2690 lines
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2690 lines
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{
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"nerdish":{
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"much given to learning and thinking":{
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"examples":[
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"nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blue",
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"cerebral",
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"eggheaded",
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"geeky",
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"highbrow",
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"highbrowed",
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"intellectual",
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"intellectualist",
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"intellectualistic",
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"long-haired",
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"longhair",
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"nerdy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"erudite",
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"learned",
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"literate",
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"polyhistoric",
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"polymath",
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"polymathic",
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"scholarly",
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"well-read",
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"academic",
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"academical",
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"bookish",
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"professorial",
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"didactic",
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"high-toned",
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"hyperintellectual",
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"pedantic",
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"high-hat",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"snooty",
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"educated",
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"schooled",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"quick-witted",
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"smart"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"uncultivated",
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"uncultured",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"uneducated",
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"unlettered",
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"unread",
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"dumb",
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"foolish",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"moronic",
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"slow",
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"stupid",
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"unintelligent",
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"benighted",
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"unenlightened"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"anti-intellectual",
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"lowbrow",
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"nonintellectual",
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"philistine"
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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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"nerds":{
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"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
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"examples":[
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"was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bookworms",
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"dinks",
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"dorks",
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"geeks",
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"grinds",
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"swots",
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"weenies",
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"wonks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"double-domes",
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"highbrows",
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"intellectuals",
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"brains",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
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"academics",
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"bookmen",
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"scholars",
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"gearheads",
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"techies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"goldbricks",
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"goof-offs",
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"slackers",
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"underachievers",
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"lowbrows"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
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"examples":[
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"an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"double-domes",
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"geeks",
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"highbrows",
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"intellectualists",
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"intellectuals",
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"longhairs"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blues",
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"bluestockings",
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"Brahmins",
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"mandarins",
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"sages",
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"intellectualizers",
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"pseuds",
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"brains",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
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"intellects",
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"thinkers",
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"whizzes",
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"wizards"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blockheads",
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"dolts",
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"dopes",
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"dumbbells",
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"dummies",
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"dunces",
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"fatheads",
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"half-wits",
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"imbeciles",
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"morons",
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"nitwits",
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"pinheads",
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"simpletons"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"anti-intellectuals",
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"lowbrows",
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"philistines"
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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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"nerved":{
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"inclined or willing to take risks":{
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"examples":[
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"a nerved and fearless driver of race cars"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventuresome",
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"adventurous",
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"audacious",
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"bold",
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"daring",
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"dashing",
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"emboldened",
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"enterprising",
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"free-swinging",
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"gutsy",
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"hardy",
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"nervy",
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"venturesome",
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"venturous"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brash",
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"daredevil",
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"foolhardy",
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"heedless",
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"hotheaded",
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"impetuous",
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"imprudent",
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"impulsive",
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"incautious",
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"madcap",
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"overbold",
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"overconfident",
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"rash",
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"reckless",
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"thoughtless",
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"wild",
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"brave",
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"courageous",
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"dauntless",
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"fearless",
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"gallant",
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"greathearted",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"intrepid",
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"lionhearted",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"stouthearted",
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"swashbuckling",
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"unafraid",
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"undaunted",
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"valiant",
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"valorous",
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"gritty",
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"plucky",
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"spirited",
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"spunky",
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"gadarene",
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"hasty",
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"headlong",
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"precipitate",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"crazy",
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"foolish",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nutty",
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"scatterbrained",
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"silly",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"witless",
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"unnecessary",
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"dumb",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"moronic",
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"stupid",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chickenhearted",
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"coward",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"lily-livered",
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"milk-livered",
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"milky",
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"poltroon",
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"pusillanimous",
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"shy",
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"timid",
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"timorous",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"heedful",
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"prudent",
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"wary",
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"overcareful",
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"overcautious",
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"affrighted",
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"afraid",
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"alarmed",
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"fainthearted",
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"fearful",
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"frightened",
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"horrified",
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"scared",
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"shocked",
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"spooked",
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"startled",
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"terrified",
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"terrorized",
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"unnerved",
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"calm",
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"cool",
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"levelheaded",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise",
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"appalled",
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"concerned",
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"dismayed",
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"upset",
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"worried"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unadventurous",
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"unenterprising"
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]
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},
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"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
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"examples":[
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"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"braced",
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"forearmed",
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"fortified",
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"poised",
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"psyched (up)",
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"readied",
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"steeled",
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"strengthened"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"armed",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"seasoned",
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"toughened",
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"bolstered",
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"boosted",
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"buoyed (up)",
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"buttressed",
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"enforced",
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"propped (up)",
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"reinforced",
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"reenforced",
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"supported",
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"sustained",
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"cheered (up)",
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"comforted",
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"emboldened",
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"encouraged",
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"heartened",
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"inspired",
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"rallied",
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"roused",
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"stirred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"daunted",
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"demoralized",
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"discouraged",
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"disheartened",
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"dispirited",
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"psyched (out)",
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"shook",
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"unnerved",
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"debilitated",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"softened",
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"tired",
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"undercut",
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"undermined",
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"weakened"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nervelessly":{
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"as in ineffectually , uncertainly":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"impotently",
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"ineffectively",
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"ineffectually",
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"lamely",
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"spinelessly",
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"uncertainly",
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"bloodlessly",
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"halfheartedly",
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"languidly",
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"lazily",
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"listlessly",
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"spiritlessly",
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"delicately",
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"faintly",
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"frailly",
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"shakily",
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"feebly",
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"gently",
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"softly",
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"weakly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dynamically",
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"energetically",
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"explosively",
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"firmly",
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"forcefully",
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"forcibly",
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"hard",
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"mightily",
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"muscularly",
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"powerfully",
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"roundly",
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"stiffly",
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"stoutly",
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"strenuously",
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"strongly",
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"sturdily",
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"vigorously",
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"fiercely",
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"hammer and tongs",
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"robustly",
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"roughshod",
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"sharply",
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"vehemently",
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"violently",
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"actively",
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"animatedly",
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"briskly",
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"crisply",
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"eagerly",
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"gamely",
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"heartily",
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"lustily",
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"snappily",
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"spiritedly",
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"spunkily",
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"vivaciously"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"nervousness":{
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"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
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"examples":[
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"your nervousness over your son's safety is only natural"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agita",
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"agitation",
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"anxiety",
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"anxiousness",
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"apprehension",
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"apprehensiveness",
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"care",
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"concern",
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"concernment",
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"disquiet",
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"disquietude",
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"fear",
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"nervosity",
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"perturbation",
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"solicitude",
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"sweat",
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"unease",
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"uneasiness",
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"worry"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"strain",
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"stress",
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"tension",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"anguish",
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"consternation",
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"desperateness",
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"desperation",
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"discomfort",
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"discomposure",
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"dismay",
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"distraction",
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"distress",
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"disturbance",
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"edginess",
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"franticness",
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"hand-wringing",
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"jitters",
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"jumpiness",
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"panic",
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"tremor",
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"angst",
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"fearfulness",
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"torment",
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"upset",
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"vexation",
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"cold feet",
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"doubt",
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"dread",
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"foreboding",
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"incertitude",
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"misgiving",
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"presentiment",
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"suspense",
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"uncertainty",
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"compunction",
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"qualm",
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"scruple"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"calmness",
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"content",
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"contentment",
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"ease",
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"easiness",
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"peace",
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"peacefulness",
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"placidity",
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"placidness",
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"quiet",
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"quietude",
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"sereneness",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"tranquilness",
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"comfort",
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"consolation",
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"relief",
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"solace"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unconcern"
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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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"nervous breakdown":{
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"a mental or nervous collapse":{
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"examples":[
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"you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breakdown",
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"crack-up",
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"tailspin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"frazzle",
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"freak-out",
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"meltdown",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"anxiety",
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"apprehension",
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"disquiet",
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"excitability",
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"nervousness",
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"disturbance",
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"agitation",
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"discomposure",
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"perturbation",
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"basket case"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aplomb",
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"calmness",
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"composure",
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"coolness",
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"imperturbability",
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"placidity",
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"self-possession",
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"sereneness",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"tranquilness"
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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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"nerve center":{
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
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"examples":[
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"Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"axis",
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"base",
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"capital",
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"center",
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"central",
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"core",
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"cynosure",
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"epicenter",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"ground zero",
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"heart",
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"hub",
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"locus",
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"mecca",
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"navel",
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"nexus",
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"nucleus",
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"omphalos",
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"seat"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"headquarters",
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"happy hunting ground",
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"hive",
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"hotbed",
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"hot spot",
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"playground",
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"playland",
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"kernel",
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"nub",
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"pith",
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"deep",
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"thick",
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"essence",
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"quintessence",
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"soul",
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"attraction",
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"lodestone",
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"loadstone",
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"magnet",
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"polestar"
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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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"nerve-wracking":{
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerve-racking":{
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerts":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nerts ! that's all I have to say about that idea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerve centers":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centrals",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"navels",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"omphali",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hot spots",
|
|
"playgrounds",
|
|
"playlands",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"thicks",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets",
|
|
"polestars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous Nelly":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many new parents are nervous Nellies when it comes to the health of their babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"pessimist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerves":{
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a veteran performer who still gets a case of the nerves before performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"psyches (up)",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervosity":{
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a palpable feeling of nervosity in every corner of the city after the terrorist attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Nereids":{
|
|
"as in mermaids , sirens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs",
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"naiads",
|
|
"naiades",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerdy":{
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fringe party of nerdy political activists who have no chance of getting elected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous wrecks":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Between her upcoming deadlines and a baby on the way, Nellie is a nervous wreck ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringers",
|
|
"nervous Nellies",
|
|
"worriers",
|
|
"worrywarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"fatalists",
|
|
"pessimists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous breakdowns":{
|
|
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"crack-ups",
|
|
"tailspins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freak-outs",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"anxieties",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"excitabilities",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"discomposures",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"basket cases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"imperturbabilities",
|
|
"placidities",
|
|
"self-possessions",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Nereid":{
|
|
"as in mermaid , siren":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaid",
|
|
"Oceanid",
|
|
"sea-maid",
|
|
"sea-maiden",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"water nymph",
|
|
"dryad",
|
|
"hamadryad",
|
|
"naiad",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"oread",
|
|
"wood nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous Nellie":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many new parents are nervous Nellies when it comes to the health of their babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"pessimist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerveless":{
|
|
"lacking strength of will or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a nerveless pushover who'll be eaten alive by his own staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"limp-wristed",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"forceless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"nebbishy",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stouthearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backboned",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not easily panicked or upset":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to be a paramedic, you need to be calm, clearheaded, and nerveless in emergencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"steely",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"shakable",
|
|
"shakeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous Nellies":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many new parents are nervous Nellies when it comes to the health of their babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringers",
|
|
"worriers",
|
|
"worrywarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"fatalists",
|
|
"pessimists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous":{
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was nervous about how he would do at the varsity basketball tryouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"goosey",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"ill at ease",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"freaked",
|
|
"freaked-out",
|
|
"shook-up",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"qualmy",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hypertense",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nervous silence filled the room as the teacher handed out the graded exams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
|
"nerve-racking",
|
|
"nerve-wracking",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nervous sort of person, she's completely thrown by anything unexpected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervously":{
|
|
"as in anxiously , apprehensively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervous wreck":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Between her upcoming deadlines and a baby on the way, Nellie is a nervous wreck ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"pessimist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerving":{
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"forearming",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"psyching (up)",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undercutting",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerve":{
|
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've got a lot of nerve showing up here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"chutzpah",
|
|
"chutzpa",
|
|
"hutzpah",
|
|
"hutzpa",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"nerviness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that daring rescue took some nerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a veteran performer who still gets a case of the nerves before performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"forearm",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"psych (up)",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerviness":{
|
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't appreciate her nerviness in asking my boyfriend on a date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"chutzpah",
|
|
"chutzpa",
|
|
"hutzpah",
|
|
"hutzpa",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerd":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworm",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"swot",
|
|
"weenie",
|
|
"wonk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-dome",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"bookman",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"gearhead",
|
|
"techie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof-off",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"underachiever",
|
|
"lowbrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"double-dome",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"longhair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"Brahmin",
|
|
"mandarin",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"intellectualizer",
|
|
"pseud",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervy":{
|
|
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nervy waiter held up the small tip and called out to the departing customers, \"Hope it doesn't break the bank!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unabashed",
|
|
"unblushing",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"mouthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nervy rock climbers wanting to make gravity-defying ascents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a little nervy about my first job interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"goosey",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"hung up",
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"ill at ease",
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"insecure",
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"jittery",
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"jumpy",
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"nervous",
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"perturbed",
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"queasy",
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"queazy",
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"tense",
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"troubled",
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"uneasy",
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"unquiet",
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"upset",
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"uptight",
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"worried"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aggrieved",
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"bothered",
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"concerned",
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"disquieted",
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"distraught",
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"distressed",
|
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"disturbed",
|
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"freaked",
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"freaked-out",
|
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"shook-up",
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"apprehensive",
|
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"foreboding",
|
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"hesitant",
|
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"misgiving",
|
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"fretful",
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"fretting",
|
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"stewing",
|
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"vexed",
|
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"qualmish",
|
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"qualmy",
|
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"flustered",
|
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"twittered",
|
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"undone",
|
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"unnerved",
|
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"unstrung",
|
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"obsessed",
|
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"preoccupied",
|
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"restless",
|
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"fidgety",
|
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"flighty",
|
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"fluttery",
|
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"high-strung",
|
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"hypertense",
|
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"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"confident",
|
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"self-assured",
|
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"self-confident",
|
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"sure",
|
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"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"calm",
|
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"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
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"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
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"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
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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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} |