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What is another word for
cut down
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Verb
To bring down (a tall object), especially by cutting or chopping
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity
To shorten in length or extent
To kill or take the life of
Deliver a blow to
To trim by cutting off
To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance)
To prepare a summary of something
Watch your waistline
To shoot someone or something with a gun
(
slang
)
To negatively criticize
To make oneself physically thinner
To completely destroy or devastate
To physically bring to the ground
To bring shame or discredit to
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
To render comprehensible or understandable
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scorn
To damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Adjective
Being an abridged or shortened version of something
In a simplified or basic form
Elementary, simple or merely functional
Cheaper or lower in price
Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
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Verb
▲
To bring down (a tall object), especially by cutting or chopping
chop
hew
level
mow
raze
chop down
hack down
bring down
mow down
fell
saw down
cut
axe
UK
split
ax
US
sever
slice
divide
saw
flatten
cause to fall
clear-cut
clear-fell
bring to the ground
hack
lop
cleave
“The workmen come with saws and begin to
cut down
the large tree.”
Verb
▲
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity
reduce
contract
decrease
abate
cut back
rein back
ease up on
lessen
cut
diminish
lower
curtail
slash
trim
pare down
scale down
shrink
prune
ease
curb
downsize
slim down
drop
moderate
limit
minimize
US
pare
mark down
bring down
make cutbacks in
minimise
UK
taper
downscale
whittle down
retrench
de-escalate
dwindle
restrain
axe
UK
clip
ax
US
attenuate
wind down
roll back
lighten
quell
shave
cut back on
salami-slice
temper
decrement
weaken
dial down
mitigate
depreciate
shorten
deplete
depress
restrict
dent
knock down
rationalize
US
tone down
ebb
devaluate
drop off
tail off
alleviate
abridge
truncate
rationalise
UK
dilute
downgrade
wane
minify
ease off
step down
check
make reductions in
whittle away
decline
sink
soften
peter out
discount
dock
erode
impair
narrow
rein in
taper off
take down
subdue
make less
run down
cut down on
subside
dry up
slacken
slow down
wear away
wear down
economize on
cheapen
abbreviate
allay
blunt
degrade
elide
undervalue
syncopate
assuage
devalue
soothe
palliate
deduct
write down
ration
couch
relax
extenuate
trim down
trim back
whittle
take the edge off
make smaller
write off
get rid of
round down
eliminate
scale back
economize
US
tighten up
hold back
phase down
stifle
economise
UK
relieve
damp down
repress
slenderize
mollify
calm
make fewer
turn down
slim
cause to fall
deflate
break
demote
retrench on
ratchet down
constrict
roll down
budget cut
confine
remove
take off
trim away
phase out
omit
delete
tune down
decay
drain
fade
quiet
droop
settle
slump
degenerate
waste
rebate
halve
undermine
sap
do away with
dampen
keep down
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
thin
put down
reduce greatly
shed
disempower
deaden
crop
lop
chop
make weaker
mute
damp
muffle
break off
put the brakes on
inhibit
halt
cut short
put a restriction on
boil down
put a limit on
cramp
control
fall off
calm down
deteriorate
evaporate
run low
crumble
let up
lose edge
narrow down
die down
modify
wither
slack off
tail away
shrivel
take the bite out
take the sting out
abase
squelch
smother
cushion
put a damper on
dull
subtract
disgrade
demerit
drive down
peter
mark off
cast down
amortise
UK
tighten
qualify
amortize
US
more ❯
“Gradually
cut down
the amount of sugar you use in drinks and sprinkle on cereals until you stop altogether.”
Verb
▲
To shorten in length or extent
abridge
abbreviate
condense
shorten
cut
reduce
truncate
clip
trim
contract
prune
cut back
shrink
crop
dock
slash
pare down
cut short
compress
chop
downsize
snip
curtail
decrease
diminish
lessen
elide
syncopate
lop
cut off
constrict
narrow
pare
lop off
telescope
bob
concentrate
shave
restrict
boil down
epitomize
US
stop short
take out
cut out
limit
dwindle
minimize
US
epitomise
UK
get shorter
cut to the bone
make shorter
minimise
UK
retrench
excerpt
take up
turn up
poll
nip
take off
remove from
remove
make bare
snip off
paraphrase
put in a nutshell
put in words of one syllable
summarise
UK
summarize
US
simplify
foreshorten
slim
slim down
deflate
whittle down
round down
shear
waste away
tighten
more ❯
“You have to
cut down
your article to a couple of hundred words.”
Verb
▲
To kill or take the life of
kill
slaughter
assassinate
slay
massacre
dispatch
fell
clear
lop
strike down
murder
butcher
execute
eliminate
put to death
liquidate
exterminate
mow down
terminate
annihilate
smoke
take out
destroy
ice
off
whack
top
stiff
waste
wipe out
do in
bump off
knock off
rub out
blow away
eradicate
finish off
do away with
do to death
shoot down
croak
erase
polish off
take the life of
end the life of
scrag
cut to pieces
decimate
neutralize
US
snuff
dispose of
neutralise
UK
put away
get
make away with
cause the death of
do for
put down
extirpate
put to sleep
zap
snuff out
put to the sword
get rid of
hit
finish
put an end to
obliterate
give someone the works
carry off
down
take someone's life
terminate with extreme prejudice
wax
silence
remove
abolish
cancel
blackball
nix
guillotine
send to the gas chambers
grease
blot out
lynch
claim
take
immolate
deep-six
end
put end to
mutilate
take care of
stretch out
wipe off the face of the earth
gun down
mass murder
kill off
depopulate
expunge
sweep away
blow someone's brains out
stamp out
efface
ethnically cleanse
extinguish
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
wipe from the face of the earth
hang
suffocate
garrotte
UK
smite
sacrifice
crucify
asphyxiate
strangle
garrote
US
vaporise
UK
purge
vaporize
US
shoot
dust off
chill
cool
put paid to
dust
quash
ruin
behead
decapitate
electrocute
euthanize
nullify
put out of its misery
neck
blast
stab
quell
kill in cold blood
murk
put a stop to
put someone out of their misery
do
knife
smother
garotte
defeat
cause to die
bowstring
fry
demolish
ax
US
abort
overturn
axe
UK
annul
overthrow
bring down
gas
devastate
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
take off
wreck
smash
raze
take a life
bring to an end
wipe off the map
total
shatter
cost
send to the chair
stone to death
send to the gas chamber
put before a firing squad
send to the gibbet
carry out a sentence of death on
string up
send to the electric chair
desolate
pulverize
US
nuke
wrack
cream
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
cause the loss of
result in the loss of
wipe
pulverise
UK
delete
excise
pull down
wipe off
tear down
scrub out
negate
disannul
dissolve
gut
incapacitate
account for
remove all traces of
clear up
mop up
put out of action
make an end of
deal with
more ❯
“Candler, unarmed, found himself facing a huge Tibetan swordsman who would brutally
cut
him
down
with a succession of blows.”
