5294 lines
105 KiB
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5294 lines
105 KiB
JSON
{
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"madcap":{
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"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
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"examples":[
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"a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"audacious",
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"brash",
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"daredevil",
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"foolhardy",
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"overbold",
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"overconfident",
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"reckless",
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"temerarious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adventuresome",
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"adventurous",
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"bold",
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"daring",
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"venturesome",
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"venturous",
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"brave",
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"courageous",
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"dauntless",
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"doughty",
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"fearless",
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"gallant",
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"greathearted",
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"gutsy",
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"hardy",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"intrepid",
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"lionhearted",
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"manful",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"stouthearted",
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"undauntable",
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"undaunted",
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"valiant",
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"valorous",
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"hotheaded",
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"impetuous",
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"imprudent",
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"impulsive",
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"incautious",
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"rash",
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"brainless",
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"foolish",
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"harebrained",
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"scatterbrained",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless",
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"hasty",
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"headlong",
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"precipitate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unadventurous",
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"unambitious",
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"fainthearted",
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"fearful",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"scary",
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"shy",
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"skittish",
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"timid",
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"timorous",
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"calm",
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"cool",
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"levelheaded",
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"sensible",
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"alert",
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"intelligent",
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"quick-witted",
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"sharp",
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"chicken",
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"chickenhearted",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"dastardly",
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"lily-livered",
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"pusillanimous",
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"recreant",
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"spineless",
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"unheroic",
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"yellow"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"circumspect",
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"guarded",
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"heedful",
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"prudent",
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"safe",
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"wary"
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]
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},
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"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
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"examples":[
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"an incorrigible madcap who loves drag racing and white-water rafting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"daredevil",
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"devil",
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"madman"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berserk",
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"berserker",
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"cowboy",
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"hotdog",
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"showboat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"madcaps":{
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"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
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"examples":[
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"an incorrigible madcap who loves drag racing and white-water rafting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"daredevils",
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"devils",
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"madmen"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berserks",
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"berserkers",
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"cowboys",
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"hotdogs",
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"showboats"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"maddening":{
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"causing annoyance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after a few days, she found the monotonous work to be absolutely maddening"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delightful",
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"pleasing"
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],
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"related":[
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"burdensome",
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"discomforting",
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"displeasing",
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"disquieting",
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"distressing",
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"importunate",
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"importune",
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"inconveniencing",
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"angering",
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"enraging",
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"infuriating",
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"brattish",
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"bratty",
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"mischievous",
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"offensive",
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"troublesome",
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"upsetting",
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"distractive",
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"painful",
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"stressful",
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"tiresome",
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"troubling",
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"trying",
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"worrisome",
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"biting",
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"grating",
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"jangling",
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"jarring",
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"spiny",
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"thorny"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abrasive",
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"aggravating",
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"annoying",
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"bothersome",
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"carking",
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"chafing",
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"disturbing",
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"exasperating",
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"frustrating",
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"galling",
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"irksome",
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"irritating",
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"nettlesome",
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"nettling",
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"peeving",
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"pesky",
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"pestiferous",
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"pestilent",
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"pestilential",
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"pesty",
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"plaguey",
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"plaguy",
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"rankling",
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"rebarbative",
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"riling",
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"vexatious",
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"vexing"
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]
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},
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"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calming",
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"quieting",
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"relaxing",
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"settling",
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"soothing",
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"tranquilizing",
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"tranquillizing"
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],
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"related":[
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"agitating",
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"bothering",
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"confusing",
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"discomposing",
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"disquieting",
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"distracting",
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"disturbing",
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"perturbing",
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"unsettling",
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"upsetting",
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"annoying",
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"irritating",
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"vexing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cracking",
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"crazing",
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"deranging",
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"frenzying",
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"locoing",
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"unbalancing",
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"unhinging",
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"unstringing"
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]
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},
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"to make angry":{
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"antonyms":[
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"delighting",
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"gratifying",
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"pleasing"
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],
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"examples":[
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"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allaying",
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"assuaging",
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"relieving",
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"comforting",
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"consoling",
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"soothing",
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"appeasing",
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"conciliating",
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"mollifying",
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"pacifying",
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"placating",
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"calming",
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"lulling",
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"quieting",
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"settling",
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"beguiling",
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"bewitching",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"disarming",
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"enchanting"
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],
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"related":[
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"affronting",
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"aggravating",
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"annoying",
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"burning (up)",
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"crossing",
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"exasperating",
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"getting",
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"huffing",
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"irritating",
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"miffing",
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"nettling",
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"offending",
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"peeving",
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"piquing",
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"provoking",
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"putting out",
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"ruffling",
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"vexing",
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"antagonizing",
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"embittering",
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"envenoming"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angering",
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"enraging",
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"incensing",
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"inflaming",
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"enflaming",
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"infuriating",
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"iring",
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"madding",
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"outraging",
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"rankling",
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"riling",
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"roiling",
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"steaming up",
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"ticking off"
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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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"made":{
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"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
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"examples":[
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"will you help me make the dough for the cookies?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabricated",
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"fashioned",
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"formed",
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"framed",
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"manufactured",
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"produced"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assembled",
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"built",
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"constructed",
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"erected",
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"made up",
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"put up",
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"raised",
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"reared",
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"set up",
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"structured",
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"threw up",
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"crafted",
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"handcrafted",
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"hewed",
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"forged",
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"molded",
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"shaped",
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"cobbled (together or up)",
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"knocked out",
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"patched (together)",
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"threw up",
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"prefabricated",
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"created",
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"invented",
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"minted",
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"originated",
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"established",
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"fathered",
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"instituted",
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"organized",
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"concocted",
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"contrived",
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"cooked (up)",
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"designed",
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"devised",
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"imagined",
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"thought (up)",
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"conceived",
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"envisaged",
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"pictured",
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"visualized",
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"refashioned",
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"remade",
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"remanufactured"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disassembled",
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"dismantled",
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"took apart",
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"broke up",
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"dismembered",
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"abolished",
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"annihilated",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"devastated",
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"eradicated",
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"exterminated",
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"extinguished",
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"flattened",
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"pulverized",
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"razed",
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"ruined",
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"shattered",
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"smashed",
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"wrecked",
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"blew up",
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"exploded"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
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"examples":[
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"we finally made it!"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"achieved",
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"attained",
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"bagged",
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"chalked up",
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"clocked (up)",
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"gained",
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"hit",
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"logged",
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"notched (up)",
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"racked up",
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"rang up",
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"scored",
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"won"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquired",
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"captured",
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"carried",
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"drew",
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"garnered",
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"got",
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"landed",
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"obtained",
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"procured",
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"realized",
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"secured",
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"amounted (to)",
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"approached",
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"equaled",
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"equalled",
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"matched",
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"measured up (to)",
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"met",
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"rivaled",
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"rivalled",
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"tied",
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"touched",
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"beat",
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"excelled",
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"outdid",
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"surpassed",
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"topped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fell short (of)",
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"missed",
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"failed (at)",
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"lost"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"examples":[
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"the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begot",
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"begat",
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"bred",
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"brought",
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"brought about",
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"brought on",
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"catalyzed",
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"caused",
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"created",
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"did",
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"drew on",
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"effected",
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"effectuated",
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"engendered",
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"generated",
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"induced",
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"invoked",
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"occasioned",
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"produced",
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"prompted",
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"resulted (in)",
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"spawned",
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"translated (into)",
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"worked",
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"wrought",
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"yielded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conduced (to)",
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"contributed (to)",
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"decided",
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"determined",
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"began",
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"established",
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"fathered",
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"founded",
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"inaugurated",
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"initiated",
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"innovated",
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"instituted",
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"introduced",
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"launched",
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"pioneered",
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"set",
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"set up",
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"started",
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"advanced",
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"cultivated",
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"developed",
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"encouraged",
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"forwarded",
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"fostered",
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"furthered",
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"nourished",
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"nurtured",
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"promoted",
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"enacted",
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"rendered",
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"turned out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impeded",
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"limited",
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"restricted",
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"clamped down (on)",
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"cracked down (on)",
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"crushed",
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"dampened",
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"put down",
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"quashed",
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"quelled",
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"repressed",
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"smothered",
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"squashed",
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"squelched",
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"stifled",
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"subdued",
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"suppressed",
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"arrested",
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"checked",
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"controlled",
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"curbed",
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"inhibited",
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"reined (in)",
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"restrained",
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"retarded",
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"canned",
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"killed",
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"snuffed (out)",
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"stilled",
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"abolished",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"extinguished",
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"liquidated",
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"quenched"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
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"examples":[
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"one person from each department will be asked to make a short presentation at the meeting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplished",
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"achieved",
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"brought off",
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"carried off",
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"carried out",
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"committed",
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"compassed",
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"did",
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"executed",
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"followed through (with)",
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"fulfilled",
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"negotiated",
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"performed",
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"perpetrated",
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"prosecuted",
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"pulled off",
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"put through"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brought about",
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"effected",
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"effectuated",
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"implemented",
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"aced",
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"nailed",
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"engaged (in)",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"worked (at)",
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"reduplicated",
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"reenacted",
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"repeated",
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"actualized",
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"attained",
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"realized",
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"completed",
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"ended",
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"finished",
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"wound up",
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"winded up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"failed",
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"skimped",
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"slighted",
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"slurred"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blackjacked",
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"coerced",
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"compelled",
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"constrained",
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"dragooned",
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"drove",
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"forced",
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"impelled",
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"impressed",
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"muscled",
|
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"obligated",
|
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"obliged",
|
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"pressed",
|
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"pressured",
|
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"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
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"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
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"dragged",
|
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"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
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"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I make that to be about six feet long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"gauged",
|
|
"gaged",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"extrapolated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calibrated",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"make a model airplane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"confected",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"pieced",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentered",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"reedified",
|
|
"retrofitted",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-built",
|
|
"rigged (up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruinated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family made merry despite their financial worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came across (as)",
|
|
"came off (as)",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"seemed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"resembled",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"beelined",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"about-faced",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"put about",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"yawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the legislature failed to make any new laws last session"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repassed",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"grossed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what do you make of the latest information?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"make the gate when ye leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"steeked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"battened (down)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"slammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made out":{
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're not rich, but we're making out all right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"shifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"scraped (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"scraped (out)",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell short",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't quite make out what she is trying to say"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to make out that he didn't mind losing his job, but friends suspected he was desperately worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"pretended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"feinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as best as I can make out , the police were informed of the incident but didn't think it was worth investigating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"derived",
|
|
"extrapolated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"philosophized",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"found out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made up (for)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
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"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
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"negatived",
|
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"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mademoiselles":{
|
|
"as in girls , lasses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in governesses , frauleins":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made up":{
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bogeyman was one of those made-up monsters whose sole purpose was to threaten children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be all the substance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book is made up of 20 chapters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"formed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"filled (out)",
|
|
"fleshed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"drummed up",
|
|
"excogitated",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"trumped up",
|
|
"vamped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"ad-libbed",
|
|
"extemporized",
|
|
"improvised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloned",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked \"some assembly required\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"confected",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"pieced",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentered",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"reedified",
|
|
"retrofitted",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-built",
|
|
"rigged (up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruinated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrassah":{
|
|
"as in yeshiva , Sunday school":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"seminary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made fun of":{
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's cruel to make fun of other people's imperfections."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"laughed (at)",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"skewered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"chaffed",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"twitted",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"barracked",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"catcalled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"targeted",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"took off (on)",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made one's mark":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They made their mark on the scientific world with a groundbreaking discovery."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made common cause":{
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The managers attempted to make common cause between their departments to get the project done quickly and efficiently."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connived",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"interfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made a pretense":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He didn't even make a pretense of appreciating her artwork."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"pretended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"feinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrassahs":{
|
|
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"yeshivas",
|
|
"yeshivot",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made off":{
|
|
"as in got out , got (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made a comeback":{
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The injury looked gnarly, but she made a quick comeback and was able to finish out the season."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced (back)",
|
|
"came back",
|
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"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"snapped back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made amends (for)":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She decided it was time to make amends for the hurt she had caused her family."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"redeemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensated",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"reimbursed",
|
|
"remunerated",
|
|
"repaid",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made use of":{
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We made use of a waterproof camera to photograph undersea life."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"harnessed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"wielded",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"cannibalized",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"reused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made ends meet":{
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The couple's income was just enough to make ends meet each month."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"shifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"scraped (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"scraped (out)",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell short",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made way":{
|
|
"as in opened , cleared":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stymied",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"reined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"tied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madly":{
|
|
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dashed madly around the house during last-minute preparations for the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"riotously",
|
|
"tumultuously",
|
|
"turbulently",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in an enthusiastic manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young singer has been so madly praised by the critics you'd think she had invented singing itself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enthusiastically",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"rhapsodically",
|
|
"sky-high"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avidly",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"excitedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"fanatically",
|
|
"rabidly",
|
|
"warmly",
|
|
"zealously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofly",
|
|
"disinterestedly",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"incuriously",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetically",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lukewarmly",
|
|
"perfunctorily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made-to-order":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manufacturer offers its online customers made-to-order computer systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrigals":{
|
|
"as in odes , elegies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"clerihews",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorales",
|
|
"pastorals",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madman":{
|
|
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"madcap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserker",
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"hotdog",
|
|
"showboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madden":{
|
|
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"unbalance",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unstring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"steam up",
|
|
"tick off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"envenom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"enchant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made do":{
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She could make do just fine and didn't need anyone's help."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"shifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"scraped (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"scraped (out)",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell short",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made a scene":{
|
|
"to express one's anger usually violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you're upset, but please stop making a scene ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)",
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"rampaged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"reined",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made it":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His parents convinced him that he could make it in anything he chose to do if he worked hard enough."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrasah":{
|
|
"as in yeshiva , Sunday school":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"seminary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made game of":{
|
|
"as in picked on":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"picked on",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made good":{
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He made good on his promise to pay back the loan within a year."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"consummated",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"performed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defaulted (on)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She made good as a musician when she moved to New York City."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrassas":{
|
|
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"yeshivas",
|
|
"yeshivot",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mad (about)":{
|
|
"filled with an intense or excessive love for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's virtually inseparable from his new girlfriend and seems to be just mad about her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted (by)",
|
|
"crazy (about or over)",
|
|
"dotty (over)",
|
|
"enamored (of)",
|
|
"enraptured (by)",
|
|
"gaga (over)",
|
|
"gone (on)",
|
|
"infatuated (with)",
|
|
"nuts (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hung up (on)",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"unenchanted",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"heart-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madness":{
|
|
"a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays certain forms of madness are quite treatable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neurosis",
|
|
"psychosis",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hallucinosis",
|
|
"hypomania",
|
|
"paranoia",
|
|
"schizophrenia",
|
|
"senile dementia",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"monomania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"dementedness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to do something so reckless would be sheer madness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her incessant insults goaded him to such madness that he would storm around breaking dishes and slamming doors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrases":{
|
|
"a scarf worn on the head":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an Indian woman wearing a madras in bright yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babushkas",
|
|
"bandannas",
|
|
"bandanas",
|
|
"do-rags",
|
|
"handkerchiefs",
|
|
"handkerchieves",
|
|
"kerchiefs",
|
|
"kerchieves",
|
|
"mantillas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shawls",
|
|
"hankies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made much of":{
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He made much of the one study that supported his argument."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accented",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"foregrounded",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"punctuated",
|
|
"stressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"pinpointed",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"overplayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"underemphasized",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasized",
|
|
"played down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made good (for)":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was committed to making good for his past mistakes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"redeemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensated",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"reimbursed",
|
|
"remunerated",
|
|
"repaid",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrassa":{
|
|
"as in yeshiva , Sunday school":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
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"school",
|
|
"seminary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made away with":{
|
|
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They made away with the baby in the middle of the night."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abducted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"absconded (with)",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The gangster's henchmen made away with several of his rivals."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The thief made away with merchandise worth thousands of dollars."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"filched",
|
|
"heisted",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pilfered",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"purloined",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"carjacked",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shoplifted",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made tracks":{
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The frightened cat made tracks into the other room when guests began to arrive."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You'd better make tracks if you want to catch that bus!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made amends for":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She decided it was time to make amends for the hurt she had caused her family."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"redeemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensated",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"reimbursed",
|
|
"remunerated",
|
|
"repaid",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrasas":{
|
|
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"yeshivas",
|
|
"yeshivot",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made ducks and drakes of":{
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"trifled (away)",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"maddens":{
|
|
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"locos",
|
|
"unbalances",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unstrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"mads",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"steams up",
|
|
"ticks off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"embitters",
|
|
"envenoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"enchants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madame":{
|
|
"as in madam":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"bawd",
|
|
"call girl",
|
|
"cocotte",
|
|
"courtesan",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"sex worker",
|
|
"streetwalker",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"whore",
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"tempter",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made over":{
|
|
"to change in form, appearance, or use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alchemized",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"transposed",
|
|
"transubstantiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"modified",
|
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"recast",
|
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"redefined",
|
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"redesigned",
|
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"redid",
|
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"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"transmogrified",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"substituted",
|
|
"supplanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made the deed over to his daughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"aliened",
|
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"assigned",
|
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"ceded",
|
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"conveyed",
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"transferred"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed (down)",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"leased",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"revolutionized",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"retooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madding":{
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"iring",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"steaming up",
|
|
"ticking off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"enchanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made good for":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was committed to making good for his past mistakes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"redeemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensated",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"reimbursed",
|
|
"remunerated",
|
|
"repaid",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mad":{
|
|
"feeling or showing anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the constant harassment from telemarketers finally made her good and mad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"riley",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steamed up",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"ticked",
|
|
"wrathful",
|
|
"wroth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"worked up",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"soreheaded",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"inflammable",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"querulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unembittered",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angerless",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man who thinks he's been turned into a bug is clearly mad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mad rush to finish the shopping before Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenetic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her mad decision to quit a good job and run off to the big city with a man she barely knew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"steam up",
|
|
"tick off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"envenom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"enchant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mad money":{
|
|
"as in pocket money , spending money":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made believe":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He made believe he was sick to get out of going to school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madmen":{
|
|
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"madcaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berserks",
|
|
"berserkers",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"hotdogs",
|
|
"showboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made it (through)":{
|
|
"to come safely through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He made it through the serious illness with few lasting effects.",
|
|
"The company will be lucky to make it through another year with all the money it's losing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rode (out)",
|
|
"weathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlasted",
|
|
"outlived",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"pulled through",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held out",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madhouse":{
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our house is always a madhouse on school mornings, with five kids and two dogs running around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"three-ring circus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrasahs":{
|
|
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"yeshivas",
|
|
"yeshivot",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made shift":{
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were able to make shift without borrowing money."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"shifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"scraped (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"scraped (out)",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell short",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made the grade":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There were many applicants for the position, but only a few made the grade for an interview."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made a show":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She made a show of addressing the whole audience, rather than a few like-minded folk."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"pretended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
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"affected",
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"assumed",
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"counterfeited",
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"faked",
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"feigned",
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"professed",
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"put on",
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"shammed",
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"simulated",
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"camouflaged",
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"concealed",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"bluffed",
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"feinted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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}
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} |