1539 lines
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1539 lines
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{
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"romanticizing":{
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"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
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"examples":[
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"he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"glamorizing",
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"glamourizing",
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"glamouring (up)",
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"glorifying",
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"idealizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heroicizing",
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"heroizing",
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"euphemizing",
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"poeticizing",
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"softening",
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"sweetening",
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"adulating",
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"canonizing",
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"deifying",
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"idolizing",
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"aggrandizing",
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"dignifying",
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"ennobling",
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"enshrining",
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"enthroning",
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"magnifying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittling",
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"decrying",
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"denigrating",
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"deprecating",
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"disparaging",
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"minimizing",
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"putting down"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deglamorizing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"romanced":{
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"as in sparked , attended":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attended",
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"gallanted",
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"sparked",
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"wooed",
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"courted",
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"dated",
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"escorted",
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"saw",
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"took out",
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"stepped out",
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"went out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"romanticize":{
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"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
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"examples":[
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"he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"glamorize",
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"glamourize",
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"glamour (up)",
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"glorify",
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"idealize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heroicize",
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"heroize",
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"euphemize",
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"poeticize",
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"soften",
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"sweeten",
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"adulate",
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"canonize",
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"deify",
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"idolize",
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"aggrandize",
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"dignify",
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"ennoble",
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"enshrine",
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"enthrone",
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"magnify"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittle",
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"decry",
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"denigrate",
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"deprecate",
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"disparage",
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"minimize",
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"put down"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deglamorize"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"romanticist":{
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"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
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"examples":[
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"those romanticists who seem to be perpetually surprised by mean or criminal behavior"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"Don Quixote",
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"dreamer",
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"fantast",
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"idealist",
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"idealizer",
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"ideologue",
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"idealogue",
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"romantic",
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"utopian",
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"visionary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"emotionalist",
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"sentimentalist",
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"daydreamer",
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"fantasizer",
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"woolgatherer",
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"Micawber",
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"optimist",
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"Pollyanna",
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"do-gooder",
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"reformer",
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"perfectionist",
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"doctrinaire",
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"theorist",
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"thinker"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cynic",
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"defeatist",
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"pessimist",
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"empiric",
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"empiricist"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hardnose",
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"pragmatist",
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"realist"
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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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"romanticists":{
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"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
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"examples":[
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"those romanticists who seem to be perpetually surprised by mean or criminal behavior"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"Don Quixotes",
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"dreamers",
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"fantasts",
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"idealists",
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"idealizers",
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"ideologues",
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"idealogues",
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"romantics",
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"utopians",
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"visionaries"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"emotionalists",
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"sentimentalists",
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"daydreamers",
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"fantasizers",
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"woolgatherers",
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"Micawbers",
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"optimists",
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"Pollyannas",
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"do-gooders",
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"reformers",
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"perfectionists",
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"doctrinaires",
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"theorists",
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"thinkers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cynics",
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"defeatists",
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"pessimists",
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"empiricists",
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"empirics"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hardnoses",
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"pragmatists",
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"realists"
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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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"romances":{
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"a brief romantic relationship":{
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"examples":[
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"an office romance that ended with hurt feelings on both sides"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affairs",
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"affaires",
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"amours",
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"flings",
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"love affairs",
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"loves"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intrigues",
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"liaisons",
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"dalliances",
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"hanky-pankies",
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"attachments",
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"infatuations",
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"entanglements",
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"flirtations",
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"idylls",
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"idyls",
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"passions",
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"calf-loves",
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"puppy loves"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in sparks , attends":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attends",
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"gallants",
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"sparks",
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"woos",
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"courts",
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"dates",
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"escorts",
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"sees",
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"takes out",
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"goes out",
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"steps out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"romancing":{
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"as in seduction , wooing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"charming",
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"courting",
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"massaging",
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"seduction",
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"tempting",
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"wooing",
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"acclaim",
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"applause",
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"commendation",
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"praise",
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"influencing",
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"prompting",
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"swaying",
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"ingratiation",
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"smarm",
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"lobbying",
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"pressuring",
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"buttering up",
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"fawning",
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"sycophancy",
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"toadying",
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"brainwashing",
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"overpersuasion",
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"allurement",
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"beguilement",
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"endearment",
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"enticement",
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"conversion",
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"convincing",
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"inducement",
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"inducing",
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"persuading",
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"persuasion",
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"suasion",
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"adulation",
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"blarney",
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"butter",
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"charm",
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"flannel",
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"flattery",
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"incense",
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"overpraise",
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"soft soap",
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"sweet talk",
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"taffy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bad-mouthing",
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"belittlement",
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"depreciation",
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"detraction",
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"disparagement",
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"put-down"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in sparking , attending":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attending",
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"gallanting",
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"sparking",
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"wooing",
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"courting",
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"dating",
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"escorting",
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"seeing",
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"taking out",
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"going out",
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"stepping out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"romantics":{
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"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
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"examples":[
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"she's a hopeless romantic who believes that her one true love is somewhere waiting to be found"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"Don Quixotes",
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"dreamers",
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"fantasts",
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"idealists",
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"idealizers",
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"ideologues",
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"idealogues",
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"romanticists",
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"utopians",
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"visionaries"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"emotionalists",
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"sentimentalists",
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"daydreamers",
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"fantasizers",
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"woolgatherers",
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"Micawbers",
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"optimists",
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"Pollyannas",
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"do-gooders",
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"reformers",
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"perfectionists",
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"doctrinaires",
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"theorists",
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"thinkers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cynics",
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"defeatists",
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"pessimists",
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"empiricists",
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"empirics"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hardnoses",
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"pragmatists",
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"realists"
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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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"romanticizations":{
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"as in idealizations":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"idealizations",
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"adorations",
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"deferences",
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"glorifications",
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"reverences",
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"venerations",
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"affections",
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"fancies",
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"favors",
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"likes",
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"likings",
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"loves",
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"adulations",
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"deifications",
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"hero worships",
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"idolatries",
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"idolizations",
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"worships",
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"appreciations",
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"esteems",
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"regards",
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"respects",
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"approvals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"condemnations",
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"disapprovals",
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"disfavors",
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"dislikes",
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"dismissals",
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"disregards",
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"hatreds",
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"loathings",
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"scorns"
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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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"romp":{
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"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
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"examples":[
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"one last romp before starting their new life as parents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"binge",
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"fling",
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"frisk",
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"frolic",
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"gambol",
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"idyll",
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"idyl",
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"lark",
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"ploy",
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"revel",
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"rollick",
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"spree"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"caper",
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"escapade",
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"prank",
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"bender",
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"brannigan",
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"bum",
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"bust",
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"carouse",
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"souse",
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"splore",
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"toot",
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"antic",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"shenanigan(s)",
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"field day",
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"festivity",
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"merriment",
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"merrymaking",
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"enjoyment",
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"indulgence",
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"pleasure",
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"self-indulgence",
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"amusement",
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"diversion",
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"entertainment",
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"recreation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to play and run about happily":{
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"examples":[
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"the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caper",
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"cavort",
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"disport",
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"frisk",
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"frolic",
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"gambol",
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"lark",
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"rollick",
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"sport"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bound",
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"hop",
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"leap",
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"lope",
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"skip",
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"spring",
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"trip",
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"tumble",
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"curvet",
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"dance",
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"prance",
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"carouse",
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"revel",
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"roister",
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"carry on",
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"fool around",
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"horse around",
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"clown",
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"cut up",
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"joyride",
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"roughhouse",
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"skylark",
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"kite"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"mope",
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"pout",
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"stew",
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"sulk"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Romeo":{
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"as in lover , amorist":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amorist",
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"gallant",
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"ladies' man",
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"lady's man",
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"lady-killer",
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"lover",
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"paramour",
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"Casanova",
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"Don Juan",
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"lecher",
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"lothario",
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"lounge lizard",
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"masher",
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"philanderer",
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"satyr",
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"wolf",
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"womanizer",
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"debaucher",
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"romancer",
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"seducer",
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"whoremaster",
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"whoremonger"
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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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"romping":{
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"as in raucous , boisterous":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blustery",
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"boisterous",
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"raucous",
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"rip-roaring",
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"roaring",
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"roistering",
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"rowdy",
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"buzzing",
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"humming",
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"murmuring",
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"tumultuous",
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"woolly",
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"wooly",
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"resonant",
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"sonorous",
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"obstreperous",
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"vociferous",
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"clamorous",
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"clangorous",
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"clattering",
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"clattery",
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"noisy",
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"rackety",
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"resounding",
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"uproarious"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hushed",
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"noiseless",
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"quiet",
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"silent",
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"soundless",
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"stilled",
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"stilly",
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"calm",
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"peaceful",
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"serene",
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"tranquil"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in gamboling":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gamboling",
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"gambolling",
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"dalliance",
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"frolic",
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"frolicking",
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"fun",
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"fun and games",
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"play",
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"recreation",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"hobbyhorse",
|
|
"pastime",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"curvetting",
|
|
"curveting",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romped":{
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"sported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"curvetted",
|
|
"curveted",
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"kited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romps":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one last romp before starting their new life as parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"sprees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"brannigans",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"sports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"curvets",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"skylarks",
|
|
"kites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romanticizes":{
|
|
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glamorizes",
|
|
"glamourizes",
|
|
"glamours (up)",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"idealizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicizes",
|
|
"heroizes",
|
|
"euphemizes",
|
|
"poeticizes",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"magnifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romancer":{
|
|
"as in seducer , debaucher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"amorist",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"ladies' man",
|
|
"lady's man",
|
|
"lady-killer",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"Romeo",
|
|
"whoremaster",
|
|
"whoremonger",
|
|
"Casanova",
|
|
"Don Juan",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"lothario",
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
|
"masher",
|
|
"philanderer",
|
|
"satyr",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"womanizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in novelist , storyteller":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"versifier",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romanticization":{
|
|
"as in idealization":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idealization",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"hero worship",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romance":{
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an office romance that ended with hurt feelings on both sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"affaire",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"love affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"flirtation",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"calf-love",
|
|
"puppy love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spark , attend":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"step out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romantic":{
|
|
"excitingly or mysteriously unusual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dreamed of meeting a tall, romantic stranger who would introduce her to a life of adventure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"nonexotic",
|
|
"nonglamorous",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"unexotic",
|
|
"unglamorous",
|
|
"unromantic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workshop intended to disabuse would-be innkeepers of the romantic notion that running a bed-and-breakfast is easy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"crusading",
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a hopeless romantic who believes that her one true love is somewhere waiting to be found"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Don Quixote",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealizer",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"romanticist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalist",
|
|
"sentimentalist",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"fantasizer",
|
|
"woolgatherer",
|
|
"Micawber",
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"do-gooder",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"perfectionist",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"thinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardnose",
|
|
"pragmatist",
|
|
"realist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"romanticized":{
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"as in famed , storied":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"famed",
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"storied",
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"fabled",
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"fabulous",
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"legendary",
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"mythical",
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"semilegendary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"as in idealized , glamorized":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"glamorized",
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"glamourized",
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"idealized",
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"florid",
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"flowery",
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"grandiloquent",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"high-flown",
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"ornate",
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"purple",
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"figurative",
|
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"metaphoric",
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"metaphorical",
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"symbolic",
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"symbolical",
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"rhapsodic",
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"rhapsodical",
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"metrical",
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"metric",
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"rhyming",
|
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"riming",
|
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"rhythmic",
|
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"rhythmical",
|
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"bardic",
|
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"lyric",
|
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"lyrical",
|
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"poetic",
|
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"poetical",
|
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"poeticized"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"prosaic",
|
|
"prose",
|
|
"unlyrical",
|
|
"unpoetic",
|
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"factual",
|
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"literal",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
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"antipoetic"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glamorized",
|
|
"glamourized",
|
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"glamoured (up)",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"idealized"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"heroicized",
|
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"heroized",
|
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"euphemized",
|
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"poeticized",
|
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"softened",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
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"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
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"deified",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"romancers":{
|
|
"as in seducers , debauchers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"amorists",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"ladies' men",
|
|
"lady's men",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"Romeos",
|
|
"whoremasters",
|
|
"whoremongers",
|
|
"Casanovas",
|
|
"Don Juans",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"lotharios",
|
|
"lounge lizards",
|
|
"mashers",
|
|
"philanderers",
|
|
"satyrs",
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"womanizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in novelists , storytellers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Romeos":{
|
|
"as in lovers , amorists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amorists",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"ladies' men",
|
|
"lady's men",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"Casanovas",
|
|
"Don Juans",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"lotharios",
|
|
"lounge lizards",
|
|
"mashers",
|
|
"philanderers",
|
|
"satyrs",
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"womanizers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"whoremasters",
|
|
"whoremongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |