6896 lines
134 KiB
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6896 lines
134 KiB
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{
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"slogging":{
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"examples":[
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"the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banging",
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"bashing",
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"batting",
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"belting",
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"biffing",
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"bludgeoning",
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"bobbing",
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"bonking",
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"bopping",
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"boxing",
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"busting",
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"clapping",
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"clipping",
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"clobbering",
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"clocking",
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"clouting",
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"cracking",
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"hammering",
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"hitting",
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"knocking",
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"nailing",
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"pasting",
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"pounding",
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"punching",
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"rapping",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"slugging",
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"smacking",
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"smiting",
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"socking",
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"striking",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"tagging",
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"thumping",
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"thwacking",
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"walloping",
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"whacking",
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"whaling",
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"zapping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battering",
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"beating",
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"buffeting",
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"bunging",
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"chopping",
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"cuffing",
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"drubbing",
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"lacing",
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"lambasting",
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"licking",
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"mangling",
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"mauling",
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"pelting",
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"peppering",
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"roughing",
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"scuffing",
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"bunting",
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"flicking",
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"stroking",
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"tapping",
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"bumping",
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"butting",
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"jabbing",
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"jostling",
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"kicking",
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"kneeing",
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"poking",
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"prodding",
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"pushing",
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"shoving",
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"stamping",
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"bowling (down or over)",
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"creaming",
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"decking",
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"dumping",
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"felling",
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"flooring",
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"knocking down",
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"leveling",
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"levelling",
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"rabbit-punching",
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"sucker punching",
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"caning",
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"clubbing",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"flailing",
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"flogging",
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"lashing",
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"sapping",
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"slashing",
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"sledgehammering",
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"sledging",
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"spearing",
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"stabbing",
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"switching",
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"thrashing",
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"whipping",
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"beaning",
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"braining",
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"conking",
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"skulling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"examples":[
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"slogging their way through a pile of paperwork"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banging away",
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"beavering (away)",
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"digging (away)",
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"drudging",
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"endeavoring",
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"fagging",
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"grubbing",
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"humping",
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"hustling",
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"laboring",
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"moiling",
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"pegging (away)",
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"plodding",
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"plowing",
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"plugging",
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"slaving",
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"straining",
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"striving",
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"struggling",
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"sweating",
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"toiling",
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"travailing",
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"tugging",
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"working"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"applying (oneself)",
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"buckling (down)",
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"digging in",
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"hammering (away)",
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"knuckling down",
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"pitching in",
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"attacking",
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"driving",
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"essaying",
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"trying",
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"exercising",
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"exerting",
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"overexerting",
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"overworking",
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"eking out",
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"grinding (out)",
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"putting out",
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"scrabbling",
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"scratching",
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"trudging",
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"wading"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breaking",
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"easing (up)",
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"letting up",
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"slackening",
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"bumming",
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"chilling",
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"dallying",
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"dillydallying",
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"footling",
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"goldbricking",
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"goofing (off)",
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"hacking (around)",
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"hanging (around or out)",
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"idling",
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"lazing",
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"loafing",
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"lounging",
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"shirking",
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"slacking (off)",
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"vegging out",
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"basking",
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"lolling",
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"relaxing",
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"reposing",
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"resting",
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"unwinding",
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"dabbling",
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"doodling",
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"fooling around",
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"fribbling",
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"goofing (around)",
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"hanging",
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"hanging about",
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"messing around",
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"monkeying (around)",
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"playing",
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"pottering (around)",
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"puttering (around)",
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"trifling"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashing",
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"basting",
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"battering",
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"batting",
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"beating",
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"belaboring",
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"belting",
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"birching",
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"bludgeoning",
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"buffeting",
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"bunging up",
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"clubbing",
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"currying",
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"doing",
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"drubbing",
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"fibbing",
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"flogging",
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"hammering",
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"hiding",
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"lacing",
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"lambasting",
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"lashing",
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"lathering",
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"licking",
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"mauling",
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"messing (up)",
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"paddling",
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"pelting",
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pounding",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"punching out",
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"roughing (up)",
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"slating",
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"switching",
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"tanning",
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"thrashing",
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"threshing",
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"thumping",
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"tromping",
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"walloping",
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"whaling",
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"whipping",
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"whopping",
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"whapping",
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"whupping",
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"working over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailing",
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"assaulting",
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"attacking",
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"besetting",
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"boxing",
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"busting",
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"chopping",
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"clobbering",
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"clouting",
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"cracking",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"cuffing",
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"descending (on or upon)",
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"hitting",
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"jumping (on)",
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"knocking",
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"lamming",
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"laying on",
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"pasting",
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"pouncing (on or upon)",
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"punching",
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"raiding",
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"rushing",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"smacking",
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"smashing",
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"socking",
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"spanking",
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"storming",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"thwacking",
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"whacking",
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"whamming",
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"whomping",
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"blackjacking",
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"caning",
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"cowhiding",
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"flagellating",
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"fustigating",
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"horsewhipping",
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"leathering",
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"pistol-whipping",
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"rawhiding",
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"scourging",
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"strapping",
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"goring",
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"lacerating",
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"wounding",
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"maiming",
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"mangling",
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"mutilating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"examples":[
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"Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barging",
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"clumping",
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"flogging",
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"floundering",
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"galumphing",
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"lumbering",
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"lumping",
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"plodding",
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"pounding",
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"scuffing",
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"scuffling",
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"shambling",
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"shuffling",
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"sloughing",
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"stamping",
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"stomping",
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"stumbling",
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"stumping",
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"tramping",
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"tromping",
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"trudging"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dragging",
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"flopping",
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"hauling",
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"blundering",
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"careening",
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"doddering",
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"lurching",
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"reeling",
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"staggering",
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"swaying",
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"teetering",
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"tottering",
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"waddling",
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"weaving",
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"wobbling",
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"wabbling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drifting",
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"floating",
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"hanging",
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"hovering",
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"poising",
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"wafting"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breezing",
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"coasting",
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"gliding",
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"sliding",
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"waltzing",
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"whisking"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sloping":{
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"running in a slanting direction":{
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"examples":[
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"a sloping ray of light that illuminates the painting's central figure is symbolic of heavenly inspiration"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cant",
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"canted",
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"diagonal",
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"graded",
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"inclined",
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"leaning",
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"listing",
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"oblique",
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"pitched",
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"raked",
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"slant",
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"slanted",
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"slantwise",
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"sloped",
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"tilted",
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"tilting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"horizontal",
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"level",
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"plumb",
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"up-and-down",
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"vertical",
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"parallel",
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"perpendicular"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
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"examples":[
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"they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angling",
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"canting",
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"cocking",
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"heeling",
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"inclining",
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"leaning",
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"listing",
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"pitching",
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"slanting",
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"tilting",
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"tipping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"banking",
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"bending",
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"deviating",
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"swerving",
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"veering",
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"declining",
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"descending",
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"reclining",
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"retreating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"evening",
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"flattening",
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"leveling",
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"levelling",
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"straightening"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"sloppy":{
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"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
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"examples":[
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"a sloppy child who always seems to have spilled something on his clothes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowsy",
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"blowzy",
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"dowdy",
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"frowsy",
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"frowzy",
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"slobbish",
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"slobby",
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"sloven",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"slatternly",
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"chaotic",
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"cluttered",
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"rumpled",
