1950 lines
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1950 lines
36 KiB
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{
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"dunces":{
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"a stupid person":{
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"examples":[
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"she's here on scholarship, so she's clearly no dunce"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airheads",
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"birdbrains",
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"blockheads",
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"boneheads",
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"bubbleheads",
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"chowderheads",
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"chuckleheads",
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"clodpolls",
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"clodpoles",
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"clots",
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"clucks",
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"clunks",
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"cretins",
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"cuddies",
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"deadheads",
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"dim bulbs",
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"dimwits",
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"dips",
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"dodoes",
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"dodos",
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"dolts",
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"donkeys",
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"doofuses",
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"dufuses",
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"dopes",
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"dorks",
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"dullards",
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"dumbbells",
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"dumbheads",
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"dum-dums",
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"dummies",
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"dummkopfs",
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"dunderheads",
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"fatheads",
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"ganders",
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"golems",
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"goofs",
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"goons",
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"half-wits",
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"hammerheads",
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"hardheads",
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"idiots",
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"ignoramuses",
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"ignorami",
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"imbeciles",
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"jackasses",
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"know-nothings",
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"knuckleheads",
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"lamebrains",
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"loggerheads",
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"loons",
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"lumps",
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"lunkheads",
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"meatheads",
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"momes",
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"morons",
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"mugs",
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"mutts",
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"naturals",
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"nimrods",
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"nincompoops",
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"ninnies",
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"ninnyhammers",
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"nits",
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"nitwits",
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"noddies",
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"noodles",
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"numskulls",
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"numbskulls",
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"oafs",
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"pinheads",
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"prats",
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"ratbags",
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"sapheads",
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"schlubs",
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"shlubs",
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"schnooks",
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"simpletons",
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"stocks",
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"stupes",
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"stupids",
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"thickheads",
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"turkeys",
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"woodenheads",
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"yahoos",
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"yo-yos"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boobies",
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"buffoons",
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"fools",
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"geese",
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"loonies",
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"lunatics",
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"madmen",
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"nuts",
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"zanies",
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"losers",
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"gawks",
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"featherbrains",
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"scatterbrains",
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"beasts",
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"boors",
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"cads",
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"churls",
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"clowns",
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"creeps",
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"curs",
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"heels",
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"jerks",
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"skunks",
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"skunk",
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"snakes",
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"stinkers",
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"villains"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"intellects",
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"intellectuals",
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"sages",
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"thinkers",
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"whizzes",
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"wizards",
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"polymaths",
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"Renaissance men",
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"sharpies"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brains",
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"geniuses",
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"genii"
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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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"dunderheaded":{
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"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
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"examples":[
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"a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"bonehead",
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"boneheaded",
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"brain-dead",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"empty-headed",
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"fatuous",
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"gormless",
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"half-witted",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mindless",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"senseless",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"stupid",
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"thick",
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"thick-witted",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"unsmart",
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"vacuous",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cretinous",
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"feebleminded",
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"simpleminded",
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"boobish",
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"foolish",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"moronic",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"lowbrow",
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"uneducated",
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"uninformed",
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"unintellectual",
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"untaught",
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"unthinking",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"half-baked",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"silly",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"zany",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ingenious",
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"resourceful",
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"acute",
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"astute",
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"discerning",
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"insightful",
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"keen",
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"knowing",
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"perceptive",
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"percipient",
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"perspicacious",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sapient",
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"savvy",
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"wise",
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"cerebral",
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"erudite",
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"highbrow",
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"intellectual",
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"knowledgeable",
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"learned",
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"literate",
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"scholarly",
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"thinking",
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"well-read",
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"educated",
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"informed",
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"schooled",
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"skilled",
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"trained",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"foxy",
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"shrewd",
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"wily",
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"apt",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"clever",
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"fast",
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"hyperintelligent",
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"intelligent",
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"keen",
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"nimble",
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"quick",
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"quick-witted",
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"sharp",
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"sharp-witted",
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"smart",
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"supersmart",
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"ultrasmart"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"dungeons":{
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"a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners":{
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"examples":[
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"The king threw them into the dungeon ."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"keeps",
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"oubliettes",
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"bastilles",
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"big houses",
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"bridewells",
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"brigs",
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"calabooses",
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"cans",
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"clinks",
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"coolers",
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"coops",
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"guardrooms",
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"hocks",
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"holds",
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"hoosegows",
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"jailhouses",
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"jails",
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"joints",
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"jugs",
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"lockups",
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"nicks",
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"penitentiaries",
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"pens",
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"pokeys",
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"prisons",
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"quods",
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"slammers",
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"slams",
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"stirs",
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"stockades",
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"tolbooths",
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"bull pens",
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"cages",
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"cells",
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"holes",
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"tanks",
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"blocks",
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"wards",
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"glasshouses",
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"guardhouses",
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"hulks",
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"concentration camps",
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"gulags",
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"labor camps",
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"prison camps",
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"stalags",
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"work camps",
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"reformatories",
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"reform schools",
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"training schools"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"outsides"
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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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]
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},
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"dunked":{
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"as in dipped , splashed":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dipped",
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"splashed",
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"hydrated",
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"aqueous",
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"submerged",
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"swamped",
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"steeped",
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"deluged",
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"drowned",
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"flooded",
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"inundated",
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"overflowed",
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"flushed",
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"irrigated",
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"laved",
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"rinsed",
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"sluiced",
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"awash",
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"bathed",
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"bedraggled",
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"doused",
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"dowsed",
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"drenched",
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"dripping",
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"logged",
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"saturate",
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"saturated",
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"soaked",
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"soaking",
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"sodden",
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"soggy",
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"sopping",
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"soppy",
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"soused",
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"washed",
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"watered",
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"waterlogged",
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"water-soaked",
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"watery",
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"wet",
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"clammy",
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"damp",
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"dampish",
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"dank",
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"humid",
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"moist",
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"semimoist",
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"wettish",
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"boggy",
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"miry",
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"seepy",
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"sloppy",
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"squashy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arid",
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"dry",
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"unwatered",
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"waterless",
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"bone-dry",
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"hyperarid",
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"ultradry",
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"waterproof",
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"water-repellent",
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"water-resistant",
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"watertight",
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"baked",
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"dehydrated",
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"freeze-dried",
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"droughty",
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"parched",
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"sere",
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"sear",
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"sunbaked",
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"thirsty",
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"wrung"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
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"examples":[
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"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dipped",
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"doused",
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"dowsed",
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"ducked",
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"immersed",
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"sopped",
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"soused",
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"submerged",
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"submersed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bathed",
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"moistened",
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"soaked",
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"steeped",
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"wet",
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"wetted",
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"drenched",
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"drowned",
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"flooded",
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"dived",
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"dove",
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"plunged",
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"thrust"
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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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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dunks":{
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"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
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"examples":[
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"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dips",
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"ducks",
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"immerses",
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"sops",
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"souses",
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"submerges",
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"submerses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bathes",
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"moistens",
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"soaks",
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"steeps",
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"wets",
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"drenches",
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"drowns",
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"floods",
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"dives",
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"plunges",
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"thrusts"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Dunkirks":{
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"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
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"examples":[
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"with the company facing a financial Dunkirk , it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around\u2014and fast"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boiling points",
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"breaking points",
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"clutches",
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"conjunctures",
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"crises",
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"crossroads",
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"crunches",
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"crunch times",
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"emergencies",
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"exigencies",
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"extremities",
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"flash points",
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"heads",
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"junctures",
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"tinderboxes",
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"zero hours"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contingencies",
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"possibilities",
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"climaxes",
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"turning points",
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"happenings",
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"landmarks",
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"milestones",
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"conditions",
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"passes",
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"situations",
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"straits",
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"deadlocks",
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"impasses",
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"stalemates",
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"corners",
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"fixes",
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"holes",
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"hot waters",
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"jams",
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"last ditches",
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"pinches",
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"predicaments",
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"scrapes",
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"spots",
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"eleventh hours",
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"last minutes"
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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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]
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},
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"dunned":{
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"as in got , worried":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aggravated",
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"annoyed",
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"bedeviled",
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"chafed",
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"deviled",
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"devilled",
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"dogged",
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"exasperated",
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"fretted",
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"galled",
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"gnawed",
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"got",
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"grated",
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"hassled",
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"irked",
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"irritated",
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"nettled",
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"peeved",
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"persecuted",
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"piqued",
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"put out",
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"rankled",
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"rasped",
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"riled",
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"roiled",
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"tormented",
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"vexed",
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"vext",
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"worried",
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"inconvenienced",
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"troubled",
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"beleaguered",
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"beset",
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"besieged",
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"bothered",
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"bugged",
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"chivied",
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"chivvied",
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"disturbed",
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"intruded (upon)",
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"pestered",
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"distressed",
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"plagued",
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"afflicted",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunk":{
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunghill":{
|
|
"as in manure , muck":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunning":{
|
|
"as in getting , worrying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"intruding (upon)",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"cutting in (on)",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"duns":{
|
|
"something that someone insists upon having":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's probably not a good idea to ignore a creditor's dun for repayment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"importunities",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"ultimatums",
|
|
"ultimata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"basics",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"provisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gets , worries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"intrudes (upon)",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"cuts in (on)",
|
|
"obtrudes",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunderheads":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wondered how long it would take the dunderheads at the head office to screw things up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunking":{
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunghills":{
|
|
"as in manures , muck":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guanos",
|
|
"manures",
|
|
"middens",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doos",
|
|
"droppings",
|
|
"dungs",
|
|
"excrements",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordures",
|
|
"poops",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"night soils",
|
|
"stools",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerages",
|
|
"coprolites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dun":{
|
|
"something that someone insists upon having":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's probably not a good idea to ignore a creditor's dun for repayment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"ultimatum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"stipulation",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"provision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sandy , chocolate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitish",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pewter",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silvery",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in get , worry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"intrude (upon)",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dungs":{
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dune":{
|
|
"as in ridge , embankment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"sandbank",
|
|
"sandbar",
|
|
"shoal",
|
|
"towhead",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"snowbank",
|
|
"snowdrift",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"tuft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dungeon":{
|
|
"a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The king threw them into the dungeon ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth",
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dung":{
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Dunkirk":{
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the company facing a financial Dunkirk , it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around\u2014and fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunes":{
|
|
"as in ridges , embankments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sandbanks",
|
|
"sandbars",
|
|
"shoals",
|
|
"towheads",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"snowbanks",
|
|
"snowdrifts",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"tufts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunderhead":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wondered how long it would take the dunderheads at the head office to screw things up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dunce":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's here on scholarship, so she's clearly no dunce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |