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Noun
A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value
A downward or declining slope or surface
The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent
The state or quality of being degenerate
Long sled
The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement
A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
The state of being deficient in something
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
The end of a (typically notable) period or era
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 lean or bend at an angle
To slide down a steep slope, especially one of snow or ice
Obsolete spelling of standstill
To die or cease living
To evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery
To hate, detest, or revile
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
To physically bend downward
Inflect or conjugate
To disagree with or dispute
To fail in the intended effect
To return to a former or less developed state
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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
dropoff
lapse
nosedive
relapse
drop-off
falling off
falling-off
declension
depression
slide
declination
ruin
disintegration
decaying
cut
enfeeblement
step down
debilitation
breakdown
failure
eclipse
debasement
demise
ruination
cutback
contraction
down
curtailment
rot
sinking
adulteration
flameout
dilapidation
dissolution
extinction
fading
corrosion
corruption
abasement
decomposition
rotting
crumbling
blight
putrefaction
downtick
stagnation
disrepair
impairment
downslide
dying
diminishing
slackening
destruction
mortification
perishing
vitiation
decrepitude
death
putrescence
overthrow
defeat
spoilage
shrinking
end
deduction
consumption
wasting
slowdown
putridity
festering
wasting away
deflation
downgrading
impoverishment
gangrene
discount
rottenness
sag
spoilation
senescence
rust
caries
undoing
putridness
termination
trough
bankruptcy
markdown
erosion
retrenchment
declining
slipping
falling apart
slash
minimization
de-escalation
minimizing
US
let-up
demotion
subtraction
foundering
damage
minimising
UK
break-up
fall-off
dropping off
skid
petering out
dying down
folding
aggravation
flop
annihilation
exhaustion
spoiling
receding
devaluing
bottom-out
loss of status
spoliation
cutting
attenuation
decadency
falling
subsidence
reverse
easing
declivity
trimming
rollback
dégringolade
decreasing
downward spiral
disgrace
dilution
inactivity
downer
blow
attrition
reducing
expiry
vanquishing
comeuppance
disappearance
malfunction
miscarriage
devastation
doom
shakeout
falling away
halt
disruption
cessation
interruption
falling to pieces
extermination
dying out
closing
labefaction
disorganization
US
rupture
seizure
stoppage
bust
stagflation
nonsuccess
disorganisation
UK
nonachievement
shutdown
fizzle
Waterloo
passing away
lack of success
economic decline
non-function
breaking down
credit squeeze
bad times
hard times
credit crunch
write-down
ruining
harm
destroying
reversion
depravation
alleviation
dislocation
perversion
degringolade
Götterdämmerung
downsize
decrescence
dereliction
precipitation
recidivation
moderation
deficiency
tainting
lightening
deprivation
mitigation
landslide
downhill trend
undermining
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
devitalization
downshift
slowing down
privation
sharp fall
letting up
fragmenting
meltdown
plummeting
dump
standstill
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
detraction
enervation
immiseration
cadence
downcome
steep fall
skydive
letup
shortfall
dissipation
breaking up
breakup
bottoming out
paralysis
setback
dropping away
slack
arrest
free fall
expenditure
pruning
slimming
shrivelling
UK
taking away
loss of success
obliteration
draining
drain
waste
turn for the worse
Black Monday
rainy day
disgregation
bound entropy
anergy
expending
subsiding
demolition
decimation
demolishment
axing
chopping
limiting
emptying
emaciation
worsening of someone's condition
falling down
sapping
desolation
deteriorating
wilting
degenerating
retardation
want
fall from grace
wastage
economy
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
insolvency
closure
liquidation
flagging
shriveling
US
havoc
subversion
using up
cheapening
bottom out
topple
running down
scaling down
shrivelling up
drying up
entropy
dying away
reversal
phasedown
saving
fading away
decrease in value
lowering in value
humiliation
humbling
belittlement
contracting
downsizing
discounting
reduction in value
unseating
belt-tightening
expiration
accounting allowance
ousting
conquest
toppling
salami slicing
loss of value
passing
wreck
discomfiture
letdown
cropper
pratfall
deposition
elimination
nemesis
shortening
bane
debacle
ending
checkmate
curtains
cutting down
quietus
decease
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
loss of power
loss of face
reality check
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of prosperity
marking down
paring down
croaking
passing on
snuffing
passage
grave
unemployment
autumn
fate
exit
great divide
big trouble
rainy days
negative growth
passing into oblivion
fizzling out
decline and fall
ceasing to exist
coming to an end
withering away
twilight
closing years
last years
final years
last phase
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
downgrade
declension
hang
downhill
hanging
declination
inclination
depression
concavity
downslope
basin
sag
sinkhole
obliquity
deviation
divergence
brae
downward slope
tip
downward
incline
cant
sinkage
sink
trough
chute
cliff
precipice
depth
slide
slip
fall-off
plunge
rise and fall
down
nosedive
droop
ramp
rise
bank
upgrade
chasm
abyss
ascent
grade
gully
gorge
tilt
acclivity
deepness
downward slant
inclined plane
angle
sloping surface
adit
access
ridge
rake
uprise
uphill
lean
eminence
elevation
diagonal
camber
leaning
upslope
climb
mountainside
plane
rising ground
sloping ground
rising slope
upward slope
more ❯
“The bicyclist slowed down upon encountering an unexpectedly steep
decline
.”
Noun
▲
The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent
moderation
easing
lessening
reduction
abatement
diminution
decrease
alleviation
mitigation
slackening
weakening
relief
waning
palliation
lightening
assuagement
relaxation
softening
allaying
soothing
ebb
modification
pacification
contraction
diminishing
quelling
placation
mollification
tempering
attenuation
deadening
dulling
cushioning
modulation
subsidence
calming
appeasement
remission
damping
extenuation
stilling
let-up
easing off
tailing off
discount
subsiding
de-escalation
easement
cure
ease
allayment
amelioration
relieving
qualification
blunting
reprieve
comfort
balm
alleviating
solace
release
remedy
comforting
mitigating
assuaging
rest
restriction
lowering
palliative
cutback
curtailment
slowing
slaking
vindication
justification
improvement
absorption
soaking up
aid
care
succor
US
conciliation
succour
UK
concession
propitiation
accommodation
sustenance
consolation
support
assistance
acceding
restfulness
extrication
well-being
cheer
reconciliation
quieting
peace-mongering
peacemaking
acquiescence
dovishness
lulling
compromise
peace offering
tranquillization
sweetening
restoration
settlement
amends
reparation
adjustment
accession
tranquilization
grant
more ❯
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
overindulgence
indulgence
immoderation
extravagance
impurity
iniquity
prodigality
intemperateness
indecency
self-gratification
iniquitousness
abandon
looseness
excessiveness
overconsumption
shamelessness
lustfulness
salaciousness
pleasure-seeking
abandonment
unrestraint
vileness
viciousness
lavishness
impropriety
lubricity
unchastity
carnality
wildness
lawlessness
sensualism
dishonesty
exorbitance
animalism
infamy
vulgarity
lust
orgy
immodesty
sinning
wastefulness
insobriety
badness
recklessness
wrong
immoderacy
nimiety
criminality
salacity
lotus-eating
dishonourableness
flagitiousness
pleasure
promiscuousness
high-living
fast living
shadiness
profligateness
disorder
laxity
lack of self-restraint
sexiness
sexuality
passion
lustiness
fetish
perversity
eroticism
intimacy
fleshliness
seductiveness
fornication
sultriness
sensuousness
kinkiness
suggestiveness
kink
steaminess
irresponsibility
la dolce vita
sleeping around
lack of sexual discrimination
sexual deviation
seduction
pleasures of the flesh
animality
profanity
unrighteousness
anarchy
atrocity
improbity
unruliness
disorderliness
laxness
drunkenness
luxury
licence
license
nefariousness
overdoing
bawdiness
revel
unconstraint
effrontery
villainousness
misconduct
pursuit of pleasure
concupiscence
carousal
high living
crookedness
bender
binge
revelry
deviance
high life
tear
scandal
self-satisfaction
immoral behaviour
life in fast lane
evil behavior
impiety
intoxication
inebriation
riotousness
bastardization
epicurism
gratification
crapulence
prurience
obscenity
vitiation
luxuriousness
greed
sordidness
enjoyment
brutishness
brutality
perviness
unwholesomeness
uncleanness
unworthiness
unchasteness
contamination
dolce vita
free-living
going to hell in handbasket
life in the fast lane
deviltry
dereliction
diablerie
venality
wrongdoing
antisocial behavior
evil-doing
villainy
unholiness
godlessness
titillation
sordidity
transgression
trespass
offence
UK
crime
spice
peccancy
peccability
evildoing
inordinateness
maleficence
malignance
offense
US
evil act
immoral act
squalor
ill
rot
extremity
saturnalia
extreme
sensual gratification
luxuriance
act of wickedness
fall from grace
squandering
waste
extreme behaviour
turn-on
improvidence
deviancy
profusion
overspending
unthrift
primrose path
expenditure
extravagancy
squander
unreasonableness
folly
profuseness
outrageousness
preposterousness
exaggeration
absurdity
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 intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement
nonfeasance
default
delinquency
dereliction
failure
misprision
neglect
negligence
oversight
abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse
decay
defeat
deficiency
deficit
deterioration
downfall
failing
fiasco
flop
frustration
implosion
inadequacy
lemon
loser
loss
mess
misadventure
miscarriage
misstep
nonperformance
nonsuccess
omission
overthrow
rout
rupture
stalemate
stoppage
turkey
washout
wreck
false step
faux pas
lead balloon
sinking ship
total loss
flash in the pan
unsuccess
unsuccessfulness
debacle
catastrophe
blunder
fail
dud
calamity
fizzle
clinker
hash
clunker
miss
bummer
let-down
foul-up
snafu
balls-up
screw-up
disaster
shipwreck
nonachievement
crash
trainwreck
shambles
tragedy
frost
dead loss
train wreck
dead duck
damp squib
car crash
ruin
whammy
mishap
omnishambles
misfortune
shit show
poor performance
cropper
non-starter
no-hoper
letdown
trouble
hot mess
muck
muddle
bodge
vain attempt
zero
big zero
rabble
pig's breakfast
disappointment
fall
setback
misfiring
undoing
foundering
discomfiture
reverse
misfire
lack of success
coming to nothing
fizzling out
rejection
non-success
falling through
non-fulfilment
breaking down
receivership
liquidation
ruination
administration
penury
beggary
closing
pauperdom
folding
indebtedness
sinking
impecuniousness
pennilessness
close-down
financial ruin
bad credit
insolvency
financial loss
shutting down
going under
winding up
more ❯
Noun
▲
A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
anticlimax
bathos
comedown
disappointment
disillusionment
letdown
let-down
non-event
deflation
descent
drop
slump
washout
damp squib
ineffective conclusion
not what it was cracked up to be
reversal
setback
failure
flop
bummer
dud
fiasco
bringdown
bomb
clunker
nonevent
frustration
dismay
dissatisfaction
disgruntlement
blow
discouragement
balk
US
chagrin
baulk
UK
bitter pill
disaster
wreck
downer
debacle
catastrophe
bust
mess
drag
calamity
lemon
fizzle
botch
fail
blunder
misadventure
choker
turkey
non-starter
faux pas
lead balloon
flash in the pan
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
defalcation
defect
underage
lapse
shortcoming
limitedness
weakness
restrictedness
non-existence
void
nonexistence
omission
arrears
neglect
paltriness
red ink
in the hole
in the red
bareness
exclusion
fewness
smallness
slenderness
inefficiency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
dehydration
parchedness
rainlessness
desiccation
inherence
withdrawal
debt
debit
indebtedness
underperformance
gap
removal
slippage
discrepancy
dues
vacancy
exigency
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
being after
missing out on
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
inexistence
negligence
oversight
dereliction
delinquency
misprision
nonfeasance
disregard
overlooking
inaction
failure to act
more ❯
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
night-time
hours of darkness
owl light
end of the day
midnight
dimday
dimmet
nightbreak
smokefall
early evening
late-afternoon
middle of the night
dead of night
witching hour
crepusular light
day's end
the end of the day
close of the day
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
senectitude
second childhood
oldness
years
advanced years
advanced age
caducity
declining years
autumn of life
winter of life
oldhood
vetustity
seniority
longevity
geriatrics
advancing years
latter part of animate life
retirement age
golden years
golden age
evening of life
autumn
ancientness
maturity
hoariness
antiquity
twilight years
sunset years
venerableness
archaicism
antiqueness
archaism
maturation
afterlife
afternoon
evening
matureness
the autumn of one's life
adulthood
adolescence
wear and tear
middle age
the winter of one's life
more ❯
Noun
▲
The end of a (typically notable) period or era
autumn
end
culmination
conclusion
close
back end
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
throw over
disallow
withhold
abandon
give up
veto
give the thumbs down to
turn back on
relinquish
forswear
negate
ignore
steer clear of
disdain
forsake
disavow
give something a miss
disregard
rule out
forbid
drop
prohibit
block
interdict
scorn
refrain
revoke
waive
kick
abnegate
abstain
discountenance
stop
do without
go without
cut out
swear off
shoot down
cut
give the red light to
keep from
say no
brush off
put down
prevent
recant
quit
abdicate
resist
cease
renege
skip
neglect
hold back
jack in
pass by
not grant
snout
pack in
wash your hands of
sit out
scoff at
not buy
give a wide berth to
freeze out
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the brush
cut dead
look right through someone
tell someone where to get off
stiff-arm
leave alone
cold-shoulder
give the cold shoulder
give thumbs down to
withgo
disown
surrender
ban
withdraw
discard
miss
retract
keep
restrain
preclude
exclude
oppose
curb
evade
repel
forego
cast aside
slight
dispense with
ostracize
US
disclaim
cast off
break off
rule against
turn your back on
set aside
miss out on
refuse to acknowledge
ostracise
UK
turn away
have nothing to do with
give the bum's rush
fight shy of
leave out
send to Coventry
discount
overlook
finish
discontinue
repeal
not heed
unsay
foreswear
reluct
say ‘no’ to
cede
coldshoulder
not hear of
contravene
divorce oneself from
refuse to accept
resign
not take advantage of
concede
contemn
jilt
turn up one's nose
refuse to entertain
blank
look past
act cool
look straight through
make unwelcome
decide against
fend off
sneer at
sneeze at
treat with contempt
turn your nose up at
look down on
hold in contempt
starve
fast
constrain
fence-sit
demit
let pass
escape
belay
bridle
omit
protest
deny oneself
inhibit
sacrifice
let go by
have done with
kill
hand over
sign away
fail to take advantage of
resist the temptation to
leave off
stop oneself
restrain yourself
lay off
decline to
go easy
give over
stay neutral
sit on one's hands
give the go by
take the cure
not take sides
proscribe
overrule
outlaw
turn from
hold out
protest at
hold off
bar
embargo
quash
not budge on
turn deaf ear to
send off
jib at
not care for
draw the line at
refuse to receive
down
nullify
blackball
squash
boycott
give thumbs down
thumbs down
dissent
declare null and void
not go for
place an embargo on
put a stop to
put an end to
defeat
censure
throw away
burn
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
begrudge
taboo
give the brush-off to
bilk
ditch
enjoin from
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
stay clear of
desert
keep one's distance from
body-swerve
stay shy of
keep away from
not touch
have no part in
shrink from
give a wide berth
shy away from
stand aloof from
shake off
keep clear of
have no part of
recoil from
give the runaround
turn away from
palm off
dump
shed
oust
disprofess
disinherit
disacknowledge
rescind
banish
break with
cut off
defect from
have nothing more to do with
have no more truck with
lay aside
be against
fly in the face of
don't want
not want
cancel
shrug off
pass over
take no notice of
invalidate
shut out
pay no attention to
shirk
overpass
play down
debar
reverse
gloss over
annul
pooh-pooh
countermand
overturn
pay no heed to
disaffirm
abolish
renege on
abrogate
void
minimize
US
take back
minimise
UK
make light of
write off
gainsay
strike down
belittle
turn a deaf ear to
eliminate
put aside
do away with
suspend
override
dissolve
except
yield
forget
disannul
vacate
null
wave aside
whitewash
abate
forget about
bypass
wink at
think no more of
count out
paper over
blink at
sweep aside
roll back
turn over
throw off
overthrow
dispel
deride
outvote
denigrate
end
disparage
deprecate
ridicule
mock
flout
diminish
remit
recall
bate
halt
undo
terminate
depreciate
obliterate
obviate
gloze over
kiss off
elide
check
pretermit
close out
overleap
weasel out of
take no account of
slur over
laugh off
let something slide
put out of your mind
shut eyes to
forbear from
push aside
turn a blind eye to
tune out
look the other way
refute
vote down
divorce
alter
disqualify
toss aside
discharge
drive away
condone
forgive
pardon
excuse
blacklist
make null and void
black
restrict
stonewall
hand someone the frozen mitt
stopper
stymie
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
elude
avert
forfend
forestall
dislike
fetter
discredit
disbelieve
treat lightly
deter
strike
duck
dodge
scrap
refuse to have anything to do with
absolve yourself
withhold patronage
shy
shake
finesse
scape
cross out
shut the door on
put paid to
ward off
not consider
close one's doors to
remove
vitiate
undersell
disincline
trample on
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
go on the wagon
not do
arrest
interrupt
doubt
chop
axe
UK
backtrack on
close one's mind to
ride roughshod over
tell someone to get lost
give the cold shoulder to
supersede
scrub
annihilate
go back on
torpedo
deracinate
call back
subvert
stay away from
grant
hold aloof from
ice out
impose sanctions
refuse to take part in
not bother
take out
miss out
fail to include
fail to mention
skip over
factor out
leave
let well enough alone
have no truck with
get around
shuffle out of
ax
US
get rid of
divest
wipe
make little of
undermine
slam-dunk
give no credence to
take with a pinch of salt
knock out
give the chop
finish off
do in
knock something on the head
wipe out
disaffiliate
bereave
throw
zing
censor
sniff at
exheridate
evict
deprive
dispossess
express contempt
exempt
keep back
unheed
misheed
defer
break
fail to care for
underestimate
lose sight of
skimp on
keep your distance
trifle with
be irresponsible
leave something undone
think little of
pay no mind
be lax about
be indifferent
be negligent
postpone
procrastinate
be remiss about
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
not care
be derelict
not attend to
throw to the winds
be remiss in
let go
scant
be remiss
fail to look after
keep at arm's length
procrastinate over
pay little attention to
be careless
live with
turn up one's nose at
let it go
take no notice
be oblivious to
leave be
look through
turn blind eye
pay no mind to
turn a blind eye
bury one's head in sand
not listen
fail to notice
connive
never mind
close your eyes to
turn deaf ear
not take into account
unmind
conclude
can
hold up to scorn
decry
bleep
leave penniless
cut off without a cent
cut off without a penny
cut out of will
kick the habit
quit cold
prevent oneself from
let up
not give in to
cease to indulge in
stop oneself from
pack up
knock off
restrain oneself from
lay off of
keep off
kick over
call it quits
derogate
blue pencil
black out
render null and void
render invalid
trivialize
US
trivialise
UK
diss
dis
crush
criticize
US
vilipend
downcry
deflate
mortify
trash
shame
comment negatively
condemn
opprobriate
humiliate
cock a snook at
have no time for
criticise
UK
run down
trash-talk
cry down
poor-mouth
talk down
bad-mouth
shelve
scout
despise
relegate
put away
laugh away
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
go from bad to worse
stagnate
go to the pack
take a turn for the worse
relapse
go backwards
sag
go to seed
waste
emaciate
corrode
become dilapidated
be in decline
sicken
moulder
UK
lag
perish
go to pieces
go
vitiate
molder
US
go pear-shaped
revert
retrocede
impair
wither away
decrease
fall into decay
wear away
become debilitated
go into a decline
go down
flounder
fall to pieces
take a nosedive
return
debase
retreat
pine
subside
wizen
lessen
rust
run to seed
grow weak
decompose
skid
run down
falter
go wrong
go back
fall into disrepair
age
go to ruin
lose quality
shrivel up
fall away
go stale
die on vine
be the worse for wear
come apart at seams
die
escalate
die out
dilapidate
putrefy
shrink
drift
tumble
depress
peak
move backward
damage
plummet
bomb
self-destruct
shrivel
undermine
break up
spiral
reduce
become emaciated
pejorate
lose strength
pine away
go into decline
tire
suffer
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
go down the tube
thin
disappear
make something worse
taper off
tail off
peter out
drop off
weather
give way
give in
wear out
fade out
decompensate
tire out
give up
oxidize
US
break
be impaired
adulterate
alloy
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
reach depths
vegetate
hit rock bottom
come apart at the seams
recidivate
tarnish
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
fall steeply
fester
free-fall
stultify
slip back
lose it
be worse for wear
fall back
drift back
sink back
move back
erode
corrupt
oxidise
UK
turn back
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
lose ground
throw back
go rancid
go off
faint
crumble away
tucker
long
hunger
hanker
yearn
become rusty
teeter
ail
brood
despond
fizzle out
knock out
conk out
go soft
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
die down
die out
fall away
tail off
taper off
get smaller
go downwards
take a nosedive
become lower
get lower
weaken
fade
die away
let up
pall
peter out
phase down
ratchet down
drain away
slacken
droop
deteriorate
wither
flag
ease off
crater
skid
grow less
fade away
degenerate
melt away
go downhill
decrement
soften
alleviate
wind down
relax
fail
disappear
mitigate
decay
drain
quell
settle
drop away
temper
evaporate
sag
slacken off
depress
vanish
come to an end
shrivel
dissolve
devaluate
slope
drop down
tone down
fall steeply
dry up
slack off
downscale
slow down
crumble
fall sharply
ease up
lighten
dim
drop rapidly
regress
waste away
deplete
slip
die off
trail off
run low
calm down
waste
erode
curb
become less
fizzle out
curtail
slash
become smaller
slide
restrain
wilt
wear away
minimize
US
downsize
quieten
rachet down
cut
check
trail
blur
pitch
dump
slow
hit the floor
minify
grow faint
go into a tailspin
minimise
UK
come down
assuage
allay
slope downwards
atrophy
wear off
mark down
wear down
languish
dull
devalue
cut down
die
dampen
downturn
calm
founder
cease
close
subdue
quiet
slope down
fall short
slant down
set
downgrade
go through the floor
break down
dent
clip
cave in
fade out
cut back
make less
roll back
take a dive
grow dim
become weaker
lose edge
narrow down
bring down
couch
cast down
tail away
flop
fizzle
dissipate
cheapen
mollify
relieve
disintegrate
go
retrograde
melt
bate
become weak
give way
slake
terminate
take a header
dilute
slack
impair
worsen
limit
recline
deflate
trim
scale down
tip over
give out
stoop
run out
take the edge off
flounder
run
pare
turn down
extenuate
be reduced
dial down
cool off
grow weaker
rebate
quieten down
settle down
make cutbacks in
take down
trim back
trim down
come to a stop
knock down
pare down
trail away
whittle down
step down
make smaller
go to the bottom
write down
touch bottom
level off
modify
peter
disperse
faint
gutter
stop
finish
evanesce
give in
release
incline downwards
tilt downwards
disengage
be on the way out
ration
clear
retire
spiral
abbreviate
retrench
modulate
cool
draw to a close
be used up
go away
decelerate
relapse
unlax
close out
narrow
shave
die away or out
die away or down
precipitate
decrease rapidly
topple
throw
totter
lose
lapse
cascade
retrogress
lull
drag
backslide
buckle
halt
ground
still
dip below the horizon
round down
damp down
stifle
break
shoot
plump
bow out
lose ground
thin out
phase out
thin down
descend rapidly
break up
discount
lose value
chill out
miscarry
write off
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
get quieter
become softer
get softer
become quieter
tip
incline
cool it
hit the dirt
jump down
slant downwards
be precipitated
verge
bank
tilt
axe
UK
bomb
bust
ax
US
amortise
UK
restrict
whittle
degrade
become shadowy
grow feeble
numb
become indistinct
become vague
become confused
make faint
become blurred
lag
rot
devolve
dunk
run down
qualify
amortize
US
tighten
be deficient
grow weak
emaciate
disimprove
spoil
go awry
go lower
go amiss
be wanting
come downwards
be insufficient
be at an angle
fall headlong
go under the surface
dip beneath the horizon
fall through
be ruined
strike out
become moribund
be lacking
be slipping away
be inadequate
be approaching death
be in extremis
deluge
overwhelm
submerge
engulf
drown
flood
swamp
gulf
inundate
overflow
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
be on your last legs
have one foot in the grave
be breathing one's last
be on one's deathbed
be at death's door
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
deaden
blunt
palliate
wreck
ram
drive
force down
excavate
dig
shipwreck
put down
overturn
lay
drill
stick
capsize
let down
stab
scuttle
bore
demit
submerse
thrust
thin
tame
desist
soft-pedal
take the sting out
take the bite out
slack up
soothe
cushion
suppress
damp
smother
muffle
prune
inhibit
lenify
help
control
mute
repress
tranquilize
US
benumb
slim down
tranquillise
UK
shorten
placate
contain
pacify
appease
undermine
sap
put a damper on
constrict
retard
buffer
quench
devitalize
overcome
hold back
cut back on
get rid of
salami-slice
compose
absorb
gentle
sweeten
mellow
loosen
cauterize
US
debilitate
rein in
whittle away
cauterise
UK
compress
bridle
condense
smooth
truncate
enervate
make reductions in
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
dispel
obtund
squash
enfeeble
eliminate
undervalue
hinder
stem
quash
come to nothing
stay
staunch
desensitize
US
keep in check
sate
come to a halt
extinguish
cut off
let up on
compact
block
adulterate
abridge
exhaust
incapacitate
destroy
tire
prostrate
desensitise
UK
disable
cripple
constringe
dam
straiten
handicap
constrain
confine
debase
slim
end
abase
torpefy
vitiate
water down
regulate
arrest
make less intense
put damper on
squelch
harsh
put the lid on
ameliorate
choke
prevent
cut down on
etiolate
defuse
pour oil on
decimate
stanch
silence
put an end to
play down
comfort
make less active
anesthetize
US
make narrower
ease up on
keep down
crush
chip away at
throw cold water on
hold in check
get under control
get narrower
become narrower
eat into
pour cold water on
take the heat off
dampen down
falter
disempower
minimalize
blanket
diffuse
address
improve
hush
commute
lose strength
lose intensity
rationalize
US
run dry
excuse
revise
demote
chill
make weaker
minish
mask
foreshorten
make fewer
reduce the force of
dock
shed
untighten
anaesthetize
UK
resolve
rein
pipe down
take it easy
put a lid on
deduct
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
rationalise
UK
kill
gruntle
scale back
become less intense
cause to fall
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
sicken
muddy up
subtract
reduce the effect of
loose
chop
crop
retrench on
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
rarefy
offset
do away with
tighten up
pass
reduce greatly
disgrade
demerit
drive down
stabilize
US
go easy
slow up
anaesthetise
UK
master
lop off
lop
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
squeeze
govern
be gone
withdraw
be no more
fix up
take sting out
dulcify
patch things up
satisfy
hebetate
blow over
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
banish
lay off
take pressure off
cut short
concentrate
shear
buttress
dismiss
neutralize
US
capsule
capsulize
protect against
denature
taint
stun
sedate
unnerve
soften the impact of
neutralise
UK
stabilise
UK
make less strict
make less formal
clear up
lick
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
scrimp
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
defend against
shield against
cool out
daze
stupefy
stultify
narcotize
drug
smooth out
clear the air
keep a lid on
safeguard against
clamp down on
crack down on
alloy
keep the lid on
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
remove
delete
omit
corrode
immobilize
US
indispose
render insensitive
dullen
scatter
soak up
cramp
strangle
pale
fatigue
tauten
strangulate
focus
circumscribe
clench
tense
pinch
delay
eat
gnaw
withstand
oppose
resist
brighten
detain
tuck
astringe
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
abrade
consume
salve
cure
counteract
become depleted
take off
emasculate
make feeble
knacker
make weak
shatter
lay low
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
vary
solace
bring to a standstill
stunt
impede
liss
interrupt
lose lustre
weather
aid
assist
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
become less dense
become less numerous
grow dull
nibble
fret
devour
bring respite to
knock out
immobilise
UK
keep back
mire
hamper
retardate
become exhausted
be short
be tight
bring an end to
scrape away
become less in number
clear out
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
reef
draw together
get thinner
draw in
scour
grind down
eat away at
bite
bite at
take load off
do in
wear out
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
eat away
gnaw away at
bankrupt
impoverish
be in short supply
ruin
pauperize
bring to ruin
liquidate
wipe out
make destitute
bleed dry
ruinate
clean out
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
shut up shop
cease activity
cease operating
bankrupt
bust
stop trading
come a cropper
bite the dust
close up
shut up
fall
succumb
close out
pack it in
drop the curtain
call it a day
liquidate
stop
cease
abandon
go down
go on strike
wind up
go into Chapter 11
put the lid on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lean or bend at an angle
slant
slope
tilt
lean
incline
tip
pitch
cant
angle
list
heel
bend
dip
bank
veer
bevel
skew
grade
shelve
deviate
aim
descend
direct
diverge
level
point
splay
swerve
train
be at an angle
be askew
lie obliquely
angle off
careen
roll
sink
toss
lean over
recline
heel over
keel over
go down
fall away
bow
bias
sway
nod
curve
put
beetle
overhang
divert
sag
sheer
drift
droop
deflect
bend over
bend forward
be slanted
turn
camber
seesaw
lurch
tend
yaw
rise
fall
slouch
shift
rake
set at an angle
rock
wabble
wobble
ramp
plummet
plunge
trend
swag
run
gravitate
tip over
put at an angle
swing
traverse
roll along
wind
vacillate
wheel
load
stoop
labor
US
reel
keel
labour
UK
lay
pitchpole
flounder
make heavy weather
more ❯
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
glide
skid
move
shift
sweep
whisk
cruise
breeze
wriggle
crawl
snake
sneak
move smoothly
undulate
sashay
plane
bowl
brush
slide along
sinuate
propel
launch
slick
totter
lurch
freewheel
roller skate
sail along
ice skate
slew
veer
drive
aquaplane
scooch
toboggan
ghost
move along
move over
blade
skateboard
roller-skate
worm
creep
belly
squirm
grovel
skitter
pass
course
rush
swerve
hydroplane
surge
gush
flood
bob
travel
cascade
elapse
ride
wash
go by
move gently
be carried
fly by
slide by
glide by
go past
slide past
glide past
fly past
steal past
steal by
wear on
go
dart
taxi
move lightly
skim through
proceed
swirl
whirl
sail by
sail past
slip past
skew
slue
sheer
cast
speed
circulate
progress
tear
slip by
march on
lither
flash
blaze
race
continue
ride on current
get by
keep steady pace
travel at a constant speed
keep a steady pace
move past
go along
spin out
swim
run out
flick
meander
go into skid
gravitate
be displaced
move around
hover
flitter
flutter
move slowly
tread water
be carried away
go with the current
be carried along
be wafted
go with the flow
go with the tide
tumble
throw
hurtle
slip along
tick past
tick by
roll past
roll by
more ❯
Verb
▲
Obsolete spelling of standstill
stand still
languish
idle
stagnate
be idle
come to a halt
grind to a halt
become stagnant
be sluggish
not move
be inactive
stifle
stall
hibernate
sit around
do nothing
stay the same
lie fallow
remain unchanged
lie dormant
be inert
vegetate
hole up
hide away
overwinter
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
shuffle off this mortal coil
breathe one's 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
meet your maker
pop your clogs
cash in one's chips
drop dead
kick it
peg it
cease living
go to the great beyond
cease to exist
go belly-up
meet your end
meet one's death
rest in peace
relinquish life
push up the daisies
draw one's last breath
go to one's last resting place
pass over
be six feet under
turn up one's toes
cross the Styx
kick in [slang]
cave
exterminate
wane
desist
ruin
abolish
fold up
be slain
run through
be a fatality
cash in
go to the wall
go west
wilt
push up daisies
die a death
meet one's Maker
be a casualty
shove off
fall dead
conk
run out
suffocate
drown
call off all bets
cool off
buy a one-way ticket
deep six
die unexpectedly
die suddenly
invalidate
faint
meet waterloo
go down
give way
give up
pack it in
be taken
swoon
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
strike out
up and die
flake out
sink down
keel over
fall unconscious
fall down
pass out
lose consciousness
go out
black out
fall asleep
farm
buy the plot
buy the ranch
punch one's ticket
slip away
breathe one's last breath
stall
fail
hit
swat
straighten
knock
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
run away from
renege
brush off
disregard
discount
shy from
neglect
ignore
overlook
dance around
shrink from
skip
dispense with
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
backpedal
welsh
revoke
renounce
excuse
abandon
quit
desert
rationalize
US
withdraw
shirk from
keep off
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
miss
escape from
find a way round
cheat
lose
ditch
give a wide berth
leave behind
dismiss
pass over
keep at arm's length
keep your distance
foil
stay away from
thwart
flee
give a wide berth to
balk
US
baulk
UK
outmanoeuvre
UK
slough off
outmaneuver
US
pussyfoot
get round
throw off the scent
fight shy of
break away from
gloss over
keep well away
avoid like the plague
frustrate
outflank
circumnavigate
baffle
outwit
burke
fence
outrun
fudge
shuffle off
shuck
throw off
forget
steer clear
fly
shy
weasel
let something slide
skimp on
leave something undone
work around
slip away from
lose sight of
not attend to
be lax about
be remiss about
slip
make light of
get rid of
pay little attention to
end-run
overpass
keep clear of
skim over
find a way around
wink at
blink at
skirt around
omit
give the runaround
reject
slip through the net of
slur over
shut eyes to
skate over
brush aside
fail to deal with
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
slip through your fingers
shrug off
drop out
pull out
trick
hack
skulk
run away
wriggle
field
overcome
keep out of the way of
outpace
outstrip
outdistance
clear
stymie
skip out on
goldbrick
malinger
deflect
extricate oneself from
put the move on
get ahead of
rid
sneak away from
fence off
answer evasively
stay clear of
duck out
hide from
blow off
get shot of
get clear of
get free from
not attend
scrimshank
sneak away
slip out
get past
defeat
play truant from
creep
dog
bludge
escape the clutches of
lead on a merry chase
check
prevent
bob off
hedge
lie down on job
double
flannel
equivocate
prevaricate
detour
misheed
whitewash
run from
waffle
stonewall
let it go
take no notice
gloze over
leave be
fail to notice
connive
exclude
look through
never mind
turn blind eye
slight
paper over
close your eyes to
pay no mind to
turn deaf ear
not take into account
push aside
turn a blind eye
bury one's head in sand
not listen
take back road
depart from
deviate from
avoid answering
go around the barn
get away
take fright
wuss out
flinch from
baulk at
chicken out of
turn tail
recoil from
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
run around
go past
go round
not give a straight answer to
beat around bush
not pay
beg the question
beat about the bush about
stay shy of
be beyond
slip through the net
pass round
keep out of
detour round
pass around
make a detour round
forsake
pretermit
defer
contemn
discard
underestimate
scant
elide
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
fail to care for
not care
have nothing to do with
be derelict
laugh off
throw to the winds
be remiss in
set aside
trifle with
let go
be irresponsible
not care for
be remiss
let pass
fail to look after
think little of
procrastinate over
leave alone
be indifferent
be negligent
pass up
be careless
live with
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hate, detest, or revile
loathe
hate
detest
despise
abhor
dislike
abominate
execrate
scorn
disdain
spurn
reject
repudiate
refuse
revolt
recoil from
shrink from
find intolerable
be repelled by
be allergic to
feel repugnance towards
dislike greatly
not be able to bear
have it in for
can't stand
be unable to stomach
find disgusting
be down on
can't bear
feel repugnance
have a strong aversion to
have aversion to
not be able to stand
have no use for
disrelish
deplore
regard with disgust
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
disapprove
have an aversion to
mislike
shudder at
be unable to bear
condemn
look down on
reprove
object to
feel aversion to
oppose
not take kindly to
not appreciate
resent
deprecate
shun
discountenance
disesteem
contemn
be unable to stand
eschew
regard with contempt
feel aversion towards
disapprove of
feel disgust for
frown upon
take exception to
have no liking for
hold in disfavour
regard with distaste
revile
frown on
be turned off to
be unable to abide
take a dim view of
have no taste for
have no stomach for
don't like
feel revulsion to
find repellent
find unacceptable
regard with repugnance
antipathize
mind
regret
find distasteful
tsk-tsk
be averse to
be unable to tolerate
not endure
have a down on
lose interest in
have no taste
bear malice toward
not care for
have hard feelings
grossed out on
dislike intensely
make faces at
feel distaste for
tut about
tut-tut over
tut-tut about
feel hostility to
tut over
feel hostile towards
feel hostile to
feel repelled by
bear a grudge against
feel malice to
feel revulsion towards
be revolted by
greatly dislike
be displeased with
be dissatisfied with
not feel like
avoid
have a poor opinion of
distaste
discommend
fear
dread
be terrified of
be frightened of
be scared of
be afraid of
be revolted
be grossed out by
be repulsed
take dim view of
have a problem with
denounce
discourage
resist
vilify
not stand for
anathematize
decry
excoriate
misprize
sneer at
down on
feel animosity to
be hostile to
feel hostility toward
feel aversion toward
feel hostility towards
feel repugnance toward
feel disgust towards
hold in disdain
not go for
look askance at
treat with contempt
slam
have a horror of
look down upon
view with dislike
think wrong
pooh-pooh
be against
hold no brief for
look down at
view with disfavour
have a low opinion of
not think much of
look down one's nose at
turn your nose up at
curse
imprecate
vilipend
accurse
objurgate
feel contempt for
feel contempt
not be able to stomach
reluct
disagree with
deride
disrespect
dis
diss
snoot
snub
high-hat
sniff at
slight
disregard
belittle
undervalue
scout
mock
pour scorn on
show contempt for
jeer at
hold in contempt
scoff at
be contemptuous about
turn up one's nose at
sneeze at
walk over
thumb nose at
dismiss
gibe
curl your lip at
run down
spit on
be scornful about
spit in the face of
turn down
heap scorn on
turn back on
laugh at
spit in the eye of
disparage
put down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
disobey
defy
contravene
violate
infringe
flout
infract
disregard
transgress
ignore
resist
overstep
oppose
rebel
revolt
riot
counteract
challenge
mutiny
strike
mock
insurrect
neglect
withstand
baulk
UK
balk
US
dare
desert
differ
disagree
evade
misbehave
object
recalcitrate
revolution
revolutionise
UK
revolutionize
US
shirk
go against
rebel against
fail to observe
fail to comply with
refuse to obey
fly in the face of
set at naught
set aside
run riot
dig your heels in
cock a snook at
be remiss
break rules
not heed
not listen
not mind
pay no heed to
break the rules
refuse to comply
rise in arms
go counter to
fly in face of
pay no attention to
take law into own hands
break
breach
offend
trespass
fracture
traduce
kick against
commit a breach of
encroach
fight
transgress against
contradict
dissent
spurn
repudiate
rise up
be insubordinate
take no notice of
run amok
exceed
protest
buck
go beyond
demonstrate
reject
remonstrate
rampage
denounce
renounce
not comply with
take to the streets
combat
be in breach of
come out against
disagree with
bypass
veto
encroach upon
despise
contemn
scout
tresspass against
renege on
fall foul of
violate law
take no account of
leave out
refuse to accept the authority of
kick over the traces
be at odds with
set your face against
hurl defiance at
thumb nose at
rock the boat
get out of line
secede
break with
make waves
turn against
agitate
thwart
cross
rage against
fight against
struggle against
hinder
refute
arise
campaign
disaffirm
gainsay
conflict with
interfere with
abjure
negate
interpose
exclude
impugn
traverse
intrude
offend against
interfere
stage a rebellion
rise up in arms
take up arms
mount a rebellion
ride roughshod over
stir up trouble
go on rampage
stage
mount the barricades
rise
disobey authority
oppose authority
resist authority
defy authority
go on strike
take part in an uprising
refuse to obey orders
take part in an insurrection
kick over
rise against
more ❯
Verb
▲
To physically bend downward
duck
bend
drop
lower
bow
bob
stoop
nod
dip
incline
move
genuflect
curtsy
kowtow
cower
droop
bend over
incline your body
lean over
incline the head
bend from waist
hunch
drop a curtsy
make obeisance
bend down
salaam
make a bow
take a knee
do obeisance
bend the knee
lower the body
make an obeisance
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
quarrel
be at odds
squabble
bicker
cross swords
fight
quibble
altercate
lock horns
be at variance
fail to agree
jar
row
scrap
contend
spat
feud
take issue
fall out
be in dispute
debate
spar
brawl
take exception
war
bump heads
controvert
be incompatible
battle
be at each other's throats
have words
be at loggerheads
set to
collide
discept
contrast
be in opposition
argufy
argy-bargy
hassle
tiff
brabble
contest
come into conflict
be dissimilar
be different
be unlike
have a row
bandy words
differ in opinion
be divided
be at sixes and sevens
not see eye to eye
go at it hammer and tongs
go at it
be of a different opinion
mix it up
have a different opinion
fight like cat and dog
take on
bang heads
gainsay
palter
zap
haggle
skirmish
have a fight
rip into each other
jump on
let someone have it
contradict each other
go for the jugular
lay into
have it out
bump
struggle
have a misunderstanding
carp
cavil
charge
have a tiff
find fault
chop logic
caterwaul
tangle
embroil
complain
strive
get tough with
defy
resist
flout
disobey
contravene
deviate
come out against
depart
sass
rehash
dig your heels in
kick over the traces
go against
refuse to obey
have an argument
refuse to accept the authority of
kick against
hammer away
have at it
knock around
talk back
get in one's face
pick an argument
hash over
go one on one
face down
sock it to
put up a struggle
jump on each other
face off
verbally fight
have at each other
stick it to
be in contention
not correspond
differ from
be of a different mind
not agree
be discordant
not accord
diverge from
run counter to
dissent from
shake one's head
have a disagreement
threap
have a spat
butt heads
have a barney
do battle
wage war
pick a bone
have a dispute
engage
have an altercation
come to blows
fence
bandy words with somebody
encounter
kick up a row
raise Cain
light into
question
dig
scrape
argue over
get into conflict
make a big thing about
trade zingers
nastily argue
pick at
cause a scene
have shouting match
fratch
get into a dispute
have a difference of opinion
jaw
scold
berate
ream
discuss
duel
take exception to
call into question
lock antlers
bandy
agitate
canvass
canvas
moot
take up arms
to fight
engage in conflict
be at daggers with
be at daggers drawn
talk over
hash out
tongue-lash
bawl out
exchange words
thrash out
call on the carpet
have a scrap
cut and thrust
have a dust-up
tilt
toss around
exchange views
combat
face
nitpick
bat around
kick around
bat back and forth
jump on one's case
grapple
confront
mess
vie
tourney
compete
have a quarrel
have a squabble
tussle
niggle
trade blows
joust
break a lance
enter the lists
close with
have a slanging match
come to blows with
do battle with
exchange blows with
engage with
tussle with
battle with
wrestle
go to war
struggle with
scuffle
scrap with
clash with
mess with
square up
come up against
become involved
be pedantic
pick nits
split hairs
raise trivial objections
argue over nothing
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
not succeed
be frustrated
go down like a lead balloon
lack success
tank
flunk
not come up to scratch
crater
suffer defeat
come unstuck
flame out
flatline
strike out
end
nosedive
go belly-up
wash out
terminate
disappoint
fluff
come to a halt
screw up
be found wanting
not work
be found deficient
come apart at the seams
flummox
underperform
underachieve
unravel
go to the wall
not come off
go adrift
go off course
come apart
go badly
be a failure
fall apart
not pass muster
fall by the wayside
meet with failure
explode
miss the target
wallow
bungle
go on the rocks
poop out
fizz out
peter out
dissatisfy
crumble
flag
yield
come to a sticky end
come to a bad end
languish
go belly up
give
fail to go off
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end in disappointment
crumple
go to pieces
foul up
trip up
slip up
buckle
fall to pieces
come undone
go to ruin
fall short of
bring to naught
not show
fall short of expectations
fall down
lose
go haywire
fail to happen
grind to a halt
fail miserably
sink without trace
go out of business
blow it
bomb out
fall flat on your face
not pass
lay an egg
be rejected
hit rock bottom
blow up in someone's face
go by the board
cave in
come unglued
not make the grade
not come up to the mark
abate
degenerate
decrease
diminish
be counterproductive
backlash
be self-defeating
ricochet
come back
drop
weaken
wither
redound on
have an adverse effect
spring back
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
dwindle
wane
bust
not go as planned
cause one to be hoist with one's own petard
be deficient
fall away
die down
drop off
be wanting
be insufficient
die out
crash
be lacking
close
die away
be inadequate
bellyflop
not come to ripeness
do something badly
lose money
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capitulate
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cede
be the loser
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take a licking
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plough
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keel
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plow
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bow out
go bump
end in failure
drop out
be humbled
crash out
take a beating
go down the tube
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break
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not come up to expectations
come unwrapped
relinquish
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default
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bow
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meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
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submit
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To return to a former or less developed state
revert
return
regress
retrogress
default
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resume
retrograde
backslide
change back
come back
go back
relapse
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change
degenerate
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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
retreat
worsen
sink
drift back
fall
wane
recede
recidivate
double back
reappear
reoccur
go downhill
come again
move back
decay
ebb
atrophy
drop
crumble
devolve
retrocede
rot
descend
get worse
go backwards
sink back
be returned
slip
reverse
return to
put back
break
backtrack
renege
recoil
rebound
retire
rotate
repair
repeat
revolve
select automatically
fail
weaken
fall bak
suffer
fade
get back
repudiate
be unfaithful
retract
desert
forsake
betray
revert to old habits
revert to a former state
revert to one's bad habits
slip back to old ways
reenter
back up
reel back
go again
hark back to
circle back
bounce back
arrive back
arrive home
come home
slump
be overtaken
be overcome
subside
fall off
go to pot
go to the dogs
lose ground
fall away
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
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