ANT: Disgorge, vent, discharge, unload, unpack, eviscerate, empty, eliminate.
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KEY: Cramp \v.\
SYN: Bind, narrow, restrict, confine, clog, hamper, fetter, cripple.
ANT: Free, liberate, loose, relieve, extricate, enlarge, widen, expand, ease, unfetter.
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KEY: Cranky.
SYN: Crotchety, queer, [See CRACKED].
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KEY: Crapulence.
SYN: Surfeit, headache, dissipation, debauchery, excess, muddiness.
ANT: Temperance, sobriety, clearness, freshness.
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KEY: Crash \n.\
SYN: Jar, clang, clash, resonance.
ANT: Murmur, whisper, babble, rumbling, reverberation, din.
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KEY: Crassitude.
SYN: Density, thickness, corpulence, obesity, burliness, brawniness, animalism, pinguitude, lumpishness, besottedness.
ANT: Tenuity, spareness, slightness, agility, activity, spirituality, intellectuality.
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KEY: Crave.
SYN: Intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry.
ANT: Demand, insist, require, seize.
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KEY: Craven, [See COWARD].
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KEY: Crazy.
SYN: Idiotic, broken-down, mad, crazed, crack-brained, lunatic, demented, daft, insane, aberrant.
ANT: Sound, robust, vigorous, unimpaired.
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KEY: Cream.
SYN: Marrow, pith, gist, acme.
ANT: Refuse, offal, dregs, dross, garbage.
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KEY: Crease, [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Create.
SYN: Form, produce, make, compose, constitute, beget, engender, generate, fashion, originate, educe, invent, imagine, cause.
ANT: Annihilate, destroy, demolish.
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KEY: Creature.
SYN: Being, animal, thing, body, brute.
ANT: Chimera, ghost, bugbear.
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KEY: Credence.
SYN: Belief, faith, trust, credit, confidence.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, denial.
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KEY: Credential, or Credentials.
SYN: Missive, diploma, title, testament, seal, warrant, letter, vouchers, certificates, testimonials.
ANT: Self-license, Belt-constitution, self-appointment, autocracy.
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KEY: Credible.
SYN: Probable, likely, trustworthy.
ANT: Improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy.
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KEY: Credit \n.\
SYN: Belief, trustworthiness, reputation, security, honor, praise, merit, confidence, faith.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, untrustworthiness, shame, insecurity, disgrace, censure.
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KEY: Creditor.
SYN: Claimant, lender, mortgagee.
ANT: Debtor, borrower, mortgagor.
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KEY: Credulity.
SYN: Gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness.
ANT: Incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness.
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KEY: Creed.
SYN: Belief, catechism, articles, confession, subscription.
ANT: Protest, abjuration, recantation, retractation, disbelief, nonsubscription.
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KEY: Crest.
SYN: Top, summit, apex, bead, crown.
ANT: Base, foot, bottom, sole.
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KEY: Crestfallen.
SYN: Castdown, humiliated, abashed.
ANT: Inspirited, elated, confident.
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KEY: Crew.
SYN: Complement, company, gang, herd, set, miscellany, horde, swarm, band.
ANT: Supercargo, bevy, galaxy, constellation, picking, cream, elite.
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KEY: Crime.
SYN: Offense, misdeed, wrong, misdemeanor, felony, enormity.
ANT: Good deed, well-doing, duty, obligation, exploit, achievement.
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KEY: Criminal.
SYN: Illegal, felonious, vicious, culpable, wrong, iniquitous, sinful, immoral, guilty, nefarious, flagitious.
ANT: Lawful, virtuous, right, jury innocent, moral, meritorious, creditable, honorable, praiseworthy, laudable.
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KEY: Criminality, [See CRIMINAL and GUILT].
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KEY: Criminate.
SYN: Charge, implicate, accuse, impeach, arraign.
ANT: Acquit, extricate, absolve.
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KEY: Crimp \v.\ [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Crimp \a.\
SYN: Brittle, friable, crisp.
ANT: Tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous.
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KEY: crimple, [See CRUMPLE].
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KEY: Cringe.
SYN: Crouch, bend, bow, fawn, grabble, grub.
ANT: Face, confront, defy, dare.
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KEY: Crinkle, [See CRIMPLE].
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KEY: Cripple.
SYN: Weaken, impair, curtail, cramp, disable.
ANT: Strengthen, renovate, augment, liberate, free, ease, enlarge, expedite.
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KEY: Criterion.
SYN: Test, touchstone, proof, standard, measure.
ANT: Eye, glance, intention, conjecture, scan.
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KEY: Critic.
SYN: Judge, censor, arbiter, savant.
ANT: Author, writer, performer, artist.
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KEY: Critical.
SYN: Nice, delicate, exact, fastidious, discriminating, censorious, accurate, dubious, precarious, ticklish, crucial, important, momentous, hazardous.
ANT: Inexact, popular, loose, easy, undiscriminating, safe, determined, decided, settled, retrieved, redressed.
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KEY: Criticise.
SYN: Examine, scan, perpend, analyze, discuss, anatomize, animadvert.
ANT: Slur, survey, overlook, skim.
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KEY: Criticism.
SYN: Stricture, censure, animadversion.
ANT: Approval, praise, [See APPROBATION].
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KEY: Croak.
SYN: Complain, murmur, grumble.
ANT: Crow, whistle, sing, chirp, chuckle, cackle, rejoice.
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KEY: Crone.
SYN: Hag, witch, beldame.
ANT: Lass, damsel, maiden, belle.
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KEY: Crony.
SYN: Ally, chum, mate.
ANT: Foe, rival, backfriend.
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KEY: Crooked.
SYN: Bent, incurved, angular, deformed, bowed, disfigured, turned, curved, awry, anfractuous, tortuous, underhanded.
ANT: Straight, linear, direct, honest, straightforward.
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KEY: Crop \v.\
SYN: Hew, reap, reduce, shave, shorten, curtail.
ANT: Elongate, grow, foster, raise, trail, train.
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KEY: Crop \n.\
SYN: Reaping, harvest, ingathering.
ANT: Produce, yield, abundance, growth, fruit.
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KEY: Cross.
SYN: Ill-tempered, fretful, illhumored, crusty, peevish, pettish, snarling, snappish, spleeny, splenetic, petulant, fractious.
ANT: Amiable, good-tempered, goodhumored, blithesome, genial.
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KEY: Cross-grained.
SYN: Perverse, wayward, peevish, morose, cantankerous, ill-conditioned.
ANT: Genial, pleasant, agreeable, jolly, obliging, accommodating.
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KEY: Crotchety, [See CAPRICIOUS].
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KEY: Crouch, [See CRINGE and COWER].
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KEY: Crow \v.\ To make a noise like a cock. Used metaphorically.
SYN: Exult, rejoice, cackle, chuckle, boast.
ANT: Whine, howl, grumble, croak, cry, whimper.
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KEY: Crowd.
SYN: Throng, mob, swarm, pack, herd.
ANT: Cream, elite, bevy, galaxy, constellation, cabinet.
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KEY: Crown \n.\
SYN: Top, crest, summit, head, brow, apex.
ANT: Basement, base, bottom, floor, pavement, pedestal, foundation, foot, sole.
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KEY: Crown.
SYN: Complete, consummate, seal, conclude.
ANT: Mar, spoil, frustrate.
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KEY: Crucial.
SYN: Searching, probing, severe, discriminating, sharp, critical, piercing.
ANT: Superficial, indifferent, mild, uncritical, lenient, lax.
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KEY: Crude.
SYN: Raw, undigested, unconsidered, half-studied, harsh, unshaped, unchastened, unfinished, unrefined, ill-prepared.
ANT: Well-prepared, well-digested, well-considered, well-studied, ripe, well-adapted, well-proportioned, well-expressed, classical, finished, refined, artistic, elaborate, highlywrought.
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KEY: Cruel.
SYN: Savage, barbarous, pittiless, inexorable, unrelenting, ruthless, truculent, hard-hearted, harsh, unmerciful, brutal, inhuman, maleficent, malignant.
ANT: Humane, forbearing, generous, merciful, forgiving, benevolent, beneficent.
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KEY: Crumble.
SYN: Disintegrate, pulverize, triturate.