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"shaggy",
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"uncombed",
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"wrinkled",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"besmirched",
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"blackened",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"nasty",
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"scroungy",
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"scuzzy",
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"soiled",
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"spotted",
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"squalid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chic",
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"fashionable",
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"modish",
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"stylish",
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"combed",
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"groomed",
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"neat",
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"tidy",
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"careful",
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"fastidious",
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"fussy",
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"meticulous",
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"clean",
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"cleaned",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"sparkling",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unsoiled",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dapper",
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"dashing",
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"dolled up",
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"sharp",
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"smart",
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"spruce"
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]
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},
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"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
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"examples":[
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"dumped the papers in a sloppy pile on the desk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaotic",
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"cluttered",
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"disorderly",
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"higgledy-piggledy",
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"hugger-mugger",
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"jumbled",
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"littered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"pell-mell",
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"rumpled",
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"topsy-turvy",
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"tousled",
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"tumbled",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"upside-down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"blackened",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"soiled",
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"spotted",
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"squalid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly",
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"dowdy",
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"frowsy",
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"frowzy",
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"shaggy",
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"slatternly",
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"sloven",
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"slovenly",
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"uncombed",
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"wrinkled",
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"adulterated",
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"knotted",
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"snarled",
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"tangled",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"sordid",
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"neglected",
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"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cinematic romance with a sloppy musical score that will have audiences reaching for their handkerchiefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloth":{
|
|
"an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth inclined more toward sloth than athletics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"shiftlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"supineness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouch":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is no slouch when it comes to cooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potato",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"do-nothing",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"layabout",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lotus-eater",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"good-for-nothing",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"creeper",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"clock-watcher",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"loller",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creak (along)",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"snail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouched":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"creaked (along)",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"snailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"tore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouching":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"tearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creaking (along)",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"snailing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slovenly":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a careless or unfashionable manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"sloppily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"sprucely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slows (down or up)":{
|
|
"as in decelerates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowly":{
|
|
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked slowly toward the ringing phone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"ploddingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"meteorically",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slothful":{
|
|
"not easily aroused to action or work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his overly lax managerial style has resulted in a department that is slothful and unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"shiftless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"industrious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slopping":{
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slopped water everywhere when she picked up the full pan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"spritzing",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"ravening",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"wolfing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowdown":{
|
|
"as in sink , weaken":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"shoot (up)",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disease experts are encouraged by the recent slowdown in the spread of the virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"deceleration",
|
|
"downshift",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloppily":{
|
|
"in a careless or unfashionable manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when she arrived at work this morning she was sloppily dressed, and her hair was unkempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"sprucely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughed":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliated",
|
|
"molted",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaked",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slobby":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unlikely romance between a slobby , bighearted galoot and an uptight career woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloshes":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"ripples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloop":{
|
|
"as in yacht , schooner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"bugeye",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"cat rig",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"frigate",
|
|
"galleon",
|
|
"galley",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"sailer",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slobbering":{
|
|
"as in drooling , slavering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"oily",
|
|
"oleaginous",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"expectorating",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"enthusing",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"rhapsodizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"emoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouches":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is no slouch when it comes to cooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"lotus-eaters",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"good-for-nothings",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"creepers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"lollers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creaks (along)",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"snails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughs (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogans":{
|
|
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"within days, virtually everyone was familiar with the newest advertising slogan for that brand of soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"catchphrases",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"taglines",
|
|
"watchwords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"catchwords",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"mottoes",
|
|
"mottos",
|
|
"battle cries",
|
|
"war cries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slough (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughing":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliating",
|
|
"molting",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"slipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloven":{
|
|
"a dirty or sloppy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a sloven and he's a neat freak\u2014it's a wonder they are able to live together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"neatnik",
|
|
"old maid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lawyer's sloven appearance led me to question his professionalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowed (down)":{
|
|
"as in sank , weakened":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"shot (up)",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"surged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloops":{
|
|
"as in yachts , schooners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"bugeyes",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"cat rigs",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"frigates",
|
|
"galleons",
|
|
"galleys",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"sailers",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slow-footed":{
|
|
"as in plodding , inching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slothfully":{
|
|
"as in idly , lazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloped":{
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sloped arrangement of the pictures along the staircase wall should follow the line of the banister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slobbers":{
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivas",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"spittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"expectorations",
|
|
"salivations",
|
|
"sputa",
|
|
"sputums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivates",
|
|
"slavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"expectorates",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"sputters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"enthuses",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"rhapsodizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"emotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slosh":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"ripple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowpoke":{
|
|
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit being such a slowpoke this morning, or you'll be late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"straggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler",
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"speeder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speedster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogs (through)":{
|
|
"as in wades (through)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wades (through)",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up)",
|
|
"rereads",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips (into)",
|
|
"leafs (through)",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"speed-reads",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"proofreads",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slobbish":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the memoir portrays her father as a slobbish lout who was a constant embarrassment to her fastidious mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slows (down)":{
|
|
"as in sinks , weakens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"shoots (up)",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloppiness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tearful sloppiness that you find in so many country-and-western songs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathos",
|
|
"gooeyness",
|
|
"lovey-doveyness",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"mushiness",
|
|
"saccharinity",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentalism",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"soppiness",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"corniness",
|
|
"hokeyness",
|
|
"hokiness",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slobber":{
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"saliva",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"expectoration",
|
|
"salivation",
|
|
"sputum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't make out any of the panhandler's slobber , but I gave the poor soul a buck anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"burble",
|
|
"double Dutch",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabberwocky",
|
|
"mumbo jumbo",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"prattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"hocus-pocus",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"salivate",
|
|
"slaver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"water",
|
|
"expectorate",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"sputter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"enthuse",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"rhapsodize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"emote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogged":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slogging their way through a pile of paperwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (oneself)",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hammered (away)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"essayed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"overexerted",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"waded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"eased (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"slacked (off)",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowing":{
|
|
"as in decelerating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decline , weakening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"languishment",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"breakthrough",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"quantum leap",
|
|
"amelioration",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"melioration",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slackening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"setting back",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"reining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"expediting",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"helping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogged (through)":{
|
|
"as in waded (through)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waded (through)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
|
"leafed (through)",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowing (down)":{
|
|
"as in sinking , weakening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slog":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slogging their way through a pile of paperwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (oneself)",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hammer (away)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"overexert",
|
|
"overwork",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"wade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"ease (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in toil , drudgery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in walk , hike":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkabout",
|
|
"grand tour",
|
|
"odyssey",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"safari",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"travel(s)",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowed":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slackened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"reined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"helped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowish":{
|
|
"as in slow , dawdling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughs":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs , and mudflats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swales",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"molts",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughing (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"casting (off)",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"deep-sixing",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"eighty-sixing",
|
|
"86ing",
|
|
"exorcising",
|
|
"exorcizing",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughed (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowing (down or up)":{
|
|
"as in decelerating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogs":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slogging their way through a pile of paperwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in toils , drudgeries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"energies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"puissances",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"fluencies",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactions",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"indolences",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"languors",
|
|
"quiescences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in walks , hikes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"walkabouts",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"grand tours",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slots":{
|
|
"a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"called an old friend to see if he could find a slot for his college-age son in the construction business that summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"long suits",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"strong suits",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slow-witted":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all but the most slow-witted readers will have solved the mystery long before they reach the book's final chapter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowdowns":{
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disease experts are encouraged by the recent slowdown in the spread of the virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decelerations",
|
|
"downshifts",
|
|
"letups",
|
|
"retardations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accelerations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slough of despond":{
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She had the support of her friends and family through her slough of despond ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
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"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slow":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of the holiday, traffic to the beach was particularly slow",
|
|
"slow readers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we love our bulldog though he's a little slower than our German shepherd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slow day on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first half of the movie is slow , but then it gets exciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slacken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"expedite",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to go slow with this experiment, or you'll make mistakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"ploddingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"meteorically",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slops":{
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned the slops out of the cow barn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
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"sewerage",
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"coprolite"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"she slopped water everywhere when she picked up the full pan"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"dashes",
|
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"sloshes",
|
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"spatters",
|
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"splashes",
|
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"swashes"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"dabbles",
|
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"laps",
|
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"plashes",
|
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"washes",
|
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"sprays",
|
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"sprinkles",
|
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"spritzes",
|
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"squirts"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"crams",
|
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"devours",
|
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"gluts",
|
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"gobbles",
|
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"gorges",
|
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"gormandizes",
|
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"gulps",
|
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"ingurgitates",
|
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"inhales",
|
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"ravens",
|
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"scarfs",
|
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"scoffs",
|
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"wolfs"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"overeats",
|
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"pigs out",
|
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"swills"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"nibbles",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"sloshing":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"rippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"spritzing",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogger":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing but respect for the sloggers who work in the basement archives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudger",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"grubber",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"plugger",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"serf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloggers":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing but respect for the sloggers who work in the basement archives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slopped":{
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slopped water everywhere when she picked up the full pan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"swashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"spritzed",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gobbled",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"ravened",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"wolfed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slope":{
|
|
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |