6299 lines
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6299 lines
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{
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"flub":{
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"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accuracy",
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"correctness",
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"exactitude",
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"exactness",
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"preciseness",
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"precision",
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"strictness",
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"inerrancy",
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"infallibility",
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"perfection"
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],
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"related":[
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"bloomer",
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"blooper",
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"boner",
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"howler",
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"pratfall",
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"foul-up",
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"snafu",
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"misapprehension",
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"miscalculation",
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"miscomprehension",
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"misconception",
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"misconstruction",
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"misdescription",
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"misimpression",
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"misinterpretation",
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"misjudgment",
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"misreading",
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"misstatement",
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"misunderstanding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"bobble",
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"boo-boo",
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"boob",
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"brick",
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"clanger",
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"clinker",
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"error",
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"fault",
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"fluff",
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"fumble",
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"gaff",
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"gaffe",
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"goof",
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"inaccuracy",
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"lapse",
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"miscue",
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"misstep",
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"mistake",
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"oversight",
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"screwup",
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"slip",
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"slipup",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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]
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},
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"to make a mistake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"at some point in your training you're going to flub , so don't let it rattle you"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"nod",
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"bobble",
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"botch",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"foozle",
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"mangle",
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"mishandle",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"miscalculate",
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"misconceive",
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"miscount",
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"miscue",
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"misdeem",
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"misgauge",
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"misjudge",
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"mistake",
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"misconstrue",
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"misinterpret",
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"misunderstand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"boob",
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"err",
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"fluff",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mess (up)",
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"screw up",
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"slip up",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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]
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},
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"added too much flour and flubbed the gravy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"rectify",
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"refine",
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"reform",
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"remedy",
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"revamp"
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],
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"related":[
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"blunder",
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"gum (up)",
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"muddle",
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"piffle",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"damage",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"destroy",
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"wreck",
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"mishandle",
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"mismanage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muck up",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fluctuate":{
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"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
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"examples":[
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"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"change",
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"mutate",
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"shift",
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"snap",
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"vary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"metamorphose",
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"morph",
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"transmute",
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"better",
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"improve",
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"deteriorate",
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"worsen",
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"turn around",
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"seesaw",
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"teeter",
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"vacillate",
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"waver"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"plateau",
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"stabilize"
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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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"fluctuates":{
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"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
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"antonyms":[
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"plateaus",
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"stabilizes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"metamorphoses",
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"morphs",
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"transmutes",
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"betters",
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"improves",
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"deteriorates",
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"worsens",
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"turns around",
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"seesaws",
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"teeters",
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"vacillates",
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"wavers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changes",
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"mutates",
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"shifts",
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"snaps",
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"varies"
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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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"fluctuating":{
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"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
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"examples":[
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"a fluctuating stock market makes it hard for investors to know what to do"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capricious",
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"changeable",
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"changeful",
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"fickle",
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"flickery",
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"fluid",
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"inconsistent",
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"inconstant",
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"mercurial",
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"mutable",
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"skittish",
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"temperamental",
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"uncertain",
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"unpredictable",
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"unsettled",
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"unstable",
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"unsteady",
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"variable",
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"volatile"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aimless",
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"arbitrary",
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"desultory",
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"erratic",
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"haphazard",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"irregular",
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"random",
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"scattered",
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"slapdash",
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"stray",
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"ambivalent",
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"hesitating",
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"shaky",
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"shilly-shally",
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"shilly-shallying",
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"vacillating",
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"wavering",
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"dicey",
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"undependable",
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"unreliable",
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"untrustworthy",
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"adaptable",
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"mobile",
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"protean",
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"versatile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"equable",
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"even",
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"uniform",
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"abiding",
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"durable",
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"lasting",
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"permanent",
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"persistent",
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"dependable",
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"reliable",
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"sure",
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"tried",
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"tried-and-true",
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"true",
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"trustworthy",
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"trusty"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"certain",
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"changeless",
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"constant",
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"immutable",
