8916 lines
177 KiB
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8916 lines
177 KiB
JSON
{
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"embankment":{
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"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
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"examples":[
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"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dam",
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"dike",
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"head",
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"levee"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breakwater",
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"jetty",
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"seawall",
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"breastwork",
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"bulwark",
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"earthwork",
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"rampart",
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"canal",
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"channel",
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"ditch",
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"gutter",
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"trough",
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"lock",
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"barricade",
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"barrier",
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"block",
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"floodgate",
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"sluice",
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"barrage",
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"milldam",
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"stank",
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"weir"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"embargoed":{
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"as in excluded , ruled out":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"excluded",
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"ruled out",
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"shut out",
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"halted",
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"precluded",
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"prevented",
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"stopped",
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"debarred",
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"deprived",
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"disallowed",
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"rejected",
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"repudiated",
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"vetoed",
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"clamped down (on)",
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"cracked down (on)",
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"crushed",
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"put down",
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"quashed",
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"quelled",
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"repressed",
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"silenced",
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"snuffed (out)",
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"squashed",
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"squelched",
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"subdued",
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"suppressed",
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"bridled",
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"checked",
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"curbed",
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"inhibited",
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"reined (in)",
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"restrained",
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"deterred",
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"discouraged",
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"dissuaded",
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"blocked",
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"obstructed",
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"enjoined",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allowed",
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"let",
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"permitted",
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"suffered",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"sanctioned",
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"authorized",
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"licensed",
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"licenced",
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"warranted",
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"abetted",
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"advanced",
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"cultivated",
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"encouraged",
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"forwarded",
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"furthered",
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"nourished",
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"nurtured",
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"promoted",
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"supported",
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"bade",
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"bid",
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"commanded",
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"ordered",
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"abided",
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"abode",
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"bore",
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"brooked",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"tolerated"
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],
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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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"embarkation":{
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"as in embarkment":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embarkment",
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"diaspora",
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"emigration",
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"evacuation",
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"exodus",
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"disembarkation",
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"egress",
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"flight",
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"retirement",
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"retreat",
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"running away",
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"withdrawal",
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"abandonment",
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"forsaking",
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"relinquishment",
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"decamping",
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"decampment",
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"departing",
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"departure",
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"exit",
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"exiting",
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"farewell",
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"going",
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"leave",
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"leave-taking",
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"lighting out",
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"outgo",
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"parting",
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"quitting",
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"walking out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advent",
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"appearance",
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"arrival",
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"coming",
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"approach",
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"entrance",
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"ingress"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"embarkment":{
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"as in embarkation":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embarkation",
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"diaspora",
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"emigration",
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"evacuation",
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"exodus",
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"disembarkation",
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"egress",
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"flight",
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"retirement",
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"retreat",
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"running away",
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"withdrawal",
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"abandonment",
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"forsaking",
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"relinquishment",
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"decamping",
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"decampment",
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"departing",
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"departure",
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"exit",
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"exiting",
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"farewell",
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"going",
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"leave",
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"leave-taking",
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"lighting out",
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"outgo",
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"parting",
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"quitting",
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"walking out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advent",
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"appearance",
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"arrival",
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"coming",
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"approach",
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"entrance",
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"ingress"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"embarrasses":{
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"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
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"examples":[
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"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abashes",
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"confounds",
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"confuses",
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"discomfits",
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"disconcerts",
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"discountenances",
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"fazes",
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"flusters",
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"mortifies",
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"nonpluses",
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"nonplusses",
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"rattles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agitates",
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"bothers",
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"chagrins",
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"discomforts",
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"discomposes",
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"dismays",
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"disquiets",
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"distresses",
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"disturbs",
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"perturbs",
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"puts off",
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"puts out",
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"unhinges",
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"unsettles",
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"upsets",
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"debases",
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"degrades",
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"demeans",
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"humbles",
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"humiliates",
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"queers",
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"shames"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calms",
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"comforts",
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"consoles",
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"relieves",
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"soothes",
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"buoys",
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"cheers",
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"emboldens",
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"encourages",
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"heartens",
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"assures",
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"reassures"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
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"examples":[
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"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clogs",
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"cramps",
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"encumbers",
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"fetters",
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"hampers",
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"handcuffs",
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"handicaps",
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"hinders",
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"hobbles",
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"hog-ties",
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"holds back",
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"holds up",
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"impedes",
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"inhibits",
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"interferes (with)",
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"manacles",
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"obstructs",
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"shackles",
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"short-circuits",
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"stymies",
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"ties up",
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"trammels"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"balks",
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"checks",
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"constrains",
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"curbs",
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"reins",
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"restrains",
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"binds",
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"chains",
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"halters",
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"leashes",
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"tethers",
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"ties",
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"arrests",
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"brakes",
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"delays",
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"retains",
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"retards",
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"barricades",
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"blockades",
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"blocks",
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"roadblocks",
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"bogs (down)",
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"mires",
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"chokes",
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"smothers",
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"stifles",
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"strangles",
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"suffocates",
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"baffles",
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"foils",
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"frustrates",
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"stumps",
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"thwarts",
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"derails",
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"disrupts",
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"sabotages",
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"muzzles",
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"represses",
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"suppresses",
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"confines",
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"hedges (in)",
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"hems (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clears",
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"makes way",
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"opens",
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"unclogs",
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"unplugs",
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"unstops",
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"frees",
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"liberates",
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"releases",
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"unties",
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"loosens",
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"smooths",
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"smoothes",
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"encourages",
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"furthers",
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"promotes"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aids",
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"assists",
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"facilitates",
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"helps"
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]
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},
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"to make complex or difficult":{
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"examples":[
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"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"complexes",
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"complexifies",
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"complicates",
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"entangles",
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"perplexes",
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"sophisticates"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"develops",
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"elaborates",
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"expands",
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"intensifies",
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"magnifies",
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"confounds",
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"confuses",
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"messes (up)",
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"mixes (up)",
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"muddles",
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"snarls",
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"tangles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abbreviates",
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"cuts",
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"shortens",
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"eases",
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"facilitates",
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"disentangles",
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"straightens (out)",
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"unravels",
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"untangles",
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"oversimplifies"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"simplifies",
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"streamlines"
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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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"embarrassments":{
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"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
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"examples":[
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"experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abashments",
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"confusions",
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"discomfitures",
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"disconcertments",
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"flusters",
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"mortifications"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agitations",
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"bothers",
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"chagrins",
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"discomforts",
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"discomposures",
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"dismays",
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"disquiets",
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"distresses",
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"disturbances",
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"perturbations",
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"upsets",
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"disgraces",
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"ignominies",
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"shames",
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"debasements",
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"degradations",
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"humiliations",
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"humble pies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aplombs",
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"assurances",
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"composures",
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"confidences",
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"equanimities",
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"poises",
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"self-confidences",
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"self-possessions"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
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"examples":[
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"a big suitcase filled with clothes proved to be more an embarrassment than a convenience on my trip"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balks",
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"bars",
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"blocks",
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"chains",
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"clogs",
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"cramps",
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"crimps",
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"deterrents",
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"drags",
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"encumbrances",
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"fetters",
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"handicaps",
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"hindrances",
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"holdbacks",
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"hurdles",
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"impediments",
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"inhibitions",
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"interferences",
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"lets",
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"manacles",
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"obstacles",
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"obstructions",
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"shackles",
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"stops",
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"stumbling blocks",
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"trammels"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catches",
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"hitches",
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"rubs",
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"snags",
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"barriers",
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"blockades",
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"blockages",
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"brick walls",
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"stone walls",
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"arrests",
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"bits",
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"brakes",
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"checks",
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"constraints",
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"curbs",
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"hobbles",
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"reins",
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"restraints",
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"embargoes",
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"stoppages",
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"delays",
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"holdups",
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"stalls",
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"burdens",
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"cumbers",
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"loads",
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"dangers",
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"hazards",
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"perils",
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"reefs",
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"adversities",
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"difficulties",
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"disadvantages",
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"drawbacks",
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"hardships"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catalysts",
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"goads",
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"impetuses",
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"incentives",
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"spurs",
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"stimulants",
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"stimuli",
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"advantages",
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"breaks",
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"edges",
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"aids",
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"assistances",
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"benefits",
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"boosts",
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"handmaidens",
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"handmaids",
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"help"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"embattle":{
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"as in mobilize , mechanize":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mechanize",
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"mobilize",
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"equip",
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"reequip",
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"weapon",
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"arm",
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"militarize"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demilitarize",
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"disarm",
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"demobilize",
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"denuclearize"
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],
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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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"embattling":{
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"as in mobilizing , mechanizing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mechanizing",
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"mobilizing",
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"equipping",
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"reequipping",
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"re-equipping",
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"weaponing",
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"arming",
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"militarizing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demilitarizing",
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"disarming",
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"demobilizing",
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"denuclearizing"
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],
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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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"embayment":{
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"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
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"examples":[
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"a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy",
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"a river embayment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arm",
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"bay",
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"bight",
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"cove",
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"creek",
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"estuary",
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"firth",
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"fjord",
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"fiord",
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"gulf",
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"inlet",
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"loch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"harbor",
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"port",
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"road(s)",
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"roadstead",
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"narrow",
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"sound",
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"strait",
|
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"bayou",
|
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"backwater",
|
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"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embed":{
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drive (into)",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellished":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"satirized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated (on)",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellishments":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"hyperboles",
|
|
"magnifications",
|
|
"overstatements",
|
|
"paddings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pufferies",
|
|
"superlatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"disparagements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meioses",
|
|
"understatements"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzlements":{
|
|
"as in misappropriations , grafts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grafts",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"burglaries",
|
|
"housebreakings",
|
|
"petit larcenies",
|
|
"petty larcenies",
|
|
"larcenies",
|
|
"robberies",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"thieveries",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"abductions",
|
|
"carjackings",
|
|
"hijackings",
|
|
"highjackings",
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"rapines",
|
|
"spoliations",
|
|
"black marketeerings",
|
|
"banditries",
|
|
"piracies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embitterment":{
|
|
"as in antagonism , envenoming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"infuriation",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusionment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reconcilement",
|
|
"reconciliation",
|
|
"endearment",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"conciliation",
|
|
"mollification",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"propitiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazon":{
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"resound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazonry":{
|
|
"as in blazonry , bells and whistles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emboldened":{
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not too surprisingly, rock climbing tends to attract the more emboldened seekers of outdoor adventure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"chirked (up)",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"inspirited",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"psyched (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embosom":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"circumfuse",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"embower",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"enwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embossment":{
|
|
"as in embroidery , appliqu\u00e9":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embowers":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"circumfuses",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"enwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embracing":{
|
|
"as in surrounding , encircling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumjacent",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous",
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugging",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"enclasping",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"straining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"borrowing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"lapping (up)",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"deciding (on)",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"demurring (to)",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"subsuming",
|
|
"taking in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprising",
|
|
"consisting (of)",
|
|
"bracketing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"leaving (out)",
|
|
"missing out",
|
|
"omitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embracive":{
|
|
"covering everything or all important points":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"pickle\" is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"sketchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"encyclical",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"panoptic",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unrestricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"all-in",
|
|
"all-inclusive",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cover-all",
|
|
"cyclopedic",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrocation":{
|
|
"as in cream , lotion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"unguent",
|
|
"cataplasm",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"poultice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellisher":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that simple dress is beautiful by itself and doesn't need any embellishers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroil":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"embrangle",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazonries":{
|
|
"as in blazonries , bells and whistles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embowered":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarrassment":{
|
|
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"humble pie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-possession"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big suitcase filled with clothes proved to be more an embarrassment than a convenience on my trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embargoing":{
|
|
"as in excluding , ruling out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroider":{
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"hyperbolize",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"satirize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"understate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embalmment":{
|
|
"as in funeral":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"entombment",
|
|
"inhumation",
|
|
"interment",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"obsequy",
|
|
"obsequies",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"inurnment",
|
|
"reburial",
|
|
"reinterment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterment",
|
|
"exhumation",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"cremation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzlement":{
|
|
"as in misappropriation , embezzling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"graft",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"larceny",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"theft",
|
|
"thievery",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
|
"petit larceny",
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"rapine",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"black marketeering",
|
|
"smuggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarrassing":{
|
|
"causing embarrassment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an embarrassing failure of memory inauspiciously marked my first appearance as an actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"shaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"hog-tying",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"short-circuiting",
|
|
"stymieing",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"reining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"leashing",
|
|
"tethering",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"roadblocking",
|
|
"bogging (down)",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"hedging (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"making way",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"helping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexifying",
|
|
"complexing",
|
|
"complicating",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"sophisticating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"oversimplifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embalmer":{
|
|
"as in mortician , undertaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funeral director",
|
|
"mortician",
|
|
"undertaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"emboss":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embodiment":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"personifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazons":{
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"resounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"rhapsodizes",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embryonic":{
|
|
"as in budding , infant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"germinal",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
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"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"late",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in emergent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"ephebic",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"subadult",
|
|
"teenage",
|
|
"teenaged",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazing":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days when movies were shown in palaces that were lavishly emblazed to look like ancient Egypt or exotic Arabia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Broadway was emblazed by the lights of dozens of theaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"beaconing",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"enhaloing",
|
|
"haloing",
|
|
"floodlighting",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embracement":{
|
|
"as in acceptance , embrace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"adhesion",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"assentation",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"concurrency",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"unanimity",
|
|
"unison",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"complicity",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concertedness",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"consonance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dissensus",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embossments":{
|
|
"as in embroideries , appliqu\u00e9s":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emboldening":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing up",
|
|
"bucking up",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"chirking (up)",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"inspiriting",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"psyching (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embraceable":{
|
|
"as in kissable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kissable",
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"lovable",
|
|
"loveable",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"well-disposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unlovable",
|
|
"unloved",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"unlikable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"ogreish",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unsightly",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emboldens":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears up",
|
|
"bucks up",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"chirks (up)",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"inspirits",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"saddens",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"psychs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrowns":{
|
|
"as in darkens , tones (down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"polychromes",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"variegates",
|
|
"bepaints",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
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"pigments",
|
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"stains",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizes",
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"whitens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embonpoint":{
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embankments":{
|
|
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"levees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"seawalls",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"floodgates",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"milldams",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"weirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroils":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"embrangles",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embattled":{
|
|
"as in mobilized , mechanized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mechanized",
|
|
"mobilized",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"reequipped",
|
|
"re-equipped",
|
|
"weaponed",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"militarized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demilitarized",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"demobilized",
|
|
"denuclearized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarkations":{
|
|
"as in embarkments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embarkments",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"disembarkations",
|
|
"egresses",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"decampments",
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"partings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ingresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellishing":{
|
|
"serving to add beauty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef tends to overuse sprigs of parsley and other embellishing garnishes on dishes that don't need them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"cosmetic",
|
|
"decorative",
|
|
"ornamental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"ornate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"utilitarian"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaborating (on)",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"hyperbolizing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overemphasizing",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"satirizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"understating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellishers":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that simple dress is beautiful by itself and doesn't need any embellishers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzler":{
|
|
"as in grafter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grafter",
|
|
"burglar",
|
|
"cat burglar",
|
|
"cracksman",
|
|
"housebreaker",
|
|
"picklock",
|
|
"safecracker",
|
|
"klepto",
|
|
"kleptomaniac",
|
|
"larcenist",
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"sneak thief",
|
|
"cutpurse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"pilferer",
|
|
"shoplifter",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"carjacker",
|
|
"hijacker",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper",
|
|
"skyjacker",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"ravisher",
|
|
"poacher",
|
|
"rustler",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"footpad",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"pirate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embraced":{
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugged",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"enclasped",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clung",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"fondled",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"borrowed",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"took over",
|
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"usurped",
|
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"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ate (up)",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"lapped (up)",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"decided (on)",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"demurred (to)",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"subsumed",
|
|
"took in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"consisted (of)",
|
|
"bracketed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"left (out)",
|
|
"missed out",
|
|
"omitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embark":{
|
|
"as in launch , sail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"sail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in get (on) , board":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"get (on)",
|
|
"weigh (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debark",
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embassies":{
|
|
"as in missions , legations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"contingents",
|
|
"delegacies",
|
|
"delegations",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrasure":{
|
|
"as in indentation , indent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"cubicle",
|
|
"ambry",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"cubbyhole",
|
|
"alcove",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"nook",
|
|
"recess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embeds":{
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"beats (into)",
|
|
"drives (into)",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"uproots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrangled":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"broiled",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embosoming":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embowering":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embodiments":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"externalizations",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"personifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblematizing":{
|
|
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symbolizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"personalizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzle":{
|
|
"to steal money that you have been trusted with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"peculate",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"expropriate",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"repossess",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"preoccupy",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblems":{
|
|
"a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil company uses a scallop shell as its emblem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"impresas",
|
|
"logos",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"totems",
|
|
"trademarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"pictographs",
|
|
"logograms",
|
|
"logographs",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"cognizances",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias",
|
|
"monograms",
|
|
"colophons",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"tokens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroideries":{
|
|
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's doubtful that she ever told an anecdote without considerable embroidery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"hyperboles",
|
|
"magnifications",
|
|
"overstatements",
|
|
"paddings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pufferies",
|
|
"superlatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"disparagements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meioses",
|
|
"understatements"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarrass":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hog-tie",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"short-circuit",
|
|
"stymie",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"leash",
|
|
"tether",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"roadblock",
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"hedge (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"make way",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"help"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complexify",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"oversimplify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embark (on":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's eager to finish college and to embark upon a career in teaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"enter (into or upon)",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lead off",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"get around (to)",
|
|
"get down (to)",
|
|
"get round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"phase out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"entered (into or upon)",
|
|
"fell (to)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrowned":{
|
|
"as in darkened , toned (down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"bepainted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embanks":{
|
|
"as in collects , gathers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embracements":{
|
|
"as in acceptances , embraces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"adhesions",
|
|
"assentations",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"concurrencies",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"unanimities",
|
|
"unisons",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"collaborations",
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"complicities",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"consonances",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"solidarities",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"empathies",
|
|
"rapports",
|
|
"sympathies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"dissensuses",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblazoning":{
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"caroling",
|
|
"carolling",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hymning",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"resounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"renowning",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"lambasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblaze":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days when movies were shown in palaces that were lavishly emblazed to look like ancient Egypt or exotic Arabia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emboss",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
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"pearl",
|
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"redecorate",
|
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"redo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Broadway was emblazed by the lights of dozens of theaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illume",
|
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"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblematizes":{
|
|
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"symbolizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"incarnates",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"objectifies",
|
|
"personalizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"exemplifies",
|
|
"illustrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embitterments":{
|
|
"as in antagonisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"alienations",
|
|
"disaffections",
|
|
"disgruntlements",
|
|
"estrangements",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"jaundices",
|
|
"rancors",
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"infuriations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"spleens",
|
|
"wraths",
|
|
"disenchantments",
|
|
"disillusionments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reconcilements",
|
|
"reconciliations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"ingratiations",
|
|
"appeasements",
|
|
"conciliations",
|
|
"mollifications",
|
|
"pacifications",
|
|
"propitiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrocations":{
|
|
"as in creams , lotions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"unguents",
|
|
"cataplasms",
|
|
"dressings",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"poultices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroidery":{
|
|
"decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been able to turn her skill at embroidery into a second business selling decorative items"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"needlework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crewel",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"needlepoint",
|
|
"fagoting",
|
|
"faggoting",
|
|
"hemstitch",
|
|
"smocking",
|
|
"fancywork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's doubtful that she ever told an anecdote without considerable embroidery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"overstatement",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery",
|
|
"superlative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"poor-mouthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meiosis",
|
|
"understatement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embargo":{
|
|
"an order that something not be done or used":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-no",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"prevention",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"caveat",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"mandate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in exclude , rule out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dissuade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarking (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"entering (into or upon)",
|
|
"falling (to)",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"leading off",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"getting around (to)",
|
|
"getting down (to)",
|
|
"getting round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"phasing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"embraces":{
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugs",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"enclasps",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clings",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwinds",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"circumfuses",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"embowers",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"enwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"borrows",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
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"surrenders",
|
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"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"eats (up)",
|
|
"laps (up)",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"decides (on)",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"demurs (to)",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"subsumes",
|
|
"takes in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprises",
|
|
"consists (of)",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"leaves (out)",
|
|
"misses out",
|
|
"omits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"wreathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"cordons (off)",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in acceptances , concessions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"embracements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"adhesions",
|
|
"assentations",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"concurrencies",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"unanimities",
|
|
"unisons",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"collaborations",
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"complicities",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"consonances",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"solidarities",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"empathies",
|
|
"rapports",
|
|
"sympathies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"dissensuses",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hugs , clinches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"toeholds",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"handholds",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroiderers":{
|
|
"as in needleworkers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needleworkers",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"knitters",
|
|
"weavers",
|
|
"needlewomen",
|
|
"seamstresses",
|
|
"seamsters",
|
|
"sewers",
|
|
"stitchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embossed":{
|
|
"as in embroidered , emblazoned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"gold-plated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embosomed":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzles":{
|
|
"to steal money that you have been trusted with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculates",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"expropriates",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"repossesses",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embark (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's eager to finish college and to embark upon a career in teaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"enter (into or upon)",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lead off",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"get around (to)",
|
|
"get down (to)",
|
|
"get round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"phase out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embittering":{
|
|
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"empoisoning",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"setting (against)",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarrassment of riches":{
|
|
"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"cornucopia",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
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"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overdose",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"superfluousness",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"barrenness",
|
|
"infertility",
|
|
"sterility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"undersupply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"embezzling":{
|
|
"as in embezzlement , misappropriation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"graft",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"larceny",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"theft",
|
|
"thievery",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
|
"petit larceny",
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"rapine",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"black marketeering",
|
|
"smuggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to steal money that you have been trusted with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"peculating",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"expropriating",
|
|
"pirating",
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"repossessing",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embattlement":{
|
|
"as in bulwark , rampart":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embalmments":{
|
|
"as in funerals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funerals",
|
|
"burials",
|
|
"entombments",
|
|
"inhumations",
|
|
"interments",
|
|
"obsequies",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"inurnments",
|
|
"reburials",
|
|
"reinterments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterments",
|
|
"exhumations",
|
|
"cremations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embody":{
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"co-opt",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"acculturate",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"enculturate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"George Washington embodied so many of the virtues that Americans hold dear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"externalize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embedded":{
|
|
"as in implanted , instilled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"irradicable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"bred-in-the-bone",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"chronic",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lifelong",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedded",
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drove (into)",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"uprooted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embargoes":{
|
|
"an order that something not be done or used":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-no's",
|
|
"no-nos",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"preventions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"mandates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"obediences",
|
|
"submissions",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in excludes , rules out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embodying":{
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"co-opting",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"acculturating",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"enculturating",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"George Washington embodied so many of the virtues that Americans hold dear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"externalizing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"instantiating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"personalizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"substantiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"concretizing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"typifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embodiers":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a devoted caregiver to her elderly parents, she is the flesh-and-blood embodier of filial duty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"externalizations",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"personifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
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"souls",
|
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"archetypes",
|
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"exemplars",
|
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"models",
|
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"paradigms",
|
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"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroiderer":{
|
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"as in needleworker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needleworker",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"knitter",
|
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"weaver",
|
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"needlewoman",
|
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"seamstress",
|
|
"seamster",
|
|
"sewer",
|
|
"stitcher"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroidered":{
|
|
"as in embellished , padded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"overdrawn",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sequined , emblazoned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"gold-plated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated (on)",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"satirized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrasures":{
|
|
"as in indentations , indents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"cubicles",
|
|
"ambries",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"shrines",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"cubbyholes",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroiders":{
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"elaborates (on)",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"hyperbolizes",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"gussies up",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"overdoes",
|
|
"overdraws",
|
|
"overemphasizes",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"satirizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"understates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarked":{
|
|
"as in launched , sailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"sailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"berthed",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"grounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in got (on) , boarded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"got (on)",
|
|
"weighed (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarcadero":{
|
|
"as in pier , wharf":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"levee",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"quai",
|
|
"quay",
|
|
"wharf",
|
|
"dockyard",
|
|
"marina",
|
|
"quayage",
|
|
"shipyard",
|
|
"wharfage",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarcaderos":{
|
|
"as in piers , wharves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"landings",
|
|
"levees",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"quais",
|
|
"quays",
|
|
"wharves",
|
|
"wharfs",
|
|
"dockyards",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"quayages",
|
|
"shipyards",
|
|
"wharfages",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroiled":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"broiled",
|
|
"embrangled",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embrangle":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embassy":{
|
|
"as in mission , legation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legation",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"delegacy",
|
|
"delegation",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embossing":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embanking":{
|
|
"as in collecting , gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"wadding",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"pyramiding",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"hilling",
|
|
"mounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embattles":{
|
|
"as in mobilizes , mechanizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mechanizes",
|
|
"mobilizes",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"reequips",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"militarizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demilitarizes",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"demobilizes",
|
|
"denuclearizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embittered":{
|
|
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gradually the embittered woman realized that her lingering feelings of hatred were slowly destroying her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbitter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"empoisoned",
|
|
"envenomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
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"infuriated",
|
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"maddened",
|
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"alienated",
|
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"disaffected",
|
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"disgruntled",
|
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"estranged",
|
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"set (against)",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"soured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"embrangles":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embitter":{
|
|
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"empoison",
|
|
"envenom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"set (against)",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"sour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embolden":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear up",
|
|
"buck up",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"chirk (up)",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"inspirit",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"psych (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"emblematize":{
|
|
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbolize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embroiling":{
|
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogging (down)",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"embrangling",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embellishment":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"overstatement",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery",
|
|
"superlative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"poor-mouthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meiosis",
|
|
"understatement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"embarks":{
|
|
"as in launches , sails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"sails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gets (on) , boards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"gets (on)",
|
|
"weighs (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |