dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lam_MWT.json
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{
"lambastes":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bashes",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"potshots",
"savages",
"scathes",
"slams",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"chastises",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"laces (into)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"fulminates",
"lashes (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lambasting":{
"as in invective , vituperation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"broadside",
"invective",
"lashing",
"tongue-lashing",
"vituperation",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"jeremiad",
"philippic",
"rant",
"tirade",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"abuse",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"dissing",
"excoriation",
"execration",
"revilement",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"rhapsody",
"tribute",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"accolade",
"citation",
"homage",
"honor",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"rave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in thrashing , pummeling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch",
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bashing",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"potshotting",
"savaging",
"scathing",
"slamming",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lambskins":{
"as in calfskins , cowhides":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamebrain":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner?"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"he offended a number of people with that insensitive, lamebrain comment"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"lames":{
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"incapacitates",
"maims",
"mutilates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismembers",
"hamstrings",
"hobbles",
"paralyzes",
"batters",
"bruises",
"bungs up",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"roughs (up)",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wings",
"wounds",
"disfigures",
"scars",
"kneecaps",
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"bashes",
"beats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"drubs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"pastes",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"thumps",
"bangs",
"boxes",
"hits",
"punches",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thrashes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"wallops",
"whips",
"kills",
"murders",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamming":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconding",
"breaking out (of)",
"clearing out",
"escaping",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"running away",
"running off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"evading",
"losing",
"shunning",
"decamping",
"departing",
"eloping",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"moving",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"sallying (forth)",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"bringing off",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"coming back",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lams":{
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakouts",
"breaks",
"bunks",
"escapes",
"flights",
"getaways",
"routs",
"slips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jailbreaks",
"deliverances",
"liberations",
"redemptions",
"releases",
"rescues",
"salvations",
"close calls",
"close shaves",
"near misses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"custodies",
"detentions",
"holdings",
"holds",
"retentions",
"endangerments",
"hazards",
"imperilments",
"jeopardies",
"perils",
"risks",
"troubles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconds",
"breaks out (of)",
"clears out",
"escapes",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"runs away",
"runs off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades",
"loses",
"shuns",
"decamps",
"departs",
"elopes",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"moves",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"sallies (forth)",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"brings off",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"redeems",
"releases",
"rescues",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"comes back",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in satirized , pasquinaded":{
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"pasquinading",
"satirizing",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"doing",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"sending up",
"spoofing",
"travestying",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"ridiculing",
"aping",
"copycatting",
"monkeying",
"parroting",
"duplicating",
"emulating",
"replicating",
"reproducing",
"acting",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"pretending",
"shamming",
"simulating",
"elaborating",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"playing up",
"stretching",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"overdrawing",
"overstating",
"putting on",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"personating",
"playing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamias":{
"as in vampires , hags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hags",
"vampires",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"succubi",
"afreets",
"afrits",
"genies",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"apparitions",
"banshees",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamented":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"grieved (for)",
"mourned",
"wailed (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegized",
"cried (for)",
"keened",
"moaned",
"wept",
"regretted",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"sobbed",
"agonized",
"bled",
"hurt",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"grinned",
"laughed",
"smiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulted (in)",
"gloried (in)",
"joyed",
"rejoiced (in)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"deplored",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"bewailed",
"grieved (for)",
"mourned",
"sorrowed (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted (in)",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lame":{
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
"examples":[
"that's a pretty lame way to treat someone"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"condemnable",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"disgusting",
"reptilian",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"shameful",
"base",
"ignoble",
"low",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"blamable",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"high-minded",
"honest",
"honorable",
"noble",
"principled",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"the amenities at this hotel are lame ; there's not even free Wi-Fi in the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"incapacitate",
"maim",
"mutilate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismember",
"hamstring",
"hobble",
"paralyze",
"batter",
"bruise",
"bung up",
"mangle",
"maul",
"rough (up)",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wing",
"wound",
"disfigure",
"scar",
"kneecap",
"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"bash",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"drub",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"paste",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"thump",
"bang",
"box",
"hit",
"punch",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thrash",
"thwack",
"whack",
"flog",
"lash",
"wallop",
"whip",
"kill",
"murder",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"laments":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"grieves (for)",
"mourns",
"wails (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegizes",
"cries (for)",
"keens",
"moans",
"weeps",
"regrets",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"sobs",
"agonizes",
"bleeds",
"hurts",
"sorrows",
"suffers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"exults (in)",
"glories (in)",
"joys",
"rejoices (in)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"deplores",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"mourns",
