7754 lines
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7754 lines
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{
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"blubber":{
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"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
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"examples":[
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"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawl",
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"blub",
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"cry",
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"sob",
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"weep"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"greet",
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"grieve",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"mourn",
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"howl",
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"scream",
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"squall",
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"wail",
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"yowl",
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"bleat",
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"mewl",
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"pule",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"sniffle",
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"snivel",
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"groan",
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"moan",
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"sigh"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"blubbering":{
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"as in crying , sobbing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawling",
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"crying",
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"keening",
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"sniffling",
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"sniveling",
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"sobbing",
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"wailing",
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"weeping",
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"whimpering",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"sentimental",
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"misty",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moist",
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"demonstrative",
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"effusive",
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"emotional",
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"bemoaning",
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"bewailing",
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"lachrymose",
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"tearful",
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"teary",
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"weepy",
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"doleful",
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"dolorous",
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"grieving",
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"mournful",
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"plaintive",
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"funereal",
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"gloomy",
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"lugubrious",
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"brokenhearted",
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"dejected",
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"depressed",
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"despondent",
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"disconsolate",
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"downcast",
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"downhearted",
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"heartbroken",
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"heartsick",
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"heavyhearted",
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"inconsolable",
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"miserable",
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"sad",
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"sorrowful",
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"woebegone",
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"woeful",
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"wretched"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beaming",
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"chuckling",
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"giggling",
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"grinning",
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"laughing",
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"smiling",
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"blithe",
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"blithesome",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"gay",
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"happy",
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"jocose",
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"jovial",
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"lighthearted",
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"lightsome",
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"merry",
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"mirthful",
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"sunny"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in crying , weeping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crying",
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"sniveling",
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"sobbing",
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"weeping",
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"whimpering",
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"whining",
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"yammering",
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"groan",
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"moan",
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"wail",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"lamentation",
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"plaint",
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"bawl",
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"cry",
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"howl",
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"shriek",
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"squall",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"yelp",
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"yowl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackle",
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"chortle",
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"chuckle",
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"giggle",
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"guffaw",
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"laugh",
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"snicker",
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"snigger",
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"titter",
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"twitter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
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"examples":[
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"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawling",
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"blubbing",
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"crying",
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"sobbing",
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"weeping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"greeting",
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"grieving",
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"keening",
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"lamenting",
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"mourning",
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"howling",
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"screaming",
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"squalling",
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"wailing",
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"yowling",
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"bleating",
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"mewling",
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"puling",
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"whimpering",
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"whining",
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"sniffling",
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"sniveling",
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"snivelling",
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"groaning",
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"moaning",
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"sighing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"blubbers":{
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"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"greets",
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"grieves",
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"keens",
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"laments",
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"mourns",
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"howls",
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"screams",
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"squalls",
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"wails",
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"yowls",
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"bleats",
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"mewls",
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"pules",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"sniffles",
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"snivels",
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"groans",
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"moans",
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"sighs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawls",
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"blubs",
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"weeps"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bludgeoned":{
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"examples":[
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"remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"batted",
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"belted",
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"biffed",
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"bobbed",
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"bonked",
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"bopped",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"clapped",
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"clapt",
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"clipped",
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"clobbered",
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"clocked",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"hammered",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"nailed",
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"pasted",
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"pounded",
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"punched",
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"rapped",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"slogged",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"struck",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"tagged",
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"thumped",
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"thwacked",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"whaled",
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"zapped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged",
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"chopped",
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"cuffed",
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"drubbed",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"licked",
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"mangled",
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"mauled",
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"pelted",
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"peppered",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"roughed",
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"scuffed",
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"bunted",
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"flicked",
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"stroked",
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"tapped",
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"bumped",
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"butted",
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"jabbed",
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"jostled",
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"kicked",
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"kneed",
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"poked",
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"prodded",
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"pushed",
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"shoved",
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"stamped",
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"bowled (down or over)",
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"creamed",
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"decked",
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"dumped",
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"felled",
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"floored",
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"knocked down",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"rabbit-punched",
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"sucker punched",
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"caned",
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"clubbed",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"flailed",
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"flogged",
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"lashed",
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"sapped",
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"slashed",
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"sledged",
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"sledgehammered",
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"speared",
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"stabbed",
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"switched",
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"thrashed",
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"whipped",
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"beaned",
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"brained",
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"conked",
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"skulled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"a boxer bludgeoning his opponent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"belted",
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"birched",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"curried",
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"did",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mauled",
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"messed (up)",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"punched out",
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"roughed (up)",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"walloped",
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"whaled",
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"whipped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"chopped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"cuffed",
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"descended (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jumped (on)",
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"knocked",
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"laid on",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"pounced (on or upon)",
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"punched",
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"raided",
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"rushed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"stormed",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked",
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"whammed",
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"whomped",
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"blackjacked",
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"caned",
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"cowhided",
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"flagellated",
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"fustigated",
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"horsewhipped",
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"leathered",
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"pistol-whipped",
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"rawhided",
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"scourged",
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"strapped",
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"gored",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"blue-penciling":{
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"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
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"examples":[
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"military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"canceling",
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"cancelling",
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"crossing (out)",
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"deleing",
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"deleting",
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"editing (out)",
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"eliding",
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"killing",
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"scratching (out)",
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"striking (out)",
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"stroking (out)",
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"x-ing (out)",
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"x'ing (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blotting out",
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"effacing",
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"eradicating",
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"erasing",
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"expunging",
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"obliterating",
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"rooting (out)",
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"rubbing out",
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"wiping out",
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"bleeping",
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"blipping",
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"clipping",
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"cutting",
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"excising",
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"removing",
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"bowdlerizing",
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"censoring",
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"cleaning (up)",
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"expurgating",
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"laundering",
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"redacting",
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"red-penciling",
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"abbreviating",
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"cropping",
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"shortening",
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"blacking out",
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"repressing",
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"silencing",
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"suppressing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"blue-ribbon":{
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"of the very best kind":{
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"examples":[
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"your work on this project has been of blue-ribbon quality"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
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"A1",
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"awesome",
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"bang-up",
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"banner",
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"beautiful",
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"blue-chip",
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"boffo",
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"bonny",
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"bonnie",
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"boss",
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"brag",
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"brave",
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"bully",
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"bumper",
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"capital",
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"choice",
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"classic",
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"cool",
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"corking",
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"crackerjack",
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"cracking",
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"dandy",
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"divine",
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"dope",
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"down",
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"dynamite",
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"excellent",
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"fab",
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"fabulous",
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"famous",
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"fantabulous",
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"fantastic",
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"fine",
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"first-class",
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"first-rate",
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"first-string",
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"five-star",
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"four-star",
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"frontline",
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"gangbusters",
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"gangbuster",
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"gilt-edged",
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"gilt-edge",
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"gone",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"groovy",
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"heavenly",
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"high-class",
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"hot",
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"hype",
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"immense",
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"jim-dandy",
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"keen",
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"lovely",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"mean",
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"neat",
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"nifty",
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"noble",
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"number one",
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"No. 1",
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"numero uno",
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"out-of-sight",
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"par excellence",
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"peachy",
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"peachy keen",
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"phat",
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"prime",
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"primo",
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"prize",
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"prizewinning",
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"quality",
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"radical",
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"righteous",
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"sensational",
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"slick",
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"splendid",
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"stellar",
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"sterling",
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"superb",
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"superior",
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"superlative",
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"supernal",
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"swell",
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"terrific",
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"tip-top",
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"top",
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"top-notch",
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"top-of-the-line",
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"top-shelf",
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"topflight",
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"topping",
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"unsurpassed",
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"wizard",
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"wonderful"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
|
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"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"honorable mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-water":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an experienced hand at blue-water sailing in the South Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deep-sea",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pelagic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deepwater",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"maritime",
|
|
"nautical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"littoral"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in waters , high seas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high seas",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brine",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Neptune",
|
|
"ocean",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"seven seas",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"Davy Jones's locker",
|
|
"depths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffing":{
|
|
"as in pretending , hypocritical":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"prevaricating",
|
|
"untruthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
"veracious",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veritable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunder":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixed a minor blunder in the advertising flyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"kilt",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"muddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blundered":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"weltered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"muddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"kilted",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blundering":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunt":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he values honesty and is quite blunt about telling people what he doesn't like about them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blunt knife won't open that package"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"ultrasharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumb",
|
|
"cauterize",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"numb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurred":{
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"bleared",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dislimned",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"fuzzed (up)",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurt (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cry (out)",
|
|
"ejaculate",
|
|
"exclaim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"aah",
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"interject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurted (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"aahed",
|
|
"ahed",
|
|
"oohed",
|
|
"interjected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cried (out)",
|
|
"ejaculated",
|
|
"exclaimed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blush":{
|
|
"a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baby with a healthy blush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"flush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"pinkness",
|
|
"reddishness",
|
|
"redness",
|
|
"rosiness",
|
|
"ruddiness",
|
|
"sanguineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"pallor",
|
|
"pastiness",
|
|
"wanness",
|
|
"whiteness",
|
|
"greenishness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"sallowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"crimson",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"redden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadine",
|
|
"rouge",
|
|
"ruddle",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"mortify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blushing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"incarnadining",
|
|
"rouging",
|
|
"ruddling",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"crimsoning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"reddening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blustering":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blurting (out)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"spouting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffer":{
|
|
"as in counterfeiter , pretender":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hypocrite",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"fabricator",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fibber",
|
|
"liar",
|
|
"prevaricator",
|
|
"storyteller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooter",
|
|
"straight shooter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculator , sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"speculator",
|
|
"dicer",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"handicapper",
|
|
"oddsmaker",
|
|
"tipster",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"bettor",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"gambler",
|
|
"gamester",
|
|
"punter",
|
|
"wagerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluntly":{
|
|
"as in abruptly , brusquely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"monosyllabically",
|
|
"aphoristically",
|
|
"sententiously",
|
|
"briefly",
|
|
"compactly",
|
|
"concisely",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"elliptically",
|
|
"laconically",
|
|
"pithily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"succinctly",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"tersely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffusely",
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"redundantly",
|
|
"repetitiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue ribbon":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your work on this project has been of blue-ribbon quality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"honorable mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprinting":{
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"budgeting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"choreographing",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"scheming (out)",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"strategizing (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"machinating",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"premeditating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurbing":{
|
|
"as in featuring , pitching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurb":{
|
|
"a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blurb on a book jacket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plugola",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"ad",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"poster",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
"signification",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promo",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in feature , pitch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurting (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"crying (out)",
|
|
"ejaculating",
|
|
"exclaiming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"aahing",
|
|
"ahing",
|
|
"oohing",
|
|
"interjecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurts (out)":{
|
|
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm very sad!\" the toddler blurted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cries (out)",
|
|
"ejaculates",
|
|
"exclaims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"aahs",
|
|
"ahs",
|
|
"oohs",
|
|
"interjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludgeon":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"guards armed with bludgeons roamed the compound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer bludgeoning his opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chips":{
|
|
"as in blue chippers , jim-dandies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chippers",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"megahits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludger":{
|
|
"as in sponger , parasite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadger",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"moocher",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"schnorrer",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"guttersnipe",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"clochard",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue":{
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was shocked at the blue banter on that satellite-radio talk show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cold, dreary day always leaves me blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lighthearted comedy with a few moments of blue humor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book club that had been founded many years earlier by the blue , progressive women of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plane flew off into the blue and was never seen again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"heaven(s)",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"welkin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midair",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"skyline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pirate ships that sailed the vasty blue in search of treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brine",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Neptune",
|
|
"ocean",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"seven seas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue water",
|
|
"high seas",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"Davy Jones's locker",
|
|
"depths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderer":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those blunderers at city hall sent me the wrong tax bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"botcher",
|
|
"bumbler",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"screwup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"muddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurring":{
|
|
"as in confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"discreteness",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"differentiation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"segregation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complicating",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blearing",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dislimning",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"fuzzing (up)",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overclouding",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"shrouding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludged":{
|
|
"as in mooched , cadged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadged",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"impetrated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"supplicated",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprint":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"choreograph",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme (out)",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"strategize (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machinate",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"premeditate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderbuss":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderer",
|
|
"botcher",
|
|
"bumbler",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"screwup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"muddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunts":{
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbs",
|
|
"cauterizes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"numbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffed":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue moons":{
|
|
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once in a blue moon we'll get dressed up and eat in a fancy restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"coon's ages",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"donkey's years",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"months",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"nanoseconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blushed":{
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"crimsoned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"reddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadined",
|
|
"rouged",
|
|
"ruddled",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"mortified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbered":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbed",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blusterous":{
|
|
"as in cocky , bragging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blustery":{
|
|
"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it can be a bit risky to drive across the bridge on a blustery day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drafty",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chip":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of his blue-chip crew, he's won yachting's biggest prize several times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in blue chipper , jim-dandy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chipper",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunting":{
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"cauterizing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"whetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffness":{
|
|
"as in bluntness , abruptness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluntness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the refreshing bluntness of the former president in assessing those who followed him in the Oval Office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue laws":{
|
|
"as in laws , rules":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
"statutes",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"fiats",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"bylaws",
|
|
"ground rules",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"capitularies",
|
|
"encyclicals",
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"common law"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chippers":{
|
|
"as in blue chips , dandies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chips",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"megahits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurbs":{
|
|
"a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blurb on a book jacket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
"billings",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugolas",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
"significations",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promos",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
"publicities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in features , pitches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-blooded":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his blue-blooded in-laws and working class parents hit it off despite their different backgrounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluestockings":{
|
|
"as in blues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectualists",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"Brahmins",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"intellectualizers",
|
|
"pseuds",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluff":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a bluff but good-hearted teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"escarpment",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scarp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"cuesta",
|
|
"hogback",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-pencil":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"dele",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"edit (out)",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue-penciled":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurbed":{
|
|
"as in featured , pitched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blub":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue blood":{
|
|
"a man or woman of high birth or social position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one need not be a blue blood to enjoy the amenities at the Royal Crown Hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocrat",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gentleperson",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"socialite",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"magnifico",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canaille",
|
|
"commoner",
|
|
"pleb",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"roturier",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"fellah",
|
|
"peasant",
|
|
"peon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blusterer":{
|
|
"as in cock":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter",
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbery":{
|
|
"having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gathering of blubbery walruses basked on the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"plumpish",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue jeans":{
|
|
"as in jeans , cargo pants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
"trousers",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue chipper":{
|
|
"as in blue chip , dandy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chip",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludge":{
|
|
"as in mooch , cadge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"supplicate",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blur":{
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"illuminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dislimn",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"fuzz (up)",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overcloud",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shroud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spot , stain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"pockmark",
|
|
"scar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"ornament"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurted":{
|
|
"as in shot , blabbered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"formulized",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunted":{
|
|
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blunted saw was worthless for fine woodworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"ultrasharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"cauterized",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"numbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue law":{
|
|
"as in law , rule":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"statute",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"martial law",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"capitulary",
|
|
"encyclical",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"legislation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderbusses":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"botchers",
|
|
"bumblers",
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"fumblers",
|
|
"screwups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetents",
|
|
"muddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluecoats":{
|
|
"as in officers , constables":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"peelers",
|
|
"policemen",
|
|
"police officers",
|
|
"policewomen",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police forces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffly":{
|
|
"as in honestly , frankly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubbed":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurting":{
|
|
"as in shooting , blabbering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"drawling",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluenoses":{
|
|
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the editorial lambasts those bluenoses who feel they have the moral authority to dictate how other people should conduct themselves in private"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moralists",
|
|
"Mrs. Grundys",
|
|
"nice nellies",
|
|
"prudes",
|
|
"puritans",
|
|
"wowsers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moralizers",
|
|
"goody-goodies",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"old maids",
|
|
"prigs",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"libertarians",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"misbehavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoralists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blustered":{
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"spouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurry":{
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunderers":{
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those blunderers at city hall sent me the wrong tax bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"botchers",
|
|
"bumblers",
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"fumblers",
|
|
"screwups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetents",
|
|
"muddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue racer":{
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnake , black racer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blubs":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffs":{
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"escarpments",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"scarps",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"cuestas",
|
|
"hogbacks",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"pitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blurt":{
|
|
"as in shoot , blabber":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"drawl",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"formulize",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"pipe up (with)",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"rip (out)",
|
|
"snarl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comedy act without any hint of blueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blunders":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixed a minor blunder in the advertising flyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blundered his way through an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludgers":{
|
|
"as in spongers , parasites":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadgers",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"moochers",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"schnorrers",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"miserables",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"guttersnipes",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"waifs",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"clochards",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"panhandlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprints":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"budgets",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"choreographs",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes (out)",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"strategizes (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"premeditates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blue ribbons":{
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"plumes",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"prizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"cups",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"medals",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"plaques",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"trophies",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"honorable mentions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluffers":{
|
|
"as in counterfeiters , pretenders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hypocrites",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"fabricators",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fibbers",
|
|
"liars",
|
|
"prevaricators",
|
|
"storytellers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooters",
|
|
"straight shooters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculators , sharpers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"speculators",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamblers",
|
|
"gamesters",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"blueprinted":{
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"budgeted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"choreographed",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"schemed (out)",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"strategized (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"machinated",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"premeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bludges":{
|
|
"as in mooches , cadges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadges",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"conjures",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"impetrates",
|
|
"implores",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleads (to)",
|
|
"prays",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"supplicates",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bluecoat":{
|
|
"as in officer , constable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"peeler",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"shamus",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"finest",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |