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Noun
A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value
A downward or declining slope or surface
The process of organic decay or rotting
A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline
The state or quality of being degenerate
Long sled
The process of becoming smaller
The state of being deficient in something
The process of something ceasing to exist or be in use
Past its prime
The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime
A state of infirmity associated with old age
Verb
To refuse or say no to
To become smaller, weaker, or less important
To go to a lower level, especially abruptly
(
of a business
)
To go bankrupt
To snub and reject an offer or suggestion
To become inactive or unchanging
To slide down a steep slope, especially one of snow or ice
To die or cease living
To evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery
To hate, detest, revile
Inflect or conjugate
To disagree with or dispute
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
To fail in the intended effect
To return to a former or less developed state
Break down mentally
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Noun
▲
A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value
fall
descent
downturn
deterioration
diminution
slump
abatement
decrease
reduction
decrement
dip
drop
ebb
lessening
regression
degradation
dive
downfall
plummet
weakening
downgrade
dwindling
plunge
recession
shrinkage
decadence
degeneration
withering
degeneracy
depreciation
devaluation
diminishment
decay
downswing
downtrend
ebbing
failing
falloff
loss
lowering
collapse
retrogression
wane
atrophy
comedown
crash
slip
tumble
waning
worsening
dent
depletion
devolution
backsliding
lapse
nosedive
relapse
drop-off
falling off
falling-off
declension
depression
declination
cut
step down
slide
failure
eclipse
ruin
demise
decaying
enfeeblement
debilitation
slackening
cutback
contraction
down
curtailment
sinking
breakdown
overthrow
defeat
flameout
ruination
debasement
bankruptcy
flop
diminishing
downslide
destruction
discount
deflation
disintegration
downtick
deficiency
end
washout
let-up
miscarriage
impoverishment
deduction
bust
rupture
stoppage
nonsuccess
stagnation
sag
death
easing
slowdown
dissolution
subsidence
wreck
attenuation
downgrading
checkmate
de-escalation
reversal
undoing
foundering
dying down
trough
termination
folding
markdown
subsiding
stalemate
inadequacy
lemon
deficit
nonperformance
rout
mess
loser
botch
bungle
misstep
frustration
turkey
abortion
bomb
misadventure
fiasco
implosion
erosion
declining
retrenchment
easing off
moderation
total loss
false step
lead balloon
flash in the pan
sinking ship
faux pas
slash
minimization
abasement
minimizing
US
demotion
petering out
subtraction
extinction
dropping off
downer
cessation
minimising
UK
fall-off
letdown
skid
relaxation
annihilation
alleviation
return
lightening
retreat
exhaustion
shrinking
fading
devaluing
bottom-out
mitigation
loss of status
bad times
bathos
disappointment
cutting
tailing off
falling
dissipation
disillusionment
let-down
decadency
corrosion
reversion
slipping
anticlimax
declivity
trimming
reverse
impairment
rollback
falling apart
dereliction
saving
dégringolade
recidivism
liquidation
dying away
disrepair
disgrace
dying out
damage
dilution
inactivity
blow
attrition
drain
falling away
vanquishing
comeuppance
insolvency
shakeout
downward spiral
malfunction
devastation
doom
nose dive
halt
disruption
interruption
unsuccess
extermination
break-up
labefaction
disorganization
US
seizure
stagflation
disorganisation
UK
nonachievement
shutdown
fizzle
Waterloo
unsuccessfulness
rainy days
lack of success
economic decline
non-function
breaking down
credit squeeze
hard times
credit crunch
write-down
receding
depravation
downsize
setback
dropoff
Götterdämmerung
deprivation
reversing
rotation
inversion
precipitation
privation
disappearance
slowing down
landslide
vitiation
downshift
sharp fall
forfeiture
squandering
detraction
neglect
negligence
misprision
delinquency
oversight
default
plummeting
adulteration
dislocation
spoiling
perversion
rotting
degringolade
rundown
downhill trend
shortfall
backslide
fragmenting
undermining
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
standstill
flagging
slowing
skydive
letup
breakup
omission
compression
striction
decrescence
constriction
condensation
tainting
corruption
recidivation
retrogradation
taking away
slack
arrest
paralysis
breaking up
waste
fade
free fall
pruning
slimming
fading away
expenditure
consumption
nonfeasance
loss of success
desisting
relenting
dropping away
closure
letting up
Black Monday
rainy day
disgregation
bound entropy
anergy
using up
use
expending
retardation
want
axing
chopping
limiting
modulation
sweep
backflow
withdrawal
refluence
reflux
retroflux
cooling off
meltdown
emptying
milking
sapping
draining
economy
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
tapering off
cadence
downcome
steep fall
palliation
damping
allaying
deadening
appeasement
modification
cushioning
assuagement
fall from grace
bleeding
scaling down
blight
dumps
nose-dive
rut
funk
low
bottom
devitalization
obliteration
entropy
low tide
low water
outward flow
phasedown
bottom out
closing
placation
softening
tempering
calming
quelling
soothing
stilling
pacification
dulling
relief
demolition
decimation
demolishment
humiliation
mortification
humbling
belittlement
cheapening
decrepitude
desolation
dilapidation
belt-tightening
running down
enervation
immiseration
wastage
salami slicing
blue devils
bad period
blue funk
the skids
decrease in value
lowering in value
extenuation
remission
mollification
discomfiture
cropper
pratfall
havoc
crumbling
subversion
reduction in value
unemployment
unseating
accounting allowance
topple
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
loss of value
ousting
conquest
toppling
deposition
elimination
nemesis
falling to pieces
big trouble
bane
debacle
loss of face
reality check
expiration
dying
passing
loss of power
expiry
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of prosperity
curtains
quietus
decease
non-event
impecuniousness
pennilessness
penury
beggary
indebtedness
pauperdom
administration
receivership
croaking
passing on
snuffing
passing away
passage
grave
damp squib
fate
exit
great divide
financial ruin
not what it was cracked up to be
ineffective conclusion
more ❯
“The
decline
in our revenue this month was fully expected and should not be cause for alarm.”
Noun
▲
A downward or declining slope or surface
descent
dip
gradient
slope
declivity
hill
scarp
slant
adret
bajada
escarpment
versant
drop
fall
bend
pitch
track
trail
hang
downgrade
declension
downhill
hanging
declination
inclination
depression
slip
droop
cant
sink
basin
sinkage
concavity
downslope
fall-off
sag
brae
tip
downward
divergence
obliquity
deviation
downturn
slack
slump
slackness
downtrend
tilt
sinkhole
hollow
list
lapse
sinking
downswing
distortion
settling
downslide
incline
trough
plunge
rise and fall
down
nosedive
ramp
rise
acclivity
ascent
upgrade
grade
bank
rake
lean
diagonal
angle
precipice
chasm
abyss
leaning
gully
gorge
cliff
depth
elevation
plane
climb
camber
inclined plane
rising ground
deepness
bending
lift
bevel
eminence
uphill
uprise
sloping surface
adit
access
direction
steepness
hillside
hillock
downward slope
downward slant
angular coefficient
embankment
tangent
sloping ground
upslope
approach
more ❯
“The bicyclist slowed down upon encountering an unexpectedly steep
decline
.”
Noun
▲
The process of organic decay or rotting
spoilage
decomposition
decay
rot
putrefaction
putrescence
corruption
breakdown
rotting
festering
deterioration
disintegration
perishing
putridity
blight
corrosion
degeneration
withering
mortification
atrophy
decadence
crumbling
gangrene
rottenness
fading
failing
dissolution
degeneracy
dilapidation
caries
adulteration
consumption
decrease
decrepitude
depreciation
disrepair
downfall
dying
extinction
impairment
ruin
ruination
rust
senescence
spoilation
wasting
putridness
damage
wasting away
decaying
weakening
enfeeblement
debilitation
degradation
descent
collapse
ebbing
declension
aggravation
worsening
downgrade
debasement
devolution
spoliation
shrinking
fall
failure
break-up
canker
cancer
falling apart
falling down
falling to pieces
downturn
devaluation
spoiling
abasement
slump
vitiation
lessening
drop
retrogression
shrivelling
UK
ruining
slide
slip
destroying
harm
slipping
waning
emaciation
meltdown
lapse
ebb
diminution
wilting
declining
deteriorating
degenerating
dwindling
falloff
falling-off
mold
US
breaking down
mould
UK
drying up
shrivelling up
shriveling
US
senility
maturation
aging
US
growing old
ageing
UK
more ❯
Noun
▲
A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline
twilight
autumn
downturn
ebb
waning
closing years
final years
last phase
last years
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being degenerate
degeneracy
corruption
decadence
depravity
dissoluteness
corruptness
dissipation
immorality
perversion
turpitude
pervertedness
debauchery
degradation
dissolution
profligacy
wickedness
baseness
debasement
decrease
evil
libertinism
sin
vice
worsening
abjection
decadency
decay
degenerateness
degeneration
demoralisation
UK
demoralization
US
deterioration
dissipatedness
lasciviousness
lecherousness
lechery
lewdness
libertinage
libidinousness
licentiousness
moral decay
promiscuity
rakishness
sinfulness
ungodliness
wantonness
depravation
intemperance
abasement
inferiority
lack of morals
lack of principles
meanness
poorness
loucheness
self-indulgence
immoderateness
fall
sybaritism
voluptuousness
hedonism
epicureanism
retrogression
gluttony
incontinence
violation
excess
regression
sensuality
lack of control
lack of restraint
lack of self-control
iniquity
vileness
iniquitousness
impurity
indecency
badness
wrong
viciousness
salaciousness
profanity
impropriety
vulgarity
heinousness
lustfulness
overindulgence
wrongdoing
atrocity
looseness
lubricity
dishonesty
abandonment
immodesty
shamelessness
villainy
infamy
shadiness
crookedness
evilness
sordidness
nefariousness
evil-doing
indulgence
unchastity
impiety
devilishness
salacity
devilry
carnality
offence
UK
unscrupulousness
deviltry
diablerie
prurience
offense
US
foulness
abandon
criminality
unholiness
godlessness
bawdiness
misconduct
concupiscence
depravedness
lawlessness
maleficence
peccability
atrociousness
peccancy
immoderation
obscenity
bad
coarseness
sinning
lust
dishonourableness
wildness
unrighteousness
delinquency
malignity
extravagance
evildoing
monstrosity
hideousness
diabolicalness
raunchiness
transgression
sacrilegiousness
flagitiousness
fast living
pettiness
wretchedness
low-mindedness
roguery
rascality
smut
dishonour
UK
smuttiness
ignobility
enormity
double-dealing
grossness
dirtiness
venality
disgrace
knavery
crudeness
recklessness
wastefulness
malevolence
crime
ribaldry
crudity
irreligiousness
filthiness
contemptibility
unseemliness
prodigality
irreverence
dirt
revel
nastiness
filth
drunkenness
blueness
impiousness
blasphemy
deviance
animalism
ill
darkness
despicability
impureness
raunch
carousal
malfeasance
rudeness
dishonor
US
mischief
bender
binge
revelry
fiendishness
squalor
villainousness
tear
suggestiveness
la dolce vita
pleasure-seeking
eroticism
scandal
life in fast lane
scurrility
improbity
abuse
indignity
bastardization
vitiation
narrow-mindedness
shabbiness
ugliness
outrage
misdeed
lawbreaking
brutishness
brutality
perviness
treachery
scoundrelism
contamination
injustice
perniciousness
dreadfulness
scurviness
shamefulness
abjectness
free-living
lavishness
self-gratification
high-living
hell
lowness
abomination
foul play
dereliction
sordidity
scurrilousness
diabolism
balefulness
shoddiness
ignominy
squalidness
unsavouriness
tawdriness
cheapness
leching
despicableness
disgracefulness
womanizing
US
womanising
UK
trespass
to hell in handbasket
immoral behaviour
antisocial behavior
evil behavior
malefaction
bad behavior
reprobation
notoriety
disreputableness
life in the fast lane
malignance
evil act
immoral act
rot
indelicacy
curse
obloquy
act of wickedness
fall from grace
pornography
roguishness
hob
waggery
waggishness
impishness
shenanigans
devilment
mischievousness
scatology
scabrousness
unwholesomeness
outrageousness
indecorousness
amorality
tomfoolery
cheekiness
naughtiness
bawdry
profaneness
flagrancy
malice
affront
tastelessness
porn
blight
sleaze
X-rating
offensiveness
crassness
explicitness
promiscuousness
dirty name
orgy
sexiness
sexuality
passion
lustiness
fetish
perversity
laxity
sensualism
intimacy
fleshliness
seductiveness
fornication
sultriness
sensuousness
kinkiness
kink
steaminess
sleeping around
lack of sexual discrimination
deviancy
sexual deviation
seduction
pleasures of the flesh
animality
disorder
irresponsibility
anarchy
unruliness
unrestraint
forwardness
presumptuousness
boldness
effrontery
temerity
audacity
arrogance
complacency
refractoriness
sauciness
slackness
more ❯
Noun
▲
Long sled
toboggan
bobsleigh
sledge
sleigh
bobsled
luge
sled
dogsled
horse sleigh
bobsledding
bob
carriole
komatik
travois
kibitka
troika
cutter
coaster
Noun
▲
The process of becoming smaller
contraction
shortening
shrinkage
compression
constricting
constriction
decrease
diminution
shrinking
abbreviation
compacting
compaction
condensation
condensing
contracting
dwindling
narrowing
reduction
squeeze
squeezing
telescoping
tensing
tightening
downtick
elision
shrivelling
UK
abbreviating
abridging
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
combining
confinement
confining
curtailing
curtailment
decreasing
deflating
deflation
diminishing
ellipsis
evaporating
evaporation
lessening
lopping
merging
omission
omitting
receding
recession
reducing
retrenchment
shriveling
US
withdrawal
withdrawing
withering
drawing in
reduction in size
cutting down
drawing together
diminishment
abatement
lowering
cutback
drop
loss
digest
fall
decrement
summary
abstract
synopsis
falloff
cut
depression
compendium
precis
conspectus
cutting
outline
drop-off
epitome
précis
step down
depletion
brief
short form
ebb
sketch
truncation
deduction
restriction
rundown
limitation
dent
acronym
breviary
consolidation
thinning
bowdlerization
résumé
pruning
wane
clipping
tapering
recapitulation
encapsulation
discount
syllabus
recap
summing-up
weakening
initialism
downturn
paring down
declining
trimming
limiting
waning
devaluation
degradation
slackening
falling off
minimizing
US
minimization
review
slash
summation
round-up
summarization
essence
inventory
dilution
minimising
UK
wrap-up
roundup
sum
summa
attrition
resume
capsule
dying down
run-through
sum-up
potted version
description in a nutshell
dot dot dot
pressing
compressing
downsizing
discounting
dieting
compend
crushing
attenuation
marking down
downgrade
restricting
plunge
clipped form
curbing
concentration
nosedive
slump
dive
depreciation
downsize
failing
fading
undermining
cutting back
sapping
disappearance
crystallization
US
crash
collapse
shortened version
mitigation
rollback
lightening
easing
decay
impoverishment
erosion
tumble
economic decline
economic downturn
miniaturisation
UK
miniaturization
US
boildown
crystallisation
UK
slimming
alleviation
downfall
markdown
concise version
abridged version
chopping
debasement
axing
subdual
subtraction
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
stenosis
blockage
cramp
tightness
impediment
pressure
stricture
scaling down
obstruction
congestion
constraint
choking
check
binding
straitening
strangulation
limit
condition
argument
negative growth
initial letter
beginning letter
initial
shortened form
overview
gist
enumeration
nutshell
extract
cuts
economizing
US
draft
US
snapshot
account
storyboard
briefing
prospectus
plan
blurb
storyline
cropping
analysis
scheme
skeleton
breakdown
core
bones
record
brief idea
bare bones
economy
short version
brief description
main features
notes
brief summary
bottom line
summing up
main points
rough draft
bare facts
quick rundown
draught
UK
economising
UK
sum and substance
aperçu
report
rough idea
low-down
long and short of it
abbreviated version
cutting short
abbreviature
shortcut
abstraction
belt-tightening
tightening your belt
subsidence
de-escalation
striction
decrescence
letting up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being deficient in something
lack
deficiency
shortage
dearth
scarcity
shortfall
deficit
insufficiency
scarceness
paucity
meagreness
scantiness
shortness
sparseness
undersupply
inadequacy
insufficience
scantness
skimpiness
sparsity
want
decrease
deprivation
exiguity
leanness
meagerness
tightness
absenteeism
curtailment
debilitation
exiguousness
inaccessibility
infrequency
loss
needfulness
rareness
rarity
reduction
slim pickings
stringency
uncommonness
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
crunch
drouth
inadequateness
pinch
shrinkage
shrinking
slightness
retrenchment
austerity
neediness
poverty
need
impoverishment
privation
destitution
destituteness
famine
pauperism
pennilessness
impecuniousness
penury
impecuniosity
drought
depletion
indigence
poorness
penuriousness
barrenness
starvation
insolvency
emptiness
aridity
pauperization
beggary
enervation
enfeeblement
distress
hardship
hand-to-mouth existence
failure
lacuna
absence
unavailability
default
defect
defalcation
lapse
underage
limitedness
weakness
shortcoming
restrictedness
non-existence
void
nonexistence
omission
paltriness
neglect
arrears
red ink
in the hole
in the red
fewness
smallness
slenderness
exclusion
bareness
inefficiency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
dehydration
parchedness
rainlessness
desiccation
inherence
underperformance
gap
withdrawal
removal
vacancy
exigency
being after
missing out on
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
slippage
debt
indebtedness
discrepancy
debit
dues
inexistence
negligence
oversight
dereliction
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
delinquency
misprision
nonfeasance
disregard
overlooking
inaction
failure to act
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of something ceasing to exist or be in use
disappearance
death
dying
ending
expiry
extinction
perishing
vanishing
passing away
dying out
falling off
fizzling out
passing into oblivion
withering away
coming to an end
petering out
Noun
▲
Past its prime
winter
close
closing
conclusion
end
ending
twilight
culmination
back end
autumn
Noun
▲
The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime
evening
dusk
sunset
twilight
eve
night
sundown
eventide
gloaming
nightfall
crepuscule
even
evenfall
crepuscle
e'en
vesper
evo
late afternoon
black
dark
dim
duskiness
end of day
early black
close of day
half-light
dawn
vespers
close
darkness
nighttime
midnight
gloom
shadows
murk
shade
semidarkness
murkiness
hours of darkness
umbra
candlelight
blackness
night-time
dimness
owl light
obscurity
witching hour
dead of night
middle of the night
early hours
early evening
end of the day
afterlight
afterglow
end
late-afternoon
caliginosity
last phase
crepuscular light
bedtime
crepusular light
day's end
close of the day
obscureness
opacity
the end of the day
semi-darkness
shadow
shadiness
penumbra
gloominess
tenebrosity
gathering darkness
dimday
nightbreak
smokefall
dimmet
shades of evening
Noun
▲
A state of infirmity associated with old age
decrepitude
senility
infirmity
elderliness
agedness
weakness
senescence
feebleness
debility
dotage
age
eld
superannuation
enfeeblement
frailty
debilitation
incapacitation
incapacity
invalidity
malaise
sickliness
old age
second childhood
senectitude
oldness
fatuity
imbecility
advanced age
year
caducity
declining years
advanced years
autumn
winter of one's life
autumn of one's life
years
longevity
geriatrics
seniority
retirement age
golden years
golden age
advancing years
latter part of animate life
autumn of life
winter of life
evening of life
ancientness
maturity
maturation
hoariness
antiquity
ageing
UK
aging
US
decay
deterioration
degeneration
lifespan
lifetime
generation
growing old
afterlife
afternoon
evening
matureness
adulthood
adolescence
middle age
wear and tear
the autumn of one's life
the winter of one's life
one's advanced years
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse or say no to
refuse
reject
pass
desist
dismiss
rebuff
snub
spurn
deny
repudiate
shun
abjure
forbear
forgo
renounce
avoid
disapprove
repulse
eschew
demur
reprobate
baulk at
demur at
knock back
pass on
pass up
say no to
turn down
abstain from
brush aside
balk at
refrain from
shy from
desist from
not accept
withhold from
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
send one's regrets
shake one's head
give the red light
give the thumbs down
negative
nix
deselect
throw out
disallow
throw over
withhold
give up
abandon
relinquish
give the thumbs down to
veto
negate
turn one's back on
forswear
forsake
refrain
pass by
waive
surrender
abdicate
disavow
kick
abstain
sacrifice
stop
rule out
do without
go without
give something a miss
ignore
steer clear of
say no
drop
forbid
yield
prohibit
interdict
abnegate
quit
cease
retract
renege
recant
discountenance
revoke
cut out
swear off
hold back
jack in
withgo
give the red light to
keep from
miss
scorn
neglect
disregard
cede
miss out on
disown
preclude
keep
withdraw
skip
resign
discard
block
curb
evade
forego
dispense with
disclaim
break off
rule against
not grant
pack in
set aside
cast off
turn away
sit out
give a wide berth to
wash one's hands of
turn your back on
shoot down
give thumbs down to
decide against
discount
overlook
finish
discontinue
deny oneself
let pass
forfeit
begrudge
not heed
resist
antedate
let go by
prevent
oppose
part with
leave out
say goodbye to
leave alone
precede
not hear of
antecede
preexist
predate
have nothing to do with
fail to take advantage of
pass something up
give the brush-off to
not take advantage of
contravene
refuse to acknowledge
divorce oneself from
turn back on
wash hands of
refuse to accept
restrain
escape
belay
bridle
omit
disdain
demit
inhibit
repel
protest
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
leave off
restrain oneself
stop oneself
restrain yourself
lay off
decline to
go easy
give over
kill
step down from
hand over
sign away
step aside from
desert
ban
brush off
reverse
proscribe
overrule
outlaw
turn from
hold out
protest at
hold off
concede
rescind
bar
embargo
quash
not budge on
turn deaf ear to
send off
jib at
not care for
not buy
draw the line at
refuse to receive
starve
fast
constrain
fence-sit
disprofess
down
nullify
blackball
squash
boycott
say ‘no’ to
unsay
foreswear
repeal
dishonor
US
rat
turn
default
disinherit
tergiversate
banish
flush
oust
dishonour
UK
cast
defect
apostatize
tergiverse
shed
lay aside
cut off
disacknowledge
dump
have done with
cut
give thumbs down
thumbs down
dissent
declare null and void
not go for
place an embargo on
put down
put a stop to
put an end to
defeat
censure
throw away
burn
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
have no more truck with
wash your hands of
be against
break with
have nothing more to do with
fly in the face of
stay neutral
sit on one's hands
give the go by
take the cure
not take sides
cast aside
halt
forbear from
knock off
end
can
pack up
suspend
ditch
break
keep off
check
lose
leave
call a halt to
turn over
deliver up
lay off of
conclude
not touch
render
deny yourself
pass over
bypass
shirk
shake
break up
get out of
call it quits
allow
scrap
grant
cancel
axe
UK
terminate
restrain from
ax
US
call it a day
remit
stay away from
get off
turn in
lay down
cough up
dodge
restrain oneself from
skip out on
prevent oneself from
let go
withdraw from
give
get around
resign from
devote
jettison
dedicate
transfer
chuck
betray
stand down from
deliver
junk
scrub
exclude
do away with
eliminate
vacate
manage without
remove
renege on
rein in
interrupt
quitclaim
shut off
spare
surcease
arrest
offer up
not do
shelve
lose out on
let go of
dispose of
shake off
sidestep
pull out of
avert
break the habit of
shrink from
bag it
bail out
skirt
escape from
finish with
steer clear
kick the habit
quit cold
cry off
eighty-six
let up
throw in the towel
not give in to
be deprived of
stop oneself from
be stripped of
throw in the sponge
pack it in
wind up
throw up
bring to an end
retire from
prevent yourself from
pay with
bring to a halt
kick over
come off
give something up
waste
squander
pause
pledge
consecrate
endure
dispense
buck
turn aside from
keep away from
immolate
offer
provide
disgorge
call a stop to
check oneself
blow
forlet
extend
volunteer
submit
pay for
abolish
cut short
bring to a close
manage not to
stop trying
give away
back off from
check out from
go cold turkey
botch
fritter away
expend
put aside
postpone
defer
abort
get by without
get along without
proffer
release
kibosh
surcease from
call it quits on
render needless
nip something in the bud
elude
scratch
delay
table
reserve
stay
prorogue
prostitute
give a miss
skim over
carve
isolate
extirpate
usurp
delete
exsect
sever
marginalize
US
extract
excise
commit
divorce
jilt
fail to grasp
let slip
fail to take
drop the ball
gift
bequeath
hold up
put off
get rid of
knock something on the head
be temperate
avoid doing
duck
back out
separate oneself from
sign off
back out of
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
close
gainsay
shy
disaffirm
finesse
scape
dust off
call off
write off
part from
wipe out
forget about
determine
retreat
drop out
take the pledge
fold
communicate
capitulate
abalienate
accord
remise
vouchsafe
make over
elapse
leave behind
sacrifice something
kiss goodbye
kiss goodbye to
take out
marginalise
UK
cut dead
take away
yield up
free
retire
go on the wagon
wrap up
dead-end
sew up
cut it out
wink out
not continue
get on the wagon
hang it up
give way
sign over
fork over
come across with
give in
stay away
interfere with
stave off
make up for
obviate
ward off
impede
counterbalance
withstand
neutralise
UK
hinder
head off
fend off
circumvent
neutralize
US
help
counteract
anticipate
stay clear of
let well enough alone
weasel out of
have no truck with
shy away from
keep clear of
shuffle out of
give notice
sell out
step down
leave in the lurch
leave holding the bag
leave high and dry
stop using
allocate
spend
turn a blind eye to
stop having
toss
exorcize
US
exorcise
UK
cashier
bin
pitch
unload
shuck off
throw off
fling
sluff off
fling away
lay by
deep-six
fling off
away
slough off
cease to indulge in
more ❯
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, I will have to respectfully
decline
your invitation.”
Verb
▲
To become smaller, weaker, or less important
deteriorate
degenerate
drop
decay
fall
worsen
ebb
fade
fail
crumble
degrade
atrophy
debilitate
diminish
wane
depreciate
retrograde
retrogress
spoil
regress
slump
weaken
wither
languish
recede
slide
slip
collapse
devolve
flag
nosedive
contract
disintegrate
rot
wilt
droop
lapse
lower
pall
backslide
disimprove
slacken
become worse
fade away
get worse
go downhill
grow worse
fall apart
fall off
go bad
hit the skids
break down
go down the toilet
go down the tubes
waste away
be neglected
sink
go to pot
go to the dogs
descend
go to rack and ruin
dwindle
take a turn for the worse
go from bad to worse
waste
sag
go to the pack
decrease
lag
go
emaciate
relapse
go to seed
become dilapidated
stagnate
revert
go backwards
moulder
UK
shrivel up
go to pieces
perish
shrink
shrivel
lessen
corrode
molder
US
die
grow weak
be in decline
sicken
return
wither away
go pear-shaped
pine
subside
impair
fall into decay
faint
die out
bomb
fall away
wear away
fall to pieces
go down
abate
take a nosedive
bend
retreat
run to seed
vitiate
undermine
flop
debase
taper off
peter out
bow
become emaciated
fall into disrepair
deprave
retrocede
become debilitated
decompose
run down
fizzle out
stoop
erode
skid
dry up
die down
corrupt
go into a decline
wizen
become shrunken
go back
lose quality
drop off
be abandoned
die away
go to ruin
depress
die on vine
be disregarded
be forgotten
age
become limp
be the worse for wear
flounder
plummet
self-destruct
dissolve
peak
move backward
thin
disappear
damage
reduce
pejorate
dilapidate
putrefy
spiral
decompensate
falter
drift
tumble
lose strength
pine away
melt away
weary
succumb
turn
pervert
demoralise
UK
warp
debauch
demoralize
US
stain
suffer
make something worse
weather
injure
adulterate
alloy
mar
break
reach depths
go down the tube
become enfeebled
die off
hit rock bottom
come apart at the seams
lose it
come apart at seams
free-fall
dry
break up
be worse for wear
fade out
tail off
be impaired
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
go into decline
oxidize
US
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
bob
drift back
slip back
recidivate
sink back
desiccate
give way
give up
give in
become moribund
tarnish
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
fall steeply
be slipping away
constrict
fold
deflate
blast
blight
be in extremis
be approaching death
nod
fall back
be on one's deathbed
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
have one foot in the grave
be at death's door
be on one's last legs
be breathing one's last
dangle
become marcescent
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
lose ground
turn back
throw back
move back
hang
become stale
duck
hang down
stale
oxidise
UK
rust
draw to a close
drape
go stale
crumble away
sling
slouch
fall down
settle
lop
lean
tire
suspend
become rusty
become flaccid
tire out
let down
wear out
fizzle
miscarry
founder
tucker
long
hunger
hanker
yearn
bust
teeter
ail
brood
despond
be deficient
go awry
go amiss
be wanting
knock out
be insufficient
fall short
fag out
fall through
conk out
go soft
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
be inadequate
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
more ❯
“His health would begin to
decline
at a rapid pace due to his new and extreme diet.”
Verb
▲
To go to a lower level, especially abruptly
sink
drop
fall
attenuate
plunge
collapse
descend
dip
decrease
plummet
reduce
abate
contract
crash
diminish
dwindle
ease
ebb
lessen
recede
shrink
taper
wane
dive
lower
moderate
relent
slump
subside
tumble
depreciate
nosedive
remit
de-escalate
drop off
fall off
get less
go down
grow smaller
nose-dive
die down
die out
fall away
tail off
taper off
get smaller
go downwards
take a nosedive
become lower
get lower
let up
fade
weaken
die away
phase down
pall
ratchet down
drain away
slacken
peter out
droop
flag
crater
ease off
wither
deteriorate
skid
grow less
disappear
slope
fail
fade away
shrivel
come to an end
decay
pitch
melt away
degenerate
relax
sag
wind down
drop away
vanish
soften
settle
quell
dissolve
waste away
slacken off
decrement
go downhill
slack off
drain
alleviate
slow down
evaporate
crumble
depress
tilt
regress
devaluate
ease up
become smaller
tip
downscale
lighten
mitigate
slip
bank
incline
wilt
curtail
slant
deplete
lean
slide
trail
calm down
cant
downsize
minimize
US
list
close
become less
temper
curb
fall sharply
dim
waste
languish
trail off
drop rapidly
minimise
UK
slash
drop down
evanesce
restrain
dry up
die off
terminate
quieten
melt
cease
wear away
rachet down
run low
heel
cut
quiet
grow faint
slow
blur
angle
come down
fall steeply
grow dim
hit the floor
minify
go into a tailspin
wear off
fizzle out
mark down
disperse
tone down
narrow down
wear down
be at an angle
devalue
cut down
stop
go
downturn
halt
give way
skew
subdue
check
make less
become weaker
erode
deflate
set
downgrade
go through the floor
dent
cave in
cut back
clip
roll back
fade out
take a dive
lose edge
bring down
couch
cast down
withdraw
lapse
retire
calm
desist
lag
emaciate
cheapen
quieten down
dissipate
disintegrate
perish
relapse
tire
totter
lose
end
thin
condense
grow weaker
finish
shorten
become weak
narrow
bate
dematerialize
fly
flee
slope down
dull
shelve
take a header
bend
slant down
slack
retrograde
fall short
thin out
retrogress
careen
cool off
retrocede
grade
limit
grow feeble
turn down
impair
break down
die
dump
trim
draw to a close
scale down
tip over
dilapidate
stoop
go away
founder
bevel
settle down
pare
flounder
run
come to a stop
extenuate
be reduced
recline
roll
splay
tighten
dial down
level off
break up
rebate
make cutbacks in
take down
trim back
trim down
slope downwards
knock down
pare down
step down
make smaller
go to the bottom
write down
touch bottom
angle off
modify
tail away
peter
lull
incline downwards
tilt downwards
release
fizzle
allay
assuage
relieve
rescind
trail away
shape
elongate
flow away
disengage
gutter
mollify
ration
grow
still
spiral
falter
slake
dampen
abbreviate
retrench
slim
wrinkle
retreat
verge
modulate
phase out
thin down
faint
impoverish
cripple
debase
vitiate
tremble
limp
give out
close out
shave
telescope
precipitate
decrease rapidly
cascade
amputate
crop
abridge
soft-pedal
constrict
compress
dip below the horizon
fall down
round down
whittle down
damp down
stifle
decelerate
unlax
coast
cool
toss
atrophy
fall back
pull out
return
back away
drop back
decompose
drag
backslide
buckle
topple
throw
lose spirit
slack up
etiolate
descend rapidly
compact
break
flop
rise
die away or out
die away or down
ground
lean over
move away
go back
get quieter
become softer
get softer
become quieter
pass
bow out
squeeze
hush
fold
deliquesce
rarefy
evanish
clear
chill out
cool it
shoot
plump
diffuse
scatter
disassemble
discount
back
retract
depart
move back
take the bite out
take the sting out
constringe
capsule
capsulize
heel over
keel over
give in
become unimportant
lose value
elapse
discontinue
worsen
write off
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
scrimp
back off
move further off
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
slant downwards
determine
expire
quit
conclude
dispel
be destroyed
unmake
pass away
cease to exist
break into pieces
pass off
poop out
fag out
tucker out
become less loud
be on the way out
axe
UK
become shadowy
take in
lose ground
numb
become indistinct
become vague
become confused
make faint
become blurred
hit the dirt
descent
ascend
draw away
draw back
flow back
molder
US
moulder
UK
die on vine
vanish into thin air
be precipitated
jump down
ax
US
amortise
UK
degrade
ramp
run down
take the edge off
qualify
amortize
US
climb
dilute
dunk
rake
go lower
come downwards
break off
run out
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
train
lie obliquely
aim
diverge
level
be askew
swerve
direct
beam
veer
point
deviate
fall headlong
go under the surface
dip beneath the horizon
deluge
overwhelm
submerge
engulf
drown
flood
swamp
gulf
inundate
overflow
sway
bow
bias
bend forward
overhang
deflect
curve
beetle
drift
nod
bend over
put
divert
be slanted
sheer
wreck
ram
drive
force down
excavate
dig
shipwreck
put down
overturn
lay
drill
stick
capsize
let down
stab
scuttle
bore
demit
submerse
thrust
more ❯
“The region's population would continue to
decline
over the coming years.”
Verb
▲
(
of a business
)
To go bankrupt
fail
collapse
close
crash
fold
end
fizzle
flop
default
finish
drop
miscarry
retire
bomb
go
plummet
founder
topple
languish
slump
buckle
flatline
terminate
crumple
perish
tumble
be ruined
cease trading
go bankrupt
go broke
be shut
close down
fall down
fall through
be liquidated
go bump
go under
shut down
be closed
belly up
cave in
fold up
give up
be unsuccessful
cease production
go bust
lose big
become insolvent
go wrong
not succeed
shrivel up
be closed down
be in arrears
go belly-up
go to the wall
come to a halt
go belly up
go into receivership
grind to a halt
be shut down
be wound up
close one's doors
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
be taken to the cleaners
drop a bundle
be in the hands of the receivers
go into chapter 11
go into liquidation
go out of business
shut
cease activity
cease operating
shut up shop
come a cropper
bust
stop trading
bankrupt
go on strike
liquidate
stop
cease
abandon
wind up
close up
close out
pack it in
drop the curtain
call it a day
come to a stop
stop dead
come to rest
stop in your tracks
come to a standstill
go into Chapter 11
shut up
put the lid on
dissolve
disband
put into liquidation
annul
break up
sell out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To snub and reject an offer or suggestion
rebuff
refuse
reject
spurn
cut
slight
snub
repudiate
repulse
cold-shoulder
disdain
dismiss
ignore
repel
turn down
check
deny
discourage
resist
stiff-arm
brush off
snout
chide
cross
cut dead
disallow
disregard
freeze out
neglect
oppose
put down
rebuke
reprove
knock back
look right through
beat off
fend off
give someone the brush-off
hold off
pass up
push back
put off
send away
stave off
tell off
ward off
give someone the go-by
give the brush
keep at bay
lash out at
not hear of
give the cold shoulder
keep at a distance
keep at arm's length
put in one's place
tell someone where to get off
shun
ostracize
US
scorn
ostracise
UK
steer clear of
send to Coventry
give the bum's rush
balk at
blank
brush aside
look past
make unwelcome
turn up one's nose
act cool
jilt
contemn
turn nose up at
look down on
sneer at
sneeze at
scoff at
treat with contempt
hold in contempt
turn your nose up at
avoid
bilk
ditch
parry
rebut
stay clear of
fight
stay shy of
give the runaround
turn back on
turn away from
have no part in
stand aloof from
body-swerve
keep clear of
have no part of
fight shy of
keep away from
not touch
have nothing to do with
recoil from
leave alone
shy from
palm off
give a wide berth to
shrink from
give a wide berth
shy away from
look right through someone
keep your distance from
shake off
drive away
beat back
drive back
force back
confront
foil
fight off
frustrate
dispute
cool
stand off
kick
thrust back
disown
turn away
deter
traverse
turn back
prevent
duel
put to flight
see off
drive off
send packing
knock down
force off
give cold shoulder to
hold back
stand up against
keep off
chase away
cast aside
keep away
give the cold shoulder to
turn one's back on
deflect
avert
reluct
turn aside
hold at bay
give a pain
coldshoulder
refuse admittance to
give somebody the cold shoulder
give somebody the run-around
shut out
hand someone the frozen mitt
discount
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
disparage
discredit
discard
disclaim
tell someone to get lost
sweep aside
snoot
stiff
scout
misprize
high-hat
sniff at
look down upon
turn deaf ear to
make light of
show disrespect for
show disrespect
not give time of day
blink at
treat disrespectfully
take no notice of
shrug off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become inactive or unchanging
stagnate
languish
deteriorate
vegetate
decay
idle
rot
rust
do nothing
fall
fester
become stagnant
be inert
be sluggish
constipate
hibernate
lie dormant
stall
stand still
stifle
stultify
trammel
be idle
be inactive
go bad
go off
go rancid
go stale
not move
sit around
lie fallow
come to a halt
grind to a halt
go to seed
loaf
laze
lounge
slouch
moulder
UK
loll
lounge about
laze around
laze about
degenerate
exist
loaf about
loaf around
slouch around
loll about
slummock
loll around
slouch about
lounge around
lollygag
molder
US
hang about
hang round
mooch around
weaken
veg out
hang around
mooch about
bat around
bat back and forth
bat about
bum around
kill time
pass time
twiddle your thumbs
go to pot
Verb
▲
To slide down a steep slope, especially one of snow or ice
glissade
slide
slip
slither
skim
coast
flow
skate
drift
roll
float
sail
stream
slink
flit
skip
spiral
trip
fly
run
soar
descend
scud
shoot
skirr
waft
wing
smooth along
bowl
freewheel
brush
sweep
breeze
whisk
cruise
ghost
move smoothly
sashay
glide
slide along
move
skid
shift
be carried
pass
plane
veer
gravitate
elapse
swim
ride
aquaplane
bob
travel
hover
go by
slide by
move gently
fly by
steal past
glide by
go past
slide past
steal by
glide past
wear on
fly past
launch
propel
taxi
dart
move lightly
skitter
ride on current
get by
sail by
sail past
slip by
march on
slip past
slew
roller skate
ice skate
sail along
drive
scooch
toboggan
move along
whirl
move over
stray
roller-skate
blade
skateboard
fan
be borne
be transported
be conveyed
slip along
tread water
wash
tend
meander
head
be carried away
flitter
go with the current
be carried along
lean
be wafted
go with the flow
swing
flutter
move slowly
go with the tide
incline
turn
go
tick past
tick by
roll past
roll by
bend
trend
more ❯
Verb
▲
To die or cease living
perish
die
expire
fall
croak
decease
flatline
be killed
pass away
be lost
check out
exit
conk out
demise
depart
drop
end
go
part
peg out
succumb
bite the dust
collapse
disappear
give up the ghost
go to glory
kick the bucket
vanish
be destroyed
buy it
buy the farm
cease
kick in
kick off
OD
pass
pass on
pop off
snuff it
step out
waste
cark it
cross the great divide
depart this life
go bung
hop the stick
hop the twig
bite the big one
go the way of all flesh
lose life
lose your life
shuffle off this mortal coil
breathe your last
go the way of the dinosaurs
go under
take your last breath
go belly up
be no more
go the way of the flesh
pop your clogs
kick it
peg it
drop dead
go belly-up
go to the great beyond
cease to exist
meet one's end
meet one's death
cross the Styx
push up the daisies
pass over
be six feet under
rest in peace
meet one's maker
cease living
cash in one's chips
relinquish life
draw one's last breath
go to one's last resting place
lose one's life
turn up one's toes
pop one's clogs
kick in [slang]
invalidate
exterminate
wane
desist
ruin
abolish
cave
strike out
meet your maker
fold up
up and die
cash in chips
be slain
run through
cash in
be a fatality
go to the wall
go west
wilt
meet one's Maker
shove off
meet your end
be a casualty
fall dead
run out
call off all bets
cool off
buy a one-way ticket
deep six
die unexpectedly
die suddenly
faint
meet waterloo
go down
give way
give up
pack it in
swoon
conk
suffocate
drown
flake out
sink down
keel over
fall unconscious
fall down
pass out
lose consciousness
go out
black out
be taken
breathe one's last
suck the kumara
go to meet one's maker
go way of all flesh
drop off
lay down one's life
hand in one's dinner pail
fail
go to meet your maker
farm
buy the plot
buy the ranch
punch one's ticket
fall asleep
slip away
push up daisies
die a death
stall
fold
submerge
default
founder
hit
surrender
swat
sink
submerse
straighten
knock
submit
go bust
bankrupt
more ❯
Verb
▲
To evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery
dodge
evade
avoid
duck
sidestep
elude
shirk
escape
shun
bypass
circumvent
skirt
eschew
shake
beat
scape
finesse
shortcut
parry
bilk
skive
funk
cut
tergiversate
juke
tergiverse
get around
steer clear of
skirt round
get out of
duck-shove
cop out of
weasel out of
wriggle out of
skive off
shuffle out of
slide out of
back out of
give something a miss
pussyfoot around
find a way out of
short-circuit
get away from
duck out of
renege
run away from
brush off
disregard
discount
shy from
neglect
ignore
overlook
dance around
dispense with
shrink from
skip
give the slip to
unmind
turn back on
keep one's distance from
unheed
be oblivious to
turn a blind eye to
turn your back on
tune out
pay no attention to
lay low from
take no notice of
fend off
pay no heed to
pay no mind
go around
shake off
shirk from
backpedal
welsh
revoke
renounce
excuse
abandon
quit
desert
rationalize
US
withdraw
use pretext
rationalise
UK
cop out
have alibi
back down
back out
back off
weasel out
get out
pull out of
give the slip
body-swerve
give a wide berth to
stay away from
pass over
cheat
miss
fight shy of
find a way round
keep clear of
prevent
gloss over
skim over
hedge
fudge
dismiss
have nothing to do with
keep away from
circumnavigate
equivocate
thwart
refrain from
frustrate
outmanoeuvre
UK
foil
stymie
outmaneuver
US
check
balk
US
pussyfoot
baulk
UK
stop
shuffle off
escape from
abstain from
skate over
get round
skip out on
give up
forgo
flannel
slip
defeat
detour
skulk
fence
spurn
recoil from
forbear from
baffle
goldbrick
burke
outwit
disappoint
desist from
outflank
hide from
weasel
fake
malinger
avert
abstain
preclude
desist
resist
shy away from
ditch
restrain from
relinquish
forsake
slough off
ward off
queer
keep from
crimp
cramp
hinder
break the habit of
hold off
impede
drop
leave off
stave off
block
kick
halt
pack in
nullify
withhold from
refuse
do without
swear off
stay clear of
jack in
skirt around
fail to deal with
avoid dealing with
beg
keep off
pass on
relay
leapfrog
jouk
wriggle
stay shy of
balk at
keep at arm's length
snub
field
duck out of the way of
swerve away from
get out of the way of
deke
deflect
have no part of
turn away from
cease
discontinue
fence off
answer evasively
cold-shoulder
pass the buck
extricate oneself from
break off
cut out
turn one's back on
call a halt to
swerve
call it a day
go round
elope
run away
abscond
flee
pass round
detour round
put the move on
forget
pass around
wink at
blink at
run off
let go
edge past
prevaricate
fake out
not attend
let slide
scrimshank
take back road
depart from
deviate from
cut someone dead
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
cut someone cold
give the cold shoulder to
knock off
waffle
stonewall
leave undone
play truant from
creep
skimp on
dog
bludge
find a way around
go around the barn
shut eyes to
wuss out
baulk at
suspend
be absent from
blow off
avoid answering
lay off
pass up
lose sight of
be lax about
be remiss about
not attend to
bob off
fail to mention
finish
get off
belay
be evasive about
quibble about
be equivocal about
pay little attention to
take fright
flinch from
turn tail
back off from
pack up
put a stop to
axe
UK
rein in
can
check out from
give over
beat around bush
beat about the bush about
not give a straight answer to
not pay
beg the question
ax
US
put an end to
kibosh
surcease from
call it quits on
break up
nip something in the bud
sham
lie down on job
stay away
forbear
withstand
steer clear
mislead
trick
overcome
dupe
deceive
counter
loaf
hoodwink
outgeneral
end-run
beguile
chicken out of
neutralise
UK
help
hamper
fool
stump
get past
entrap
ensnare
overreach
ruin
feign illness
fake illness
oppose
obstruct
dash
interfere with
make up for
obviate
counterbalance
prohibit
head off
negate
neutralize
US
arrest
counteract
anticipate
cripple
scotch
smash
snooker
checkmate
derail
abjure
forswear
discomfit
nobble
scupper
disavow
repudiate
sacrifice
reject
deny yourself
root
traverse
disclaim
disdain
abdicate
deny
abnegate
be AWOL
put it on
pretend to be ill
take a sickie
play hooky
pretend to be an invalid
bunk off
swing the lead
upset the apple cart
put a spoke in someone's wheel
hang up
halt in its tracks
run circles around
throw monkey wrench in
put paid to
crab
give the run-around
faze
mess up
run rings around
throw a spanner in the works
disconcert
buffalo
bollix
curb
promote
foul up
restrain
screw up
rattle
throw a monkey wrench in the works
put the mockers on
nip in the bud
do for
gainsay
shy
disaffirm
refrain
renege on
let well enough alone
have no truck with
not touch
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hate, detest, revile
loathe
hate
abhor
abominate
despise
detest
execrate
dislike
disdain
refuse
reject
repudiate
revolt
scorn
spurn
dislike greatly
feel repugnance towards
find disgusting
recoil from
shrink from
can't bear
can't stand
feel repugnance
find intolerable
have a strong aversion to
be allergic to
be down on
be repelled by
have aversion to
have it in for
not be able to bear
be unable to stomach
have no use for
not be able to stand
disrelish
deplore
regard with disgust
disfavor
US
shudder at
disapprove
disfavour
UK
have an aversion to
mislike
feel aversion to
be unable to bear
look down on
condemn
resent
deprecate
shun
reprove
contemn
object to
eschew
be unable to abide
revile
not take kindly to
not appreciate
oppose
regard with contempt
feel aversion towards
feel disgust for
regard with repugnance
don't like
feel revulsion to
be unable to stand
feel hostility to
disesteem
discountenance
disapprove of
antipathize
mind
regret
have a down on
tsk-tsk
take exception to
be averse to
frown upon
have no liking for
hold in disfavour
frown on
regard with distaste
not endure
be turned off to
lose interest in
take a dim view of
bear malice toward
not care for
have hard feelings
have no taste for
have no stomach for
grossed out on
make faces at
tut about
tut-tut over
tut-tut about
tut over
feel hostile towards
bear a grudge against
feel malice to
feel revulsion towards
feel hostile to
feel repelled by
be revolted by
be revolted
be repulsed
greatly dislike
denounce
find unacceptable
not feel like
avoid
vilify
be grossed out by
dislike intensely
be displeased with
be dissatisfied with
distaste
anathematize
decry
excoriate
fear
dread
be terrified of
be frightened of
be scared of
be afraid of
have a poor opinion of
feel distaste for
be hostile to
deride
slight
slam
down on
feel animosity to
feel hostility towards
feel disgust towards
take dim view of
have a problem with
feel hostility toward
feel aversion toward
feel repugnance toward
curse
imprecate
vilipend
feel contempt for
undervalue
mock
accurse
objurgate
snub
neglect
jeer at
sneer at
scoff at
renounce
misprize
pour scorn on
heap scorn on
have a horror of
feel contempt
wipe out
put down
not be able to stomach
look down nose at
find repellent
disagree with
find distasteful
be unable to tolerate
have no taste
disparage
belittle
dis
diss
disrespect
pooh-pooh
treat with contempt
sniff at
disregard
dismiss
look down upon
discount
high-hat
snoot
ridicule
flout
scout
sneer
show contempt for
hold in contempt
derogate
minimize
US
make fun of
trash
depreciate
diminish
bad-mouth
poor-mouth
hold in disdain
insult
run down
play down
minimise
UK
discredit
taunt
laugh at
defy
be contemptuous about
pan
gibe
be scornful about
turn down
rag
scoff
treat contemptuously
jibe at
poke fun at
make light of
turn your nose up at
look down one's nose at
treat as inferior
be contemptuous of
be snobbish to
look down at
sneeze at
walk over
offend
affront
outrage
wound
trash-talk
denigrate
thumb one's nose at
ignore
disobey
fail
turn one's nose up at
slap
slur
have contempt for
brush off
refuse to acknowledge
pillory
rag on
cut down
make jokes about
cry down
dump on
kiss off
talk down
write off
rebuff
chill
be above
spit on
refute
piss over
confute
piss on
knock
tease
jeer
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
cheapen
twit
cock a snook at
consider beneath you
look down your nose at
slag off
curl your lip at
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
turn back on
spit in the eye of
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
shame
turn nose up at
turn up your nose at
turn up one's nose at
rally
ride
disbelieve
laugh to scorn
boo
humiliate
condescend
detract
poke mullock at
fleer at
scout at
underrate
deign
dig at
make a fool of
show contempt
underestimate
make sport of
take the mickey out of
bite one's thumb at
take the piss out of
demoralise
UK
demean
demoralize
US
knock down
cast down
take down
cut down to size
understate
de-emphasize
underemphasize
lessen
misjudge
reduce
downgrade
trivialize
US
minify
downplay
set no store by
trivialise
UK
hold cheap
sell short
set little store by
rate too low
think too little of
not do justice to
gloss over
brush aside
do an injustice to
shrug off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Inflect or conjugate
inflect
conjugate
Verb
▲
To disagree with or dispute
dissent
differ
demur
disagree
dispute
diverge
challenge
disapprove
nonconcur
object
oppose
reject
repudiate
abjure
protest
rebel
refuse
renounce
stickle
argue
baulk
UK
balk
US
buck
contradict
disaccord
discord
divide
pettifog
shy
vary
wrangle
argue with
disagree with
not ratify
object to
protest against
quibble over
express disagreement with
take issue with
be at odds with
be at variance with
decline to support
express disagreement
express objection
fail to agree with
refuse to support
break with
withhold assent
say nothing doing
say no way
put up an argument
put up a fight
say not a chance
fly in the face of
clash
conflict
fight
be at odds
quarrel
lock horns
cross swords
squabble
bicker
jar
row
scrap
altercate
spat
quibble
feud
controvert
fall out
battle
take issue
fail to agree
be at variance
debate
spar
brawl
contend
contest
war
take on
be incompatible
have words
be at loggerheads
set to
be in dispute
defy
resist
collide
discept
contrast
argufy
gainsay
hassle
tiff
brabble
come into conflict
be dissimilar
be unlike
be different
have a row
go against
bandy words
argy-bargy
differ in opinion
be at each other's throats
face down
bump heads
be of a different opinion
take exception
have a different opinion
fight like cat and dog
be divided
be at sixes and sevens
not see eye to eye
go at it hammer and tongs
run counter to
mix it up
bang heads
zap
haggle
palter
skirmish
have a fight
jump on
rip into each other
let have it
contradict each other
go for the jugular
lay into
have it out
have a misunderstanding
charge
have a tiff
find fault
complain
get tough with
bump
struggle
carp
cavil
chop logic
caterwaul
tangle
embroil
strive
flout
disobey
contravene
deviate
come out against
depart
withstand
counter
sass
rehash
dig your heels in
kick over the traces
refuse to obey
have an argument
confront
be against
combat
refuse to accept the authority of
kick against
hammer away
hash over
jump on each other
face off
verbally fight
stick it to
have at it
knock around
talk back
get in one's face
pick an argument
go one on one
sock it to
put up a struggle
have at each other
be in contention
differ from
be discordant
not correspond
be of a different mind
not agree
not accord
diverge from
dissent from
shake one's head
bar
check
prevent
counterattack
block
attack
face
dislike
cross
hinder
fight against
thwart
obstruct
be anti
disapprove of
repel
stand up to
oppugn
contend with
rebut
be hostile to
take
struggle against
gainstay
deny
turn the tables
speak against
call in question
frown at
put up a fight against
expose
neutralize
US
set your face against
argue against
stand up and be counted against
assail
be in defiance of
assault
not countenance
search out
reverse
neutralise
UK
take a stand against
speak out against
bombard
strive against
quarrel with
take a stand
withstay
encounter
be in opposition to
taunt
go at it
be in opposition
negate
question
meet
impugn
brave
refute
tackle
counteract
vie
rival
call into question
compete
rebel against
disaffirm
dare
disregard
disprove
query
engage
traverse
outface
brazen
accost
break
spurn
meet head-on
beard
violate
confute
repulse
breast
outbrave
impeach
come up against
race
frustrate
cope with
infringe
duel
doubt
negative
go up against
disconfirm
ignore
match
stave off
ward off
grapple
wrestle
grapple with
cancel out
impede
face up to
scramble for
jockey for position
take exception to
breach
stop
halt
transgress
rebuff
fend off
disavow
stand
litigate
play off
refuse to accept
restrain
traduce
affront
infract
overstep
fight off
curb
interfere with
scorn
front
push
square up to
complain about
criticize
US
set at naught
cope
square up
mess with
set against
pit
compete against
hold off
hold out against
play
push back
deal with
compete with
call one's bluff
make my day
wage war
stand up against
beat off
put down
come face to face with
go for
go for broke
fly in face of
knock
beat
endure
wage war on
bear
lock horns with
confound
discredit
tolerate
work against
debunk
sustain
criticise
UK
inhibit
call out
stem
blast
suffer
clash with
battle with
denounce
cancel
skirmish with
cut
slight
do battle with
disclaim
tussle
stick
provoke
strike
disown
invalidate
address
scuffle
dismiss
waylay
antagonize
US
antagonise
UK
cock a snook at
fracture
offend
make a nonsense of
jostle
bandy
take aside
threaten
emulate
turn down
disallow
agitate against
call in
jockey
tangle with
venture
put up with
take up arms against
undermine
meet head on
mock
meet eyeball-to-eyeball
tell off
face with
go one-on-one
face off against
shoot for
keep at bay
outdare
insult
encroach
trespass
shoot down
brush off
demur against
go for jugular
go for it
neglect
prove false
argue about
hang tough
have bone to pick
fail to observe
wonder about
vie with
hold back
demur about
stick fast
mix it up with
cast doubt upon
make a stand against
go head to head
prove to be false
set one's face against
pay no heed to
throw doubt on
shoot full of holes
go for the gold
blow out of the water
fail to comply with
shoot down in flames
show to be false
go after
keep at arm's length
square off
take one on
do battle
be opposed
be an adversary of
take up arms
grumble about
rage against
fault
unseat
grouse about
gripe about
beef about
censure
condemn
campaign against
scrimmage
nullify
offset
take up on
be at odds with somebody
beg to differ
reluct
throw down the gauntlet at
find fault with
contend against
enquire
UK
withsay
withspeak
stonewall
countervail
come to blows
annul
mess
oppose action
explode
pit against
collide with
spare no effort
test
inquire
US
investigate
interrogate
falsify
sweat
be rivals
match yourself against
counterbalance
say the opposite of
thumbs down
cavil at
find lacking
engage with
slam
smear
zing
trash
tar
baulk at
dissent with
dig in one's heels
remonstrate
betray
knock the bottom out of
give the lie to
drive a coach and horses through
deceive
belie
struggle with
get into conflict with
handle
have a dispute
set as rivals
put in opposition
become involved
throw down
come to blows with
feud with
be a dissenter from
rally against
hold at bay
interpose
intrude
interfere
exclude
transgress against
conflict with
offend against
urge
muster courage
laugh at
throw down gauntlet
bully
step over the line
knock chip off shoulder
run the gauntlet
cross swords with
backstab
carp at
pick holes in
contemn
experience
eliminate
discuss
gibe
despise
deride
ridicule
countenance
risk
stomach
court
eyeball
swallow
end
content against
go one on one with
go eyeball to eyeball with
be pitted against
be opposed to
go toe to toe with
come into conflict with
brook
allow
abide
think wrong
come down on
swipe at
skin alive
cut to shreds
cast aspersions upon
run down
throw the book at
pin on
thumb nose at
snub
make a stand
be drawn against
submit to
be confronted by
bit the bullet
play against
take the bull by the horns
brace for
call someone's bluff
double-cross
commit a breach of
err
contaminate
take no notice of
meddle
trample on
sin
encroach upon
not comply with
outrage
sacrilege
tamper with
resolve
joust
match strength
try
in the hunt
match wits
run for
participate in
tilt
pit yourself against
go up against in contest
try to beat
bid
attempt
pitch oneself against
seek prize
pit oneself against
essay
fence
not support
frown on
have a problem with
not believe in
treat with contempt
hurl defiance at
disdain
cold-shoulder
take issue with somebody
two-time
fight with
battle against
set upon
launch
begin battle with
stab in the back
vie against
tug
run
join battle
discourage
stiff-arm
scrap with
wage war against
wrest with
take wind out of sails
sell out
snout
put yourself forward
have at
make play for
push for
give all one's got
shoot at
knock oneself out
give one's all
nominate yourself
mount an attack on
enter into combat with
fall on
knock back
keep at a distance
chide
look right through
cut dead
tell someone where to get off
reprove
give the cold shoulder
not hear of
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the brush
pass up
rebuke
put off
freeze out
send away
put in one's place
lash out at
suspect
bring to an end to
put an end to
conceal
get back at
fight back
suppress
defend
contain
reply
repress
control
bottle up
defend yourself
retaliate
riposte
come to close quarters with
parry
distrust
mistrust
give battle to
join battle with
dig deep
dig deeper
misdoubt
disbelieve
stand up for
moot
examine
force back
drive away
beat back
foil
drive back
answer
canvass
approach
give it one's all
misbehave
riot
insurrect
shirk
mutiny
revolutionize
US
desert
revolutionise
UK
recalcitrate
revolt
revolution
evade
crush
canvas
detain
entertain doubts about
have reservations about
squelch
quash
kick
stand off
turn away
deter
thrust back
cool
turn back
nobble
collar
set aside
refuse to comply
not listen
go counter to
take law into own hands
pay no attention to
run riot
not heed
break rules
rise in arms
not mind
be remiss
break the rules
harbour suspicions about
puzzle over
cast doubt on
feel uneasy about
raise objections to
have suspicions about
raise doubts about
express reservations about
harbour reservations about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
cast aspersions on
see off
drive off
put to flight
send packing
contend over
prove wrong
tear down
weather
knock down
force off
chase away
cast aside
keep off
keep away
differ with
pick a bone
dissent against
quibble about
put up argument
show up
hammer away at
give cold shoulder to
brazen out
survive
show to be wrong
argue the pros and cons of
blow sky high
declare to be untrue
prove to be wrong
have an argument about
pick an argument with
bandy words concerning
give thumbs down to
brace
live through
ride out
bear up against
stand firm against
prevail against
stand fast
hang on
hold out
win out
go the distance against
stand one's ground
sit and take it
persevere in the face of
not give up
hold one's ground
hold one's ground against
remain firm
stand one's ground against
take it
hold the line against
put up struggle
stand firm
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Verb
▲
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
disobey
defy
flout
infringe
contravene
ignore
overstep
resist
violate
transgress
disregard
go against
mock
oppose
rebel
rebel against
infract
baulk
UK
balk
US
challenge
counteract
dare
desert
differ
disagree
evade
insurrect
misbehave
mutiny
neglect
object
recalcitrate
revolt
revolution
revolutionise
UK
revolutionize
US
riot
shirk
strike
withstand
be remiss
break rules
fail to comply with
fail to observe
not heed
not listen
not mind
pay no heed to
run riot
set aside
set at naught
break the rules
cock a snook at
dig your heels in
fly in the face of
refuse to comply
refuse to obey
rise in arms
fly in face of
pay no attention to
take law into own hands
go counter to
break
breach
offend
trespass
kick against
fracture
traduce
fight
commit a breach of
encroach
dissent
rise up
spurn
transgress against
be insubordinate
run amok
contradict
scorn
repudiate
remonstrate
despise
slight
renounce
denounce
combat
buck
come out against
exceed
deride
disdain
go beyond
ridicule
meddle
protest
outrage
intrude
gibe
insult
demonstrate
encroach upon
rampage
take to the streets
take no notice of
be in breach of
disagree with
intrench
bypass
veto
thumb one's nose at
renege on
agitate
fall foul of
violate law
kick over the traces
be at odds with
refuse to accept the authority of
crash
borrow
impose
entrench
obtrude
lift
pirate
presume
steal
campaign
arise
take no account of
leave out
ride roughshod over
thwart
cross
rock the boat
secede
drop out
overturn
turn against
opt out
get out of line
upset
break with
make waves
hinder
refute
stage a rebellion
take up arms
rise up in arms
mount a rebellion
gainsay
interfere with
negate
interpose
exclude
disaffirm
conflict with
abjure
impugn
traverse
reject
offend against
interfere
stir up trouble
go on rampage
stage
mount the barricades
rise
sacrilege
sin
err
contaminate
trample on
not comply with
tamper with
face
confront
disobey authority
oppose authority
resist authority
beard
brave
defy authority
rise against
go on strike
take part in an uprising
refuse to obey orders
take part in an insurrection
kick over
snub
disparage
disrespect
outface
disesteem
fail
vilipend
taunt
outbrave
brazen
breast
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
contemn
jeer
have contempt for
pooh-pooh
brush off
refuse to acknowledge
have no use for
sneer
scoff
repulse
stick
venture
meet head-on
provoke
outdare
take on
front
scout
affront
gird
quip
call someone's bluff
stand up to
make my day
square up to
hurl defiance at
hang tough
treat with contempt
put up a fight against
stick fast
take a stand against
take one on
hold out against
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
sneer at
poke fun at
gibe at
set one's face against
make a fool of
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
take the piss out of
show contempt for
thumb nose at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
distort
misrepresent
pervert
twist
falsify
slant
garble
bias
misstate
colour
UK
misinterpret
misreport
prejudice
alter
bend
change
color
US
cook
disguise
doctor
fudge
manipulate
misrelate
skew
spin
warp
angle
belie
collapse
con
crush
curve
deceive
deteriorate
deviate
fake
gnarl
knot
lie
melt
misconstrue
mislead
sag
scam
slump
snow
whitewash
wind
writhe
tamper with
tinker with
interfere with
phony up
put a spin on
quote out of context
take out of context
trump up
make out like
put one on
influence
corrupt
poison
adulterate
misquote
confuse
debase
embroider
vitiate
embellish
exaggerate
profane
prostitute
overstate
fabricate
muddle
weight
mistranslate
modify
degrade
misrender
massage
mangle
taint
sway
contaminate
spoil
contort
defile
subvert
bastardize
US
magnify
prepossess
bastardise
UK
misuse
abuse
give a false account of
obscure
misemploy
conceal
transform
deprave
affect
misapply
cloak
mask
embitter
salt
promote
equivocate
palter
prevaricate
stretch
dilute
fix
fiddle
demoralize
US
strain
abase
cheapen
demean
convert
overdraw
foul
pollute
miscolor
steer
lessen
debauch
canker
predispose
orient
pad
airbrush
fiddle with
turn
jaundice
demoralise
UK
give a false idea of
make partial
gloss over
juggle
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
jumble
patch
forge
put the wrong slant on
confound
tilt
tip
slope
misshape
weigh
counterfeit
blur
slur
give a false impression of
misattribute
quote
cook up
train
concentrate
focus
aim
direct
point
mutilate
mix up
present
invent
quote incorrectly
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
varnish
twist around
misarticulate
take in
hoodwink
delude
misinform
lead on
bamboozle
hyperbolize
impact
turn out
turn outwards
condition
cover
contravene
four-flush
rig
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
parody
veil
put words in somebody's mouth
occult
suppress
blanket
shroud
hide
screen
enshroud
curtain
travesty
dress up
fake it
frame up
elaborate on
divert
throw off balance
throw
faze
upset
blot out
paper over
give a bias to
give a slant to
give a particular slant to
cheese
blarney
beard
pirate
dress
puff
devalue
disgrace
shame
deflect
misappropriate
lace
infect
sully
make biased
induce
persuade
incline
make partisan
impress
dispose
put on an act
weaken
putrefy
disillusion
suffuse
touch
mistreat
cut
spike
ruin
alloy
desecrate
animalize
outrage
veer
water
brainwash
seduce
blow smoke
pass off
cover up
build up
brutalize
US
bestialize
depreciate
metamorphose
exploit
mishandle
exert an influence on
have an effect on
flavour
UK
flavor
US
imbue
injure
mar
aggravate
give the wrong impression
disaffect
dissipate
embezzle
mismanage
waste
squander
steal
defalcate
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
switch
doctor up
splay
drag down
adapt
sour
impair
envenom
make bad use of
mutate
make impure
enliven
transmute
deform
recast
make resentful
make bitter
tinge
morph
spice up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fail in the intended effect
miscarry
misfire
fail
abort
founder
backfire
boomerang
flop
go wrong
rebound
recoil
be abortive
be ruined
be unsuccessful
fall flat
fall through
go amiss
go awry
backslide
blunder
deteriorate
fall
fizzle
flounder
fold
meet with disaster
miss
slip
come to nothing
gang agley
go pear-shaped
go phut
be defeated
be demoted
bite the dust
break down
fall short
go astray
go down
go downhill
go up in smoke
hit bottom
lose control
lose out
lose status
miss fire
play into
run aground
back wrong horse
be found lacking
be in vain
come to grief
come to naught
go down swinging
hit the skids
miss the boat
miss the mark
turn out badly
collapse
bomb
fizzle out
come a cropper
be frustrated
not succeed
lack success
go down like a lead balloon
suffer defeat
not come up to scratch
tank
flunk
flatline
crater
come unstuck
nose-dive
end
flame out
go belly-up
strike out
terminate
disappoint
come to a halt
fluff
screw up
wash out
be found deficient
be found wanting
yield
give
wane
crumple
buckle
underperform
underachieve
not come off
cave in
peter out
go to the wall
flummox
die out
not work
come apart at the seams
go belly up
not pass muster
fall by the wayside
meet with failure
go bankrupt
go broke
go adrift
explode
miss the target
go off course
go badly
fall apart
bungle
fail to happen
poop out
fizz out
dissatisfy
go on the rocks
grind to a halt
flag
languish
go haywire
go
tumble
implode
foul up
trip up
slip up
go to pieces
close
fail to go off
bellyflop
come to a sticky end
come to a bad end
bring to naught
not show
fall down
fall short of
fall short of expectations
lose money
do badly
wreck
plunge
submerse
wallow
go out
crash
come apart
be a disappointment
be a disaster
hit rock bottom
fall flat on your face
not pass
lay an egg
be rejected
blow up in someone's face
go by the board
not make the grade
not come up to the mark
be a failure
die
vanish
disappear
dissolve
be lost
go under
go to bottom
abate
decrease
degenerate
diminish
drop
weaken
wither
be counterproductive
be self-defeating
ricochet
backlash
come back
redound on
dwindle
come to an end
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end in disappointment
fade away
have an adverse effect
spring back
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
bust
be deficient
fall away
lose
die down
not go as planned
cause one to be hoist with one's own petard
drop off
be wanting
be insufficient
fail miserably
sink without trace
blow it
go out of business
bomb out
be lacking
die away
be inadequate
not come to ripeness
be beaten
fall to pieces
go down the tube
end in tears
succumb
end in failure
take a licking
capitulate
plough
UK
cede
keel
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
plow
US
be vanquished
be conquered
be trounced
bow out
drop out
submit
default
come up short
go bust
mismanage
drift
go over like a lead balloon
disintegrate
break
not come up to expectations
pauperize
pauper
impoverish
shrink
fold up
give way
fall in
go bump
relinquish
relent
suffocate
surrender
sink
bankrupt
submerge
drown
back down
lay down arms
admit defeat
get the worst
throw in the towel
have the worst
give in
be worsted
abdicate
bow
suffer
be humbled
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
crash out
be outdistanced
take a beating
drop a bundle
flop in
fumble
not make the grade at
be unsuccessful in
not come up to the mark in
not come up to scratch in
whiff
mistime
mishit
misfield
mishandle
err on
fall flat on face with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To return to a former or less developed state
revert
return
regress
retrogress
default
lapse
recur
resume
retrograde
backslide
change back
come back
go back
relapse
about-face
change
degenerate
deteriorate
flip-flop
inverse
invert
mutate
pass
react
recrudesce
reexamine
reinvestigate
reoffend
reopen
restore
revisit
transpose
turn
lapse into
relapse into
be returned to
drift back into
fall back into
go back to
hark back
pass back
slide back
slip back
throw back
turn back
go over again
retrace your steps
fall off the wagon
take another look at
take a step back
take up where left off
take up where you left off
be once again in the possession of
go back to your old ways
fall back
worsen
drift back
go downhill
retreat
sink
recidivate
ebb
recede
decay
rot
devolve
descend
atrophy
crumble
fall
get worse
slip
wane
retrocede
go backwards
slump
fail
sink back
fall off
go to pot
go to the dogs
return to
reoccur
be returned
weaken
suffer
fade
be overtaken
be overcome
select automatically
break
backtrack
renege
double back
fall bak
revert to old habits
revert to a former state
revert to one's bad habits
slip back to old ways
slide
decrease
grow worse
go to pieces
deprave
lessen
go to the pack
reduce
go down the tubes
take a turn for the worse
go down the toilet
disimprove
die on vine
vitiate
corrupt
corrode
disintegrate
go to rack and ruin
collapse
hit the skids
come apart at seams
repudiate
be unfaithful
abandon
retract
desert
forsake
betray
subside
drop
fall away
lose ground
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
move back
wither
diminish
wilt
falter
drift
tumble
go down
sag
degrade
debilitate
depreciate
spoil
languish
go down the tube
flag
nosedive
contract
pall
lower
droop
slacken
break down
go bad
fall apart
become worse
fade away
waste away
be neglected
more ❯
Verb
▲
Break down mentally
crack up
crumble
be overcome
go mad
lose it
collapse
crack
derange
deteriorate
disintegrate
fail
have a breakdown
sicken
become demented
become psychotic
break down
flip out
freak out
go bonkers
go crazy
go nuts
have breakdown
lose control
schizz out
blow a fuse
go off rocker
go to pieces
come apart at seams
come apart at the seams
fall apart at the seams
go off deep end
go out of mind
fall apart
melt down
wig out
break up
freak
come undone
crumple
lose one's self-control
be overcome with emotion
be emotional
cry
dissolve into tears
burst into tears
unstring
blow up
craze
become insane
flip
loco
bug out
blow one's mind
unhinge
frenzy
unbalance
become deranged
madden
degenerate
decay
ebb
sink
slip
retrograde
slide
slump
worsen
go downhill
wane
fade
regress
fall
retrogress
hit the skids
atrophy
devolve
go down the toilet
rot
get worse
go down the tubes
flag
languish
lapse
diminish
go to pot
weaken
degrade
go to rack and ruin
drop
wither
droop
depreciate
go to the dogs
stagnate
go to the pack
fall off
wilt
go backwards
be in decline
disimprove
descend
grow worse
become worse
go bad
waste away
spoil
fall to pieces
dwindle
perish
debilitate
sag
lag
go
emaciate
backslide
lessen
wear away
putrefy
waste
vitiate
impair
lower
skid
lose quality
contract
become dilapidated
corrupt
corrode
dry up
take a turn for the worse
be the worse for wear
wizen
die out
decompose
recede
nosedive
go off
pall
slacken
fade away
decrease
dissolve
suffer
be neglected
go from bad to worse
injure
adulterate
mar
break
alloy
undermine
deprave
reduce
relapse
return
revert
die on vine
fall down
be damaged
be handicapped
be impaired
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be shown to disadvantage
drop off
pejorate
go to seed
run to seed
fall into disrepair
be worse for wear
reach depths
hit rock bottom
evaporate
disappear
melt
melt away
lose courage
grow less
mummify
faint
cave in
give out
succumb
shrivel
dry
shrink
die
desiccate
constrict
become stale
fold
deflate
become marcescent
become limp
blast
blight
shrivel up
age
debase
dilapidate
become debilitated
go into decline
be on your last legs
more ❯
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decline and fall
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declined in price
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declined to comment
declined to support
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