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"invariable",
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"predictable",
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"settled",
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"stable",
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"stationary",
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"steady",
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"unchangeable",
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"unchanging",
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"unvarying"
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]
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},
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"not staying constant":{
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"examples":[
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"our speed was constantly fluctuating , so the figure of 50 miles per hour is just an average"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changing",
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"erratic",
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"irregular",
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"unequal",
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"uneven",
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"unstable",
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"unsteady",
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"varying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"capricious",
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"changeable",
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"changeful",
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"choppy",
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"fickle",
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"fluid",
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"inconsistent",
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"inconstant",
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"mercurial",
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"mutable",
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"uncertain",
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"unsettled",
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"variable",
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"volatile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"regular"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"changeless",
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"constant",
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"stable",
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"steady",
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"unchanging",
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"unvarying"
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]
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},
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"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
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"examples":[
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"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changing",
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"mutating",
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"shifting",
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"snapping",
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"varying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"metamorphosing",
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"morphing",
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"transmuting",
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"bettering",
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"improving",
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"deteriorating",
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"worsening",
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"turning around",
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"seesawing",
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"teetering",
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"vacillating",
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"wavering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"plateauing",
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"stabilizing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fluctuations":{
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"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"political instability that resulted in wild fluctuations in the overseas stock markets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"metamorphoses",
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"mutations",
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"transformations",
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"transmogrifications",
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"transmutations",
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"vacillations"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changes",
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"fluxes",
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"inconstancies",
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"oscillations"
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]
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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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"fluency":{
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"a state of having mastery of or proficiency in a skill":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The students demonstrated fluency in the language by the end of their year abroad."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"flummox":{
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"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"examples":[
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"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addle",
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"baffle",
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"bamboozle",
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"beat",
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"befog",
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"befuddle",
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"bemuse",
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"bewilder",
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"buffalo",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discombobulate",
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"disorient",
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"fox",
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"fuddle",
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"get",
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"gravel",
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"maze",
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"muddle",
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"muddy",
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"mystify",
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"perplex",
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"pose",
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"puzzle",
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"vex"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"stick",
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"stump",
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"weird out",
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"abash",
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"discomfit",
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"disconcert",
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"discountenance",
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"embarrass",
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"faze",
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"fluster",
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"mortify",
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"nonplus",
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"rattle",
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"agitate",
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"bother",
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"chagrin",
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"discomfort",
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"discompose",
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"dismay",
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"disquiet",
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"distress",
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"disturb",
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"perturb",
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"stun",
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"unhinge",
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"unsettle",
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"upset",
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"beguile",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"humbug",
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"misguide",
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"mislead",
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"snow",
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"string along",
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"take in",
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"trick"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assure",
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"reassure",
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"satisfy",
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"enlighten",
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"inform"
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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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"flummoxed":{
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"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"examples":[
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"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addled",
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"baffled",
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"bamboozled",
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"beat",
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"befogged",
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"befuddled",
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"bemused",
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"bewildered",
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"buffaloed",
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"confounded",
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"confused",
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"discombobulated",
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"disoriented",
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"foxed",
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"fuddled",
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"got",
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"graveled",
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"gravelled",
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"mazed",
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"muddied",
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"muddled",
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"mystified",
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"perplexed",
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"posed",
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"puzzled",
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"vexed",
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"vext"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"stuck",
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"stumped",
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"weirded out",
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"abashed",
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"discomfited",
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"disconcerted",
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"discountenanced",
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"embarrassed",
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"fazed",
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"flustered",
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"mortified",
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"nonplussed",
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"nonplused",
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"rattled",
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"agitated",
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"bothered",
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"chagrined",
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"discomforted",
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"discomposed",
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"dismayed",
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"disquieted",
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"distressed",
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"disturbed",
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"perturbed",
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"stunned",
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"unhinged",
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"unsettled",
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"upset",
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"beguiled",
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"cozened",
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"deceived",
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"deluded",
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"duped",
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"fooled",
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"gulled",
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"hoaxed",
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"hoodwinked",
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"humbugged",
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"misguided",
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"misled",
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"snowed",
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"strung along",
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"took in",
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"tricked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assured",
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"reassured",
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"satisfied",
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"enlightened",
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"informed"
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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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"flummoxing":{
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"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
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],
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|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"informing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discombobulating",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"fuddling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"graveling",
|
|
"gravelling",
|
|
"mazing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flump":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurried":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurry":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recrudescence",
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"pickup",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"zephyr",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"northerly",
|
|
"northwester",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"westerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"windblast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurrying":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flush":{
|
|
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was flush after getting out of the hot bath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bronzed",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"suntanned",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"bloomy",
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pinkish",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"cherubic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"tabular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unaligned",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"undulatory",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"pitted",
|
|
"pockmarked",
|
|
"pocky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"uneven",
|
|
"unsmoothed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flush , healthy man of 65"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"gingery",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"wan",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's very flush now that she has her inheritance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a field flush with flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a border in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumjacent",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blush",
|
|
"color"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"pinkness",
|
|
"reddishness",
|
|
"redness",
|
|
"rosiness",
|
|
"ruddiness",
|
|
"sanguineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"pallor",
|
|
"pastiness",
|
|
"wanness",
|
|
"whiteness",
|
|
"greenishness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"sallowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in the flush of his youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flush of patriotic pride"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douche",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blush",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"crimson",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"redden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadine",
|
|
"rouge",
|
|
"ruddle",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"mortify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flushed":{
|
|
"as in warm , pink":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomy",
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pinkish",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"bronzed",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"suntanned",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"cherubic",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"wan",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rinsed , irrigated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
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"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
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"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"douched",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blushed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"crimsoned",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"reddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incarnadined",
|
|
"rouged",
|
|
"ruddled",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"mortified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flushness":{
|
|
"as in bloom , flush":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluttered":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flirted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"flittered",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"zinged",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flapped",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluttery":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fluttery bus driver who was obviously in the wrong line of work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flux":{
|
|
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"change",
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"oscillation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"transmogrification",
|
|
"transmutation",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a flowing or coming in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"inpouring",
|
|
"inrush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Civil War doctors noted frequent cases of flux in the camps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Delhi belly",
|
|
"diarrhea",
|
|
"Montezuma's revenge",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"turista"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dysentery",
|
|
"shigellosis",
|
|
"scour(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluxes":{
|
|
"a flowing or coming in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluences",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"inpourings",
|
|
"inrushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"transmogrifications",
|
|
"transmutations",
|
|
"vacillations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"inconstancies",
|
|
"oscillations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"solidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"thickens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"thins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"thaws"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluffs":{
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-consciously picked the fluff off his sweater as he answered the officer's questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"flosses",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"lints",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flustered newscaster's fluffs included a mispronunciation of the town's name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flue":{
|
|
"as in chimney , smokestack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chimney",
|
|
"chimney stack",
|
|
"smokestack",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"penstock",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"tube",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"hydrant",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"standpipe",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"tile",
|
|
"waste pipe",
|
|
"waterspout",
|
|
"pipage",
|
|
"pipeage",
|
|
"pipeline",
|
|
"piping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunkie":{
|
|
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"servitor",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gofer",
|
|
"gopher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polisher",
|
|
"bootlicker",
|
|
"brownnoser",
|
|
"fawner",
|
|
"lickspittle",
|
|
"suck-up",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"apparatchik",
|
|
"company man",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"running dog",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"groveler",
|
|
"idolater",
|
|
"idolator",
|
|
"worshipper",
|
|
"worshiper",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"camp follower",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"me-tooer",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"votary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunks":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie flunks , both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunkeys":{
|
|
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"menials",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"stewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butlers",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"houseboys",
|
|
"housemen",
|
|
"majordomos",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"menservants",
|
|
"servitors",
|
|
"valets",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"housekeepers",
|
|
"housemaids",
|
|
"ladies-in-waiting",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"wenches",
|
|
"women",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"factotums",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gofers",
|
|
"gophers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mistresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishers",
|
|
"bootlickers",
|
|
"brownnosers",
|
|
"fawners",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"suck-ups",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"company men",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"running dogs",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"grovelers",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"me-tooers",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluffed":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"screwed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flukes":{
|
|
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the discovery of oil on their property was just an amazing fluke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flurries":{
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recrudescences",
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"jags",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"pickups",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"windblasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northerlies",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"drumbeats",
|
|
"drumfires",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"volleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"earfuls",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"unnerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flung":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flummoxes":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discombobulates",
|
|
"disorients",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fuddles",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gravels",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"mystifies",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"informs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flutes":{
|
|
"as in bevels , chamfers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bevels",
|
|
"chamfers",
|
|
"abrades",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"seams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flustered":{
|
|
"as in nervous , upset":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"self-conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"shamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flumped":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flustering":{
|
|
"causing embarrassment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flustering situation that left us all silent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluorescence":{
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"studied the fluorescence of certain elements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"sheen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluctuated":{
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"morphed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"turned around",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateaued",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluttering":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flirting",
|
|
"flittering",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"zinging",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flung (off or away)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he flung away the used matchstick",
|
|
"flinging off dirty clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunky":{
|
|
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"servitor",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gofer",
|
|
"gopher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polisher",
|
|
"bootlicker",
|
|
"brownnoser",
|
|
"fawner",
|
|
"lickspittle",
|
|
"suck-up",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"apparatchik",
|
|
"company man",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"running dog",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"groveler",
|
|
"idolater",
|
|
"idolator",
|
|
"worshipper",
|
|
"worshiper",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"camp follower",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"me-tooer",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"votary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flumps":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluke":{
|
|
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the discovery of oil on their property was just an amazing fluke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluorescent lamp":{
|
|
"as in light bulb , arc lamp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluxed":{
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"thinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flute":{
|
|
"as in bevel , chamfer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bevel",
|
|
"chamfer",
|
|
"abrade",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"seam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunkey":{
|
|
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"servitor",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gofer",
|
|
"gopher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polisher",
|
|
"bootlicker",
|
|
"brownnoser",
|
|
"fawner",
|
|
"lickspittle",
|
|
"suck-up",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"apparatchik",
|
|
"company man",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"running dog",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"groveler",
|
|
"idolater",
|
|
"idolator",
|
|
"worshipper",
|
|
"worshiper",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"camp follower",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"me-tooer",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"votary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluffy":{
|
|
"resembling air in lightness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"big fluffy pillows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"gauzelike",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"lighter-than-air",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"rarefied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"weightless",
|
|
"cumulous",
|
|
"pillowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"leaden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunkies":{
|
|
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"menials",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"stewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butlers",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"houseboys",
|
|
"housemen",
|
|
"majordomos",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"menservants",
|
|
"servitors",
|
|
"valets",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"housekeepers",
|
|
"housemaids",
|
|
"ladies-in-waiting",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"wenches",
|
|
"women",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"factotums",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gofers",
|
|
"gophers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mistresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishers",
|
|
"bootlickers",
|
|
"brownnosers",
|
|
"fawners",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"suck-ups",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"company men",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"running dogs",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"grovelers",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"me-tooers",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluid":{
|
|
"capable of moving like a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warm the jam until it is fluid , then spread it over the cake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumfluent",
|
|
"circumfluous",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"semiliquid",
|
|
"semisolid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"nonliquid",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capable of being readily changed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the script is still fluid at this point, so be prepared for last-minute rewrites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"labile",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unadaptable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unbudgeable",
|
|
"unchangeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dance looked smooth and fluid , though backstage we could see the dancer gasping for breath and sweating from the effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unchallenging",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"toilful",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his arrival plans are fluid , so expect him anytime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flubbed":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"added too much flour and flubbed the gravy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"screwed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at some point in your training you're going to flub , so don't let it rattle you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluently":{
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fluently negotiates even the most challenging slalom courses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
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"industriously",
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"intensely",
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"intently",
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"mightily",
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"sedulously",
|
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"tirelessly"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"arduously",
|
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"hardly",
|
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"laboriously",
|
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"strenuously"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fluorescences":{
|
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"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"studied the fluorescence of certain elements"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blazes",
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"flares",
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"glares",
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"gleams",
|
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"glows",
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"illuminations",
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"incandescences",
|
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"lights",
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"luminescences",
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"radiances",
|
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"shines"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"flashes",
|
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"glimmers",
|
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"glints",
|
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"glitters",
|
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"scintillations",
|
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"shimmers",
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"sparkles",
|
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"twinkles",
|
|
"daylights",
|
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"moonlights",
|
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"sunlights",
|
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"sunshines",
|
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"afterglows",
|
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"aureoles",
|
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"aureolae",
|
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"auroras",
|
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"aurorae",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"halos",
|
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"haloes",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
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"glistens",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"sheens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluffiness":{
|
|
"as in flimsiness , insubstantiality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
|
"etherealness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flutters":{
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the site saw a flutter of construction last month, but nothing's happening now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recrudescences",
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"jags",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"pickups",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most people regard the lottery as a harmless flutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"crapshoots",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flitters",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flaps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"palpitates",
|
|
"pulses",
|
|
"throbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluster":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the yelling on the bus put the driver in a fluster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a palpable fluster in the audience when I asked my awkward question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluted":{
|
|
"as in beveled , chamfered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beveled",
|
|
"bevelled",
|
|
"chamfered",
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"scribed",
|
|
"seamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flutter":{
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the site saw a flutter of construction last month, but nothing's happening now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recrudescence",
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"pickup",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most people regard the lottery as a harmless flutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"crapshoot",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"gamble",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flitter",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flumes":{
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"ca\u00f1ons",
|
|
"cols",
|
|
"couloirs",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"linns",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"saddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"cirques",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cwms",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"shut-ins",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"arroyos",
|
|
"barrancas",
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"barrancos",
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"coulees",
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"draws",
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"gullies",
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"gulleys",
|
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"gutters",
|
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"nullahs",
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"trenches",
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"troughs",
|
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"wadis",
|
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"washes"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an open man-made passageway for water":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"built a flume next to the road for runoff"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"aqueducts",
|
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"canals",
|
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"channels",
|
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"conduits",
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"courses",
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"racecourses",
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"raceways",
|
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"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"millraces",
|
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"millstreams",
|
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"floodways",
|
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"sluices",
|
|
"sluiceways",
|
|
"spillways",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"tideways",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fluky":{
|
|
"coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
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"fortunate",
|
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"happy",
|
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"heaven-sent",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"providential"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"unlooked-for",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"coincidental",
|
|
"serendipitous",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"profitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"disastrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"happening by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidental",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseeable",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"foreseeable",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"prescribed",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"volunteer",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"set"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flubbing":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"added too much flour and flubbed the gravy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"boggling",
|
|
"bollixing (up)",
|
|
"booting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"buggering (up)",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mucking up",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"screwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at some point in your training you're going to flub , so don't let it rattle you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flunk":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie flunks , both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |