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"wigged (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew smoke":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has a habit of blowing smoke when she gets nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"chinned",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's been blowing smoke about his accomplishments all afternoon."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"laughed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"maximized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"bulled",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew up":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building blew up because of a gas leak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"crumped",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"cried up",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"tub-thumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blights":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"ornaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"misshapes",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"defects",
|
|
"deformities",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"excrescencies",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"imperfections",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"pockmarks",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinked (at)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the firm conviction that we should never blink at any instances of plagiarism, whether in academia or in commercial publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinking (at)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the firm conviction that we should never blink at any instances of plagiarism, whether in academia or in commercial publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blips":{
|
|
"as in cuts , removes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deles",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"strikes (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blistering":{
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even after a blistering attack from the enemy, the fortress held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a major-league pitcher known for his blistering fastballs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blithely":{
|
|
"as in breezily , laughingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blither":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss who isn't inclined to accept any blither on why something isn't finished on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in blabber , blather":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzes":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"drumbeats",
|
|
"drumfires",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"volleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"earfuls",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a massive aerial blitz that was supposed to shock and awe the enemy into immediate surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"bombings",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"defensives",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an all-out advertising blitz to promote the new soft drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilades",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"strafes",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blizzard":{
|
|
"a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an overwhelming influx or flow of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blizzardy":{
|
|
"as in windy , blustery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"lown",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"windless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloat":{
|
|
"as in bulk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"block":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a block of stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"constant bickering that is only a block to the completion of the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threatened to knock the block off the jerk next door if he didn't can the noise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"mazard",
|
|
"mazzard",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"noddle",
|
|
"noggin",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"pate",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cranium",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"scalp",
|
|
"skull",
|
|
"occiput"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a more conservative block within the political party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a block of oil-producing nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"block up the opening in the wall where a window once was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"close (off)",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"caulk",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"restuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"shovel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open (up)",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thug suddenly stepped out of a doorway and blocked his escape down the alley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intercept",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"pick off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockage":{
|
|
"as in barrier , blockade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockages":{
|
|
"as in barriers , blockades":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockbuster":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is successful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chip",
|
|
"blue chipper",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blockbuster of a fighter plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"dreadnought",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"Goliath",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"mastodon",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazon",
|
|
"giantess",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"steamroller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wisp",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blocking":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"block up the opening in the wall where a window once was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"shoveling",
|
|
"shovelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"caulking",
|
|
"calking",
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"sealing",
|
|
"repacking",
|
|
"restuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"stuffing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening (up)",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"spiling",
|
|
"stoppering",
|
|
"stoppling",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"gridlocking",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"furring",
|
|
"silting",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping (up)",
|
|
"stuffing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thug suddenly stepped out of a doorway and blocked his escape down the alley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intercepting",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"picking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blood":{
|
|
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his mind, blood came before anything else, and he would not betray his criminal brother to the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"kinfolk",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"tribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blended family",
|
|
"nuclear family",
|
|
"extended family",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"kith",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"clansman",
|
|
"kinsman",
|
|
"kinswoman",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"dynasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"pedigree"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the language expert was certain that a young woman with such an upper-class accent had to be of royal blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredity",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in your blood you know this business deal just isn't right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blood will always have blood , and so the killing never ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"mercy killing",
|
|
"filicide",
|
|
"fratricide",
|
|
"matricide",
|
|
"parricide",
|
|
"patricide",
|
|
"regicide",
|
|
"uxoricide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blood feud":{
|
|
"as in score , feud":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"animus",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bad blood",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"inhospitableness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"neighborliness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blood pudding":{
|
|
"as in sausage , Vienna sausage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodbaths":{
|
|
"the killing of a large number of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlettings",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"mortalities",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"genocides",
|
|
"pogroms",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodlines":{
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"family trees",
|
|
"genealogies",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredities",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodstained":{
|
|
"smeared or stained with blood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"gory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodred",
|
|
"carmine",
|
|
"crimson",
|
|
"incarnadine",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"reddish",
|
|
"ruby",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous",
|
|
"sanguinary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodsucker":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the union accused the company executives of being bloodsuckers , since they had given themselves raises at a time when the rank and file were forced to take cuts in their benefits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"free rider",
|
|
"freeloader",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"moocher",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"philanthropist",
|
|
"supporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who habitually preys upon others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleazy lawyer who had a reputation for being a shyster, an ambulance chaser, and an all-around bloodsucker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"kite",
|
|
"predator",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"vulture",
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exploiter",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"devourer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prey"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloody-minded":{
|
|
"eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some bloody-minded individuals wanted to castrate the alleged rapists even without so much as a word of sworn testimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"dovish",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"peacemaking",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"placative",
|
|
"placatory",
|
|
"propitiatory",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"homicidal",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to palace gossip, behind closed doors the prince was a bloody-minded bore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"anal",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"schoolmarmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blooming":{
|
|
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blooming faces of children at play in the great outdoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bronzed",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"suntanned",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"bloomy",
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pinkish",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"cherubic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that the royals were blooming idiots for making such indiscreet statements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
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"supreme",
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"surpassing",
|
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"terrible",
|
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"terrific"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
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"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flowering , blossoming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"autumn",
|
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"Indian summer",
|
|
"acme",
|
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"apex",
|
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"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
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"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"efflorescing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"crimsoning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"reddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadining",
|
|
"rouging",
|
|
"ruddling",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloomy":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blossoming":{
|
|
"as in flowering , flourishing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"ephebic",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"subadult",
|
|
"teenage",
|
|
"teenaged",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flourishing , flowering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"efflorescing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blot out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bushes blotted out the shed from our view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotch":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog with a single small blotch of black"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"pockmark",
|
|
"scar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"ornament"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my pen leaked and blotched my shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotches":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog with a single small blotch of black"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"defects",
|
|
"deformities",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"excrescencies",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"imperfections",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"pockmarks",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"misshapes",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"ornaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my pen leaked and blotched my shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blots out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bushes blotted out the shed from our view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloviate":{
|
|
"as in declaim , pontificate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blurt (out)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow a gasket":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew a gasket when he saw that his younger brother had borrowed his car without asking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"flip (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tee off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"madden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool (off or down)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"simmer down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow one's cool":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"flip (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tee off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"madden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool (off or down)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"simmer down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The movie star tolerated the constant attention of the paparazzi, but finally blew her cool when one asked about her recent divorce."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow smoke":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's been blowing smoke about his accomplishments all afternoon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"maximize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"laugh off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has a habit of blowing smoke when she gets nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"kibitz",
|
|
"kibbitz",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"shmooze",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing":{
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that horse was really blowing after the race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hyperventilating",
|
|
"panting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"wheezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"snoring",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"fiddling away",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"trifling (away)",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"overspending",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"laying out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"crumping",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"popping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mushrooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one false move and we would be blown to bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"splintering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car blew past us as if we were standing still"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"highballing",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"boggling",
|
|
"bollixing (up)",
|
|
"booting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"buggering (up)",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mucking up",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"screwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"bulling",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"priding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"maximizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"laughing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"efflorescing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing in":{
|
|
"as in barging (in) , breezing (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"breezing (in)",
|
|
"bursting (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzing (in)",
|
|
"debarking",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"checking in",
|
|
"clocking (in)",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"touching down",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"getting through",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"clocking (out)",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"vamoosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing off":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off (with)",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jilting",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooking up (with)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"showing up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blown up":{
|
|
"as in expanded , ballooned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"turgescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building blew up because of a gas leak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"crumped",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"gone off",
|
|
"popped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"cried up",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"tub-thumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows":{
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that horse was really blowing after the race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hyperventilates",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wheezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"asphyxiates",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"snores",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
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"runs through",
|
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"spends",
|
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"squanders",
|
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"throws away",
|
|
"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"crumps",
|
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"detonates",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"pops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mushrooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one false move and we would be blown to bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car blew past us as if we were standing still"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"gasconades",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"vapors",
|
|
"vaunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"brandishes",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"maximizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"laughs off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"effloresces",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"opens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was dizzy for the rest of the day after the blow to his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ocean blows that sweep over the island are so strong that only the hardiest shrubs can grow there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"windblasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northerlies",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows off":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooks up (with)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"befriends",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off (with)",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"jilts",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"shows up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowsy":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a large, blowsy woman in frumpy clothes runs the diner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowup":{
|
|
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss had another blowup when someone fouled up the copy machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"fireworks",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hissy",
|
|
"hissy fit",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"tantrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"convulsion(s)",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness",
|
|
"reaction",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snit",
|
|
"sulk(s)",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"sullenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the last blowup of the volcano flattened trees for miles around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonation",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"airburst",
|
|
"groundburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"flip (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tee off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"madden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool (off or down)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"simmer down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building blew up because of a gas leak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"crump",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"pop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mushroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implode"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"implode"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"cry up",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tub-thump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowzy":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a large, blowsy woman in frumpy clothes runs the diner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubber":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blub",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbering":{
|
|
"as in crying , sobbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary",
|
|
"weepy",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crying , weeping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"lamentation",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"guffaw",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbing",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbers":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubs",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludgeoned":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
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"slogged",
|
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"slugged",
|
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"smacked",
|
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"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer bludgeoning his opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-penciling":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-ribbon":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your work on this project has been of blue-ribbon quality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"honorable mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-water":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an experienced hand at blue-water sailing in the South Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deep-sea",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pelagic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deepwater",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"maritime",
|
|
"nautical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"littoral"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in waters , high seas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high seas",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brine",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Neptune",
|
|
"ocean",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"seven seas",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"Davy Jones's locker",
|
|
"depths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffing":{
|
|
"as in pretending , hypocritical":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"prevaricating",
|
|
"untruthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
"veracious",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veritable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunder":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixed a minor blunder in the advertising flyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"kilt",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"muddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blundered":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"weltered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"muddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"kilted",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blundering":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunt":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he values honesty and is quite blunt about telling people what he doesn't like about them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blunt knife won't open that package"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"ultrasharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumb",
|
|
"cauterize",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"numb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurred":{
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"bleared",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dislimned",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"fuzzed (up)",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurt (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cry (out)",
|
|
"ejaculate",
|
|
"exclaim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"aah",
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"interject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurted (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"aahed",
|
|
"ahed",
|
|
"oohed",
|
|
"interjected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cried (out)",
|
|
"ejaculated",
|
|
"exclaimed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blush":{
|
|
"a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baby with a healthy blush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"flush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"pinkness",
|
|
"reddishness",
|
|
"redness",
|
|
"rosiness",
|
|
"ruddiness",
|
|
"sanguineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"pallor",
|
|
"pastiness",
|
|
"wanness",
|
|
"whiteness",
|
|
"greenishness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"sallowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"crimson",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"redden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadine",
|
|
"rouge",
|
|
"ruddle",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"mortify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blushing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"incarnadining",
|
|
"rouging",
|
|
"ruddling",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"crimsoning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"reddening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blustering":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blurting (out)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"spouting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanking (out)":{
|
|
"as in clearing , drying up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"dematerializing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evanescing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"dimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"breaking out",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blog":{
|
|
"a website on which someone writes about personal opinions, activities, and experiences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She writes a blog about travel.",
|
|
"I enjoy reading her blog ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"diary",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"logbook",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"narration",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"version",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"recital",
|
|
"recitation",
|
|
"case history",
|
|
"case study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blocky":{
|
|
"as in dense , bulky":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockish",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"shallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blisteringly":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blisteringly harsh review of the new musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blatant":{
|
|
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blatant clamor for the impeachment of the scandal-plagued governor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"vociferant",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I take off points for blatant spelling errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"absolute",
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"arrant",
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"downright",
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"out-and-out",
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"outright",
|
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"sheer",
|
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"stark",
|
|
"utter",
|
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"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
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"discernable",
|
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"observable",
|
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"perceptible",
|
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"visible",
|
|
"abominable",
|
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"atrocious",
|
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"awful",
|
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"deplorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
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"heinous",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
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"preposterous",
|
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"shameful",
|
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"shocking",
|
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"terrible",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
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"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
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"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"invisible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"blessedness":{
|
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"a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the proud parents can scarcely describe the blessedness of having four healthy children"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatitude",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
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"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"warm fuzzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"ravishment",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"purgatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"ill-being",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mother Teresa's renowned blessedness made her an obvious candidate for sainthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devoutness",
|
|
"godliness",
|
|
"holiness",
|
|
"piety",
|
|
"piousness",
|
|
"sainthood",
|
|
"saintliness",
|
|
"saintship",
|
|
"sanctity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"prayerfulness",
|
|
"religiousness",
|
|
"spirituality",
|
|
"priestliness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"sacredness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemousness",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"sacrilegiousness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"sanctimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"ungodliness",
|
|
"unholiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffer":{
|
|
"as in counterfeiter , pretender":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hypocrite",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"fabricator",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fibber",
|
|
"liar",
|
|
"prevaricator",
|
|
"storyteller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooter",
|
|
"straight shooter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculator , sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"speculator",
|
|
"dicer",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"handicapper",
|
|
"oddsmaker",
|
|
"tipster",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"bettor",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"gambler",
|
|
"gamester",
|
|
"punter",
|
|
"wagerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blissfulness":{
|
|
"a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blissfulness that only a full stomach and a warm bed can bring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatitude",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"warm fuzzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"ravishment",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"purgatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"ill-being",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazes":{
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she felt a blaze of resentment upon hearing that she had been passed over for promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"ebullitions",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temporarily blinded by the blaze of dozens of camera lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"fluorescences",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"incandescences",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminescences",
|
|
"radiances",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillations",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"moonlights",
|
|
"sunlights",
|
|
"sunshines",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"sheens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"combusts",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"deflagrates",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"lights (up)",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"chars",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"swelters",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spotlight blazed through my window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"glares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
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"courses",
|
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"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloopers":{
|
|
"as in pratfalls , bloomers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluntly":{
|
|
"as in abruptly , brusquely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"monosyllabically",
|
|
"aphoristically",
|
|
"sententiously",
|
|
"briefly",
|
|
"compactly",
|
|
"concisely",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"elliptically",
|
|
"laconically",
|
|
"pithily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"succinctly",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"tersely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffusely",
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"redundantly",
|
|
"repetitiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloody-mindedness":{
|
|
"as in cussedness , contrariness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blithe":{
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blithe , obedient child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blithe remark that good food enjoyed with good company makes good wine seem even better"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a blithe attitude about ever having to earn a living because he knows there's a trust fund in his future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew the whistle on":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
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"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"black flags":{
|
|
"as in white flags , Jolly Rogers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"semaphores",
|
|
"signalers",
|
|
"signallers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pendants",
|
|
"pendents",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"pennons",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blithers":{
|
|
"as in blabbers , blathers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"tittle-tattles",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"stutters",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue ribbon":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your work on this project has been of blue-ribbon quality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"honorable mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasts":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sharp blast of the horn startled the other driver"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"thunderclaps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a surprise blast stole the umbrella right out of his hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"windblasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northerlies",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blast destroyed the building completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"detonations",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"shootings",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"airbursts",
|
|
"groundbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wild fraternity blast that lasted a whole weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"squeezes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"blazes (at)",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recruits were all blasting away at the target range"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"plinks",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"snipes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blasted the new governor for every little misstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blood sausage":{
|
|
"as in sausage , Vienna sausage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bologna",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"frankfurter",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"kielbasa",
|
|
"knockwurst",
|
|
"knackwurst",
|
|
"liver sausage",
|
|
"liver pudding",
|
|
"liverwurst",
|
|
"pepperoni",
|
|
"salami",
|
|
"Vienna sausage",
|
|
"weenie",
|
|
"wiener",
|
|
"weiner",
|
|
"wienerwurst",
|
|
"banger",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"sausage",
|
|
"wurst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindingly":{
|
|
"as in glaringly , glitteringly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaringly",
|
|
"flickeringly",
|
|
"glaringly",
|
|
"glitteringly",
|
|
"opalescently",
|
|
"blazingly",
|
|
"burningly",
|
|
"flamingly",
|
|
"pellucidly",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"dazzlingly",
|
|
"fulgently",
|
|
"glowingly",
|
|
"incandescently",
|
|
"lambently",
|
|
"luminously",
|
|
"lustrously",
|
|
"radiantly",
|
|
"splendidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimly",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"duskily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"murkily",
|
|
"obscurely",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"cloudily",
|
|
"shadily",
|
|
"shadowily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprinting":{
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"budgeting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"choreographing",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"scheming (out)",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"strategizing (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"machinating",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"premeditating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blemished":{
|
|
"as in broken , damaged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"unspoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmeared",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tarred",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"twisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scratch blemished the finish on the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodied",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"crossed (up)",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"dinted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurbing":{
|
|
"as in featuring , pitching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleared":{
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dislimned",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"fuzzed (up)",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurb":{
|
|
"a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blurb on a book jacket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plugola",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"ad",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"poster",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
"signification",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promo",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in feature , pitch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodies":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"crosses (up)",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bangs up",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackout":{
|
|
"a temporary state of unconsciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though you experienced only a brief blackout , you still ought to be checked by a doctor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"swim",
|
|
"swoon",
|
|
"syncope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"somnolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out , and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dusk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blacked out after hitting her head on the beam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"keel (over)",
|
|
"pass out",
|
|
"swoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"zonk (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurting (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"crying (out)",
|
|
"ejaculating",
|
|
"exclaiming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"aahing",
|
|
"ahing",
|
|
"oohing",
|
|
"interjecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurts (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cries (out)",
|
|
"ejaculates",
|
|
"exclaims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"aahs",
|
|
"ahs",
|
|
"oohs",
|
|
"interjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotchy":{
|
|
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"using that bronzer just made my face look blotchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazes (up)":{
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of decline, street crime blazed up again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"bursts (forth)",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flares (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"touches off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacklists":{
|
|
"as in ostracizes , blackballs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"counts (out)",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"freezes out",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"staves off",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"checks off",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"combs (out)",
|
|
"weeds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"unbans"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinked":{
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"winked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"sparkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"winked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"squinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"deferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"gawped",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"stared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gloated",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"leered",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"outfaced",
|
|
"outstared",
|
|
"stared down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasted (at)":{
|
|
"as in fired (at)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fired (at)",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"pistoled",
|
|
"pistolled",
|
|
"shotgunned",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"brought down",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"picked off",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"machine-gunned",
|
|
"tommy-gunned",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazing (at)":{
|
|
"as in sniping (at)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"squeezing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blame":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"slag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"nick (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"gibbet",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"responsibility for wrongdoing or failure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willingly accepted the blame for not seeing that the kitchen was properly cleaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blameworthiness",
|
|
"complicity",
|
|
"guiltiness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"finger-pointing",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"guiltlessness",
|
|
"innocence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blame for the school's poor performance in standardized tests was attributed to several factors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accountability",
|
|
"answerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinks (at)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the firm conviction that we should never blink at any instances of plagiarism, whether in academia or in commercial publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black marketeers":{
|
|
"as in smugglers , hustlers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bootleggers",
|
|
"fencers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scalpers",
|
|
"smugglers",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"auctioneers",
|
|
"concessionaires",
|
|
"discounters",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"e-tailers",
|
|
"exporters",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"resellers",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"chapmen",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"salesclerks",
|
|
"salesmen",
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"saleswomen",
|
|
"shopgirls",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"horse traders",
|
|
"palterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackguardisms":{
|
|
"as in invectives , insults":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"excoriations",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"billingsgates",
|
|
"fulminations",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"vitriols",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"blasphemies",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"revilements",
|
|
"vilifications",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"polemics",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"swearwords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatteries",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft soaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blooper":{
|
|
"as in pratfall , bloomer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloats":{
|
|
"as in bulks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mats",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"refills",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"reloads",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"replenishes",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"honeycombs",
|
|
"penetrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludgeon":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"guards armed with bludgeons roamed the compound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer bludgeoning his opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"block grant":{
|
|
"as in aid , assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"grant-in-aid",
|
|
"set-aside",
|
|
"allocation",
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"annuity",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"entitlement",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"subvention",
|
|
"foreign aid",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"state aid",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"stipend",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"trust fund"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blah-blah":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave me the usual blah that my manuscript did not meet their current publishing needs but thanks for considering them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being bored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've just been stuck in the blahs lately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"weariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beguilement",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soggy , barren":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blintze":{
|
|
"as in crepe , blin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blin",
|
|
"crepe",
|
|
"cr\u00eape",
|
|
"oatcake",
|
|
"wheat cake",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"flapjack",
|
|
"griddle cake",
|
|
"hotcake",
|
|
"pancake",
|
|
"slapjack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinded":{
|
|
"as in blindfolded , blindfold":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blindfold",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to overpower with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"stunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blade":{
|
|
"a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dueled with blades rather than guns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsword",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"scimitar",
|
|
"smallsword"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a small blade to cut the rope"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaver",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"bodkin",
|
|
"bolo",
|
|
"bowie knife",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"dagger",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"machete",
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
|
"stiletto",
|
|
"stylet",
|
|
"switchblade",
|
|
"switch knife",
|
|
"yataghan",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodcurdling":{
|
|
"causing great horror or fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We heard bloodcurdling stories about the war.",
|
|
"bloodcurdling screams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"gut-wrenching",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzing":{
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"blitzkrieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"shelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilading",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"strafing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black marketeering":{
|
|
"as in smuggling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smuggling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"banditry",
|
|
"piracy",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"rapine",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"petit larceny",
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"graft",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
|
"larceny",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"theft",
|
|
"thievery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodbath":{
|
|
"the killing of a large number of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodletting",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"mortality",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"genocide",
|
|
"pogrom",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasted off":{
|
|
"as in took off , zoomed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheaved",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"towered",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upreared",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upthrusted",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell (off)",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blank (out)":{
|
|
"as in clear , dry up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"dematerialize",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"dim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"loom",
|
|
"show up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blighted":{
|
|
"as in stunted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"sparse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"rampant",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in broken , damaged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in injured , damaged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chips":{
|
|
"as in blue chippers , jim-dandies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chippers",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"megahits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blithering":{
|
|
"as in blabbering , blathering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blathering",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"tittle-tattling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludger":{
|
|
"as in sponger , parasite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadger",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"moocher",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"schnorrer",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"guttersnipe",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"clochard",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacksnakes":{
|
|
"as in straps , hickories":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bullwhips",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"floggers",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnakes , chicken snakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blocs":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whole bloc of students got together to complain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"movements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bloc that the United States and most of western Europe formed during the Cold War"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"affiliations",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"conferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowhard":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbler",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"cackler",
|
|
"chatterbox",
|
|
"chatterer",
|
|
"conversationalist",
|
|
"gabbler",
|
|
"gasbag",
|
|
"jabberer",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"motormouth",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"windbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"blatherer",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"converser",
|
|
"discourser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleating":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"whimpering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"blubbing",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"roaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackjacks":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you cannot blackjack me into going along with this"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"sandbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"blackmails",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extortionist trying to blackjack a shopkeeper into paying protection money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarts",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"strong-arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes around",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in steins , beakers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beakers",
|
|
"steins",
|
|
"tankards",
|
|
"cups",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"chalices",
|
|
"goblets",
|
|
"demitasses",
|
|
"noggins",
|
|
"teacups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in maces , knobkerries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue":{
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was shocked at the blue banter on that satellite-radio talk show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cold, dreary day always leaves me blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lighthearted comedy with a few moments of blue humor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book club that had been founded many years earlier by the blue , progressive women of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plane flew off into the blue and was never seen again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"heaven(s)",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"welkin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midair",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"skyline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pirate ships that sailed the vasty blue in search of treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brine",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Neptune",
|
|
"ocean",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"seven seas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue water",
|
|
"high seas",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"Davy Jones's locker",
|
|
"depths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderer":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those blunderers at city hall sent me the wrong tax bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"botcher",
|
|
"bumbler",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"screwup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"muddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackly":{
|
|
"as in darkly , morosely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowups":{
|
|
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss had another blowup when someone fouled up the copy machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"fireworks",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"hissies",
|
|
"hissy fits",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"tantrums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rampages",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"cholers",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"lividities",
|
|
"spleens",
|
|
"wraths",
|
|
"reactions",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snits",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the last blowup of the volcano flattened trees for miles around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"detonations",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"shootings",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"airbursts",
|
|
"groundbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanket":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blanket of fog concealed the view of the harbor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blanket promise of amnesty for everyone with overdue library books"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"across-the-board",
|
|
"broad-brush",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"broadscale",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overarching",
|
|
"pervasive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"plenary",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"worldwide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"cross-sectional",
|
|
"divisional",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localized",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"sectional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves blanketed all of the land around the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carpet",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overlie",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"sheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"enrobe",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"shawl",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"encompass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blanketed the secret memo from the news media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snub (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"stub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodthirstiness":{
|
|
"as in bloodlust , murderousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlust",
|
|
"murderousness",
|
|
"sanguineness",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"fellness",
|
|
"ferociousness",
|
|
"ferocity",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasts (at)":{
|
|
"as in fires (at)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fires (at)",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"brings down",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"picks off",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"machine-guns",
|
|
"tommy-guns",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurring":{
|
|
"as in confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"discreteness",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"differentiation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"segregation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complicating",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blearing",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dislimning",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"fuzzing (up)",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overclouding",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"shrouding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black market":{
|
|
"a system through which things are bought and sold illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The black market in prescription drugs is thriving.",
|
|
"They unloaded the stolen goods on the black market ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gray market",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"commerce",
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"e-tail",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"bartering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in smuggle , bootleg":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"smuggle",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"transact",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"rebuy",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"swap",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"fair-trade",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"vend",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"monopolize",
|
|
"undersell",
|
|
"day-trade",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"boycott"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludged":{
|
|
"as in mooched , cadged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadged",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"impetrated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"supplicated",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprint":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"choreograph",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme (out)",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"strategize (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machinate",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"premeditate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloomed":{
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"effloresced",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"leaved",
|
|
"budded",
|
|
"opened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blushed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"crimsoned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"reddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadined",
|
|
"rouged",
|
|
"ruddled",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"mortified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing one's mind":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The disappearing trick completely blew my mind ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discombobulating",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"flummoxing",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"fuddling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"graveling",
|
|
"gravelling",
|
|
"mazing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"informing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleakness":{
|
|
"an uncomfortable degree of coolness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the morning bleakness prompted me to get a fire going"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"nippiness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness",
|
|
"frostiness",
|
|
"gelidity",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"wintriness",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"sultriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzkrieging":{
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"shelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilading",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"strafing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blare":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"bruit",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"decibel(s)",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"katzenjammer",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"silentness",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodied":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"crossed (up)",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"dinted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderbuss":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderer",
|
|
"botcher",
|
|
"bumbler",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"screwup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"muddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing one's cool":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"maddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The movie star tolerated the constant attention of the paparazzi, but finally blew her cool when one asked about her recent divorce."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"flipping (out)",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"wigging (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blabbers":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blabber who always wastes my time with drivel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"motormouths",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in blathers , blithers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"blithers",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"tittle-tattles",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"stutters",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasted":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that blasted car salesman cheated us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the members of the rock band were all so blasted they could barely perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The old college chums recalled with embarrassment a night they got blasted ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"squeezed off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"blazed (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recruits were all blasting away at the target range"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"sniped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blasted the new governor for every little misstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blokes":{
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of friendly blokes offered to show us the sights of London"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cats",
|
|
"chappies",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"dudes",
|
|
"fellas",
|
|
"fellers",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"gents",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"hombres",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"joes",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"males",
|
|
"men"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"sirs",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"busters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunts":{
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbs",
|
|
"cauterizes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"numbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffed":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackhander":{
|
|
"as in gangster , mobster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"blackmailer",
|
|
"extortioner",
|
|
"extortionist",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"gouger",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"profiteer",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blown away":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overborne",
|
|
"overborn",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"thrown",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outdone",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blameless":{
|
|
"free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue moons":{
|
|
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once in a blue moon we'll get dressed up and eat in a fancy restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"coon's ages",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"donkey's years",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"months",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"nanoseconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacked out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
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"totaled",
|
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"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out , and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dusked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gloomed",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blacked out after hitting her head on the beam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"fainted",
|
|
"keeled (over)",
|
|
"passed out",
|
|
"swooned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"zonked (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came around",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black racer":{
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnake , blue racer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blissed-out":{
|
|
"as in happy , blissful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"enrapt",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackballed":{
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was disappointed to learn that he had been blackballed by the fraternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"blacklisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanches":{
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"decolorizes",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"whitens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"mats",
|
|
"mattes",
|
|
"matts",
|
|
"etiolates",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"silvers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"polychromes",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"variegates",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pigments",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"embrowns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacklist":{
|
|
"as in ostracize , blackball":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"excommunicate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"count (out)",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"freeze out",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"stave off",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"check off",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"comb (out)",
|
|
"weed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unban"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleeds":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"pines (away)",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"sympathizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"transudes",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"gives off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bleed water from the radiators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons",
|
|
"taps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"vacuates",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"decants",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blamelessness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your blamelessness in this incident is obvious, so you won't be punished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"guiltlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"innocency",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"law-abidingness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"sinlessness",
|
|
"harmlessness",
|
|
"inoffensiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"harmfulness",
|
|
"offensiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blameworthiness",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"guiltiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blushed":{
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"crimsoned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"reddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadined",
|
|
"rouged",
|
|
"ruddled",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"mortified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blood-and-guts":{
|
|
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hockey team known for its blood-and-guts play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang-bang",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"cyclonic",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hammer-and-tongs",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"paroxysmal",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"volcanic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"combustible",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"unaggressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonviolent",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowbacks":{
|
|
"as in fallouts , ripples":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanks":{
|
|
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed him an employment blank to fill out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"writs",
|
|
"filings",
|
|
"sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"empty space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blank on the form for the patient's insurance policy number"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black holes",
|
|
"vacancies",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inanes",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in loses , forgets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"disremembers",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"misremembers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flashes back (to)",
|
|
"harkens back (to)",
|
|
"harks back (to)",
|
|
"hearkens back (to)",
|
|
"harkens back (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recollects",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"reminisces (about)",
|
|
"thinks (of)",
|
|
"reminds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanks (out)":{
|
|
"as in clears , dries up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"dematerializes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evanesces",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"dims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"looms",
|
|
"shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotting":{
|
|
"as in staining , dyeing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockaded":{
|
|
"as in barricaded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"unnegotiable",
|
|
"unpassable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"navigable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unobstructed",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blocked (off)",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"walled (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained (off)",
|
|
"screened (off)",
|
|
"diked",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unbolted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blockaded the city until it surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"leaguered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"quarantined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"rescued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blithered":{
|
|
"as in blabbered , blathered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindsided":{
|
|
"as in surprised , startled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"thunderstruck",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"widemouthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unruffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in confused , bewildered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blimpish":{
|
|
"as in ultrarightist , ultraright":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive",
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"antirevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloated":{
|
|
"extended beyond normal or realistic bounds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bloated sense of his own importance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"overdrawn",
|
|
"overweening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bloated stomach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"turgescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bulked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"refilled",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"reloaded",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"replenished",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"honeycombed",
|
|
"penetrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blocked":{
|
|
"as in hindered , impeded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"unmentionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"unobjectionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"block up the opening in the wall where a window once was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"caulked",
|
|
"calked",
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"restuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"shoveled",
|
|
"shovelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"silted",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened (up)",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thug suddenly stepped out of a doorway and blocked his escape down the alley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intercepted",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"picked off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing out":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathing (out)",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows one's cool":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"flips (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tees off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"warms",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"maddens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"cools (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"simmers down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The movie star tolerated the constant attention of the paparazzi, but finally blew her cool when one asked about her recent divorce."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"flips (out)",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"wigs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blending":{
|
|
"as in flowing , mellifluous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"canorous",
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"songlike",
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"polyphonic",
|
|
"polyphonous",
|
|
"tonal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in merging , intermingling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"coalescence",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"concretion",
|
|
"homogenization",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixture",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"interfusion",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"mergence",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"synthesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"comingling",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixing",
|
|
"compositing",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"conflating",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"interfusing",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"intermixing",
|
|
"melding",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"admixing",
|
|
"beating (in)",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"emulsifying",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"weaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unmixing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colors blend nicely in that rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"harmonizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"correlating",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blighters":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the old chap gets unruly, just tell the blighter to leave you alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow off":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off (with)",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"jilt",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hook up (with)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"show up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackball":{
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was disappointed to learn that he had been blackballed by the fraternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"blacklist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"ratify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in veto":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yes",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in banishment , ostracism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"ostracism",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"kiss-off",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"brush-off",
|
|
"cold shoulder",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"silent treatment",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open arms",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"glad hand",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleed (for)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"commiserate (with)",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"condole (with)",
|
|
"feel (for)",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathize (with)",
|
|
"yearn (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"grieve (for)",
|
|
"sorrow (for)",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"empathize (with)",
|
|
"identify (with)",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blended families":{
|
|
"a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, husband, or both parents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nuclear families",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"extended families",
|
|
"households",
|
|
"kiths",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"clansmen",
|
|
"kinsmen",
|
|
"kinswomen",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"dynasties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"pedigrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blithesome":{
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blithesome girl who never seems to be sad or angry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blithesome and silly joke among old friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows one's mind":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The disappearing trick completely blew my mind ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discombobulates",
|
|
"disorients",
|
|
"flummoxes",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fuddles",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gravels",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"mystifies",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"informs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbered":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbed",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blossoms":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the full blossom of her career as a writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marigolds are finally showing blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"flowerets",
|
|
"flowerettes",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"wreaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"effloresces",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"opens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackouts":{
|
|
"a temporary state of unconsciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though you experienced only a brief blackout , you still ought to be checked by a doctor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faints",
|
|
"insensibilities",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"swims",
|
|
"swoons",
|
|
"syncopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"stupors",
|
|
"trances",
|
|
"narcoses",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"somnolences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackish":{
|
|
"as in brunet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"inky",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"sable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"white",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blown":{
|
|
"enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the tin can is blown , throw it away\u2014the food inside is spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"turgescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that horse was really blowing after the race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hyperventilated",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"wheezed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"asphyxiated",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"snored",
|
|
"snuffled",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"thrown away",
|
|
"trifled (away)",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"crumped",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"gone off",
|
|
"popped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one false move and we would be blown to bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car blew past us as if we were standing still"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"flown",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"torn",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtaken",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"screwed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"bulled",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"shown off",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"maximized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"laughed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"effloresced",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"leaved",
|
|
"budded",
|
|
"opened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blank verse":{
|
|
"as in poetry , free verse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"versification",
|
|
"vers libre",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"poem",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"anacreontic",
|
|
"clerihew",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"eclogue",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"English sonnet",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"epode",
|
|
"epopee",
|
|
"epos",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"limerick",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"ode",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"pastorale",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"rondeau",
|
|
"rondel",
|
|
"rondelle",
|
|
"rondelet",
|
|
"sonnet",
|
|
"triolet",
|
|
"villanelle",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tanka"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanked (out)":{
|
|
"as in cleared , dried up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"dematerialized",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"dimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"loomed",
|
|
"showed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blusterous":{
|
|
"as in cocky , bragging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blarneyed":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"wangled",
|
|
"wiled",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"honeyed",
|
|
"honied",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up to)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"romanced",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blustery":{
|
|
"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it can be a bit risky to drive across the bridge on a blustery day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drafty",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew (out)":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed (out)",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows a gasket":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew a gasket when he saw that his younger brother had borrowed his car without asking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"flips (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tees off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"warms",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"maddens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"cools (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"simmers down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackguarded":{
|
|
"as in disparaged , belittled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chip":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of his blue-chip crew, he's won yachting's biggest prize several times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in blue chipper , jim-dandy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chipper",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blearing":{
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dislimning",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"fuzzing (up)",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overclouding",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"shrouding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blaming":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dispraising",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"slagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"nicking (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"gibbeting",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"pillorying",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"upbraiding",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blandness":{
|
|
"as in weakness , thinness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thinness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"platitude",
|
|
"predictability",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"insipidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"piquancy",
|
|
"pungency",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"spiciness",
|
|
"fieriness",
|
|
"hotness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bliss":{
|
|
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"above",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"kingdom come",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Beulah",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Valhalla",
|
|
"afterlife",
|
|
"afterworld",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"otherworld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"limbo",
|
|
"purgatory",
|
|
"hades",
|
|
"netherworld",
|
|
"underworld",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"pit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"Pandemonium",
|
|
"perdition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enviable bliss of a happily married couple"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatitude",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"warm fuzzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"ravishment",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"purgatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"ill-being",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackguards":{
|
|
"as in scoundrels , miscreants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs",
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in disparages , belittles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blest":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or being God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prayer to the blessed Savior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"godlike",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"supernatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"omniscient",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"human",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"statues honoring an array of blessed saints are scattered throughout the cathedral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacral",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"biblical",
|
|
"scriptural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blessed sight of home after a long journey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sacralized",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"spiritualized",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"lustrated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"reconsecrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"punished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"desanctified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bless the name of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hymned",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"resounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"rhapsodized",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"lambasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blessed with a knack for glib conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"bestowed (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"conferred (on)",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"willed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzed":{
|
|
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she says she was too blitzed to remember most of the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Bartenders are trained to cut off patrons before they get completely blitzed ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"blitzkrieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"shelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfiladed",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"strafed",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacks":{
|
|
"as in boycotts , blackballs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"boycotts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"transacts",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"rebuys",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"swaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindsiding":{
|
|
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the last-minute blindsiding allegations that almost derailed the candidate's campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"jaw-dropping",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"surprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsurprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in confusing , bewildering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"thunderstriking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinding":{
|
|
"as in shimmering , glittering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to overpower with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"stunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunting":{
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"cauterizing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"whetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blatherer":{
|
|
"as in blatherskite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"converser",
|
|
"discourser",
|
|
"babbler",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"cackler",
|
|
"chatterbox",
|
|
"chatterer",
|
|
"conversationalist",
|
|
"gabbler",
|
|
"gasbag",
|
|
"jabberer",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"motormouth",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"windbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bless":{
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sacralize",
|
|
"sanctify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"spiritualize",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"lustrate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"reconsecrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrate",
|
|
"desacralize",
|
|
"desanctify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bless the name of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"emblazon",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"resound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blessed with a knack for glib conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"bestow (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"confer (on)",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"stint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffness":{
|
|
"as in bluntness , abruptness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazoned":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their very public canoodling has pretty much blazoned the fact that they are having an affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"blurbed",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city's waterfront has been blazoned with banners celebrating the festival of tall ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blossomy":{
|
|
"as in floriferous , abloom":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abloom",
|
|
"floriferous",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"floral",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"flowery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blemishes":{
|
|
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first mirror had a blemish on its surface, so we took it back to the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"defects",
|
|
"deformities",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"excrescencies",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"imperfections",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"pockmarks",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"misshapes",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"ornaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smuts",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"tarres",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scratch blemished the finish on the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodies",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"crosses (up)",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bangs up",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing (out)":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathing (out)",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzkriegs":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stunned survivors of the crash were then confronted with a blitzkrieg of insensitive questions from the media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"drumbeats",
|
|
"drumfires",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"volleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"earfuls",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war began with a blitzkrieg that was designed to shock the enemy into submission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"bombings",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"defensives",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilades",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"strafes",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing away":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black":{
|
|
"having the color of soot or coal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we adopted a little black kitten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"sable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"inky",
|
|
"blackish",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"white"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Friday of the stock market crash was indeed a black day for the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having a light complexion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a black Irishman, Tyrone Power had the classic looks of a Hollywood leading man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on a black night such as this, the imagination runs wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after mopping the floor, the water in the bucket was black"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or place of little or no light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to find our way on back roads in the black of night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"candlelight",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murk",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"semidarkness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"brownout",
|
|
"dimout",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"half-light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"starlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in boycott , blackball":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"boycott"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"transact",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"rebuy",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"swap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluntness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the refreshing bluntness of the former president in assessing those who followed him in the Oval Office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blatting":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blatted an obscene expletive before biting the dust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blurting (out)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"crying (out)",
|
|
"ejaculating",
|
|
"exclaiming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"aahing",
|
|
"ahing",
|
|
"oohing",
|
|
"interjecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue laws":{
|
|
"as in laws , rules":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
"statutes",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"fiats",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"bylaws",
|
|
"ground rules",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"capitularies",
|
|
"encyclicals",
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"common law"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinking":{
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"winking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"squinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"giving in",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"deferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gawking",
|
|
"gawping",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"goggling",
|
|
"peering",
|
|
"rubbernecking",
|
|
"staring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gloating",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"fixating",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"ogling",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"outfacing",
|
|
"outstaring",
|
|
"staring down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peeking",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping (into)",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black beast":{
|
|
"something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Form 1040 has always been his personal black beast , and he puts off dealing with it for as long as he can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"wraith",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chippers":{
|
|
"as in blue chips , dandies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chips",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"megahits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzkrieged":{
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"shelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfiladed",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"strafed",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blah":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave me the usual blah that my manuscript did not meet their current publishing needs but thanks for considering them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being bored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've just been stuck in the blahs lately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"weariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beguilement",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soggy , barren":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blathering (on)":{
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"going on",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"digressing",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"sidetracking",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackmailer":{
|
|
"a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blackmailer threatened to tell the media about the mayor's arrest as a teenager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extortioner",
|
|
"extortionist",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackhander",
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"gouger",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"profiteer",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blonde":{
|
|
"of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little boy's blond hair darkened to brown as he grew older"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flaxen",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"tawny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ocherous",
|
|
"ochreous",
|
|
"ash-blond",
|
|
"ash-blonde",
|
|
"blondish",
|
|
"strawberry blonde",
|
|
"strawberry blond",
|
|
"towheaded",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black-a-vised",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"olive",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"raven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew the whistle (on)":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasphemous":{
|
|
"not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impious",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agnostic",
|
|
"atheistic",
|
|
"atheistical",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"heretical",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"religionless",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed",
|
|
"heathen",
|
|
"pagan",
|
|
"paganish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"God-fearing",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"reverent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurbs":{
|
|
"a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blurb on a book jacket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
"billings",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugolas",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
"significations",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promos",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
"publicities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in features , pitches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindfold":{
|
|
"as in blindfolded , blinded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew out":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed (out)",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blamer":{
|
|
"as in accuser , troublemaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peacemaker",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"uniter",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowhards":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"motormouths",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowers",
|
|
"boasters",
|
|
"braggadocios",
|
|
"braggarts",
|
|
"braggers",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"cockalorums",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"gasconaders",
|
|
"gascons",
|
|
"swaggerers",
|
|
"vaunters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterers",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"self-advertisers",
|
|
"self-dramatizers",
|
|
"self-promoters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindfolded":{
|
|
"as in blinded , blindfold":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"blindfold",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in provincial , insular":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black marketeer":{
|
|
"as in smuggler , hustler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scalper",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"auctioneer",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"discounter",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"e-tailer",
|
|
"exporter",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"reseller",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"chapman",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"horse trader",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-blooded":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his blue-blooded in-laws and working class parents hit it off despite their different backgrounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluestockings":{
|
|
"as in blues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectualists",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"Brahmins",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"intellectualizers",
|
|
"pseuds",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blob":{
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"globule",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a blob of honey on his sweater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"droplet",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"globule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"dewdrop",
|
|
"raindrop",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluff":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a bluff but good-hearted teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"escarpment",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scarp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"cuesta",
|
|
"hogback",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blocking (off)":{
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the square is temporarily blocked off for the street fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"walling (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining (off)",
|
|
"screening (off)",
|
|
"diking",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unbolting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockading":{
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking (off)",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"walling (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining (off)",
|
|
"screening (off)",
|
|
"diking",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unbolting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blockaded the city until it surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"leaguering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"quarantining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"rescuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasphemies":{
|
|
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the 17th century the Quakers were persecuted for beliefs and practices that older churches regarded as blasphemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defilements",
|
|
"desecrations",
|
|
"impieties",
|
|
"irreverences",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"sacrileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"violations",
|
|
"contaminations",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"pollutions",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consecrations",
|
|
"purifications",
|
|
"sanctifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blogger":{
|
|
"as in reporter , journalist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"paragrapher",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor",
|
|
"nonwriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackmailing":{
|
|
"to use blackmail against (someone)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"racketeering",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"arm-twisting",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing a gasket":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew a gasket when he saw that his younger brother had borrowed his car without asking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"maddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleaching":{
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bleached the stained shirt back to its original white"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleary":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disoriented, bleary passengers departing from the red-eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bleary outline of a fishing boat could just be seen through the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black marketer":{
|
|
"as in smuggler , hustler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scalper",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"auctioneer",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"discounter",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"e-tailer",
|
|
"exporter",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"reseller",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"chapman",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"horse trader",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blight":{
|
|
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"pockmark",
|
|
"scar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"ornament"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in injure , damage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mismanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blaspheme":{
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-pencil":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"dele",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"edit (out)",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-penciled":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurbed":{
|
|
"as in featured , pitched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow out":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathe (out)",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged a huge blowout for Halloween"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow the whistle (on)":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodletting":{
|
|
"as in murder , bloodshed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"mortality",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"genocide",
|
|
"pogrom",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodlust":{
|
|
"the desire to kill or to see people killed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warriors inflamed by bloodlust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodthirstiness",
|
|
"murderousness",
|
|
"sanguineness",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"fellness",
|
|
"ferociousness",
|
|
"ferocity",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blandishing":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"finagling",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"wangling",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blatherskite":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Scottish uncle who regards any pronouncement from the government as ignorable blatherskite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloke":{
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of friendly blokes offered to show us the sights of London"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chappie",
|
|
"dude",
|
|
"fella",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"galoot",
|
|
