dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bed_MWT.json
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{
"bed table":{
"as in card table":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"card table",
"buffet",
"sideboard",
"side table",
"bar",
"counter",
"coffee table",
"refectory table",
"tea table",
"board",
"table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bed-sitter":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedcover":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap",
"spread"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedcovering":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedding":{
"as in clothes , bedclothes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedclothes",
"clothes",
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedcover",
"bedcovering",
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap",
"spread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising"
]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"enrooting",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"impacting",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bedecked":{
"as in dressed , decorated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed",
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"the ladies arrived bedecked in furs"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedevil":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedight":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedizened":{
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
"examples":[
"a bedizened dress that looked more like a Christmas tree than an article of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedizenments":{
"as in glitters , gilts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gilts",
"glitters",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedraggle":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"I was so bedraggled by the relentless rain that I couldn't wait to get into some dry clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedrock":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"my religious faith is the bedrock of my life"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"related":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest point or level":{
"examples":[
"knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom",
"depth",
"nadir",
"rock bottom",
"zero"
],
"related":[
"abyss",
"armpit",
"pit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"crescendo",
"high",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"crest",
"roof"
],
"antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
]
},
"as in strong , firm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bedecks":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"the ladies arrived bedecked in furs"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedcovers":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedspreads",
"counterpanes",
"coverlets",
"haps",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"puffs",
"quilts",
"bedclothes",
"beddings",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedimmed":{
"as in dim , darkened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"beclouded",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedighted":{
"as in equipped , habilitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"dressed down",
"underdressed",
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed",
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedim":{
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedsteads":{
"as in mattresses , futons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks",
"sacks",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedding (down)":{
"as in camping (out) , encamping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bivouacking",
"camping (out)",
"encamping",
"sleeping out",
"tenting",
"backpacking",
"caravanning",
"caravaning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedazzles":{
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"don't let their promises of immense riches bedazzle you"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"catches up",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
"absorbs",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"involves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"the theater's enormous chandelier bedazzled me as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuses",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"stuns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bed tables":{
"as in card tables":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"card tables",
"buffets",
"sideboards",
"side tables",
"bars",
"counters",
"coffee tables",
"refectory tables",
"tea tables",
"boards",
"tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedcoverings":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedspreads",
"counterpanes",
"coverlets",
"haps",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"puffs",
"quilts",
"bedclothes",
"beddings",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bed (down)":{
"as in camp (out) , encamp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bivouac",
"camp (out)",
"encamp",
"sleep out",
"tent",
"backpack",
"caravan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedizen":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"redecorate",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedlam":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"bedlam ravings that suggest that the man is in need of some serious therapy"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
"examples":[
"there's no way I can get any reading done in this bedlam , so I'm going to the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"circus",
"madhouse",
"scrum",
"three-ring circus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"pandemonium",
"racket",
"ruckus",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"brouhaha",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"din",
"hubbub",
"noise",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"hell",
"mess",
"muss",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arcadia",
"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"order",
"orderliness",
"organization",
"calm",
"lull",
"peace",
"respite",
"hush",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bedevilment":{
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"examples":[
"constant bedevilments from a pesty neighbor kept me from finishing my work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedeviling":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bed of roses":{
"a situation or state of carefree comfort":{
"examples":[
"Sure, working at a theme park can be fun, but the job is no bed of roses ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beer and skittles",
"easy street",
"fun and games",
"hog heaven",
"picnic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primrose path",
"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"American dream",
"good life",
"ease",
"relaxation",
"rest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"hell",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"beds (down)":{
"as in camps (out) , encamps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bivouacs",
"camps (out)",
"encamps",
"sleeps out",
"tents",
"backpacks",
"caravans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedew":{
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"her forehead gently bedewed with perspiration"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"moisten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"lave",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"souse",
"steep",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"humidify",
"dip",
"dunk",
"immerge",
"immerse",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"refresh",
"rehydrate",
"remoisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehumidify",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"antonyms":[
"dry"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedsits":{
"as in studio apartments , garden apartments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedraggling":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"I was so bedraggled by the relentless rain that I couldn't wait to get into some dry clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedizenment":{
"as in glitter , gilt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gilt",
"glitter",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedtime stories":{
"as in stories , fairy tales":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"narratives",
"novelettes",
"novellas",
"novelle",
"short stories",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"accounts",
"annals",
"chronicles",
"histories",
"records",
"reports",
"fairy tales",
"folktales",
"legends",
"myths",
"romances",
"exempla",
"fables",
"parables",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"jokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bed":{
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
"examples":[
"the sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack",
"sack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedstead",
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"daybed",
"feather bed",
"four-poster",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sleigh bed",
"sofa",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
"examples":[
"some prospectors supposedly found gold in the bed of that mountain stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom",
"floor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"riverbed",
"base",
"basement",
"foundation",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surface"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"I always brush my teeth and floss before going to bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"rest",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise"
]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"beds":{
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
"examples":[
"the sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
"examples":[
"some prospectors supposedly found gold in the bed of that mountain stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottoms",
"floors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"riverbeds",
"basements",
"bases",
"foundations",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"dosses (down)",
"retires",
"turns in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"couches",
"lies (down)",
"reclines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"shifts",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"uprises"
]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"enroots",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"impacts",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbues",
"infuses",
"instills",
"beats (into)",
"drives (into)",
"establishes",
"places",
"puts",
"settles",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disengages",
"removes"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodges",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bedfellows":{
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"allies",
"backers",
"confederates",
"fellow travelers",
"supporters",
"sympathizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizers",
"well-wishers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"coalitionists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"adjuncts",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"helpers",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"fellows",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlers",
"detractors",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"opponents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beddings":{
"as in clothes , bedclothes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedclothes",
"clothes",
"comforters",
"puffs",
"quilts",
"bedcovers",
"bedcoverings",
"bedspreads",
"counterpanes",
"coverlets",
"haps",
"spreads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedevils":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicts",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"besets",
"besieges",
"curses",
"excruciates",
"harrows",
"persecutes",
"plagues",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"attacks",
"badgers",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"rides",
"aggravates",
"agitates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"molests",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"vexes",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"flusters",
"grieves",
"perturbs",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"crushes",
"oppresses",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"smites",
"strikes",
"tyrannizes",
"victimizes",
"hurts",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stabs",
"stings",
"wrings",
"martyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"delivers",
"releases",
"relieves",
"reprieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"succors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bed-and-breakfasts":{
"as in guesthouses , B and Bs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"B and Bs",
"guesthouses",
"auberges",
"caravansaries",
"caravanserais",
"caravanserai",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns",
"apartment hotels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"courts",
"motels",
"motor courts",
"motor inns",
"motor lodges",
"resorts",
"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedaub":{
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup"
],
"synonyms":[
"anoint",
"besmear",
"daub",
"smear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coat",
"paint",
"plaster",
"grease",
"oil",
"gum",
"lard",
"pitch",
"tar",
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedazzle":{
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"don't let their promises of immense riches bedazzle you"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"the theater's enormous chandelier bedazzled me as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuse",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"stun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedspread":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"a beautiful bedspread that is a reproduction of an 18th-century design"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedcover",
"bedcovering",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedrocks":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"my religious faith is the bedrock of my life"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest point or level":{
"examples":[
"knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottoms",
"depths",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms",
"zeros",
"zeroes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"armpits",
"pits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blooms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"highs",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"crests",
"roofs"
],
"antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedaubed":{
"as in loud , flashy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup"
],
"synonyms":[
"anointed",
"besmeared",
"daubed",
"smeared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coated",
"painted",
"plastered",
"greased",
"oiled",
"gummed",
"larded",
"pitched",
"tarred",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedizening":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"redecorating",
"redoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedfellow":{
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"ally",
"backer",
"confederate",
"fellow traveler",
"supporter",
"sympathizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizer",
"well-wisher",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"coalitionist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"adjunct",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"helper",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"fellow",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"companion",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"pal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittler",
"detractor",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"foe",
"opponent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedimming":{
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"befogging",
"blackening",
"blearing",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dislimning",
"fogging",
"fuzzing (up)",
"hazing",
"misting",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overclouding",
"overshadowing",
"shadowing",
"shrouding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"blotting out",
"concealing",
"eclipsing",
"hiding",
"obliterating",
"screening",
"shading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"masking",
"veiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposing",
"revealing",
"uncovering",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"lightening",
"lighting (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedizens":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedstead":{
"as in mattress , futon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bed",
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack",
"sack",
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"daybed",
"feather bed",
"four-poster",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sleigh bed",
"sofa",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedspreads":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"a beautiful bedspread that is a reproduction of an 18th-century design"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedcovers",
"bedcoverings",
"counterpanes",
"coverlets",
"haps",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"puffs",
"quilts",
"bedclothes",
"beddings",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedaubing":{
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup"
],
"synonyms":[
"anointing",
"besmearing",
"daubing",
"smearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coating",
"painting",
"plastering",
"greasing",
"oiling",
"gumming",
"larding",
"pitching",
"tarring",
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedazzling":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"examples":[
"bedazzling Christmas decorations that added to the holiday cheer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"don't let their promises of immense riches bedazzle you"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"catching up",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"the theater's enormous chandelier bedazzled me as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confusing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"stunning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedecking":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"redecorating",
"redoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"the ladies arrived bedecked in furs"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedfast":{
"as in bedridden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedridden",
"ailing",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weakly",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"dying",
"fading",
"incurable",
"moribund",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"weak",
"weakened",
"worn-out",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"poorly",
"run-down",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"healthy",
"well",
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"hale",
"hearty",
"sound",
"well-conditioned",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}