dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/nar_MWT.json
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{
"narcissistic":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"trying to raise the social consciousness of the normally narcissistic Hollywood community"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nark":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"he began to suspect that there was a nark in his organization who was tipping off Scotland Yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"narrating":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"charting",
"chronicling",
"describing",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narrow (down)":{
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
"examples":[
"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsule",
"capsulize",
"collapse",
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"constringe",
"contract",
"squeeze",
"telescope"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cram",
"crowd",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"pack",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"boil down",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilate",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[
"decompress",
"expand",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narcotic":{
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
"examples":[
"some therapists believe that certain scents can have a narcotic effect on people"
],
"synonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"dreamy",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypnotic",
"opiate",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"deadening",
"depressant",
"numbing",
"antianxiety",
"antidepressant",
"antidepression",
"antistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unsettling",
"worrisome",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulant",
"stimulating",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"grating",
"harassing",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"tending to cause sleep":{
"examples":[
"the lecturer droned on in a narcotic monotone that eventually had the entire class struggling to stay awake"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
]
},
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
"examples":[
"an irradicable sense of self-righteousness seems to be the narcotic that inures these religious fanatics from any realization of the harm they have done"
],
"synonyms":[
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"opiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"security blanket",
"pacifier",
"palliative",
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"narrowness":{
"as in bigotry , intolerance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigotry",
"intolerance",
"narrow-mindedness",
"apartheid",
"Jim Crow",
"segregation",
"separatism",
"race-baiting",
"prejudice",
"racialism",
"racism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidiscrimination",
"antiracism",
"antisegregation",
"assimilationism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narcotics":{
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
"examples":[
"an irradicable sense of self-righteousness seems to be the narcotic that inures these religious fanatics from any realization of the harm they have done"
],
"synonyms":[
"anesthetics",
"anodynes",
"opiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"security blankets",
"pacifiers",
"palliatives",
"hypnotics",
"sedatives",
"soporifics",
"tranquilizers",
"tranquillizers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narking":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narc":{
"as in fed , plainclothesman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fed",
"Federal",
"G-man",
"plainclothesman",
"shadow",
"tail",
"tracer",
"tracker",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"investigator",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator",
"shamus",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narcotizing":{
"as in sedating , stupefying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sedating",
"stupefying",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"laying",
"mitigating",
"quelling",
"relaxing",
"relieving",
"solacing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"hushing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"becalming",
"calming",
"composing",
"lullabying",
"lulling",
"quietening",
"quieting",
"salving",
"settling",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitating",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"keying (up)",
"perturbing",
"upsetting",
"vexing",
"aggravating",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"rousing",
"stirring (up)",
"working up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narrate":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narrows":{
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"we had to cautiously navigate our dinghy through the narrows before reaching the open water of the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"neck",
"sound",
"strait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"reach",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in squeezes , tightens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"constricts",
"contracts",
"lessens",
"pinches",
"squeezes",
"tightens",
"bars",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"quells",
"represses",
"suppresses",
"caps",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"holds down",
"limits",
"restricts",
"numbers",
"modifies",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exceeds",
"broadens",
"expands",
"widens",
"overextends",
"overreaches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"narks":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"he began to suspect that there was a nark in his organization who was tipping off Scotland Yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"canaries",
"deep throats",
"finks",
"informants",
"informers",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stoolies",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"whistle-blowers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborators",
"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"leakers",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"notifiers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"narrow escape":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"The fallen hiker had a narrow escape from death when someone spotted him in need of help."
],
"synonyms":[
"close call",
"close shave",
"near miss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"narcolepsy":{
"as in sleepiness , drowsiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drowsiness",
"sleepiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness",
"wakefulness",
"alertness",
"restlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narcissists":{
"a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentrics",
"egoists",
"egomaniacs",
"egotists",
"ego-trippers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"megalomaniacs",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"stinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruists",
"humanitarians",
"philanthropists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narrow-minded":{
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
"examples":[
"it took a while for some of the more narrow-minded members of management to be persuaded to modernize the dress code"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigoted",
"illiberal",
"intolerant",
"narrow",
"prejudiced",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"blindfolded",
"blinkered",
"insular",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extreme",
"progressive",
"radical",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"open-minded",
"tolerant",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"examples":[
"narrow-minded people who instinctively feared and shunned those from different cultures"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow",
"parochial",
"petty",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"narrated":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
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"as in sleeps , somnolences":{
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"noun"
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"insularity",
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"progressiveness",
"progressivism"
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"liberality",
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"type":[
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"geste",
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"joke",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests":{
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"with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation"
],
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"ego-tripper",
"egocentric",
"egoist",
"egomaniac",
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"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"skunk",
"slob",
"snake",
"stinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruist",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropist"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
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"record",
"report",
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"gest",
"geste",
"romance",
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"recitation",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lay",
"mitigate",
"quell",
"relax",
"relieve",
"solace",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"hush",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"becalm",
"calm",
"compose",
"lull",
"lullaby",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"salve",
"settle",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
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"agitate",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"key (up)",
"perturb",
"upset",
"vex",
"aggravate",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"arouse",
"excite",
"foment",
"incite",
"rouse",
"stir (up)",
"work up"
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"verb"
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"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
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"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
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"memoirs",
"minutes",
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"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
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"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations",
"case histories",
"case studies"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
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"the greengrocer was narked at having to make do with what was left over"
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"annoyed",
"bothered",
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"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
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"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
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"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
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"rankled",
"riled",
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"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
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"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
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"ate",
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"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
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"griped",
"hacked (off)",
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"irritated",
"itched",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
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"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
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"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"as in squeezing , tightening":{
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"constricting",
"contracting",
"lessening",
"pinching",
"squeezing",
"tightening",
"barring",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"capping",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"holding down",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"numbering",
"modifying",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exceeding",
"broadening",
"expanding",
"widening",
"overextending",
"overreaching"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
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"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
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"capsuling",
"capsulizing",
"collapsing",
"compacting",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constringing",
"contracting",
"squeezing",
"telescoping"
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"cramming",
"crowding",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"packing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"boiling down",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
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"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening"
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"dilating",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling"
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"expanding",
"opening",
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"type":[
"verb"
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"by a very small margin":{
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"they narrowly escaped with their lives"
],
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"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
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"minimally",
"minutely",
"scantly",
"almost",
"approximately",
"closely",
"more or less",
"nearly",
"partly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
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"definitely",
"easily",
"plainly",
"positively",
"quite",
"unquestionably",
"abundantly",
"completely",
"copiously",
"fully",
"generously",
"greatly"
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"significantly",
"substantially",
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"well"
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},
"type":[
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"being of less than usual width":{
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"hairline",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"examples":[
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],
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"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow-minded",
"parochial",
"petty",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"antonyms":[
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"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
]
},
"having distinct or certain limits":{
"examples":[
"a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"defined",
"definite",
"determinate",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"restricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modified",
"qualified",
"detailed",
"exact",
"precise",
"specific",
"confined",
"constricted",
"moderate",
"modest",
"minute",
"puny",
"small",
"tiny",
"determined",
"fixed",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottomless",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"inestimable",
"inexhaustible",
"innumerable",
"unfathomable",
"unqualified",
"unreserved",
"general",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"vague",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"copious",
"plenitudinous",
"plentiful",
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"goodly",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"respectable",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"vast",
"voluminous",
"whacking",
"epic",
"grandiose",
"major",
"ample",
"broad",
"comprehensive",
"cosmopolitan",
"expansive",
"global",
"inclusive",
"sweeping",
"universal",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[
"boundless",
"dimensionless",
"endless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"undefined",
"unlimited",
"unmeasured"
]
},
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
"examples":[
"a narrow gubernatorial contest, the outcome of which may depend upon a handful of votes"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"down-to-the-wire",
"hairbreadth",
"neck and neck",
"nip and tuck",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
"examples":[
"tried to convince the narrow members of her family that there are many paths to a successful career that don't involve getting a university degree"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigoted",
"illiberal",
"intolerant",
"narrow-minded",
"prejudiced",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"blindfolded",
"blinkered",
"insular",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extreme",
"progressive",
"radical",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"open-minded",
"tolerant",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"as in bay , creek":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"lagoon",
"loch",
"lough",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"port",
"basin",
"dock",
"marina",
"moorage",
"mooring",
"canal",
"channel",
"sound",
"strait",
"containerport",
"home port",
"seaport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in squeeze , tighten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"constrict",
"contract",
"lessen",
"pinch",
"squeeze",
"tighten",
"bar",
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"quell",
"repress",
"suppress",
"cap",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"hold down",
"limit",
"restrict",
"number",
"modify",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exceed",
"broaden",
"expand",
"widen",
"overextend",
"overreach"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"narcotizes":{
"as in sedates , stupefies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sedates",
"stupefies",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"lays",
"mitigates",
"quells",
"relaxes",
"relieves",
"solaces",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"hushes",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"becalms",
"calms",
"composes",
"lullabies",
"lulls",
"quietens",
"quiets",
"salves",
"settles",
"soothes",
"stills",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitates",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"keys (up)",
"perturbs",
"upsets",
"vexes",
"aggravates",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"arouses",
"excites",
"foments",
"incites",
"rouses",
"stirs (up)",
"works up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narcosis":{
"as in sleep , drowsiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drowsiness",
"sleep",
"somnolence",
"daze",
"stupor",
"trance",
"blackout",
"faint",
"insensibility",
"knockout",
"swim",
"swoon",
"syncope"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narrow escapes":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"The fallen hiker had a narrow escape from death when someone spotted him in need of help."
],
"synonyms":[
"close calls",
"close shaves",
"near misses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"narrow boat":{
"as in barge , keel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"banker",
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narrates":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narcissism":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"in his narcissism , he just assumed that everyone else wanted to hear the tiny details of his day"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"narcotized":{
"as in sedated , stupefied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sedated",
"stupefied",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"laid",
"mitigated",
"quelled",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"solaced",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"hushed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"becalmed",
"calmed",
"composed",
"lullabied",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"salved",
"settled",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"keyed (up)",
"perturbed",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext",
"aggravated",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fomented",
"incited",
"roused",
"stirred (up)",
"worked up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"narrowed":{
"as in squeezed , tightened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"constricted",
"contracted",
"lessened",
"pinched",
"squeezed",
"tightened",
"barred",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"capped",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"held down",
"limited",
"restricted",
"numbered",
"modified",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exceeded",
"broadened",
"expanded",
"widened",
"overextended",
"overreached"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}