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Verb
Present participle for to restrain or keep in check
Present participle for to gain mastery or control over something or someone
Present participle for to cause to fail, or to make great attempts to
Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
Present participle for to reduce the strength or intensity of
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
Present participle for to regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
Present participle for to give up or abstain from something
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
Present participle for to refuse to admit the truth or existence of
Present participle for exert a modifying or controlling influence on
Present participle for to mark out the boundary or limits of
Noun
The action of inhibiting a process
A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something
Adjective
Restraining
That serves to suppress
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrain or keep in check
restraining
checking
controlling
suppressing
inhibiting
repressing
bridling
containing
limiting
moderating
constraining
impeding
retarding
smothering
stifling
muffling
muzzling
regulating
restricting
strangling
subduing
curtailing
deterring
disciplining
freezing
gagging
hindering
holding
keeping
keeping under control
pegging
taming
trammelling
trammeling
entrammeling
entrammelling
fettering
governing
measuring
ruling
withholding
holding in
keeping in check
putting a limit on
reining in
boxing in
cutting back
choking back
cooling down
cooling off
holding back
holding down
keeping back
keeping within bounds
putting the brakes on
slowing down
biting back
buttoning up
fighting back
keeping a tight rein on
keeping tight rein on
stemming the flow of
tying up
keeping a lid on
keeping lid on
keeping the lid on
bringing to screeching halt
pulling in
bottling up
swallowing
hampering
confining
silencing
corking
corking up
capping
cooling
delimiting
stopping
calming
keeping down
toning down
arresting
concealing
sinking
frustrating
reining
submerging
deadening
straitening
pocketing
obstructing
mastering
tempering
overcoming
mitigating
fixing
circumscribing
dampening
barring
stilling
mellowing
quieting
hiding
quenching
constricting
modulating
simmering down
reining back
putting a brake on
composing
holding in check
quelling
shutting in
keeping in
delaying
tranquilizing
US
putting a lid on
gulping back
collecting
conquering
stemming
pacifying
soothing
softening
tranquillising
UK
terminating
bounding
damping
preventing
setting
blocking
overpowering
squelching
choking
cramping
damping down
shushing
interning
keeping in line
setting limits on
imposing limits on
interfering with
hemming in
hog-tying
holding up
boxing up
nipping in the bud
bringing under control
covering up
putting half nelson on
putting a ceiling on
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
managing
decreasing
settling
re-collecting
fighting
halting
monitoring
adjusting
resisting
easing
cushioning
prelimiting
cornering
lulling
rallying
inspecting
recovering
gulping
relieving
extinguishing
quashing
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
mothballing
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
censoring
setting a limit on
thwarting
biting one's lip
drowning
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
keeping control of
keeping on a string
foiling
neutralizing
US
pausing
keeping a rein on
cutting short
reducing
interrupting
demarcating
staying
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
chaining
bottlenecking
counteracting
staunching
killing
baulking
UK
hamstringing
squashing
hushing
quietening
icing
tongue-tying
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
braking
circumventing
neutralising
UK
imprisoning
incarcerating
slackening pace
licking
specifying
demarking
prescribing
allaying
gaoling
UK
necessitating
concussing
fencing in
banning
disallowing
closing in
denying
depriving
balking
US
binding
shotgunning
locking in
jailing
US
immuring
cooping up
internalizing
US
bottling
standing in the way of
bringing to a standstill
palliating
internalising
UK
delimitating
girdling
defining
drying up
shutting down
shutting up
dummying up
mollifying
breaking
mincing
relaxing
locking up
gentling
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
temperating
humbling
cracking down
sitting on
pulling back
muting
tying down
placing a limit on
cowing
cracking down on
clamping down on
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
marking off
drawing the line on
getting the better of
watering down
getting a grip on
keeping under wraps
cooling out
playing down
meeting halfway
keeping inside
blacking out
jamming up
conserving
budgeting
saving
restricting the consumption of
limiting to a fixed amount
rationing
more ❯
“His parents decided that if Jay couldn't
curb
his spending, then he would have to start earning his own money.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to gain mastery or control over something or someone
beating
conquering
controlling
subduing
mastering
overcoming
defeating
quelling
vanquishing
licking
bridling
quashing
taming
besting
suppressing
surmounting
checking
restraining
dispatching
clobbering
dominating
arresting
curtailing
frustrating
squashing
squelching
stifling
thwarting
prevailing over
triumphing over
getting the better of
gaining mastery over
getting a grip on
winning against
cracking down on
putting the kibosh on
stamping out
gaining control of
reducing
diminishing
lessening
lowering
repressing
decreasing
stopping
easing
moderating
inhibiting
crushing
dropping
putting an end to
extinguishing
abating
putting a stop to
ending
limiting
restricting
tapering
cutting down
lightening
cutting back
destroying
deadening
nipping in the bud
cutting
smothering
terminating
quenching
tempering
contracting
shrinking
silencing
dulling
slashing
killing
mitigating
minimizing
US
halting
downsizing
de-escalating
scaling down
decrementing
downscaling
ebbing
putting down
softening
blunting
depreciating
finishing
minimising
UK
abolishing
constraining
hindering
toning down
damping down
snuffing out
dwindling
getting rid of
muffling
clamping down on
impeding
depressing
waning
tailing off
dampening
overpowering
weakening
containing
wiping out
muting
holding back
damping
alleviating
slapping down
routing
slackening
shutting down
attenuating
slowing down
letting up
declining
preventing
cutting short
annihilating
winding down
paring down
bringing down
bringing to an end
dialing down
devaluating
demolishing
petering out
dropping off
subjugating
reining in
trimming
hampering
quelching
subsiding
settling
sinking
putting the lid on
allaying
stepping down
taking the edge off
easing off
obstructing
strangling
making cutbacks in
wearing away
wearing down
blocking
deflating
extirpating
drying up
scotching
governing
slacking off
falling off
impairing
depleting
pruning
overwhelming
ceasing
clipping
interfering with
eroding
paring
suspending
denting
slumping
relaxing
stemming
rolling back
quieting
fading
knocking down
getting over
cracking down
marking down
decaying
degenerating
wasting
drooping
cutting off
getting under control
putting a damper on
bringing to a stop
tapering off
running down
cutting back on
whittling down
eradicating
deteriorating
withering
shriveling
US
crumbling
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
dying down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
running low
modifying
stymieing
eliminating
gagging
shushing
stilling
cushioning
nixing
rationing
solving
assuaging
degrading
mellowing
sapping
narrowing
quitting
diluting
discontinuing
qualifying
harshing
overthrowing
cooling
regulating
keeping in check
minifying
concluding
overmatching
upending
couching
staunching
worsting
interrupting
overbearing
getting
weeding out
putting paid to
skunking
axing
downgrading
holding in check
remitting
winding up
bringing to a halt
taking down
getting around
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
breaking off
trimming down
trimming back
bringing to a standstill
dealing with
getting control of
adjourning
doing down
pulling the plug on
ratcheting down
phasing down
rising above
clamping down
breaking up
laying off
keeping down
knocking off
relieving
rebating
draining
shaving
devitalizing
sating
torpedoing
tailing away
strangling at birth
palliating
slaking
exterminating
scuppering
expunging
revising
scrunching
trashing
squishing
soothing
abasing
lapsing
constricting
shortening
docking
removing
rounding down
bringing under control
foiling
undermining
retrenching
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
snowing under
banishing
dashing
defusing
bringing to screeching halt
falling
receding
censoring
dumbing
benumbing
disempowering
throttling
clamming
numbing
scuttling
spoiling
blotting out
bating
petering
plummetting
plunging
relenting
plummeting
spiking
slowing
phasing out
modulating
playing down
closing
chillin
chilling
putting a lid on
expiring
calming
finding a solution to
finding an answer to
slowing up
putting out
hegemonizing
managing
cauterizing
US
palling
making reductions in
slimming down
retrenching on
cheapening
coping with
making weaker
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
scaling back
doing for
putting the stopper on
taking the heat off
ruling
directing
commanding
blurring
completing
dissolving
cauterising
UK
draining away
dying away
growing smaller
growing less
becoming smaller
falling away
dying out
becoming less
annulling
messing up
closing up
choking off
finishing off
discounting
calling a halt
coming to an end
buttressing
quietening
taking tough action
coming down on
immobilizing
US
desisting
turning back
absorbing
keeping the lid on
deactivating
immobilising
UK
holding up
undervaluing
keeping a lid on
quietening down
cutting in price
devaluing
lowering in price
soaking up
deducting
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
writing down
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
making less active
offering at a giveaway price
subtracting
rendering worthless
reducing the price of
breaking
disgrading
demeriting
driving down
trouncing
tanking
cutting down on
drubbing
thrashing
undoing
stalling
queering
barring
outstripping
outclassing
stuffing
surpassing
excelling
outdoing
hammering
leaving off
amortising
UK
extenuating
casting down
whittling
desisting from
taking
cutting out
making less
making smaller
tightening
amortizing
US
flooring
whipping
surviving
devastating
downing
crucifying
pasting
weathering
slaughtering
blowing the whistle on
shutting off
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
packing in
giving over
prevailing
stunning
hurdling
shocking
outliving
shellacking
owning
walking over
winning
rendering
throwing
knocking over
knocking out
rendering powerless
rendering helpless
coming out on top of
gaining a victory over
winning over
coming out on top
running rings around
taking to the cleaners
rendering incapable
wiping the floor with
grinding down
blowing out of the water
bringing someone to their knees
walking all over
making mincemeat of
sitting on
more ❯
“With the help of Jolene, Beth was finally able to
curb
her addiction to alcohol.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to fail, or to make great attempts to
thwarting
frustrating
hindering
foiling
checking
stopping
impeding
blocking
preventing
obstructing
hampering
stymieing
restraining
baulking
UK
forestalling
defeating
baffling
scotching
balking
US
cramping
derailing
circumventing
scuppering
opposing
trammelling
trammeling
ruining
beating
spoiling
dashing
countering
discomfiting
smashing
snookering
disappointing
crimping
checkmating
confusing
upsetting
outwitting
crossing
crabbing
nobbling
bilking
traversing
rooting
snafuing
shipwrecking
stultifying
holding up
putting a stop to
putting paid to
standing in the way of
doing for
fouling up
putting the kibosh on
lousing up
putting the stopper on
putting the mockers on
taking down
giving the slip
upsetting the applecart
cooking someone's goose
playing off
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
taking wind out of
taking the wind out of your sails
halting
crippling
nullifying
queering
nipping in the bud
screwing up
messing up
throwing a spanner in the works
halting in its tracks
throwing monkey wrench in
throwing a monkey wrench in the works
finishing off
finishing
making an end of
bringing to a close
putting an end to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
obstructing
hindering
impeding
hampering
inhibiting
blocking
checking
restraining
frustrating
encumbering
restricting
handicapping
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
cramping
shackling
retarding
delaying
hamstringing
halting
hobbling
barring
forestalling
limiting
manacling
handcuffing
balking
US
baulking
UK
embarrassing
stalling
interrupting
slowing
derailing
prohibiting
cumbering
staying
bridling
stonewalling
borking
interfering
sabotaging
crabbing
sandbagging
throttling
obscuring
screening
complicating
holding up
holding back
interfering with
hog-tying
short-circuiting
slowing down
tying up
hanging up
putting a brake on
standing in the way of
getting in the way
getting in the way of
weighing down
monkeying with
stymieing
thwarting
preventing
stopping
clogging
arresting
foiling
constraining
crippling
opposing
disrupting
deterring
cutting off
curtailing
suppressing
crimping
repressing
baffling
counteracting
choking
throwing a spanner in the works
setting back
confining
interdicting
staving off
heading off
controlling
warding off
averting
putting a stop to
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
stemming
damming
tying
detaining
keeping back
circumventing
shutting off
defeating
shutting out
debarring
cramping one's style
scuppering
withholding
closing off
stifling
containing
plugging
countering
putting an end to
intercepting
closing
spoiling
nipping in the bud
stoppering
holding
contravening
clogging up
ruining
stopping up
entangling
lessening
reducing
nullifying
plugging up
resisting
putting off
diminishing
stuffing
jamming
fending off
slowing up
forbidding
precluding
suspending
choking off
filling
straitening
sealing
congesting
decelerating
braking
occluding
discomfiting
discontinuing
overturning
binding
retardating
postponing
diverting
evading
leashing
closing out
bunging up
blocking up
circumnavigating
scotching
staunching
skirting
sidestepping
putting the kibosh on
blocking out
blocking off
holding off
taking down
avoiding
stanching
bogging down
shutting down
decreasing
defending against
steering clear of
giving a hard time
clotting
dissuading from
discouraging
circumscribing
beating
burdening
constricting
shaking
barricading
enjoining
shelving
letting
slackening
regulating
bunging
neutralizing
US
caulking
moderating
impairing
fazing
deferring
blockading
entrammelling
entrammeling
disconcerting
undermining
obviating
checkmating
miring
chaining
weakening
neutralising
UK
quieting
rattling
filling up
dashing
reining in
gumming up
putting paid to
disappointing
muzzling
intermitting
closing up
upsetting
holding down
stunting
outwitting
throwing monkey wrench in
choking up
doing for
crossing
dragging your feet
withstanding
repelling
turning off
putting back
lousing up
repulsing
putting the stopper on
backing off
screwing up
fouling up
holding off on
throwing cold water on
bringing to screeching halt
picking off
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
upsetting the applecart
sidetracking
straitjacketing
corking
shutting
proscribing
bottlenecking
inconveniencing
debilitating
subduing
capping
freezing
disallowing
banning
protracting
pausing
petering out
standing off
setting limits on
imposing limits on
delimiting
remitting
proroguing
tiing one's hands
tying down
disadvantaging
packing
jamming up
prolonging
putting straitjacket on
sidelining
boxing in
tying someone's hands
preventing from making progress
estopping
dissuading
quashing
smothering
putting a crimp in
getting out of
catching
subverting
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
acting against
throwing a curve
bottling
gagging
snagging
fending
cutting out
locking out
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
strangulating
tethering
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
escaping
bypassing
bitting
warding
tabooing
outlawing
putting at a disadvantage
holding over
making late
placing at a disadvantage
disempowering
saddling with
giving disadvantage
taking out
keeping under control
bringing an end to
putting out of commission
invalidating
scuttling
snookering
keeping in
holding in
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
keeping
tempering
squashing
confounding
deflecting
putting on brakes
stemming the flow of
hemming in
keeping in check
damping
turning aside
nobbling
undoing
parrying
destabilizing
US
crashing
unsettling
juking
wrecking
keeping lid on
stumping
taking wind out of
ditching
counterplotting
burying
blanking
helping
pre-empting
saving
retaining
lagging
abating
demoralizing
US
attenuating
forbidding to
scaring
chillin
dampening
chilling
cooling
forfending
disadvising
heading off at pass
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
procrastinating
emasculating
sapping
cutting in
taking away
botching
softening
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
beating down
taking wind out of sails
messing up
getting the better of
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the mockers on
causing setback
ceasing
denying
ruling out
dragging through the mud
cutting down
cutting back
keeping waiting
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
eroding
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
indisposing
talking out of
laying off
refusing
acting like a wet blanket
poking full of holes
bogging
compromising
damaging
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
obturating
glutting
bottling up
defending
defending yourself
fighting back
replying
putting up a fight
concealing
retaliating
riposting
beating off
fighting off
letting up
placing a limit on
disturbing
encroaching on
infringing
damming up
gunging up
silting up
bringing to a standstill
cluttering up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce the strength or intensity of
smothering
reducing
lessening
decreasing
diminishing
moderating
deadening
dulling
weakening
blunting
checking
mitigating
allaying
alleviating
dampening
softening
stifling
suppressing
easing
restraining
tempering
damping
abating
lowering
quelling
muting
subduing
assuaging
cushioning
lightening
relieving
stilling
attenuating
curtailing
mollifying
tranquillising
UK
tranquilizing
US
calming
cooling
placating
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
ebbing
toning down
damping down
de-escalating
taking the edge off
easing off
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
winding down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
making less intense
putting damper on
putting a damper on
putting the lid on
soothing
quieting
palliating
modifying
dulcifying
depreciating
depressing
cutting
appeasing
conciliating
lulling
pacifying
propitiating
qualifying
helping
modulating
adjusting
making reasonable
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
gentling
comforting
sweetening
fixing up
taking sting out
reconciling
patching things up
mellowing
ameliorating
composing
satisfying
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
curtailing
reducing
cutting
decreasing
lessening
diminishing
shortening
trimming
truncating
abridging
abbreviating
shrinking
contracting
docking
clipping
slashing
downsizing
cropping
limiting
lopping
chopping
eliding
syncopating
retrenching
restraining
restricting
minifying
controlling
cramping
halting
inhibiting
cutting back
cutting down
paring down
cutting short
slimming down
boiling down
rolling back
reining in
tightening up
breaking off
holding back
reining back
putting a limit on
putting a restriction on
putting the brakes on
checking
economising
UK
lowering
economizing
US
marking off
marking down
condensing
compressing
pruning
snipping
narrowing
concentrating
deflating
constricting
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
slimming
making smaller
growing smaller
wasting away
becoming smaller
getting smaller
telescoping
getting shorter
squeezing
withering
epitomizing
US
epitomising
UK
bobbing
abstracting
foreshortening
dwindling
minimizing
US
digesting
synopsizing
summarizing
US
excerpting
minimising
UK
growing shorter
making shorter
taking up
cutting to the bone
summarising
UK
turning up
paring
lopping off
putting in a nutshell
bluing pencil
rounding down
whittling down
shaving
shearing
cutting off
tightening
disappearing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
pacing
regulating
controlling
limiting
managing
constraining
containing
monitoring
administering
measuring
adjusting
methodizing
overlooking
tempering
adapting
guiding
organising
UK
organizing
US
systematising
UK
systematizing
US
allocating
directing
reconciling
restraining
administrating
legislating
policing
taming
bridling
setting
coordinating
inhibiting
standardising
UK
standardizing
US
governing
modulating
supervising
balancing
holding
superintending
moderating
overseeing
restricting
stewarding
presiding over
pulling in
reining in
keeping an eye on
keeping tabs on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to give up or abstain from something
renouncing
ceasing
quitting
discontinuing
stopping
ending
forgoing
abandoning
halting
finishing
dropping
breaking
desisting
concluding
eschewing
avoiding
forbearing
refusing
checking
rejecting
kicking
abjuring
abstaining
foregoing
desisting from
breaking off
giving up
refraining from
knocking off
cutting out
laying off
leaving off
forbearing from
abstaining from
giving over
keeping from
doing without
packing up
calling it quits
laying off of
packing in
letting up
withholding from
restraining oneself from
kicking the habit
stopping oneself from
kicking over
quitting cold
swearing off
preventing oneself from
going without
keeping off
ceasing to indulge in
shunning
refraining
withholding
keeping
holding back
restraining
resisting
jacking in
stopping oneself
leaving alone
resisting the temptation to
declining
passing
evading
fighting shy of
steering clear of
inhibiting
sitting out
passing up
giving a wide berth to
taking the cure
checking oneself
turning down
forswearing
dispensing with
forsaking
bucking
not touching
arresting
interrupting
avoiding doing something
not doing
having nothing to do with
taking the pledge
going on the wagon
constraining
starving
relinquishing
fence-sitting
fasting
having done with
staying neutral
not taking sides
preventing
sitting on one's hands
giving the go by
prohibiting
helping
putting off
belaying
escaping
bridling
omitting
managing not to
sacrificing
declining to
restraining yourself
going easy
repudiating
skipping
suspending
spurning
waiving
calling it a day
putting a stop to
disclaiming
axing
passing on
leaving out
giving something a miss
calling a halt to
disavowing
shaking
precluding
staying away from
undoing
reforming
reevaluating
shrinking from
restraining from
holding off
denying oneself
shying from
ditching
cutting off
getting out of
breaking up
denying
disestablishing
backing off from
checking out from
shirking
brushing aside
dodging
calling it quits on
look down one's nose at
bypassing
surceasing
pulling out of
blocking
putting an end to
withdrawing
packing it in
bringing to an end
shutting off
cutting short
bringing to a halt
skipping out on
shaking off
getting off
getting around
winding up
resigning from
standing down from
chucking
coming off
enduring
dispensing
keeping away from
managing without
turning aside from
obstructing
intervening
going cold turkey
escaping from
bringing to end
closing off
forletting
bringing to a close
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
putting the kibosh on
stopping trying
disregarding
holding back from
closing
terminating
determining
elapsing
ignoring
rebuffing
dismissing
getting on the wagon
cutting it out
hanging it up
sewing up
wrapping up
dead-ending
winking out
snubbing
reining in
kiboshing
surceasing from
repulsing
disapproving
eluding
warding off
nullifying
counteracting
steering clear
obviating
staving off
fending off
impeding
anticipating
averting
breaking the habit of
counterbalancing
making up for
staying away
neutralizing
US
interfering with
hindering
circumventing
withstanding
negating
skirting
sidestepping
heading off
neutralising
UK
reprobating
demurring
demurring at
knocking back
baulking at
saying no to
abnegating
abdicating
disdaining
ducking
finessing
shying
scaping
disaffirming
gainsaying
rendering needless
passing over
balking at
not accepting
opting out
refusing to take advantage of
missing out on
opting out of
shaking one's head
weaseling out of
shying away from
shuffling out of
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
reneging on
weaselling out of
staying clear of
turning your back on
keeping clear of
giving the red light
giving the thumbs down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
resisting
opposing
defying
hindering
impeding
obstructing
blocking
challenging
checking
combatting
combating
confronting
contesting
countering
disputing
fighting
frustrating
halting
inhibiting
preventing
protesting
restraining
stemming
stopping
thwarting
battling
relucting
counteracting
countervailing
refusing
stonewalling
fighting against
objecting to
baulking at
going against
contending with
dissenting with
kicking against
rebelling against
taking on
refusing to accept
standing up to
striving against
locking horns with
struggling against
taking a stand against
taking issue with
facing down
taking up arms against
putting up a fight against
speaking out against
setting your face against
eliminating
withstanding
ending
tackling
oppugning
warring
resolving
repelling
bucking
battling against
making a stand against
coping with
putting an end to
bringing to an end to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to admit the truth or existence of
denying
contradicting
gainsaying
repudiating
negating
opposing
refuting
disproving
negativing
rebutting
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
challenging
contesting
debunking
disaffirming
discrediting
exploding
nullifying
retracting
controverting
countering
declaring untrue
disallowing
disavowing
disclaiming
disconfirming
disowning
dissenting from
invalidating
quashing
rebuffing
rejecting
confuting
disagreeing with
taking back
contravening
disacknowledging
disagreeing
disbelieving
doubting
recanting
shooting down
spurning
withsaying
calling on
holding back
keeping back
not buying
shooting down in flames
shooting full of holes
taking exception to
Verb
▲
Present participle for exert a modifying or controlling influence on
modulating
adjusting
attuning
balancing
regulating
harmonising
UK
harmonizing
US
moderating
modifying
setting
tempering
toning
tuning
varying
inflecting
adapting
altering
amending
changing
controlling
fine-tuning
lessening
lowering
reducing
restraining
revamping
revising
shifting
switching
transmogrifying
tweaking
playing down
toning down
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mark out the boundary or limits of
defining
bounding
demarcating
establishing
circumscribing
delimiting
determining
fixing
limiting
specifying
delineating
outlining
demarking
distinguishing
prescribing
setting
confining
marking
bordering
compassing
encircling
enclosing
encompassing
enveloping
terminating
belting
edging
flanking
girding
girdling
rimming
surrounding
verging
laying down
marking off
marking out
setting out
fencing in
staking out
walling in
setting bounds to
setting the boundaries of
setting the limits of
Noun
▲
The action of inhibiting a process
inhibition
hindrance
obstruction
restraint
restriction
bar
impediment
check
obstacle
barrier
block
discouragement
hampering
suppression
bridling
checking
constraint
deterrent
prevention
repression
retardation
arrest
balking
US
baulking
UK
blocking
cramping
encumbrance
fettering
frustration
hazard
holding back
shackling
smothering
stifling
baulk
UK
balk
US
chain
clog
cramp
crimp
curb
drag
drawback
embarrassment
fetter
foiling
halting
handicap
hitch
holdback
hurdle
interference
let
manacle
quashing
shackles
snag
stop
stopping
thwarting
trammel
interdict
straitjacket
blockage
embargo
hangup
prohibition
stumbling block
sublimation
nipping in the bud
putting an end to
putting an stop to
concealment
control
limitation
refrainment
discipline
discretion
continence
self-restraint
self-command
self-control
reserve
deadening
containing
muffling
keeping back
containment
choking back
rein
stricture
keeping under control
confinement
limit
condition
stint
circumscription
spoiling
failure
countering
circumvention
defeat
crushing
disappointment
forestalling
dashing
scotching
derailment
hindering
setback
snookering
crippling
baffling
foundering
collapse
blow
scuppering
nonfulfillment
contravention
nonfulfilment
unfulfillment
lack of success
nonsuccess
disturbance
non-success
brake
difficulty
damper
impedance
burden
stoppage
catch
cumber
disadvantage
complication
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
ball and chain
bridle
delay
hiccup
shackle
millstone
problem
disincentive
determent
inconvenience
interruption
hamper
facer
holdup
dissuasion
barricade
catch-22
monkey wrench
road block
curtailment
albatross
baggage
cumbrance
detriment
rub
wall
ceiling
clampdown
deterrence
retardant
lock
inhibitor
glitch
fetters
excess baggage
blockade
bottleneck
gridlock
issue
load
joker
uphill
restrainer
defect
weakness
wet blanket
preventive
hang-up
jam-up
dead weight
retardment
sticking point
millstone around your neck
bond
trouble
congestion
slowing
restraining
handicapping
deadweight
opposition
barring
choking
shortcoming
headache
bonds
hobble
occlusion
yoke
small difficulty
pitfall
hold-up
chains
psychological baggage
millstone round someone's neck
obviation
preemption
intimidation
preclusion
biting back
hardship
halt
interception
holding in
keeping in check
weary load
bump
stumbling stone
nuisance
railing
traverse
fence
defence
UK
defense
US
leash
preventative
roadblock
buttress
tie
disablement
impairment
flaw
disorder
fault
bottling up
booby trap
mountain to climb
defensive measures
break
reverse
reversal
red tape
blank wall
chill
saddle
debt
duty
guilt
cross
stone in one's path
safeguard
cloud
depressant
rebuff
whammy
harness
gloom
pall
thorn in one's side
monkey on back
ban
hold
depression
maximum
cold water
weight
order
reduction
cap
sabotage
intervention
threshold
bound
demarcation
bounds
regulation
foot dragging
deal-breaker
extent
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
margin
confine
curfew
line
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
tops
line of demarcation
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something
diminution
cut
reduction
contraction
curtailment
cutback
decrease
lessening
attenuation
curtailing
weakening
constriction
deduction
limitation
limiting
lowering
restriction
abatement
cutting back
retrenchment
sapping
undermining
scaling down
docking
shortening
cutting
shrinkage
truncation
abbreviation
curb
guillotine
condensation
cutting short
Adjective
▲
Restraining
withholding
restraining
confining
deterring
hindering
prohibiting
restrictive
Adjective
▲
That serves to suppress
suppressive
censoring
covering up
holding back
muffling
quelling
repressing
repressive
silencing
stifling
subduing
withholding
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