"gent",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"hombre",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"joe",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"sir",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"buster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blizzards":{
|
|
"a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snowstorms",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"hailstorms",
|
|
"ice storms",
|
|
"rainsqualls",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"snow squalls",
|
|
"snowsqualls",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"nor'easters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"cyclones",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"typhoons",
|
|
"sandstorms",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an overwhelming influx or flow of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blub":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackleg":{
|
|
"as in cardsharp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodred":{
|
|
"as in red , crimson":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carmine",
|
|
"crimson",
|
|
"incarnadine",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"reddish",
|
|
"ruby",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous",
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"sanguinary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacklegs":{
|
|
"as in cardsharps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blissfully":{
|
|
"as in rapturously , euphorically":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blogs":{
|
|
"a website on which someone writes about personal opinions, activities, and experiences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She writes a blog about travel.",
|
|
"I enjoy reading her blog ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"diaries",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"logbooks",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"chronologies",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"narrations",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"testaments",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"testimonies",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"sagas",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"recitations",
|
|
"case histories",
|
|
"case studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blares":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwows",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"bruits",
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"decibels",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"katzenjammers",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows in":{
|
|
"as in barges (in) , breezes (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"breezes (in)",
|
|
"bursts (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzes (in)",
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"checks in",
|
|
"clocks (in)",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"touches down",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"gets through",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"clocks (out)",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"vamooses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blisses":{
|
|
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"above",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"kingdom comes",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"skies",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Valhallas",
|
|
"afterlives",
|
|
"afterworlds",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"otherworlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infernos",
|
|
"limbos",
|
|
"purgatories",
|
|
"netherworlds",
|
|
"underworlds",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"pits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"Gehennas",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"Pandemoniums",
|
|
"perditions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blighter":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the old chap gets unruly, just tell the blighter to leave you alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blabbermouths":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told the blabbermouth to put a lid on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"motormouths",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blossomed":{
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"effloresced",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"leaved",
|
|
"budded",
|
|
"opened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow (out)":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathe (out)",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged a huge blowout for Halloween"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blemish":{
|
|
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first mirror had a blemish on its surface, so we took it back to the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"pockmark",
|
|
"scar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"ornament"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scratch blemished the finish on the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue blood":{
|
|
"a man or woman of high birth or social position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one need not be a blue blood to enjoy the amenities at the Royal Crown Hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocrat",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gentleperson",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"socialite",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"magnifico",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canaille",
|
|
"commoner",
|
|
"pleb",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"roturier",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"fellah",
|
|
"peasant",
|
|
"peon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black-and-white":{
|
|
"as in explicit , well-defined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bald-faced",
|
|
"barefaced",
|
|
"bright-line",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luculent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"illegible",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blown a gasket":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He blew a gasket when he saw that his younger brother had borrowed his car without asking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotting out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bushes blotted out the shed from our view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blusterer":{
|
|
"as in cock":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter",
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blamed":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dispraised",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"nicked (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"niggled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"gibbeted",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleak":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was a dark and bleak wintry day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uncomfortably cool":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bleak December morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"frore",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbery":{
|
|
"having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gathering of blubbery walruses basked on the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"plumpish",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloviates":{
|
|
"as in declaims , pontificates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blooms":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a handsome young man in the full bloom of youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rosebush produces blooms only in midsummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"flowerets",
|
|
"flowerettes",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"wreaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"effloresces",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"opens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blushes",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"crimsons",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"reddens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadines",
|
|
"rouges",
|
|
"ruddles",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"mortifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blink":{
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"squint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawp",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloat",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"fixate",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"outface",
|
|
"outstare",
|
|
"stare down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sparkle , flicker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"irradiation",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"iridescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"glaze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"drabness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"somberness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodthirsty":{
|
|
"eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"homicidal",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"dovish",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"peacemaking",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"placative",
|
|
"placatory",
|
|
"propitiatory",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue jeans":{
|
|
"as in jeans , cargo pants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
"trousers",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitzkrieg":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stunned survivors of the crash were then confronted with a blitzkrieg of insensitive questions from the media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war began with a blitzkrieg that was designed to shock the enemy into submission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"coup de main",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"counteraggression",
|
|
"counterassault",
|
|
"counterattack",
|
|
"counteroffensive",
|
|
"counterstrike",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"breakthrough",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"incursion",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"air raid",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"defensive",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilade",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"strafe",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blissful":{
|
|
"experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blissful cat who obviously loves being stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chuffed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"thankful",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"beatific",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"dissatisfied",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unpleased",
|
|
"unsatisfied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodline":{
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredity",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasphemes":{
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blandishes":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockhouse":{
|
|
"as in garrison house":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah",
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blossom":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the full blossom of her career as a writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marigolds are finally showing blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"floweret",
|
|
"flowerette",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"effloresce",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"unfold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazed (up)":{
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of decline, street crime blazed up again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"bursted (forth)",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flared (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"touched off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blini":{
|
|
"as in crepes , blintzes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blintzes",
|
|
"crepes",
|
|
"cr\u00eapes",
|
|
"oatcakes",
|
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"wheat cakes",
|
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"waffles",
|
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"flapjacks",
|
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"griddle cakes",
|
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"hotcakes",
|
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"pancakes",
|
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"slapjacks"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Blighty":{
|
|
"as in country , hometown":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"hometown",
|
|
"nativity",
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"birthplace",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"mother country",
|
|
"motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"blitz":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a massive aerial blitz that was supposed to shock and awe the enemy into immediate surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"coup de main",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"counteraggression",
|
|
"counterassault",
|
|
"counterattack",
|
|
"counteroffensive",
|
|
"counterstrike",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"breakthrough",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"incursion",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"air raid",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"defensive",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an all-out advertising blitz to promote the new soft drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"crusade",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilade",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"strafe",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleated":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"snuffled",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbed",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"yelped",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"roared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blabbing":{
|
|
"as in chatter , babble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two friends can blab for hours on the phone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"chinning",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"nattering",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"wagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandying (about)",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"noising (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumoring",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"confiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black marketeerings":{
|
|
"as in thefts , robberies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"larcenies",
|
|
"robberies",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"thieveries",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"grafts",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"rapines",
|
|
"spoliations",
|
|
"abductions",
|
|
"carjackings",
|
|
"hijackings",
|
|
"highjackings",
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
|
"petit larcenies",
|
|
"petty larcenies",
|
|
"burglaries",
|
|
"housebreakings",
|
|
"banditries",
|
|
"piracies",
|
|
"pilferages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blabbed":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two friends can blab for hours on the phone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"chinned",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"wagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"tipped (off)",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"confided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chipper":{
|
|
"as in blue chip , dandy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chip",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloviation":{
|
|
"as in verbosity , windiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"turgidity",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"fanfaronade",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"magniloquence",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rodomontade",
|
|
"rhodomontade",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"vaunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing up":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"maddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building blew up because of a gas leak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"crumping",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"popping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mushrooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"splintering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"crying up",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"tub-thumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinis":{
|
|
"as in crepes , blintzes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blintzes",
|
|
"crepes",
|
|
"cr\u00eapes",
|
|
"oatcakes",
|
|
"wheat cakes",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"flapjacks",
|
|
"griddle cakes",
|
|
"hotcakes",
|
|
"pancakes",
|
|
"slapjacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blondish":{
|
|
"as in strawberry blonde , ash-blond":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ash-blond",
|
|
"ash-blonde",
|
|
"strawberry blonde",
|
|
"strawberry blond",
|
|
"towheaded",
|
|
"ocherous",
|
|
"ochreous",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"blond",
|
|
"blonde",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flaxen",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"tawny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black-a-vised",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"olive",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"raven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacklisted":{
|
|
"as in ostracized , blackballed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"counted (out)",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"froze out",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"staved off",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"checked off",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"combed (out)",
|
|
"weeded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"unbanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleary-eyed":{
|
|
"as in befuddled , stupefied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal",
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackguardism":{
|
|
"as in invective , insult":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"billingsgate",
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"polemic",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"swearword"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindside":{
|
|
"as in confuse , bewilder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blesses":{
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sacralizes",
|
|
"sanctifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"spiritualizes",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"lustrates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"reconsecrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"desecrates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrates",
|
|
"desacralizes",
|
|
"desanctifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bless the name of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"emblazons",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"resounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"rhapsodizes",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blessed with a knack for glib conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"bestows (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"confers (on)",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"wills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockades":{
|
|
"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the blockade of all the enemy's major ports that finally won the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguerments",
|
|
"investments",
|
|
"leaguers",
|
|
"sieges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblockades",
|
|
"counter-blockades",
|
|
"containments",
|
|
"encirclements",
|
|
"encompassments",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"insulations",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks (off)",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"walls (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains (off)",
|
|
"screens (off)",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unbolts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unbars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blockaded the city until it surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"leaguers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"quarantines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludge":{
|
|
"as in mooch , cadge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"supplicate",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black holes":{
|
|
"empty space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her tropic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanks",
|
|
"vacancies",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inanes",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blur":{
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"illuminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dislimn",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"fuzz (up)",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overcloud",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shroud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spot , stain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"pockmark",
|
|
"scar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"ornament"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows smoke":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's been blowing smoke about his accomplishments all afternoon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"gasconades",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"vapors",
|
|
"vaunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"brandishes",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"maximizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"laughs off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has a habit of blowing smoke when she gets nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blatted":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blatted an obscene expletive before biting the dust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cried (out)",
|
|
"ejaculated",
|
|
"exclaimed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"aahed",
|
|
"ahed",
|
|
"oohed",
|
|
"interjected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blind":{
|
|
"lacking the power of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our old blind cat kept walking into walls and furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"blindfold",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'd have to be really blind to think that was a good idea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
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"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
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"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
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"stewed",
|
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"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
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"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
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"wasted",
|
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"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to overpower with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"stun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cover , recess":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"nook",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"den",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"hideaway",
|
|
"hideout",
|
|
"hidey-hole",
|
|
"hidy-hole",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"hangout",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in front , smoke screen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"end run",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shenanigan",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew one's stack":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The customer blew his stack when the server spilled a drink on him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew one's top":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When her flight was cancelled she blew her top ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black out":{
|
|
"a temporary state of unconsciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though you experienced only a brief blackout , you still ought to be checked by a doctor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"swim",
|
|
"swoon",
|
|
"syncope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"somnolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out , and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dusk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blacked out after hitting her head on the beam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"keel (over)",
|
|
"pass out",
|
|
"swoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"zonk (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindsides":{
|
|
"as in confuses , bewilders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"thunderstrikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockheads":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a real blockhead would think that she had literally said it a million times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blindness":{
|
|
"as in amnesia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amnesia",
|
|
"forgetfulness",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"incognizance",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"nescience",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"preoccupation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"memory",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollection",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black racers":{
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnakes , blue racers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing smoke":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's been blowing smoke about his accomplishments all afternoon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"bulling",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"priding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"maximizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"laughing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has a habit of blowing smoke when she gets nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"chinning",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"nattering",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blathered":{
|
|
"as in blabbered , blithered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurted":{
|
|
"as in shot , blabbered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"formulized",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloviating":{
|
|
"as in declaiming , pontificating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blurting (out)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blast (at)":{
|
|
"as in fire (at)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fire (at)",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bring down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pick off",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"machine-gun",
|
|
"tommy-gun",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunted":{
|
|
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blunted saw was worthless for fine woodworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"ultrasharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"cauterized",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"numbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue law":{
|
|
"as in law , rule":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"statute",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"martial law",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"capitulary",
|
|
"encyclical",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"legislation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanketing":{
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves blanketed all of the land around the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carpeting",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overlying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"sheeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"enrobing",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"shawling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"encompassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blanketed the secret memo from the news media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"stubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blast off":{
|
|
"a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"liftoff",
|
|
"takeoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"splashdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"landing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in take off , zoom":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blemishing":{
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmearing",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"smutting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarring",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scratch blemished the finish on the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"crossing (up)",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"dinting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blank verses":{
|
|
"as in poetries , free verses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"clerihews",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorales",
|
|
"pastorals",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderbusses":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"botchers",
|
|
"bumblers",
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"fumblers",
|
|
"screwups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetents",
|
|
"muddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanched":{
|
|
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking blanched and feeble after a long illness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black-a-vised":{
|
|
"as in dark , brown":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"olive",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"raven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blond",
|
|
"blonde",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flaxen",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"tawny",
|
|
"ocherous",
|
|
"ochreous",
|
|
"ash-blond",
|
|
"ash-blonde",
|
|
"blondish",
|
|
"strawberry blonde",
|
|
"strawberry blond",
|
|
"towheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black flag":{
|
|
"as in white flag , Jolly Roger":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"white flag",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"semaphore",
|
|
"signaler",
|
|
"signaller",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pennant",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluecoats":{
|
|
"as in officers , constables":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"peelers",
|
|
"policemen",
|
|
"police officers",
|
|
"policewomen",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police forces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleeder":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let the insults of those lousy bleeders get you down, old chap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blends":{
|
|
"a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that fabric is a cotton and polyester blend , so it shouldn't shrink as much as pure cotton"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"conflations",
|
|
"emulsions",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"syntheses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"half-and-halfs",
|
|
"absorptions",
|
|
"coalescences",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composts",
|
|
"concretions",
|
|
"homogenizations",
|
|
"immixtures",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"interfusions",
|
|
"mergences",
|
|
"mergers",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"comingles",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"commixes",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"conflates",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"homogenizes",
|
|
"immingles",
|
|
"immixes",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"interfuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"intermixes",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"admixes",
|
|
"beats (in)",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"emulsifies",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"weaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unmixes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colors blend nicely in that rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"harmonizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blats":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blatted an obscene expletive before biting the dust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cries (out)",
|
|
"ejaculates",
|
|
"exclaims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"aahs",
|
|
"ahs",
|
|
"oohs",
|
|
"interjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bleats , honks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"caws",
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"crakes",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"honks",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"lows",
|
|
"meows",
|
|
"miaows",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"moos",
|
|
"neighs",
|
|
"oinks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"whinnies",
|
|
"yaps",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"yips",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffly":{
|
|
"as in honestly , frankly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing one's top":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When her flight was cancelled she blew her top ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"maddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodlessly":{
|
|
"as in lazily , listlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly",
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowout":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathe (out)",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged a huge blowout for Halloween"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbed":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodlessness":{
|
|
"as in obduracy , halfheartedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"affectlessness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"emotionlessness",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hysterics",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"vehemence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blandished":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"wangled",
|
|
"wiled",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazing (up)":{
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of decline, street crime blazed up again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking out",
|
|
"bursting (forth)",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flaring (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"touching off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bled (for)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"commiserated (with)",
|
|
"compassionated",
|
|
"condoled (with)",
|
|
"felt (for)",
|
|
"pitied",
|
|
"sympathized (with)",
|
|
"yearned (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"grieved (for)",
|
|
"sorrowed (for)",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"empathized (with)",
|
|
"identified (with)",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blintzes":{
|
|
"as in crepes , blini":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blini",
|
|
"blinis",
|
|
"crepes",
|
|
"cr\u00eapes",
|
|
"oatcakes",
|
|
"wheat cakes",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"flapjacks",
|
|
"griddle cakes",
|
|
"hotcakes",
|
|
"pancakes",
|
|
"slapjacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleached":{
|
|
"as in faded , washed-out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"tintless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"snow-white",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"whited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorized",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"hued",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinct",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bleached the stained shirt back to its original white"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockish":{
|
|
"as in blocky , dense":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blocky",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"shallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blears":{
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dislimns",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"fuzzes (up)",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overclouds",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shrouds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurting":{
|
|
"as in shooting , blabbering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"drawling",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluenoses":{
|
|
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the editorial lambasts those bluenoses who feel they have the moral authority to dictate how other people should conduct themselves in private"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moralists",
|
|
"Mrs. Grundys",
|
|
"nice nellies",
|
|
"prudes",
|
|
"puritans",
|
|
"wowsers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moralizers",
|
|
"goody-goodies",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"old maids",
|
|
"prigs",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"libertarians",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"misbehavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoralists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blaze (at)":{
|
|
"as in snipe (at)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"squeeze off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blenching":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blenched from the horrible sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"squinching",
|
|
"wincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleat":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"miserere",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blub",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"roar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blatherers":{
|
|
"as in blatherskites":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers",
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"motormouths",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blipped":{
|
|
"as in cut , removed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blustered":{
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"spouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blacking out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow dark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out , and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dusking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"glooming",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blacked out after hitting her head on the beam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"fainting",
|
|
"keeling (over)",
|
|
"passing out",
|
|
"swooning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"zonking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coming around",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurry":{
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blew in":{
|
|
"as in barged (in) , breezed (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"breezed (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"bursted (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzed (in)",
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked",
|
|
"checked in",
|
|
"clocked (in)",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"touched down",
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"got in",
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"left",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"clocked (out)",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"vamoosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanching":{
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blockhouses":{
|
|
"as in garrison houses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garrison houses",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"alcazars",
|
|
"casbahs",
|
|
"kasbahs",
|
|
"battlements",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"embattlements",
|
|
"parapets",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"citadels",
|
|
"fortifications",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows out":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes (out)",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathes",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"inspires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blasphemy":{
|
|
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the 17th century the Quakers were persecuted for beliefs and practices that older churches regarded as blasphemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"sacrilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"pollution",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"purification",
|
|
"sanctification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazes (at)":{
|
|
"as in snipes (at)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"squeezes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blessing":{
|
|
"a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that rabbi always ends the service with a short blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benison"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Godspeed",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"intercession",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"orison",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"prayer",
|
|
"supplication",
|
|
"sanctification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winning the lottery shortly after being laid off was an unexpected blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mitzvah",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mr. Roberts promptly gave his blessing to his daughter's choice of husband"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"finalization",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"homologation",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"rubber stamp",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making something holy through religious ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traditionally, worshippers kneel during the blessing of the communion wafers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sanctification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"purification",
|
|
"dedication",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"sacrilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sacralizing",
|
|
"sanctifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"spiritualizing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"lustrating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"exorcising",
|
|
"exorcizing",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"dedicating",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"reconsecrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"cussing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"punishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrating",
|
|
"desacralizing",
|
|
"desanctifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bless the name of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroling",
|
|
"carolling",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"emblazoning",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hymning",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"resounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"renowning",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"lambasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blessed with a knack for glib conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gifting",
|
|
"investing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"bestowing (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"conferring (on)",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"stinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blabby":{
|
|
"fond of talking or conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the office is populated by a cheerful and blabby group of coworkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"motormouthed",
|
|
"mouthy",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"tale-telling",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blown one's mind":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The disappearing trick completely blew my mind ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discombobulated",
|
|
"disoriented",
|
|
"flummoxed",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"fuddled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"graveled",
|
|
"gravelled",
|
|
"mazed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mystified",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"taken in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloomers":{
|
|
"as in pratfalls , bloopers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in knickerbockers , knee breeches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"blue jeans",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
"trousers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderers":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those blunderers at city hall sent me the wrong tax bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"botchers",
|
|
"bumblers",
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"fumblers",
|
|
"screwups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetents",
|
|
"muddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blarneys":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"hero-worships",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blase":{
|
|
"as in nonchalant , breezy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in world-weary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"world-weary",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sick and tired",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"thrilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blather":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted to retire quietly and without all the blather of an office send-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dismissed the whole election as just so much blather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in blabber , blither":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blocked (off)":{
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the square is temporarily blocked off for the street fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"walled (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained (off)",
|
|
"screened (off)",
|
|
"diked",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unbolted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow one's stack":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The customer blew his stack when the server spilled a drink on him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"flip (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tee off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"madden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool (off or down)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"simmer down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows the whistle (on)":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"unmasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleed":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"pine (away)",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"sympathize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bleed water from the radiators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"tap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"vacuate",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Blighties":{
|
|
"as in countries , hometowns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"hometowns",
|
|
"nativities",
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"birthplaces",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries",
|
|
"motherlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowing the whistle on":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue racer":{
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnake , black racer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackjacking":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you cannot blackjack me into going along with this"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extortionist trying to blackjack a shopkeeper into paying protection money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"strong-arming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing around",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackmailed":{
|
|
"to use blackmail against (someone)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"racketeered",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"arm-twisted",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blames":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"dispraises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"slags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"nicks (at)",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"gibbets",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pillories",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blame for the school's poor performance in standardized tests was attributed to several factors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accountabilities",
|
|
"answerabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blent (with)":{
|
|
"as in went (with) , coordinated (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"coordinated (with)",
|
|
"harmonized (with)",
|
|
"went (with)",
|
|
"corresponded (to)",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"mirrored",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"measured (up)",
|
|
"partook (of)",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackhead":{
|
|
"as in blister , whitehead":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blister",
|
|
"milium",
|
|
"whitehead",
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"papule",
|
|
"pimple",
|
|
"pock",
|
|
"pustule",
|
|
"whelk",
|
|
"zit",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"protuberance",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"wart",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blooded":{
|
|
"of unmixed ancestry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expansive farm on which blooded Arabian horses are raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"pure-blooded",
|
|
"pure-blood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"inbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"half-blood",
|
|
"half-blooded",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blows one's top":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When her flight was cancelled she blew her top ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"flips (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tees off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"warms",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"maddens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"cools (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"simmers down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blousy":{
|
|
"as in baggy , saggy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggy",
|
|
"saggy",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"unsecured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"taut",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubs":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffs":{
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"escarpments",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"scarps",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"cuestas",
|
|
"hogbacks",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"pitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blizzardly":{
|
|
"as in snowy , wintry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bleater":{
|
|
"as in screamer , squawker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawler",
|
|
"moaner",
|
|
"screamer",
|
|
"squawker",
|
|
"wailer",
|
|
"weeper",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crybaby",
|
|
"fussbudget",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"fusspot",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"kvetcher",
|
|
"sniveler",
|
|
"whiner",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"malcontent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black-marketing":{
|
|
"as in smuggling , bootlegging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bootlegging",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"smuggling",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"transacting",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"rebuying",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"swapping",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"fair-trading",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"vending",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"monopolizing",
|
|
"underselling",
|
|
"day-trading",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"blacking",
|
|
"boycotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurt":{
|
|
"as in shoot , blabber":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"drawl",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"formulize",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"pipe up (with)",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"rip (out)",
|
|
"snarl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blood brother":{
|
|
"as in brother , sister":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"main man",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"hobnobber",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"pen pal",
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"amigo",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"compadre",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"confidante",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sympathizer",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"opponent",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"archenemy",
|
|
"nemesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blinkered":{
|
|
"as in insular , parochial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black eye":{
|
|
"as in shame , disgrace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"stainlessness",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hickey":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blazoners":{
|
|
"as in announcers , advertisers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertisers",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"criers",
|
|
"proclaimers",
|
|
"foreboders",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"forewarnings",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"runners",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"foregoers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"outriders",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"bodings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"foreshadowings",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"symptoms",
|
|
"bellwethers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blaze":{
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she felt a blaze of resentment upon hearing that she had been passed over for promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temporarily blinded by the blaze of dozens of camera lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"sheen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"combust",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"deflagrate",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"roast",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spotlight blazed through my window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodguilt":{
|
|
"as in bloodguiltiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodguiltiness",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"mea culpa",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitence",
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comedy act without any hint of blueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunders":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixed a minor blunder in the advertising flyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloomer":{
|
|
"as in pratfall , blooper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blower":{
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he's not the first person to blow his own horn, he's about the most obnoxious blower I've ever met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludgers":{
|
|
"as in spongers , parasites":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadgers",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"moochers",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"schnorrers",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"miserables",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"guttersnipes",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"waifs",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"clochards",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"panhandlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprints":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"budgets",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"choreographs",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes (out)",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"strategizes (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"premeditates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue ribbons":{
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"plumes",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"prizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"cups",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"medals",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"plaques",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"trophies",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"honorable mentions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotto":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone call for a taxi; the guy's blotto and in no condition to drive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blades":{
|
|
"a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dueled with blades rather than guns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadswords",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"scimitars",
|
|
"smallswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a small blade to cut the rope"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleavers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"bowie knifes",
|
|
"bowie knives",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switchblades",
|
|
"switch knives",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blench":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blenched from the horrible sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"whiten",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blobs":{
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"dollops",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nubbles",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"globules",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a blob of honey on his sweater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"droplets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"globules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"dewdrops",
|
|
"raindrops",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloody":{
|
|
"smeared or stained with blood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the fight, her shirt was all bloody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"gory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodred",
|
|
"carmine",
|
|
"crimson",
|
|
"incarnadine",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"reddish",
|
|
"ruby",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous",
|
|
"sanguinary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bloody battle",
|
|
"a bloody movie that is unsuitable for children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"homicidal",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sanguineous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"dovish",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"peacemaking",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"placative",
|
|
"placatory",
|
|
"propitiatory",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"black eyes":{
|
|
"as in shames , disgraces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
|
"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hickeys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"discolorations",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blintz":{
|
|
"as in crepe , blin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blin",
|
|
"crepe",
|
|
"cr\u00eape",
|
|
"oatcake",
|
|
"wheat cake",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"flapjack",
|
|
"griddle cake",
|
|
"hotcake",
|
|
"pancake",
|
|
"slapjack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloviated":{
|
|
"as in declaimed , pontificated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackness":{
|
|
"a time or place of little or no light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"candlelight",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murk",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"semidarkness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"brownout",
|
|
"dimout",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"half-light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"starlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"judging from the blackness of the carpet, I'd say that it had never been cleaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"mussiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"sootiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"block grants":{
|
|
"as in aids , assistances":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"grants-in-aid",
|
|
"set-asides",
|
|
"allocations",
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"annuities",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"entitlements",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"subventions",
|
|
"foreign aids",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"state aids",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"stipends",
|
|
"trust funds",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackjacked":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you cannot blackjack me into going along with this"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extortionist trying to blackjack a shopkeeper into paying protection money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"strong-armed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed around",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blarney":{
|
|
"excessive praise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laid the blarney on thick in order to get special treatment from the waitress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"butter",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap",
|
|
"sweet talk",
|
|
"taffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"blandishments",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his excuse was his usual blarney about how he'd love to help out but he was just so darned busy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"hero-worship",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up to)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blowouts":{
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged a huge blowout for Halloween"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blisters":{
|
|
"as in blackheads , whiteheads":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackheads",
|
|
"milia",
|
|
"whiteheads",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"papules",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"pocks",
|
|
"pustules",
|
|
"whelks",
|
|
"zits",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"protuberances",
|
|
"sores",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"weals",
|
|
"welts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blow one's mind":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The disappearing trick completely blew my mind ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotching":{
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my pen leaked and blotched my shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffers":{
|
|
"as in counterfeiters , pretenders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hypocrites",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"fabricators",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fibbers",
|
|
"liars",
|
|
"prevaricators",
|
|
"storytellers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooters",
|
|
"straight shooters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculators , sharpers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"speculators",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamblers",
|
|
"gamesters",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bloodsheds":{
|
|
"as in murders , killings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlettings",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"bloodbaths",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"mortalities",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"genocides",
|
|
"pogroms",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blackhanders":{
|
|
"as in gangsters , mobsters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"blackmailers",
|
|
"extortioners",
|
|
"extortionists",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"gougers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"profiteers",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blotted out":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
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"dashed",
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"dynamited",
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"smashed",
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"atomized",
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"consumed",
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"devoured",
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"dissolved",
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"fragmented",
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"powdered",
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"pulverized",
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"shattered",
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"splintered",
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"doomed",
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"finished",
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"killed",
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"killed off",
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"terminated",
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"zapped",
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"cut",
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"discarded",
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"ditched",
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"ejected",
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"excised",
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"expelled",
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"jettisoned",
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"ousted",
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"threw out"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"conserved",
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"preserved",
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"protected",
|
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"saved",
|
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"built",
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"constructed",
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"created",
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"fabricated",
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"fashioned",
|
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"forged",
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"formed",
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"framed",
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"made",
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"manufactured",
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"shaped",
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"fixed",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconditioned",
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"reconstructed",
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"renewed",
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"renovated",
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"repaired",
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"restored",
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"revamped"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"bushes blotted out the shed from our view"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"belied",
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"blanketed",
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"cloaked",
|
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"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
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"curtained",
|
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"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
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"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blanketed":{
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves blanketed all of the land around the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carpeted",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"sheeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"shawled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blanketed the secret memo from the news media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snubbed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"stubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blastoff":{
|
|
"a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"liftoff",
|
|
"takeoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"splashdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"landing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in take off , zoom":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |