dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bli_MWT.json
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{
"blights":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"ornaments"
],
"related":[
"abnormalities",
"distortions",
"irregularities",
"malformations",
"misshapes",
"bugs",
"glitches",
"kinks",
"blots",
"blurs",
"spots",
"stains",
"taints",
"damages",
"defacements",
"impairments",
"injuries",
"failings",
"weaknesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"blotches",
"defects",
"deformities",
"disfigurements",
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"faults",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"marks",
"mars",
"pockmarks",
"scars"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blinked (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that we should never blink at any instances of plagiarism, whether in academia or in commercial publishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blinking (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that we should never blink at any instances of plagiarism, whether in academia or in commercial publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"related":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blips":{
"as in cuts , removes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bleeps",
"clips",
"cuts",
"excises",
"removes",
"blots out",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"wipes out",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"launders",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"blue-pencils",
"cancels",
"crosses (out)",
"deles",
"deletes",
"edits (out)",
"elides",
"kills",
"scratches (out)",
"strikes (out)",
"strokes (out)",
"x's (out)",
"abbreviates",
"crops",
"shortens",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blistering":{
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"even after a blistering attack from the enemy, the fortress held"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
]
},
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"antonyms":[
"slow"
],
"examples":[
"a major-league pitcher known for his blistering fastballs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"related":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blithely":{
"as in breezily , laughingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly",
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"blither":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"a boss who isn't inclined to accept any blither on why something isn't finished on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blabber , blather":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabber",
"blather",
"bleat",
"gab",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"patter",
"prate",
"rattle",
"run on",
"smatter",
"tittle-tattle",
"troll",
"yak",
"yack",
"babble",
"bumble",
"chat",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"drool",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"sputter",
"chunter",
"maunder",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"stammer",
"stutter",
"screech",
"shout",
"shriek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"enunciate",
"pronounce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blitzes":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrages",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"cannonades",
"drumbeats",
"drumfires",
"flurries",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"earfuls",
"avalanches",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"rashes",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"a massive aerial blitz that was supposed to shock and awe the enemy into immediate surrender"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"attempts",
"blitzkriegs",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"descents",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"bombings",
"sieges",
"storms",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"volleys",
"whammies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"an all-out advertising blitz to promote the new soft drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandwagons",
"campaigns",
"causes",
"crusades",
"drives",
"juggernauts",
"movements",
"pushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"maneuvers",
"marches",
"offensives",
"actions",
"bids",
"enterprises",
"initiatives",
"missions",
"projects",
"undertakings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
],
"synonyms":[
"batters",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"cannonades",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilades",
"rakes",
"strafes",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"devastates",
"hits",
"pounds",
"ravages",
"strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blizzard":{
"a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"an overwhelming influx or flow of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blizzardy":{
"as in windy , blustery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blustery",
"squally",
"windy",
"agitated",
"angry",
"inclement",
"restless",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"extreme",
"foul",
"intemperate",
"nasty",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"halcyon",
"hushed",
"lown",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"still",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"untroubled",
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"windless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blisteringly":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"a blisteringly harsh review of the new musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"blissfulness":{
"a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{
"examples":[
"the blissfulness that only a full stomach and a warm bed can bring"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatitude",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"warm fuzzies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"high",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"glory",
"heaven",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"ravishment",
"seventh heaven",
"transport",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasure",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"comfort",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jocundity",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilance",
"jubilation",
"lightheartedness",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"content",
"contentedness",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"sufferance",
"woe",
"woefulness",
"blues",
"cheerlessness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"despondency",
"disheartenment",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"melancholy",
"mournfulness",
"plaintiveness",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"purgatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"calamity",
"ill-being",
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blithe":{
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
"examples":[
"a blithe , obedient child"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"animated",
"chirpy",
"jaunty",
"lilting",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned",
"boon",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unsatisfied",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"hangdog",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
]
},
"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
"examples":[
"a blithe remark that good food enjoyed with good company makes good wine seem even better"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amused",
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"smiling",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"carefree",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"blessed",
"blest",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"gladsome",
"happy",
"high",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"overjoyed",
"radiant",
"rapturous",
"ravished",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"amusing",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"frolicsome",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"playful",
"sportive",
"witty",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"unconcerned",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"farcical",
"humorous",
"riotous",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"unhappy",
"crying",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"moody",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
"examples":[
"he has a blithe attitude about ever having to earn a living because he knows there's a trust fund in his future"
],
"synonyms":[
"carefree",
"debonair",
"devil-may-care",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"slaphappy",
"unconcerned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"breezy",
"cavalier",
"nonchalant",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"somber",
"sombre",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"wary",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"upset",
"worried",
"long-suffering",
"overburdened",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"careworn"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blithers":{
"as in blabbers , blathers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbers",
"blathers",
"bleats",
"gabs",
"jangles",
"jaws",
"patters",
"prates",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"smatters",
"tittle-tattles",
"trolls",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"babbles",
"bumbles",
"chats",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"drools",
"gabbles",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"prattles",
"sputters",
"chunters",
"maunders",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"stammers",
"stutters",
"screeches",
"shouts",
"shrieks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulates",
"enunciates",
"pronounces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blindingly":{
"as in glaringly , glitteringly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"pellucidly",
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"blinked":{
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashed",
"twinkled",
"winked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flared",
"flickered",
"glanced",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparked",
"sparkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"winked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batted",
"fluttered",
"squinted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"budged",
"capitulated",
"conceded",
"gave in",
"knuckled under",
"quit",
"quitted",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"deferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contended",
"fought",
"held off",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisted"
]
},
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief"
],
"synonyms":[
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gawped",
"gazed",
"goggled",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glared",
"gloated",
"glowered",
"considered",
"eyed",
"fixated",
"observed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"leered",
"ogled",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"studied",
"outfaced",
"outstared",
"stared down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped",
"browsed",
"dipped (into)",
"scanned",
"winked (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blinks (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that we should never blink at any instances of plagiarism, whether in academia or in commercial publishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"remits",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blintze":{
"as in crepe , blin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blin",
"crepe",
"cr\u00eape",
"oatcake",
"wheat cake",
"waffle",
"flapjack",
"griddle cake",
"hotcake",
"pancake",
"slapjack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blinded":{
"as in blindfolded , blindfold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blindfold",
"blindfolded",
"unsighted",
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless",
"gravel-blind",
"purblind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sighted",
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzled",
"dazed",
"dazzled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confused",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"stunned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"blitzing":{
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
],
"synonyms":[
"battering",
"blitzkrieging",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"cannonading",
"shelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilading",
"raking",
"strafing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"devastating",
"hitting",
"pounding",
"ravaging",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blighted":{
"as in stunted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stunted",
"dormant",
"sparse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"prosperous",
"rampant",
"rank",
"weedy",
"lavish",
"profuse",
"overgrown",
"overrun",
"verdant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in broken , damaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blemished",
"broken",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"impaired",
"injured",
"malformed",
"marred",
"misshapen",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"fallible",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"wretched",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"wrong",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting",
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"impeccable",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished",
"consummate",
"expert",
"masterly",
"classic",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prime",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"terrific",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in injured , damaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blemished",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"blithering":{
"as in blabbering , blathering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbering",
"blathering",
"bleating",
"gabbing",
"jangling",
"jawing",
"pattering",
"prating",
"rattling",
"running on",
"smattering",
"tittle-tattling",
"trolling",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"babbling",
"bumbling",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"drooling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"prattling",
"sputtering",
"chuntering",
"maundering",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"stammering",
"stuttering",
"screeching",
"shouting",
"shrieking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating",
"pronouncing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blitzkrieging":{
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
],
"synonyms":[
"battering",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"cannonading",
"shelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilading",
"raking",
"strafing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"devastating",
"hitting",
"pounding",
"ravaging",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blissed-out":{
"as in happy , blissful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"gung ho",
"thrilled",
"enchanted",
"exultant",
"glorying",
"jubilant",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"elevated",
"enrapt",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"intoxicated",
"rapt",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depressed",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blithered":{
"as in blabbered , blathered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbered",
"blathered",
"bleated",
"gabbed",
"jangled",
"jawed",
"pattered",
"prated",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"smattered",
"tittle-tattled",
"trolled",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"babbled",
"bumbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"prattled",
"sputtered",
"chuntered",
"maundered",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"stammered",
"stuttered",
"screeched",
"shouted",
"shrieked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"pronounced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blindsided":{
"as in surprised , startled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"dumbstruck",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in confused , bewildered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up",
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"blimpish":{
"as in ultrarightist , ultraright":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"conventional",
"square",
"right",
"right-wing",
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blighters":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"if the old chap gets unruly, just tell the blighter to leave you alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blithesome":{
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
"examples":[
"a blithesome girl who never seems to be sad or angry"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"animated",
"chirpy",
"jaunty",
"lilting",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned",
"boon",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unsatisfied",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"hangdog",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
]
},
"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
"examples":[
"a blithesome and silly joke among old friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amused",
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"smiling",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"carefree",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"blessed",
"blest",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"gladsome",
"happy",
"high",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"overjoyed",
"radiant",
"rapturous",
"ravished",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"amusing",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"frolicsome",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"playful",
"sportive",
"witty",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"unconcerned",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"farcical",
"humorous",
"riotous",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"unhappy",
"crying",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"moody",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bliss":{
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Beulah",
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"afterlife",
"afterworld",
"hereafter",
"otherworld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferno",
"limbo",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"underworld",
"abyss",
"pit"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
]
},
"a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{
"examples":[
"the enviable bliss of a happily married couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatitude",
"blessedness",
"blissfulness",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"warm fuzzies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"high",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"glory",
"heaven",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"ravishment",
"seventh heaven",
"transport",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasure",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"comfort",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jocundity",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilance",
"jubilation",
"lightheartedness",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"content",
"contentedness",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"sufferance",
"woe",
"woefulness",
"blues",
"cheerlessness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"despondency",
"disheartenment",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"melancholy",
"mournfulness",
"plaintiveness",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"purgatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"calamity",
"ill-being",
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blitzed":{
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
"examples":[
"she says she was too blitzed to remember most of the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"bombed",
"high",
"hopped-up",
"loaded",
"ripped",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"stoned",
"strung out",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addicted",
"hooked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"clean",
"temperate",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"Bartenders are trained to cut off patrons before they get completely blitzed ."
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
],
"synonyms":[
"battered",
"blitzkrieged",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"cannonaded",
"shelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfiladed",
"raked",
"strafed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"devastated",
"hit",
"pounded",
"ravaged",
"struck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"blindsiding":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the last-minute blindsiding allegations that almost derailed the candidate's campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"as in confusing , bewildering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"blinding":{
"as in shimmering , glittering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant",
"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":[]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzling",
"dazing",
"dazzling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confusing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"stunning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"blitzkriegs":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"the stunned survivors of the crash were then confronted with a blitzkrieg of insensitive questions from the media"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrages",
"blitzes",
"bombardments",
"cannonades",
"drumbeats",
"drumfires",
"flurries",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"earfuls",
"avalanches",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"rashes",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"the war began with a blitzkrieg that was designed to shock the enemy into submission"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"attempts",
"blitzes",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"descents",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"bombings",
"sieges",
"storms",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"volleys",
"whammies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
],
"synonyms":[
"batters",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"cannonades",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilades",
"rakes",
"strafes",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"devastates",
"hits",
"pounds",
"ravages",
"strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blinking":{
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing",
"twinkling",
"winking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscating",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glancing",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"spangling",
"sparking",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"winking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batting",
"fluttering",
"squinting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowing",
"budging",
"capitulating",
"conceding",
"giving in",
"knuckling under",
"quitting",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"deferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contending",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisting"
]
},
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief"
],
"synonyms":[
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gawping",
"gazing",
"goggling",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glaring",
"gloating",
"glowering",
"considering",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"fixating",
"observing",
"regarding",
"watching",
"leering",
"ogling",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"studying",
"outfacing",
"outstaring",
"staring down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping",
"browsing",
"dipping (into)",
"scanning",
"winking (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blitzkrieged":{
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
],
"synonyms":[
"battered",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"cannonaded",
"shelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfiladed",
"raked",
"strafed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"devastated",
"hit",
"pounded",
"ravaged",
"struck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blindfold":{
"as in blindfolded , blinded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blinded",
"blindfolded",
"unsighted",
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless",
"gravel-blind",
"purblind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sighted",
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blindfolded":{
"as in blinded , blindfold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blinded",
"blindfold",
"unsighted",
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless",
"gravel-blind",
"purblind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sighted",
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in provincial , insular":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blinkered",
"insular",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"conservative",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"bigoted",
"illiberal",
"intolerant",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"prejudiced",
"small-minded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"open-minded",
"tolerant",
"unprejudiced",
"extreme",
"progressive",
"radical",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blight":{
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
"examples":[
"the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"blotch",
"defect",
"deformity",
"disfigurement",
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"fault",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"mar",
"mark",
"pockmark",
"scar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abnormality",
"distortion",
"irregularity",
"malformation",
"misshape",
"bug",
"glitch",
"kink",
"blot",
"blur",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"damage",
"defacement",
"impairment",
"injury",
"failing",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"ornament"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in injure , damage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blemish",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blizzards":{
"a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow":{
"examples":[
"Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowstorms",
"cloudbursts",
"hailstorms",
"ice storms",
"rainsqualls",
"rainstorms",
"snow squalls",
"snowsqualls",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers",
"windstorms",
"northeasters",
"nor'easters",
"northers",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"cyclones",
"hurricanes",
"typhoons",
"sandstorms",
"squalls",
"storms",
"tempests",
"deluges",
"downfalls",
"downpours",
"rainfalls",
"wets",
"precipitations",
"showers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flurries",
"drizzles",
"mists",
"mizzles",
"scuds",
"spits",
"sprinkles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an overwhelming influx or flow of something":{
"examples":[
"The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles",
"droughts",
"drouths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blissfully":{
"as in rapturously , euphorically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously",
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"blisses":{
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"New Jerusalems",
"paradises",
"skies",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"afterlives",
"afterworlds",
"hereafters",
"otherworlds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infernos",
"limbos",
"purgatories",
"netherworlds",
"underworlds",
"abysses",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blighter":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"if the old chap gets unruly, just tell the blighter to leave you alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blink":{
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash",
"twinkle",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flare",
"flicker",
"glance",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"spark",
"sparkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bat",
"flutter",
"squint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"resist"
]
},
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief"
],
"synonyms":[
"gape",
"gawk",
"gawp",
"gaze",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glare",
"gloat",
"glower",
"consider",
"eye",
"fixate",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch",
"leer",
"ogle",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"study",
"outface",
"outstare",
"stare down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"browse",
"dip (into)",
"scan",
"wink (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sparkle , flicker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flicker",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glow",
"shimmer",
"illumination",
"irradiation",
"burnish",
"gloss",
"luminance",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine",
"iridescence",
"luminescence",
"brilliance",
"luminosity",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"refulgence",
"finish",
"glaze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"flatness",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"gloom",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"somberness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blitzkrieg":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"the stunned survivors of the crash were then confronted with a blitzkrieg of insensitive questions from the media"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"blitz",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadside",
"earful",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"the war began with a blitzkrieg that was designed to shock the enemy into submission"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley",
"whammy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered"
],
"synonyms":[
"batter",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilade",
"rake",
"strafe",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"devastate",
"hit",
"pound",
"ravage",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blissful":{
"experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight":{
"examples":[
"a blissful cat who obviously loves being stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"chuffed",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaming",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lighthearted",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"smiling",
"beatific",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"intoxicated",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"jubilant",
"rapt",
"rejoicing",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"melancholy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dispirited",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"grieved",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unpleased",
"unsatisfied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blini":{
"as in crepes , blintzes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blintzes",
"crepes",
"cr\u00eapes",
"oatcakes",
"wheat cakes",
"waffles",
"flapjacks",
"griddle cakes",
"hotcakes",
"pancakes",
"slapjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Blighty":{
"as in country , hometown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"country",
"hometown",
"nativity",
"old country",
"roots",
"birthplace",
"cradle",
"home",
"mother country",
"motherland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blitz":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadside",
"earful",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"a massive aerial blitz that was supposed to shock and awe the enemy into immediate surrender"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley",
"whammy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"an all-out advertising blitz to promote the new soft drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandwagon",
"campaign",
"cause",
"crusade",
"drive",
"juggernaut",
"movement",
"push"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"maneuver",
"march",
"offensive",
"action",
"bid",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"mission",
"project",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night"
],
"synonyms":[
"batter",
"blitzkrieg",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilade",
"rake",
"strafe",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"devastate",
"hit",
"pound",
"ravage",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blinis":{
"as in crepes , blintzes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blintzes",
"crepes",
"cr\u00eapes",
"oatcakes",
"wheat cakes",
"waffles",
"flapjacks",
"griddle cakes",
"hotcakes",
"pancakes",
"slapjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blindside":{
"as in confuse , bewilder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up",
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blind":{
"lacking the power of sight":{
"examples":[
"our old blind cat kept walking into walls and furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinded",
"blindfold",
"blindfolded",
"unsighted",
"gravel-blind",
"purblind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"sighted"
]
},
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"you'd have to be really blind to think that was a good idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"to overpower with light":{
"examples":[
"the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzle",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confuse",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"stun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cover , recess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cover",
"nook",
"recess",
"concealment",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"hidey-hole",
"hidy-hole",
"lair",
"nest",
"hangout",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haunt",
"haven",
"redoubt",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in front , smoke screen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"front",
"smoke screen",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"blindsides":{
"as in confuses , bewilders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up",
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"thunderstrikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"blindness":{
"as in amnesia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amnesia",
"forgetfulness",
"nirvana",
"oblivion",
"obliviousness",
"ignorance",
"incognizance",
"innocence",
"insensibility",
"nescience",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"unfamiliarity",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"preoccupation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"alertness",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blintzes":{
"as in crepes , blini":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blini",
"blinis",
"crepes",
"cr\u00eapes",
"oatcakes",
"wheat cakes",
"waffles",
"flapjacks",
"griddle cakes",
"hotcakes",
"pancakes",
"slapjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blipped":{
"as in cut , removed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bleeped",
"clipped",
"cut",
"excised",
"removed",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"wiped out",
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"cleaned (up)",
"expurgated",
"laundered",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"blue-penciled",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"crossed (out)",
"deled",
"deleted",
"edited (out)",
"elided",
"killed",
"scratched (out)",
"stroked (out)",
"struck (out)",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"abbreviated",
"cropped",
"shortened",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Blighties":{
"as in countries , hometowns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"countries",
"hometowns",
"nativities",
"old countries",
"roots",
"birthplaces",
"cradles",
"homes",
"mother countries",
"motherlands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blizzardly":{
"as in snowy , wintry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot",
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blinkered":{
"as in insular , parochial":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blindfolded",
"insular",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"conservative",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"bigoted",
"illiberal",
"intolerant",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"prejudiced",
"small-minded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"open-minded",
"tolerant",
"unprejudiced",
"extreme",
"progressive",
"radical",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"blintz":{
"as in crepe , blin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blin",
"crepe",
"cr\u00eape",
"oatcake",
"wheat cake",
"waffle",
"flapjack",
"griddle cake",
"hotcake",
"pancake",
"slapjack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"blisters":{
"as in blackheads , whiteheads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackheads",
"milia",
"whiteheads",
"boils",
"festers",
"hickeys",
"papules",
"pimples",
"pocks",
"pustules",
"whelks",
"zits",
"bumps",
"lumps",
"protuberances",
"sores",
"warts",
"weals",
"welts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bling-bling":{
"decorative objects (such as earrings, rings, necklaces, and bracelets) worn on the body":{
"examples":[
"He dressed simply but flashed some serious bling around his neck and on his fingers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouterie",
"ice",
"jewelry",
"accessory",
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock",
"parure",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"gaud",
"ornamentation",
"regalia",
"setoff",
"trim",
"crown jewels",
"birthstone",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}