Verb
▲
Deliver a blow to
chop down
cut back
decrease
deliver a blow to
dispense with
lop off
shorten
Verb
▲
To trim by cutting off
mow
cut
crop
scythe
shear
trim
clip
sickle
hack
slice
reap
chop
prune
sever
pare
dock
snip
detach
hew
saw
excise
remove
shorten
truncate
curtail
pare down
lop
cut back
shave
bob
poll
nip
lop off
pollard
cut off
barber
skive
reduce
fleece
slash
cut short
chop off
take off
hack off
cut shorter
even up
groom
neaten
shape
lower
tidy up
clip off
whittle down
nip off
trim off
shave off
slice off
detruncate
top
tonsure
disengage
make shorter
cut into a bob
Verb
▲
To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance)
economise
UK
economize
US
save
scrimp
retrench
be sparing
cut back
be frugal
budget
save money
be economical
cut costs
make economies
scrimp and save
cut expenditure
make cutbacks
make cuts
pinch
skimp
spare
be thrifty
buy cheaply
conserve
decrease wastage
manage
reduce wastage
shepherd
stint
use less
be more economical
buy more cheaply
cut corners
pinch pennies
tighten your belt
be careful
be prudent
count the pennies
husband your resources
rein in
scrimp and scrape
watch the pennies
be on a shoestring
draw in one's horns
keep within means
make ends meet
meet a budget
pay one's way
pinch the pennies
rake and scrape
run tight ship
stretch a dollar
curtail
reduce
trim
husband
reduce expenditure
make savings
scant
economize on
stint on
scrimp on
be economical with
save for a rainy day
use sparingly
be mingy with
be frugal with
be parsimonious with
run a tight ship
use economically
be tight with
be sparing with
go easy on
be stingy with
be careful with
be mean with
manage thriftily
be cheap
cut down on
limit
withhold
scrape
be stingy
be mingy
hold back on
restrict
restrain
skimp on
squirrel
stash
hold back
be mean
penny-pinch
be tight-fisted with
roll back
earmark
ration
nurse
scamp
screw
slight
be tight
be tight-fisted
cut back on
be close
cut your coat according to your cloth
go easy
pull in one's horns
look after the pence
begrudge
grudge
confine
define
spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
save for rainy day
sock away
be parsimonious
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prepare a summary of something
summarise
UK
summarize
US
encapsulate
epitomise
UK
epitomize
US
outline
recap
recapitulate
abridge
abstract
condense
digest
review
sum up
synopsize
brief
precis
reprise
cypher
UK
cipher
US
compile
cut
inventory
pare
précis
prune
rehash
retrograde
shorten
skim
snip
sum
summate
trim
boil down
put in a nutshell
wrap up
cut back
give an outline of
give a rundown of
give a summary of
go over
make a summary of
run down
run through
get to the meat
give an abstract of
give a precis of
give a synopsis of
give main points
give the main points of
give the gist of
reduce
abbreviate
truncate
capsule
curtail
compress
distill
US
distil
UK
edit
chop
minify
blue pencil
telescope
compact
decrease
contract
nutshell
capsulize
cut to bone
cut short
make a outline of
make a résumé of
write a summary of
sketch
give a digest of
clip
narrow
concentrate
shrink
capture
record
express
crop
consolidate
constrict
sum-up
wrap-up
downsize
make a long story short
limit
describe
delineate
examine
draft
US
indicate
characterize
US
conclude
adumbrate
estimate
close
total
draught
UK
characterise
UK
touch on
size up
give a summing-up
review the evidence
summarize the argument
summarize the evidence
give a rough idea of
skeletonize
give a quick rundown on
make an outline of
skeleton
give a rough idea
lay out
tell about
give a thumbnail sketch of
get the measure of
restate
reiterate
repeat
rephrase
reword
recount
paraphrase
replay
list
enumerate
run over
state again
run through again
go over again
go over same ground
go the same round
more ❯
Verb
▲
Watch your waistline
be on a diet
slim
reduce
diet
count calories
cut back
watch your weight
watch what you eat
watch your waistline
Verb
▲
To shoot someone or something with a gun
zap
shoot
blast
plug
pot
pump
bag
fell
hit
smoke
blow away
gun down
mow down
open fire on
pick off
shoot down
put a bullet in
pump full of lead
let someone have it
execute
murder
kill
assassinate
slay
put before a firing squad
bring down
fire
shell
bombard
gun
pop
let fly
blaze away
open fire
open fire at
blast away
blaze
discharge
fire away
shoot away
snipe
drill
fire at
snipe at
fire on
let go with
let fly at
pull the trigger
Verb
▲
(
slang
)
To negatively criticize
harsh
criticise
UK
criticize
US
bash
disparage
diss
knock
slam
blast
castigate
chastise
chide
crucify
denigrate
denunciate
deprecate
flame
malign
pan
reprimand
rip
savage
scathe
clobber
hammer
lambaste
pillory
rap
roast
skewer
slag
slate
sledge
slug
zap
bag
rubbish
find fault
have a go at
jump on
pick to pieces
nag at
attack
trash
vilify
excoriate
besmirch
fault
slur
dis
inveigh against
pick at
find fault with
run down
take down
fulminate against
rail against
come down on
give a bad press to
pull to pieces
dress down
pour scorn on
nit-pick
slag off
bad-mouth
pull apart
put down
cast aspersions on
nitpick about
tear into
lace into
pick holes in
lay into
nitpick
judge
nitpick over
do down
pass judgment
scoff at
get at
tear to shreds
throw shade
find lacking
throw shade at
censure
condemn
denounce
arraign
maul
reprehend
fustigate
pummel
US
carp
reprobate
monster
lash
decry
dispraise
blame
objurgate
rate
reprove
slash
scorch
derogate
asperse
complain about
give some stick to
trim
pummelled
UK
inveigh
disapprove of
bag on
skin
throw brickbats at
animadvert on
skin alive
cut to bits
hit
give bad press
cut up
hit out at
fluff
carp at
slog
blister
give flak to
do a number on
vituperate against
cavil at
pass strictures upon
give the business
berate
rebuke
upbraid
scold
reproach
admonish
carpet
chew out
revile
bawl out
take to task
abuse
lecture
haul over the coals
vituperate
tell off
flay
lambast
ream out
rag
pitch into
read the riot act
keelhaul
tear off a strip
give a rocket
give someone a roasting
call down
give someone a dressing-down
remonstrate with
give someone a rollicking
let someone have it
tick off
rant at
give someone hell
bollock
rail at
rap over the knuckles
give a talking-to
baste
give someone a telling-off
tongue-lash
give someone a bollocking
give someone an earful
jaw
pull up
belittle
give someone what for
give someone a mouthful
wig
give someone a wigging
give someone a rating
score
assail
impugn
row
give someone a row
take to pieces
depreciate
give someone a caning
belabor
US
discredit
nag
defame
belabour
UK
slap down
harangue
blow up
vilipend
give someone some stick
complain
diminish
ridicule
deride
cavil
potshot
dismiss
send someone away with a flea in their ear
execrate
discount
rail
rake over the coals
insult
dump on
minimize
US
scorn
talk down
object
do a hatchet job on
trash-talk
ream
slight
cane
disapprove
moan
grumble
cry down
slander
put on the mat
deplore
smear
poor-mouth
minimise
UK
fuss
speak ill of
play down
tear a strip off
chasten
take apart
whine
gripe
write off
kiss off
whinge
grouse
slap on the wrist
drag through the mud
light into
shoot down
expostulate
traduce
object to
kick
stigmatize
US
detract from
take exception to
beef
anathematize
yell at
remonstrate
jump down one's throat
oppose
calumniate
kvetch
stigmatise
UK
undervalue
downgrade
underrate
protest
rollick
quibble
sound off
grouch
give someone a bad press
detract
rip into
mock
bleat
bellyache
blow up at
fulminate
animadvert
go on at
throw mud at
challenge
underestimate
contemn
trivialize
US
dispute
speak evil of
tear down
niggle
speak badly of
take issue with
crab
call on the carpet
marginalize
US
slap someone's wrist
grizzle
deflate
marginalise
UK
curse
grump
libel
growl
pooh-pooh
wail
keen
caterwaul
scream
repine
tear to pieces
blacken the name of
trivialise
UK
holler
express disapproval of
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
mutter
squeal
lash out at
criticize severely
sneer at
declaim
lay down the law
yowl
yaup
downplay
demean
kick up a stink about
protest against
exprobate
be against
take down a peg
frown on
opprobriate
demur
check
accuse
recriminate
come down hard on
rave at
quibble about
minify
split hairs
misprize
disdain
disgrace
argue against
thunder
tear apart
argue
rage
rant
sail into
treat lightly
lampoon
kick up a fuss about
question
kick up a fuss
hold cheap
make a fuss about
proscribe
give a piece of one's mind
take to the woodshed
reject
query
degrade
punish
gripe about
discipline
look askance at
lower
impeach
except
hypercriticize
chunter
caution
mither
create
mudsling
carp about
moan about
grouse about
lesson
go for the jugular
monish
jeer at
beef about
discommend
slap
give something a battering
discountenance
bother
give something a bad press
call over the coals
shout at
dissent
make light of
abhor
go on about
talk to
raise objections to
call to account
taunt
draw the line
take issue
take a stand against
detest
despise
speak out against
bring to book
cut down to size
climb all over
bring into disrepute
spread lies about
fume
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
get angry with
give a bad name
storm
conduct a smear campaign against
refute
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
find unacceptable
scourge
vociferate
speak out
lash out
contest
shellac
jeer
blacken
whine about
whip
argue with
grouch about
understate
demonize
US
make a stand
controvert
contradict
pettifog
demonise
UK
zing
negate
provoke
rake
bellyache about
whinge about
badmouth
oppose strongly
look askance
get after
resist
charge
remonstrate against
offend
objurate
jawbone
let fly
expostulate about
animadvert upon
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
outrage
dig
sound off about
take on
call out
gainsay
contravene
indict
pick on
mouth off about
lash into
downcry
oppugn
preach
twit
needle
disesteem
bite someone's head off
cast a slur on
cross
disavow
take a dim view of
mortify
complain vociferously about
humiliate
criticize strongly
take exception
sneer
pick holes
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
trounce
rant about
sell short
declaim against
strongly criticize
lay out
be on at someone
be in opposition to
spurn
make a fuss
speak to
take a swipe at
twine
disagree
frown upon
laugh at
kvetch about
rag on
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give a going over
jump down someone's throat
go after
laugh off
tell a thing or two
poor mouth
be hostile to
throw the book at
call into question
swipe at
lose one's temper with
let fly at
lam into
jump all over
wade into
pooh pooh
make fun of
kick up a stink
affront
stick it to
lean on
reprimand severely
be critical of
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
speak of with disfavour
blacken the character of
brand
give a rough time
sling mud at
mumble
satirize
US
hit out
backbite
incriminate
rebuff
beat
assault verbally
satirise
UK
demote
devalue
snipe at
disagree with
attask
pile in
read out
pick apart
have a pop at
hold forth against
exprobrate
start on
start in
ferule
heap
mark down
take away
bring under fire
take
debate
cudgel
smother
strike
prosecute
review unfavorably
visit
take swipe at
throw stones at
harass
threap
destroy
niggle about
snap someone's head off
jump on one's case
misrepresent
earbash
protest strongly
disregard
rebut
fry
scream at
blacken someone's reputation
accost
moralise
UK
moralize
US
yelp
yap
bawl
sully
round on
show someone up
lessen
devaluate
cheapen
compromise
chew
warn
make little of
frown
explode
slang
make a protest
crush
correct
counsel
adjure
advise
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
back-bite
gossip about
take a dig at
have words with
snipe
sort out
have words
think little of
put hooks in
tax
spout
bluster
huff
rave
carp on
get on
give a hard time
burn one's ears
humble
clamor against
look down on
weigh into
severely reprimand
give someone bondi
rap across the knuckles
shame
snub
comment negatively
be picky
be hypercritical
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
burst out
speak
lay on
give comeuppance
keep after
have someone on the carpet
show up
charge with
criticize harshly
mete out punishment to
make an example of
criticize hatefully
cuss out
give someone a carpeting
eat out
give one hell
have your knife in
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
be hard on
teach a lesson
deliver a tirade to
express strong disapproval of
set upon
rap knuckles
have at
work over
crack down on
take dim view of
not go for
call to task
point the finger
think wrong
not support
raise objections
intimidate
take a stand
menace
expose to ridicule
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
sound off to
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
hold up to shame
express objections
backstab
give the devil
vociferate about
not believe in
express disagreement
lodge a protest
express objections to
mind
express disapproval
withstand
combat
squabble
bicker
rain
object strongly to
fight
grieve
give a tongue-lashing
swear at
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
be in opposition
bemoan
bewail
groan
lament
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
express a poor opinion of
be hostile towards
chop logic
think badly of
express disapprobation of
express disapprobation
have a problem
quarrel with
rant and rave
chirp
fret
snivel
lay
crib
impute
differ
defy
natter
ascribe
grumble about
have a problem with
raise an
dig into
assault
tuck into
raise trivial objections to
be pedantic
frame
hold someone to blame
complain to
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
debase
make an objection
be displeased
baulk
UK
make a stink
go-one-on-one
raise objection
draw the line at
mix it up with
tangle with
balk
US
beg to differ
pronounce
name
adjudge
plain over
put the boot in
lodge a complaint
carry on
speak up
make a complaint
hold responsible
hold accountable
pass on
jinx
traverse
doubt
negative
disaffirm
break
deny
tar
squash
squelch
declare unfit
tease
send up
put away
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
give a black eye
torment
make mincemeat of
make short work of
rip to shreds
cast doubt upon
cut to shreds
cast aspersions upon
throw doubt on
pin on
thumb nose at
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
ride
heckle
rip up
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
cut to the quick
hassle
chaff
goad
rage against
rib
guy
haze
bait
protest strongly at
be scandalized by
be offended by
be shocked by
gibe
gibe at
thunder against
make sport of
scout
poke fun at
flout
jab
quiz
twitter
rally
lout
take the piss out of
disagree violently with
wound
pique
vex
remonstrate about
make a protest against
kick against
make a stand against
complain bitterly about
kick up
put up a fight against
take great exception to
displease
irk
hurt
disrespect
gall
anger
disgruntle
annoy
rankle
scandalize
US
disgust
distress
put
put out
upset
give a zinger
confront
scandalise
UK
hit where one lives
give the cold shoulder
put your back up
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
peck
go on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make oneself physically thinner
lose weight
slim
diet
fast
slim down
watch your weight
go on a diet
count the calories
skinny down
be on a diet
abstain
eat sparingly
follow a diet
starve
slenderize
eat selectively
go without
cut back
count calories
reduce intake
get thinner
macerate
emaciate
shape up
get into shape
melt off
thin
shed pounds
waste away
get fit
tone up
taper
narrow
reduce
lose some inches
shed some pounds
lose some pounds
Verb
▲
To completely destroy or devastate
decimate
destroy
devastate
annihilate
cream
demolish
desolate
eradicate
extinguish
nuke
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
ravage
raze
ruin
shatter
smash
total
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
waste
wrack
wreck
butcher
do in
execute
exterminate
massacre
obliterate
pull down
rub out
slaughter
tear down
commit genocide
kill off
put paid to
stamp out
wipe out
wreak havoc on
lay waste
cut a swath through
trash
level
erase
extirpate
expunge
liquidate
eliminate
remove
crush
wipe off the map
efface
abolish
flatten
kill
zap
cancel
knock down
bulldoze
quash
snuff out
blot out
take out
wipe off the face of the earth
raze to the ground
dismantle
break up
leave in ruins
blow up
finish off
root out
spoil
desecrate
wipe from the face of the earth
torpedo
despoil
devour
gut
spoliate
leave desolate
take apart
black out
do away with
sweep away
clean up
blow to bits
undo
pillage
unbuild
sack
destruct
depredate
dilapidate
squash
delete
topple
dynamite
crash
excise
take down
bomb
reduce to ruins
blow to pieces
lay waste to
end
terminate
overwhelm
break
dispatch
plunder
incinerate
upset
damage
fell
defeat
bring down
reduce
burn
scourge
blow away
raid
sink
nix
scratch
scrub
off
overturn
ax
US
finish
axe
UK
break down
knock to pieces
blow sky-high
get rid of
wash out
strike out
shoot down
rape
lower
ransack
purge
avenge
torment
quell
strike
wipe
disrupt
consume
trample
prostrate
suppress
wipe off
check
scrub out
tear to pieces
prang
burn away
dash
put a stop to
weed out
nullify
blast
put down
take away
damage beyond repair
write off
burn out
abort
annul
overthrow
disassemble
bring to ruin
smite
take
explode
make desolate
mutilate
overcome
ravish
maraud
maim
lay low
bring to an end
put an end to
mess up
capsize
spill
batter
scatter
subvert
unmake
rip down
blow down
cast down
tear up
mow down
throw down
scratch out
beat
benothing
cover
cut
obscure
ink out
score out
knock out
knock off
cross out
blank out
X-out
block out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
remove all traces of
KO
destroy root and branch
mark out
rub off
stop
squelch
subdue
repress
quench
curb
silence
crack down on
stifle
inhibit
conquer
overpower
put the kibosh on
halt
cut out
scotch
frustrate
thwart
nip in the bud
clobber
uproot
clamp down on
slap down
put the lid on
give the chop
put out
discontinue
vanquish
neutralize
US
scrap
rout
banish
prevent
neutralise
UK
elide
dele
trim
shush
dispense with
blue-pencil
edit out
negate
put a line through
dissolve
invalidate
restrain
disannul
abrogate
arrest
drop
constrain
abate
impede
muffle
stem
hinder
restrict
prohibit
hamper
queer
quelch
bury
deaden
strangle
exsect
mute
knock something on the head
put kibosh on
edit
sit on
interfere with
x out
stroke out
damp down
blow
kayo
withhold
stun
scrunch
squish
snuff
crack down
snow under
rein in
smother
put to death
break off
block
expurgate
get shot of
cast out
drive out
record over
derail
phase out
bowdlerize
US
cross through
scupper
dish
stymie
cease
counteract
amputate
exscind
cut up
lop off
bowdlerise
UK
X out
scissor out
launder
slash
control
interrupt
cow
bottle
dominate
spike
clamp
be the end of
gag
do for
sweep aside
subjugate
cut off
beat down
trample on
triumph over
rescind
drive underground
hold in
repeal
keep inside
hold down
keep in
put lid on
bring to naught
void
revoke
shut down
vacate
retract
withdraw
avoid
countermand
null
omit
repudiate
discard
vitiate
ditch
rub
exclude
dump
snip
junk
jettison
disestablish
chop
deracinate
unpublish
supersede
shed
score
bleep
decontaminate
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
clean
sterilise
UK
sanitise
UK
tear out
rip out
dig out
strip off
pull out
set aside
strike down
roll back
call off
rule out
Tippex out
white out
pass up
throw out
close down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To physically bring to the ground
bring down
drop
fell
deck
floor
level
lower
knock down
prostrate
tumble
knock over
pull down
mow down
throw down
lay low
shoot down
KO
topple
strike down
flatten
knock to the ground
bowl down
ground
bring to the ground
down
bowl over
knock out
throw to the ground
put down
fall
hew
raze
blow down
cause to fall
saw down
clear
chop
chop down
blast
tear down
clear-cut
hack down
clear-fell
throw
rugby-tackle
upset
tip over
lay out
catch off balance
mow
spill
overturn
upend
run down
run over
shove
unbalance
trip
tackle
overthrow
capsize
pick off
knock into the middle of next week
take out
knock for six
knock unconscious
overpower
overcome
push over
trip up
set down
hurl to the ground
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring shame or discredit to
mortify
disgrace
shame
degrade
debase
stain
taint
defame
discredit
dishonour
UK
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
sully
abase
besmirch
smirch
tarnish
belittle
blacken
chasten
cheapen
demean
dishonor
US
foul
lower
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
besmear
disparage
smear
bemean
defile
desecrate
diminish
downgrade
slur
snub
take down
bring down
bring low
cast down
lower the status of
shoot down
tear down
bastardize
US
devalue
profane
dehumanize
US
bastardise
UK
dehumanise
UK
cut down to size
run down
take down a peg
bring shame to
humble
humiliate
denigrate
corrupt
pervert
vitiate
deprave
warp
poison
subvert
debauch
deteriorate
prostitute
lessen
demoralize
US
canker
reduce
brutalize
US
injure
derogate
demoralise
UK
brutalise
UK
put down
sink
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
subdue
deflate
squash
flatten
cow
tame
embarrass
slander
spot
put in one's place
disfavor
US
ridicule
disrespect
disfavour
UK
blot
disregard
own
deride
attaint
mock
libel
depreciate
betray
drag through the mud
drag through the mire
bring into disrepute
bring shame upon
put in a bad light
cause to lose face
give a bad name to
show up
lose face
reflect badly on
make someone eat crow
bring shame on
tar and feather
give a black eye
minimize
US
undervalue
minimise
UK
drag down
sell out
be untrue to oneself
beat down
abandon one's principles
demote
crawl
subjugate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
abuse
insult
castigate
denigrate
disparage
excoriate
vituperate
berate
lambast
lambaste
trash
assail
belittle
blast
curse
malign
rebuke
reproach
savage
scathe
slight
taunt
vilify
attack
bash
belabour
UK
belabor
US
nag
offend
potshot
revile
scold
slam
decry
defame
discount
diss
impugn
libel
minimise
UK
minimize
US
slander
slate
slur
smear
upbraid
derogate
oppress
persecute
reprove
backbite
calumniate
flame
hose
injure
knock
miscall
ride
slang
traduce
zing
bad-mouth
inveigh against
jump on
put down
be rude to
blow off
call names
cuss out
cut to the quick
do a number on
shout at
slag off
swear at
vituperate against
dump on
cast aspersions on
trash-talk
give a black eye
criticize
US
censure
criticise
UK
condemn
rubbish
have a go at
pan
tear into
roast
denounce
lay into
hammer
run down
asperse
chastise
pummel
US
deprecate
pull apart
reprimand
pillory
monster
chew out
pummelled
UK
rail against
flay
bag
bawl out
find fault with
carpet
rate
reprehend
blame
dis
chide
vilipend
discredit
admonish
take to pieces
objurgate
fulminate against
crucify
do a hatchet job on
take to task
dress down
skewer
depreciate
pull to pieces
haul over the coals
hit out at
speak ill of
tongue-lash
pour scorn on
ream out
talk down
slash
reprobate
drag through the mud
lecture
blister
diminish
give a rocket
pick holes in
dismiss
tear off a strip
rap
cry down
cut up
tell off
throw brickbats at
give someone a roasting
rant at
scorn
lash
ridicule
rail at
harangue
deride
remonstrate with
read the riot act
poor-mouth
jaw
rail
detract from
give someone hell
speak badly of
rap over the knuckles
give someone a rollicking
lace into
contemn
baste
mock
rag
call down
throw mud at
let someone have it
keelhaul
play down
score
write off
kiss off
scorch
dispraise
bollock
tear a strip off
shoot down
pitch into
give someone a dressing-down
sail into
tear down
undervalue
underrate
cane
give someone a bad press
carp at
downgrade
besmirch
give someone a bollocking
tick off
detract
blacken the name of
give a talking-to
fulminate
scoff at
sneer at
speak evil of
sledge
maul
underestimate
cavil
ream
disapprove of
degrade
wig
row
trim
marginalize
US
cavil at
light into
take apart
pick to pieces
pull up
marginalise
UK
stigmatize
US
rollick
rip into
pooh-pooh
come down on
jump down one's throat
give someone a telling-off
give someone an earful
give a bad press to
do down
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
give someone some stick
give someone a row
give someone a rating
rake over the coals
criticize severely
spread lies about
carp
stigmatise
UK
scandalize
US
sully the reputation of
downplay
give a bad name
fault
trivialize
US
slap
sling mud at
accuse
scandalise
UK
deflate
lower
minify
yell at
misprize
go for the jugular
animadvert on
disgrace
make light of
treat lightly
tear to pieces
trivialise
UK
slap down
laugh at
give someone a caning
put on the mat
send someone away with a flea in their ear
hold cheap
bring into disrepute
outrage
blacken the reputation of
provoke
blacken the character of
lampoon
slag
conduct a smear campaign against
exprobate
wound
annoy
hurt
tease
arraign
demean
affront
discipline
animadvert
lash out
blacken
mortify
disrespect
scourge
upset
debase
devalue
rant
execrate
humiliate
chasten
recriminate
inveigh
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
mudsling
opprobriate
tie into
disdain
slap on the wrist
tear apart
let fly
bite someone's head off
lash out at
beat up on
nitpick about
expostulate
whip
objurate
complain
find fault
cheapen
give flak to
lash into
bag on
give some stick to
lay down the law
jump down someone's throat
give comeuppance
slap someone's wrist
hurl insults at
lose one's temper with
laugh off
take down a peg
take a swipe at
give something a battering
jeer at
rip up
cut down to size
lay out
express disapproval of
be critical of
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
be malicious about
speak of with disfavour
refute
take
backstab
gossip
lie
spite
badmouth
fustigate
have a pop at
nag at
check
argue with
assault verbally
satirize
US
judge
rebuff
incriminate
disapprove
ostracise
UK
remonstrate
ostracize
US
disagree with
hurl insults
give offense
rave at
pile in
satirise
UK
pass strictures upon
start on
start in
read out
look askance
get after
pick apart
deplore
take on
scream at
anathematize
threap
caution
round on
shellac
beat
sneer
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
devaluate
lessen
compromise
scarify
drub
call over the coals
rake
destroy
snipe at
hit
call on the carpet
put hooks in
sell short
explode
preach
twit
lesson
jawbone
declaim
poormouth
put away
knock off high horse
give a tongue-lashing
hold forth against
tear to shreds
give something a bad press
weigh into
give someone bondi
humble
look down on
discountenance
clamor against
spurn
rib
bait
lam into
set upon
mark down
take away
burst out
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
lay on
take swipe at
throw stones at
call to task
give the devil
point the finger
wade into
let fly at
rap knuckles
denunciate
aggravate
skin
go on at
have someone on the carpet
give the business
blow up
bring to book
take to the woodshed
keep after
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
put someone on the hot seat
pin your ears back
crawl all over
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
storm
rage
yelp
yap
bawl
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
attack somebody's dignity
have at
sound off
work over
crack down on
go after
nit-pick
irritate
disoblige
abase
gird
jeer
scoff
give offence to
understate
squash
demonize
US
rip
dig
jinx
squelch
demonise
UK
cause offence to
pique
vex
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
rile
growl
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
displease
thunder
poor mouth
pooh pooh
take down
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
irk
anger
disgruntle
needle
bother
rankle
disgust
distress
gall
vociferate
kick
protest
put out
put
fume
rag on
give a zinger
confront
put your back up
hit where one lives
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
give the cold shoulder
blow up at
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lean on
challenge
bark at
object
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
take issue with
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
declaim against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
shame
smirch
sully
tarnish
stain
taint
drag through the mire
besmear
defile
reduce
fling mud at
blot
damage
soil
bring discredit to
cast a slur on
bring shame upon
muckrake
spread scandal about
spot
disregard
sink
befoul
reflect badly on
foul
bring shame on
despise
spoil
blotch
breathe on
make fun of
run smear campaign
rip up and down
tar and feather
snub
gibe
poke fun at
misrepresent
cast down
caricature
burlesque
sniff at
find lacking
embarrass
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
disesteem
tell lies about
treat with contempt
nitpick over
pick at
brush aside
bring down
look down one's nose at
flout
sneeze at
reject
underemphasize
de-emphasize
jibe at
undermine
poison
run a smear campaign against
hold up to ridicule
gloss over
take exception to
blacken someone's name
rate too low
sully someone's reputation
set little store by
do an injustice to
drag someone's name through the mud
not do justice to
hold in contempt
turn your nose up at
lower the status of
downcry
back-bite
belie
nitpick
ignore
discommend
jibe
clobber
abhor
rally
villainize
slug
zap
torment
travesty
prostitute
scout
think little of
prejudice
frown on
blemish
speak out
protest against
get at
heap scorn on
send up
jest
dehumanize
US
make a stand
sling mud
put in a bad light
dehumanise
UK
show up
oppose
take the piss out of
brush off
desecrate
be wrong about
shrug off
argue against
take the mickey
write false reports about
mouth off about
animadvert upon
spread tales about
mark wrong
regard with contempt
quip at
rank out
drag name through mud
turn up one's nose
give Bronx cheer
look down upon
think too little of
set no store by
go on about
pass judgment
drag someone's name through the mire
bring shame to
bring low
hoot
demote
get angry with
gossip about
label
crush
make little of
frown
comment negatively
harsh
disvalue
question
lie about
cock a snook
not go for
mistrust
repudiate
condescend
blackguard
ruin
take dim view of
cast slur on
put zingers on
misbid
misrespect
slog
fluff
snipe
bring under fire
bemean
snicker
smile
deign
take a dig at
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
cast a slur upon
talk trash
miscalculate
bastardize
US
moan about
grouse about
whine about
grouch about
quibble about
carp about
drag through mud
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
knock off
write down
hate
laugh
not do justice
miscarry
attaint
own
chaff
throw shade at
underprice
underprize
lower someone's dignity
lower someone's status
cut to bits
bellyache about
gripe about
whinge about
beef about
betray
skin alive
give bad press
thumb one's nose
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
cause to lose face
lose face
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
think wrong
be against
not support
fleer
swipe
dump
grin
crack
leer
protest strongly
banter
quiz
razz
kid
lout
drag down
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
sound off about
look askance at
not believe in
sell out
be hostile to
knock down
be untrue to oneself
beat down
treat contemptuously
make jokes about
bastardise
UK
profane
abandon one's principles
defy
rant about
make a protest
snigger
high-hat
snoot
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
negate
be hostile towards
make sport of
flout at
poke mullock at
abominate
be contemptuous about
be allergic to
show contempt for
turn up one's nose at
strumpet
blaspheme
plaster
expose
shun
spout
bluster
huff
rave
raise an
cock a snook at
disobey
fail
curl one's lip
jive
pass on
disown
discard
disclaim
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
blacken someone's character
tarnish someone's name
taint someone's name
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
soil someone's name
intimidate
take a stand
menace
vociferate about
proscribe
frame
punish
pronounce
name
adjudge
rant and rave
show in a bad light
tell someone to get lost
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
defame someone's character
have no use for
have contempt for
refuse to acknowledge
gibe at
hold in disdain
look down at
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
misjudge
underween
give the cold shoulder to
sweep aside
give someone the brush-off
cold-shoulder
cast aside
look right through someone
mimic
have a crack at
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
curl your lip at
be contemptuous of
declare unfit
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
imitate
spoof
do
ape
copy
withstand
combat
demur
gripe
squabble
bicker
rain
resist
object strongly to
take exception
lodge a protest against
take issue
fight
frown upon
express disagreement with
except
dissent
argue
dispute
take for granted
take off
pervert
put on
impersonate
parody
twist
sheik
US
mime
distort
do a takeoff of
joke
sheikh
UK
do an impression of
exaggerate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slow
retard
delay
restrict
check
detain
hinder
curb
handicap
decelerate
impede
restrain
stunt
temper
curtail
hold back
hold up
inhibit
limit
obstruct
reduce
set back
slacken
stall
abate
decrease
diminish
hamper
keep back
lag
lessen
mire
moderate
regulate
retardate
stay
choke
embog
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
qualify
quiet
reef
interfere with
rein in
anchor it
back-water
bog down
cut back
keep waiting
lose speed
lose steam
put the brakes on
slow down
wind down
hit the brakes
let down flaps
get in the way of
block
encumber
trammel
stymie
hamstring
cramp
thwart
arrest
stop
fetter
shackle
clog
hobble
bar
cumber
slow up
frustrate
prevent
halt
handcuff
stem
cut off
constrain
interrupt
suppress
bridle
brake
stonewall
control
dam
hog-tie
foil
baulk
UK
manacle
derail
hang up
stand in the way of
embarrass
tie
repress
balk
US
contain
confine
deter
disrupt
cripple
shut off
close off
short-circuit
stifle
tie up
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works
shelve
suspend
prohibit
defer
crimp
put off
staunch
choke off
put back
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
stanch
sabotage
barricade
close
bork
blockade
sandbag
clog up
forbid
block up
hold off
stop up
interdict
remit
prorogue
plug up
protract
shut down
hold over
prolong
get in the way
hold off on
forestall
plug
caulk
soften
smother
oppose
jam
stopper
baffle
close out
circumscribe
stuff
occlude
constrict
adjourn
scupper
block out
close up
interfere
hold
choke up
bung up
congest
withhold
faze
preclude
block off
debar
table
tie down
put an end to
dissuade from
mothball
pigeonhole
reschedule
take down
put over
respite
back off
weigh down
let up
intermit
carry over
hold in
bring to screeching halt
hold down
put on hold
cramp one's style
extend
contravene
lay on the table
give a hard time
put on back burner
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
set aside
cramp someone's style
put on ice
saddle with
lay over
give rain check
counteract
put on the back burner
hang fire
hold in abeyance
straitjacket
straiten
sidetrack
seal
clot
fill up
fill
cap
discontinue
inconvenience
subdue
pack
jam up
intercept
pause
delimit
stand off
peter out
gum up
freeze
discomfit
rattle
overload
shut out
bung
step down
bind
entangle
chain
disconcert
disadvantage
incommode
tie someone's hands
bottle
muzzle
gag
set limits on
impose limits on
crab
stave off
make late
oppress
bother
charge
discommode
throttle
obscure
screen
complicate
subvert
foul up
screw up
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
make difficult
disempower
monkey with
reduce speed
destabilize
US
shake
slack
attenuate
demoralize
US
ease up
emasculate
sap
slam on the anchors
put on the brakes
slam on the brakes
demoralise
UK
destabilise
UK
undermine
botch
challenge
withstand
resist
put the kibosh on
bog
drag through the mud
dampen
become slower
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
dull
poke full of holes
bring to a standstill
cushion
get slower
damp
continue
avert
depress
absorb
impair
outlaw
enjoin
lengthen
waive
ward
make slower
reduce in speed
buffer
blanket
deaden
tone down
damp down
put on brakes
stem the flow of
keep in
circumvent
defeat
ward off
head off
put a stop to
nip in the bud
scotch
counter
dash
obviate
spoil
checkmate
nullify
fend off
snooker
put paid to
ruin
beat
disappoint
avoid
outwit
upset
neutralize
US
do for
neutralise
UK
defend against
keep
put the stopper on
put the mockers on
rule out
upset the applecart
nobble
cross
burden
stump
divert
evade
smash
cut short
louse up
put a spoke in someone's wheel
forfend
deflect
anticipate
sidestep
skirt
pick off
steer clear of
keep lid on
quash
stultify
bilk
govern
tame
overturn
pre-empt
circumnavigate
be a hindrance to
entrammel
throw monkey wrench in
take wind out of
negate
hem in
help
ban
shut in
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
put a damper on
confuse
squelch
root
traverse
estop
squash
snafu
leash
rein
guard
finish
terminate
bottleneck
confound
muffle
discourage
give the slip
cease
quit
break
measure
rule
repulse
get out of
keep under control
cork
fight back
mess up
cancel
annul
crush
keep in check
escape
bypass
bottle up
pull in
parry
defend
dead-end
choke back
put at a disadvantage
turn aside
make impossible
crash
place at a disadvantage
preempt
second-guess
box in
drag your feet
queer someone's pitch
turn off
keep a lid on
bite back
deny access
bring to a close
give the run around
head off at pass
cool off
get ahead of
get in before
leave off
desist from
keep within bounds
cut out
beat someone to the draw
beat someone to the punch
bring to an end
beat someone to it
provide against
steal a march on
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
suffocate
tie-up
weaken
finish off
sink
queer
isolate
debilitate
inc
catch
act against
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
puzzle
constipate
snag
offset
buck
tether
cause to wait
exclude
cause to stay
mystify
tie one's hands
put straitjacket on
shut
nonplus
halt in its tracks
sideline
throw a monkey wrench in the works
prevent from making progress
flummox
affect
disturb
proscribe
blacklist
boycott
disqualify
make an end of
throw a curve
scuttle
invalidate
tamper
influence
corner
strangulate
confront
swallow
wreck
ditch
juke
unsettle
trouble
conflict
repel
put a crimp in
forefend
ostracize
US
get bogged down
keep from happening
put the damper on
undo
commandeer
wall off
put the brakes on
take out of play
give disadvantage
take out
crool
banjax
stave
lock out
bring an end to
put out of commission
blank
counterplot
bury
stand in the way
overcome
lick
conquer
rebuff
strangle
be one step ahead of
be early
act in advance of
prepare for
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
save
let
peg
discipline
throw a spoke in the wheel of
keep at bay
keep off
quell
incarcerate
imprison
intern
put the lid on
disadvise
chill
scare
cool
make illegal
ostracise
UK
embargo
take wind out of sails
cause setback
get the better of
put end to
hedge
beat down
slacken pace
dash one's hope
render null and void
cordon off
throw a monkey wrench into
make impracticable
put a limit on
gaol
UK
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
close in
immure
deny
concuss
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
indispose
wrong
play for time
lock up
immobilize
US
shutdown
cool down
talk out of
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
keep the lid on
clobber
act like a wet blanket
nix
treat harshly
hedge out
destroy
render powerless
cut in
take away
put half nelson on
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
crack down on
stamp out
immobilise
UK
preoccupy
monopolize
US
foresee
predict
forecast
project
expect
envision
strangle at birth
refrain from
monopolise
UK
put out of business
put out of action
bring someone to their knees
bring to naught
wipe out
end
drop
dodge
load
can
obturate
withhold from
stay away
stay away from
refuse
forbear
deny oneself
give up
make up for
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
break the habit of
skip out on
do without
shy from
kick
get around
steer clear
forgo
shrink from
abstain
renounce
keep from
desist
eschew
shirk
forbear from
shun
glut
overwhelm
saddle
strain
break off
shipwreck
laden
lumber
weight
close down
put a sock in
lay off
break up
wind up
pack up
knock off
blow the whistle on
pack in
put a cork in
give over
dam up
gunge up
clutter up
silt up
lade
pile
freight
yoke
play off
cook someone's goose
spike someone's guns
take the wind out of your sails
dump on
overburden
snow under
bear down on
snow
make heavy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To render comprehensible or understandable
make easy
simplify
clarify
demystify
unriddle
construe
elucidate
explicate
expound
illustrate
demonstrate
explain
illuminate
abridge
reduce
unscramble
clear up
boil down
break down
clean up
lay out
make clear
make easier
make plain
make straightforward
spell out
break it down
cut the frills
get down to basics
get to the meat
put in a nutshell
make perfectly clear
reduce to the bare bones
let daylight in
get across
make more intelligible
dumb down
make easy to understand
analyse
UK
let sunlight in
draw a picture
disinvolve
make more comprehensible
make easier to understand
clean it up
popularise
UK
hit the high spots
make more accessible
put one straight
interpret
analyze
US
popularize
US
make intelligible
decipher
unravel
unfold
untangle
describe
define
enlighten
reveal
resolve
decode
translate
sort out
shed light on
point out
throw light on
show
gloss
annotate
delineate
disclose
tell
comment on
straighten out
work out
go into detail
put across
solve
edify
expand
clear
exemplify
develop
enucleate
specify
characterize
US
detail
illumine
educate
diagram
uncover
characterise
UK
expose
instruct
make explicit
puzzle out
explain in detail
put in plain English
disentangle
give the details of
draw a picture of
flesh out
cast light on
get to the bottom of
figure out
run over
give insight
make obvious
give insight into
render
discourse
comment
disembroil
rationalize
US
inform
express
rationalise
UK
set forth
put in the picture
summarize
US
expand on
talk about
give a commentary on
emphasize
US
explain in simple terms
justify
clue in
draw a map of
fill someone in
throw light upon
summarise
UK
proclaim
allegorize
emphasise
UK
mark
lay bare
exhibit
guide
put into words
defog
express in words
paint a picture
report
discuss
communicate
declare
put in plain words
give an explanation of
spell it out
brief
shed light
teach
set the scene
enunciate
expatiate
bring home
sum up
amplify
get over
show and tell
point up
dilate
criticize
US
appraise
criticise
UK
settle
formulate
explicitize
US
run down
give the big picture
enlarge upon
put into plain English
tell why
explicitise
UK
highlight
crack
prove
shed
answer
make simple
clear the air about
get something straight
clear the air
fathom
understand
straighten up
make see daylight
expound on
piece together
remove the complexities from
make simpler
make head or tail of
find an answer to
suss out
make plainer
find the key to
find the answer to
find the solution to
find a solution to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scorn
slight
insult
offend
affront
outrage
wound
dis
diss
disrespect
ridicule
mock
disparage
slap
deride
scorn
belittle
slur
contemn
pillory
rag
despise
discount
put down
scoff at
treat with contempt
pooh-pooh
jibe at
sneer at
make fun of
poke fun at
rag on
make jokes about
treat contemptuously
upset
annoy
hurt
mortify
distress
vex
displease
disoblige
dump on
provoke
give offence to
denigrate
hurt somebody's feelings
cut to the quick
bother
irritate
taunt
pain
pique
gall
sting
anger
irk
humiliate
shock
disgruntle
disturb
needle
put your back up
aggravate
malign
discredit
slander
revile
asperse
grieve
tease
impugn
abuse
sadden
roast
trouble
disgust
exasperate
rile
miff
sledge
injure
aggrieve
scoff
pan
peeve
bug
nettle
put out
horrify
bad-mouth
jar
fret
slag off
cast aspersions on
treat disrespectfully
tick off
throw shade
get to
turn off
cause offense
misbid
misrespect
rankle
scandalize
US
put
confront
criticise
UK
dispraise
criticize
US
scandalise
UK
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
hit where one lives
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
ail
agonize
US
plague
worry
depress
perplex
devastate
get
torment
repulse
afflict
sicken
repel
pester
faze
excruciate
nauseate
dog
discombobulate
disquiet
discommode
chafe
traumatize
US
discomfort
anguish
eat at
discomfit
cause anguish
cause suffering
agonise
UK
bleed
mourn
burn up
be hurtful to
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
torture
crucify
traumatise
UK
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
thumb nose at
make miserable
gnaw at
cause suffering to
shake up
tear to pieces
do in
ruffle
hurt the feelings of
dismay
disconcert
agitate
nark
antagonize
US
rattle
spite
snub
antagonise
UK
zing
embarrass
give offence
hack off
rub up the wrong way
tread on someone's toes
be disagreeable
rankle with
be an affront to
put someone's nose out of joint
be offensive
get your goat
libel
defame
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
calumniate
abase
miscall
derogate
slang
slam
gird
debase
blister
jeer
curse
degrade
cause offence to
be rude to
trash-talk
cut dead
call names
step on one's toes
infuriate
incense
enrage
gravel
roil
madden
wind up
ride
exacerbate
inflame
grate
get on your nerves
give someone the hump
rasp
hassle
hump
get under your skin
harass
gripe
ire
get in your hair
appal
UK
hack you off
rub the wrong way
perturb
persecute
enflame
mad
frost
appall
US
goad
rark
steam up
bum out
drive up the wall
get your back up
get on one's nerves
get across
get across someone
itch
eat
tee off
try your patience
stir up
make your blood boil
discompose
dissatisfy
revolt
excite
embitter
niggle
grill
acerbate
cut
bait
gnaw
cross
get at
drive crazy
drive mad
burn
eat away at
wear on
raise hell
egg on
rub you up the wrong way
make angry
get on your wick
get your dander up
give someone the pip
make someone see red
rattle someone's cage
make waves
get a rise out of
dishearten
fester
unnerve
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
grate on
obsess
try
prick
sour
give someone grief
disenchant
distemper
jangle
rile up
molest
harry
abominate
drive you up the wall
make cross
drive round the twist
drive to distraction
drive round the bend
drive bananas
get your hackles up
eat up
wrong
incite
give a hard time
work up
bristle
offend morals of
nag
empurple
start
abrade
fill with loathing
boil
arouse
craze
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
get someone
make indignant
whip up
boil over
fire up
cause offense to
blow up
send into a rage
make sore
lose one's temper
get up someone's nose
work into lather
set on
set off
take a rise out of
affect
move
strike
harrow
sear
stir
touch
rouse
thrill
make wretched
pierce
cause anguish to
bedevil
huff
stew
snit
pet
tiff
stick in one's craw
set one's teeth on edge
disappoint
frustrate
discontent
disaffect
chagrin
misplease
play dirty
more ❯
Verb
▲
To damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wear
abrade
chafe
erode
rasp
rub
fray
gall
frazzle
fret
scrape
scratch
graze
corrade
corrode
scour
consume
grind
scuff
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
crumble
impair
use
decay
bother
fade
overuse
overwork
tax
undermine
weather
wear away
eat away
wear out
wear thin
become worn
wear down
wear through
bite into
eat away at
rub away
gnaw away
become threadbare
crumble away
grind away
rub down
wash away
waste away
gnaw away at
scrape off
use up
go to seed
excoriate
grate
tatter
file
distress
unravel
shred
tear
become ragged
become tattered
come apart
skin
irritate
bark
roughen
gnaw
nibble
eat
scrape away
corrupt
grind down
rot
bite at
spoil
raze
pinch
hurt
sand
burn
buff
rub against
rub raw
sandpaper
rub painfully
burnish
damage
peel
break down
make ragged
drag
brush
lacerate
oxidize
US
wear to shreds
rust
wear threadbare
flay
strip
rip
destroy
ravel
triturate
erase
tarnish
oxidate
flake
burn into
burn through
oxidise
UK
decompose
bite
canker
wear off
rub off
go through
scrape out
go into holes
undercut
chip away
chip away at
whittle away
score
cut
etch
nick
mark
polish
shave
snick
scrub
pare
incise
eat into
wound
gouge
gash
husk
hull
shuck
notch
smooth
decorticate
clean
furbish
hone
disintegrate
scarify
engrave
melt
scuff up
make a mark on
remove
chip
sear
shell
thin
dent
denude
rake
break the skin of
excorticate
scale
weaken
scar
strip away
peel away
clear
devour
deface
inflame
shape
lessen
sap
diminish
take off
blister
refine
vaporize
US
ablate
vaporise
UK
groove
key
scrawl on
finish
level
prick
scrabble
dissipate
exhaust
liquefy
swab
grit
gnash
break up
cleanse
exfoliate
run through
slash
slit
crunch
scrunch
wash
slice
scrub down
rend
wipe
purge
flush
whiten
shear
pierce
dight
shine
carve
split
furrow
puncture
buff up
mop
pumice
cleave
lance
nip
cut open
tear apart
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being an abridged or shortened version of something
abridged
shortened
cut
edited
concise
compressed
condensed
reduced
summarized
US
contracted
abbreviated
curtailed
brief
summary
potted
truncated
synoptic
abstracted
thumbnail
summarised
UK
trimmed
pruned
censored
precised
shrunk
shorter
bare-bones
synopsized
clipped
cropped
cut short
bowdlerized
US
outline
succinct
compact
pared down
expurgated
bowdlerised
UK
compendious
cut-down
concentrated
edited down
slimmed-down
encapsulated
slimmed down
short
diminished
lessened
decreased
skeleton
digest
sketch
essential
stripped down
terse
pithy
laconic
epigrammatic
aphoristic
curt
apothegmatic
crisp
sententious
monosyllabic
capsule
telegraphic
short and sweet
elliptical
elliptic
breviloquent
compendiary
to the point
in a nutshell
boiled down
pointed
incisive
sparing
perfunctory
rapid
quick
little
small
cursory
snappy
lapidary
snippety
recapped
precipitate
compacted
rehashed
run-down
in a few well-chosen words
apocopic
limited
hurried
hasty
run-through
snippy
fast
summarizing
US
consolidated
ephemeral
unprolonged
summarising
UK
lean
swift
precise
economical
decurtate
abbreviate
curtate
transient
bare
not protracted
in few words
apocopate
cut to the bone
comprehensive
gnomic
close
short and to the point
more ❯
“This paper was actually a very
cut-down
summary of my doctoral thesis.”
Adjective
▲
In a simplified or basic form
basic
simplified
easy
shortened
clear
abridged
reduced
interpreted
uncomplicated
made plain
fundamental
essential
introductory
rudimentary
primary
basal
elemental
underlying
elementary
beginning
abecedarian
initial
foundational
rudimental
primitive
meat-and-potatoes
preliminary
original
substratal
prefatory
simplex
plain
primo
uncomplex
simplest
ABCs
duck soup
child's play
meat and potatoes
preparatory
initiatory
early
bog-standard
radical
straightforward
facile
“Here is a
cut-down
explanation of string theory and why it works, sung acapella to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Adjective
▲
Elementary, simple or merely functional
basic
plain
simple
straightforward
unadorned
uncomplicated
ordinary
unpretentious
unsophisticated
adequate
rudimentary
spartan
undecorated
unfussy
unornamented
meager
US
meagre
UK
minimal
modest
undeveloped
unostentatious
bare-bones
unembellished
without frills
rough and ready
stripped down
stark
unvarnished
austere
unpatterned
measly
severe
bare
plain vanilla
uncluttered
restrained
clean
spare
homely
functional
Spartan
unelaborate
sparse
bald
muted
workaday
homespun
minimalist
clinical
no-nonsense
penny plain
understated
no-frills
simplistic
ascetic
chaste
everyday
honest
naked
no frills
utilitarian
discreet
minimum
essential
characterless
impersonal
bleak
colourless
UK
colorless
US
soulless
natural
unfurnished
antiseptic
crude
classic
patternless
raw
simple-minded
down-to-earth
homey
practical
bare bones
one-dimensional
lean
minimalistic
moderate
conservative
unadulterated
subdued
stripped-down
monastic
regular
frugal
dry
barren
crass
reduced
economy
generic
unpresumptuous
utility
humble
institutional
peasant
inelegant
unpolished
unaffected
wholesome
pure
fresh
artless
rustic
uncomplex
inelaborate
unrefined
acceptable
unassuming
hearty
without airs
conventional
skeleton
smallest possible
robust
realistic
pragmatic
hardheaded
pragmatical
frank
direct
matter-of-fact
earthy
hard-boiled
unidealistic
uninhibited
homestyle
without ornamentation
without ornament
plain-vanilla
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Cheaper or lower in price
reduced
cheap
bargain
discounted
slashed
cut
lowered
cheapened
lower
economy
sale
cut-price
cut-rate
low-price
marked down
on sale
budget
inexpensive
bargain-basement
reasonable
economical
affordable
discount
low-cost
dirt cheap
low-priced
economic
giveaway
low
reasonably priced
rock-bottom
bargainous
competitive
uncostly
cheapo
cost-effective
low-end
undear
el cheapo
cheapie
popularly priced
modest
moderately priced
dime-store
chintzy
moderate
nominal
on special offer
half-priced
cost next to nothing
nominally priced
half-price
popular
going for a song
keenly priced
sale-price
modestly priced
cheap and cheerful
low-budget
for a song
fair
thrifty
keen
decreased
steal
lessened
diminished
a dime a dozen
depreciated
buy
on offer
on special
dirt-cheap
bought for a song
real buy
low tariff
knockdown
viable
accessible
devalued
good
real steal
nosebleed
within your means
promotional
impaired
weakened
attractive
surprisingly cheap
bearable
curtailed
depressed
attenuated
sustainable
efficient
effective
in a promotion
selling at knockdown prices
cheaper
fuel-saving
fuel-efficient
energy-efficient
energy-saving
sound
cost nothing
cut rate
dog cheap
quite a buy
pruned
manageable
worse
pared down
utility
standard
worth the money
easy on the pocketbook
bargain-counter
at a bargain
cheapjack
frugal
tolerable
worthless
rock bottom
bargain basement
reduced-price
more ❯
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▲
Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
doomed
unlucky
unfortunate
ruined
finished
jinxed
cursed
hapless
luckless
done
sunk
unhappy
dead
lost
hopeless
destroyed
kaput
wrecked
kaputt
blighted
condemned
bedevilled
UK
undone
fated
fey
foredoomed
convicted
bewitched
sentenced
bedeviled
US
destined
foreordained
menaced
overthrown
overwhelmed
predestined
reprobate
suppressed
threatened
unredeemed
ill-fated
ill-starred
done for
star-crossed
ill-omened
disaster-prone
under a curse
dead duck
thrown down
in the cards
kiss of death
que sera sera
unpropitious
inauspicious
disastrous
wretched
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
adverse
calamitous
broken
unsuccessful
snakebitten
snakebit
ominous
toast
ruinous
infelicitous
hard luck
afflicted
defeated
out of luck
accursed
disadvantageous
catastrophic
in trouble
fateful
dead in the water
untoward
shattered
poor
troubled
forsaken
destitute
unprosperous
unpromising
awkward
at an end
in a bad way
wiped out
on the rocks
in flames
up the creek without a paddle
miserable
misfortunate
over
dire
desperate
stricken
pained
regrettable
burdened
inopportune
lamentable
in ruins
deplorable
washed up
in pieces
anathematized
in tatters
in shreds
in ashes
gloomy
discouraging
devastating
cataclysmic
beaten
disheartening
excommunicated
detrimental
thwarted
untimely
bleak
black
baleful
forlorn
hexed
devastated
woeful
cataclysmal
washed-up
devastative
dashed
accident-prone
dark
awful
grievous
abortive
sad sack
ill-boding
down the tubes
down for the count
down the drain
all washed up
inept
damaging
unbecoming
unsuitable
inappropriate
excommunicate
infernal
unsanctified
ill-chosen
crushed
censured
faulted
direful
bodeful
sinistrous
baneful
uninviting
severe
condemned to hell
deleterious
gone
creepy
foreboding
portentous
doubtful
critical
through
serious
bankrupt
crushing
perilous
grave
dubious
off-putting
unhopeful
exhausted
drained
spent
tragic
fallen
pitiful
hazardous
alarming
precarious
bringing bad luck
desolate
falling
empty
liquidated
terrible
pathetic
pitiable
over with
harmful
abject
fatal
dreadful
destructive
incorrigible
irredeemable
incurable
worthless
past it
losing
failing
ravaging
played out
done in
wound up
shocking
injurious
appalling
over the hill
gone to the wall
bad
annihilatory
horrible
damning
irreclaimable
irretrievable
inveterate
dead and buried
defunct
smashed
cooked
ended
extinct
sinister
totaled
floored
vulnerable
aimless
past hope
past praying for
alone
woebegone
voodooed
loser
had it
on the skids
out of circulation
burned out
belly-up
out of business
down and out
jonah
beyond recovery
beyond hope
frustrated
foiled
killed
malfunctioning
inoperative
defective
poor fish
down on luck
behind the eightball
inactive
inoperable
broken-down
for it
in deep water
busted
ineffective
for the high jump
useless
knackered
bust
dud
not working
duff
off
in disrepair
gone phut
in a state of disrepair
conked out
out of commission
on the blink
out of order
more ❯
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