"sorrows (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a crying out in grief":{
"examples":[
"the national lament that was heard when the beloved singer perished in the crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"moans",
"plaints",
"wails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cries",
"sobs",
"tears",
"mournings",
"sufferings",
"hand-wringings",
"regrets",
"complaints",
"cris de coeur",
"outcries",
"protests",
"anguishes",
"dolors",
"griefs",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"woes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"exultations",
"rejoicings"
]
},
"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
"examples":[
"a poem that is her lament for her late grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirges",
"elegies",
"requiems",
"threnodies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"taps",
"elegiacs",
"monodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"paeans",
"panegyrics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"the actress' lament that there aren't enough good roles for women"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lambs":{
"an innocent or gentle person":{
"examples":[
"the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them"
],
"synonyms":[
"angels",
"doves",
"innocents",
"sheep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babes",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"greenhorns",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"na\u00effs",
"naifs",
"newbies",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"virgins",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"saints",
"softies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"dupes",
"pigeons",
"saps",
"suckers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bullies",
"roughnecks",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"slobs",
"sharks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"devils",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains"
],
"antonyms":[
"wolves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamentations":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"examples":[
"there was a great lamentation on Wall Street when the government's latest unemployment figures were published"
],
"synonyms":[
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"laments",
"moans",
"plaints",
"wails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cries",
"sobs",
"tears",
"mournings",
"sufferings",
"hand-wringings",
"regrets",
"complaints",
"cris de coeur",
"outcries",
"protests",
"anguishes",
"dolors",
"griefs",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"woes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"exultations",
"rejoicings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lambast":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"jump (on)",
"potshot",
"savage",
"scathe",
"slam",
"trash",
"vituperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"harangue",
"harass",
"harry",
"revile",
"scold",
"whip",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"execrate",
"imprecate",
"profane",
"affront",
"insult",
"slur",
"asperse",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"blackguard",
"disparage",
"put down",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"chastise",
"chide",
"criticize",
"lace (into)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"fulminate",
"lash (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamia":{
"as in vampire , hag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hag",
"vampire",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in crying , wailing":{
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"bemoaning",
"crying",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"distressed",
"grieving",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"mourning",
"sad",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"unhappy",
"upset",
"orphaned",
"widowed",
"bereaved",
"bereft"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words"
],
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"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"grieving (for)",
"mourning",
"wailing (for)"
],
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"elegizing",
"crying (for)",
"keening",
"moaning",
"weeping",
"regretting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"sobbing",
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"hurting",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"exulting (in)",
"glorying (in)",
"joying",
"rejoicing (in)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather"
],
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"bemoaning",
"deploring",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
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"aching (for)",
"bewailing",
"grieving (for)",
"mourning",
"sorrowing (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"lameness":{
"as in infirmity":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"infirmity",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"disability",
"impairment",
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"poliomyelitis",
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis",
"palsy",
"paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lampoons":{
"a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general":{
"examples":[
"this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"pasquinades",
"satires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"parodies",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"comedies",
"farces",
"sketches",
"skits",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"derisions",
"ridicules",
"cartoons",
"mockeries",
"travesties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in satirizes , pasquinades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pasquinades",
"satirizes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"does",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"sends up",
"spoofs",
"travesties",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"ridicules",
"apes",
"copycats",
"monkeys",
"parrots",
"duplicates",
"emulates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"acts",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"plays up",
"stretches",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"puts on",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"personates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lamentably":{
"as in unfortunately , sadly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regrettably",
"sadly",
"tragically",
"unfortunately",
"unhappily",
"unluckily",
"alack",
"alas",
"ay",
"wirra",
"woe",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly",
"alarmingly",
"disturbingly",
"perturbingly",
"traumatically",
"unsettlingly",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"thankfully",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"laming":{
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"incapacitating",
"maiming",
"mutilating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismembering",
"hamstringing",
"hobbling",
"paralyzing",
"battering",
"bruising",
"bunging up",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"roughing (up)",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"winging",
"wounding",
"disfiguring",
"scarring",
"kneecapping",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"bashing",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thumping",
"banging",
"boxing",
"hitting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thrashing",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"killing",
"murdering",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamasery":{
"as in ashram , vihara":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashram",
"vihara",
"house",
"abbey",
"cloister",
"friary",
"hermitage",
"monastery",
"priory",
"convent",
"nunnery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lampooners":{
"as in satirists , caricaturists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquers",
"caricaturists",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics",
"personators",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"parrots",
"rubber stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lammed":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"ran away",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamina":{
"a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale":{
"examples":[
"the laminae of stratified rock were deposited separately, building upwards as time passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"lamella",
"plate",
"scale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chip",
"flake",
"sliver",
"splint",
"splinter",
"leaf",
"sheet",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lambskin":{
"as in calfskin , cowhide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alligator",
"antelope",
"buckskin",
"cabretta",
"calfskin",
"capeskin",
"chamois",
"cordovan",
"cowhide",
"crocodile",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"kid",
"kidskin",
"morocco",
"ostrich",
"pigskin",
"seal",
"sharkskin",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"pelt",
"nubuck",
"patent leather",
"suede",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamed":{
"as in lame , hobbled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"halt",
"hobbled",
"lame",
"challenged",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mutilated",
"impaired",
"incapacitated",
"paralytic",
"paralyzed",
"hamstrung",
"hemiplegic",
"paraplegic",
"paretic",
"quadriplegic",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"crippled",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"maimed",
"mutilated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismembered",
"hamstrung",
"hobbled",
"paralyzed",
"battered",
"bruised",
"bunged up",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"roughed (up)",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"winged",
"wounded",
"disfigured",
"scarred",
"kneecapped",
"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"bashed",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"drubbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"pasted",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"thumped",
"banged",
"boxed",
"hit",
"punched",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thrashed",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"killed",
"murdered",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"lamblike":{
"as in sheepish , hangdog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hangdog",
"sheepish",
"abject",
"base",
"humble",
"menial",
"servile",
"slavish",
"demure",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"retiring",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"fawning",
"sycophant",
"sycophantic",
"toadyish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogant",
"haughty",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lamaseries":{
"as in ashrams , viharas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashrams",
"viharas",
"houses",
"abbeys",
"cloisters",
"friaries",
"hermitages",
"monasteries",
"priories",
"convents",
"nunneries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamiae":{
"as in vampires , hags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hags",
"vampires",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"succubi",
"afreets",
"afrits",
"genies",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"apparitions",
"banshees",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laminae":{
"a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale":{
"examples":[
"the laminae of stratified rock were deposited separately, building upwards as time passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"lamellae",
"lamellas",
"plates",
"scales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chips",
"flakes",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"splints",
"leaves",
"leafs",
"sheets",
"slices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamellae":{
"a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale":{
"examples":[
"the gemstone's distinctive iridescence is caused by light passing from one lamella of crystal to another"
],
"synonyms":[
"laminae",
"laminas",
"plates",
"scales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chips",
"flakes",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"splints",
"leaves",
"leafs",
"sheets",
"slices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lambasted":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamentation":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"examples":[
"there was a great lamentation on Wall Street when the government's latest unemployment figures were published"
],
"synonyms":[
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"lament",
"moan",
"plaint",
"wail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cry",
"sob",
"tears",
"agonizing",
"grieving",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"weeping",
"hand-wringing",
"regret",
"complaint",
"cri de coeur",
"outcry",
"protest",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"exultation",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lambasts":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bashes",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"potshots",
"savages",
"scathes",
"slams",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"chastises",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"laces (into)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"fulminates",
"lashes (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lamb":{
"an innocent or gentle person":{
"examples":[
"the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them"
],
"synonyms":[
"angel",
"dove",
"innocent",
"sheep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babe",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"greenhorn",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"newbie",
"tenderfoot",
"virgin",
"cherub",
"saint",
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"dupe",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bully",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"slob",
"shark",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"devil",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain"
],
"antonyms":[
"wolf"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamps":{
"something that provides illumination":{
"examples":[
"I didn't realize it had gotten so dark in the room until my wife came in and turned on the lamp , momentarily blinding me"
],
"synonyms":[
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"electrics",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lampooner":{
"as in satirist , caricaturist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquer",
"caricaturist",
"mocker",
"parodist",
"satirist",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic",
"personator",
"mime",
"mimer",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"actor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"ape",
"copycat",
"echo",
"parrot",
"rubber stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lambent":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"examples":[
"the lambent flames from our campfire cast a comforting glow"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lambency":{
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
"examples":[
"the lambency of the sunlit stained-glass window was breathtaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"dazzle",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"lightness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"luster",
"lustre",
"lustrousness",
"radiance",
"refulgence",
"splendor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"light",
"fluorescence",
"incandescence",
"luminescence",
"burnish",
"gloss",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine",
"shininess",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"flash",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"gloominess",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"haziness",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"colorlessness",
"grayness",
"lackluster",
"paleness",
"shadiness",
"shadowiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"duskiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lamebrains":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner?"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lam":{
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"escape",
"flight",
"getaway",
"rout",
"slip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jailbreak",
"deliverance",
"liberation",
"redemption",
"release",
"rescue",
"salvation",
"close call",
"close shave",
"near miss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"custody",
"detention",
"hold",
"holding",
"retention",
"endangerment",
"hazard",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}