dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bit_MWT.json
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{
"bitchy":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"examples":[
"a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bite (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champ",
"chaw",
"chew",
"chomp (on)",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminate",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack",
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"devour",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"snack",
"wolf",
"nip",
"peck (at)",
"pick (at)",
"gum",
"mumble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bite-size":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bitter":{
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"tingling",
"caustic",
"corrosive"
],
"synonyms":[
"biting",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"smarting",
"stinging"
]
},
"difficult to endure":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"a bitter lesson about money and friendship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"related":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"synonyms":[
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
]
},
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bitter cry of grief"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"related":[
"dirgelike",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
]
},
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"related":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
]
},
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
],
"examples":[
"a bitter February day for this part of the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"related":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
]
},
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
"antonyms":[
"unbitter"
],
"examples":[
"a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday",
"she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring",
"forgiving",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"loving",
"sweet",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"related":[
"disaffected",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"malcontent",
"contemptuous",
"cynical",
"disdainful",
"misanthropic",
"scornful",
"angry",
"cruel",
"harsh",
"irritated",
"mad",
"rough",
"savage",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"acid",
"caustic",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"sarcastic",
"trenchant",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"embittered",
"hard",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"sore"
]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"examples":[
"had to face the bitter truth about their marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"uncomfortably cool":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bitter , rainy day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"warm",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"warmed"
],
"related":[
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"snappy",
"arctic",
"cold",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"frore",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilling",
"chilly",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"raw",
"sharp"
]
}
},
"bitty":{
"very small in size":{
"examples":[
"a little bitty kitten that I could hold in my hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bit the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fell",
"flatlined",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bitching":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those guys are always bitching about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bitchery":{
"as in contempt , disdain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bitchiness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"vengefulness",
"vindictiveness",
"bile",
"rancor",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"despicableness",
"invidiousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"jaundice",
"mean-spiritedness",
"rancor",
"resentment",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"abusiveness",
"cruelty",
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignance",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"love",
"passion",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"amity",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"adoration",
"ardor",
"infatuation",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bit (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champed",
"chawed",
"chewed",
"chomped (on)",
"crunched (on)",
"gnawed (on)",
"masticated",
"nibbled"
],
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"ruminated",
"munched",
"noshed",
"snacked",
"ate",
"consumed",
"ingested",
"swallowed",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gorged",
"gulped",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"snacked",
"wolfed",
"nipped",
"pecked (at)",
"picked (at)",
"gummed",
"mumbled"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in terrible , horrible":{
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable",
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bitten the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"broken off",
"broken up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"gone",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"given over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broken down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawn out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fallen",
"flatlined",
"gone",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"been",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"thriven"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bitchily":{
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
"examples":[
"the bitchily funny put-downs of the satire's author"
],
"synonyms":[
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"bites the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bite-sized":{
"as in capsule":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capsule",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"dwarf",
"toy",
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bitterness":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"examples":[
"he still harbored an implacable bitterness against the company that had fired him"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
]
},
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"the bitterness of the coffee suggested that it had been reheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"an uncomfortable degree of coolness":{
"examples":[
"there's a bitterness in the air, so let's build a fire in the fireplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"bleakness",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"briskness",
"crispness",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"gelidity",
"iciness",
"wintriness",
"cold",
"freeze",
"snap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balminess",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"heat",
"hotness",
"sultriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"complained with great bitterness about the ill treatment he had always received"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biting":{
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
"examples":[
"a biting wind that only the toughest football fans were willing to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"smarting",
"stinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"tingling",
"caustic",
"corrosive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"the biting comments by the pundits about the government's inaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"smelling",
"stinking",
"sucking"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocking",
"ruling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bitterly":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"cried bitterly after her grandmother died"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"bits":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
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"spot",
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"jiffy",
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"eon",
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"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicacy",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
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"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
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"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
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"smelt",
"stank",
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"sucked"
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"antonyms":[
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"ruled"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
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"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
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"dying",
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"ending",
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"finishing",
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"leaving off",
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"quitting",
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"winking (out)"
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"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
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"knocking off",
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"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
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"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
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"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
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"dropping",
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"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
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"succumbing"
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"consuming",
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"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
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"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
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"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
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"living"
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"break up",
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"close",
"conclude",
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"determine",
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"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
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"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
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"protract"
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"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
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"demise",
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"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
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"part",
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"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
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"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
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"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
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"the fall winds had a real bite"
],
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"acidity",
"acidness",
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"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
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"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
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"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
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"softness"
]
},
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"had only a bite to eat before rushing off"
],
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"mouthful",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"taste",
"tidbit",
"titbit"
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"medallion",
"noisette",
"nosh",
"snack",
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"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bit",
"chew",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dribble",
"driblet",
"fleck",
"hint",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
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"scrap",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidge",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"suspicion",
"tittle",
"touch",
"trace",
"dash",
"drop",
"lap",
"lick",
"gulp",
"swallow",
"swig"
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"examples":[
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],
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"bleakness",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
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"crispness",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"gelidity",
"iciness",
"wintriness",
"cold",
"freeze",
"snap"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"warmness",
"warmth",
"heat",
"hotness",
"sultriness"
],
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"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
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"smell",
"stink",
"suck"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
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"rule"
]
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"verb"
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},
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"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
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"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champing",
"chawing",
"chewing",
"chomping (on)",
"crunching (on)",
"gnawing (on)",
"masticating",
"nibbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminating",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking",
"consuming",
"eating",
"ingesting",
"swallowing",
"bolting",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"snacking",
"wolfing",
"nipping",
"pecking (at)",
"picking (at)",
"gumming",
"mumbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bitten":{
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"smelled",
"smelt",
"stunk",
"sucked"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocked",
"ruled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bites (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champs",
"chaws",
"chews",
"chomps (on)",
"crunches (on)",
"gnaws (on)",
"masticates",
"nibbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminates",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks",
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"devours",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"snacks",
"wolfs",
"nips",
"pecks (at)",
"picks (at)",
"gums",
"mumbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bitches":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"tiresome members of the tour group who had one bitch after another"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those guys are always bitching about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bit by bit":{
"by small steps or amounts":{
"examples":[
"The puzzle came together bit by bit over the course of a week."
],
"synonyms":[
"gradationally",
"gradually",
"inchmeal",
"little by little",
"piece by piece",
"piecemeal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hierarchically",
"crescively",
"increasingly",
"progressively",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"slowly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acutely",
"sharply",
"steeply",
"hastily",
"precipitously"
],
"antonyms":[
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}