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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 period of time at the end of the day when the sun begins to set
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
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 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
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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
declination
slide
ruin
disintegration
decaying
step down
enfeeblement
cut
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
mortification
perishing
consumption
attenuation
vitiation
decrepitude
death
putrescence
defeat
spoilage
shrinking
end
destruction
impoverishment
deduction
wasting
overthrow
slowdown
putridity
downgrading
festering
wasting away
deflation
exhaustion
retrenchment
gangrene
discount
rottenness
sag
spoilation
senescence
rust
undoing
caries
putridness
termination
trough
bankruptcy
markdown
erosion
declining
slipping
demotion
slash
minimization
de-escalation
minimizing
US
let-up
subtraction
foundering
damage
minimising
UK
break-up
fall-off
flop
dropping off
skid
petering out
dying down
folding
aggravation
annihilation
loss of status
spoiling
receding
devaluing
bottom-out
expenditure
spoliation
cutting
draining
expending
decadency
emptying
falling
reverse
sapping
subsidence
easing
declivity
trimming
downer
blow
rollback
falling apart
disgrace
deficiency
dégringolade
decreasing
downward spiral
devitalization
using up
dilution
inactivity
comeuppance
running down
attrition
reducing
enervation
immiseration
expiry
vanquishing
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
Götterdämmerung
downsize
dislocation
escalation
perversion
degringolade
decrescence
dereliction
precipitation
recidivation
moderation
extenuation
diminuendo
tainting
lightening
deprivation
mitigation
landslide
downhill trend
undermining
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
downshift
slowing down
privation
sharp fall
letting up
fragmenting
meltdown
plummeting
dump
standstill
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
detraction
cadence
downcome
steep fall
skydive
letup
shortfall
dissipation
breaking up
bottoming out
paralysis
setback
dropping away
slack
arrest
free fall
pruning
slimming
shrivelling
UK
taking away
loss of success
obliteration
drain
waste
turn for the worse
economy
Black Monday
rainy day
subsiding
axing
chopping
limiting
demolition
decimation
demolishment
emaciation
worsening of someone's condition
falling down
desolation
deteriorating
wilting
degenerating
retardation
want
fall from grace
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
wastage
insolvency
closure
liquidation
flagging
shriveling
US
reversal
phasedown
saving
havoc
cheapening
bottom out
belt-tightening
scaling down
shrivelling up
drying up
topple
subversion
dying away
salami slicing
fading away
decrease in value
lowering in value
contracting
downsizing
discounting
reduction in value
unseating
expiration
accounting allowance
ousting
conquest
toppling
humiliation
humbling
belittlement
loss of value
passing
deposition
elimination
nemesis
shortening
wreck
discomfiture
letdown
cropper
pratfall
bane
debacle
ending
checkmate
curtains
lowering of status
cutting down
loss of face
reality check
quietus
decease
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
loss of power
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
ease
cure
allayment
amelioration
relieving
blunting
reprieve
comfort
balm
alleviating
release
solace
remedy
comforting
mitigating
assuaging
rest
restriction
qualification
lowering
palliative
cutback
curtailment
slowing
slaking
improvement
absorption
soaking up
aid
care
succor
US
succour
UK
sustenance
consolation
support
assistance
conciliation
concession
propitiation
accommodation
restfulness
extrication
well-being
cheer
acceding
reconciliation
quieting
peace-mongering
peacemaking
acquiescence
dovishness
lulling
compromise
peace offering
tranquillization
sweetening
bread and circuses
restoration
bread and games
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
vileness
iniquity
iniquitousness
impurity
badness
indecency
viciousness
dishonesty
heinousness
crookedness
profanity
villainy
wrong
vulgarity
evilness
foulness
unscrupulousness
impropriety
impiety
shamelessness
devilishness
shadiness
overindulgence
salaciousness
looseness
infamy
diablerie
deviltry
lubricity
lustfulness
godlessness
unholiness
devilry
immodesty
sordidness
nefariousness
malfeasance
maleficence
atrocity
unchastity
lawlessness
indulgence
wrongdoing
abandonment
unrighteousness
atrociousness
depravedness
malignity
sacrilegiousness
salacity
evil-doing
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
knavery
offense
US
offence
UK
dishonourableness
irreverence
blasphemy
irreligiousness
abandon
hideousness
monstrosity
impiousness
diabolicalness
bawdiness
fiendishness
wretchedness
peccability
unseemliness
peccancy
misconduct
contemptibility
criminality
concupiscence
immoderation
carnality
ignobility
despicability
lowness
extravagance
enormity
lust
treachery
devilment
bad
sinning
wildness
coarseness
impishness
profaneness
prurience
delinquency
disreputableness
disrepute
malice
raunchiness
flagitiousness
fast living
mischief
villainousness
deceit
prodigality
duplicity
pettiness
deceitfulness
sacrilege
defilement
chicanery
smut
deception
profanation
deceptiveness
venality
disrespect
dirtiness
smuttiness
disgrace
underhandedness
recklessness
wastefulness
malevolence
heresy
unjustness
filthiness
ill
grossness
double-dealing
irreligion
drunkenness
dirt
crudity
crudeness
revel
blueness
scumbaggery
obscenity
rudeness
ribaldry
insidiousness
low-mindedness
filth
animalism
darkness
nastiness
carousal
bender
binge
revelry
unworthiness
impureness
raunch
tear
perniciousness
suggestiveness
injustice
unwholesomeness
la dolce vita
pleasure-seeking
unhonor
US
unhonour
UK
eroticism
scandal
life in fast lane
scurrility
immoral behaviour
evil behavior
bad behavior
improbity
bastardization
roguery
rascality
ugliness
outrage
lawbreaking
hell
abuse
indignity
dreadfulness
evildoing
lavishness
transgression
curse
leching
roguishness
hob
waggery
waggishness
shenanigans
mischievousness
scoundrelism
brutality
womanizing
US
womanising
UK
abomination
uncleanness
unchasteness
tomfoolery
cheekiness
naughtiness
dereliction
flagrancy
squalor
brutishness
self-gratification
free-living
high-living
going to hell in handbasket
laxity
life in the fast lane
antisocial behavior
vitiation
scurrilousness
diabolism
balefulness
ignominy
indelicacy
disorder
sordidity
malefaction
pornography
unsavouriness
irresponsibility
malignance
rot
obliquity
reprobation
anarchy
scatology
scabrousness
outrageousness
indecorousness
unruliness
unrestraint
amorality
forwardness
presumptuousness
boldness
effrontery
temerity
audacity
arrogance
complacency
refractoriness
sauciness
slackness
bawdry
scurviness
shamefulness
abjectness
affront
tastelessness
porn
blight
sleaze
X-rating
offensiveness
crassness
explicitness
knavishness
despicableness
smallmindedness
disgracefulness
lowliness
contemptibleness
dirty name
promiscuousness
orgy
sexiness
sexuality
passion
lustiness
fetish
perversity
sensualism
intimacy
fleshliness
seductiveness
fornication
sultriness
sensuousness
kinkiness
kink
steaminess
sleeping around
lack of sexual discrimination
deviancy
sexual deviation
deviance
seduction
pleasures of the flesh
animality
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 period of time at the end of the day when the sun begins to set
evening
dusk
nightfall
sundown
twilight
night
sunset
eventide
gloaming
crepuscule
eve
evenfall
crepuscle
dark
evo
even
dim
vesper
black
duskiness
e'en
close of day
late afternoon
end of day
early black
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
▲
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
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
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
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
inherence
withdrawal
removal
debt
debit
indebtedness
underperformance
gap
vacancy
exigency
being after
missing out on
slippage
discrepancy
dues
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
inexistence
negligence
oversight
dereliction
delinquency
misprision
nonfeasance
disregard
overlooking
inaction
failure to act
more ❯
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
fragility
enervation
delicacy
fatigue
delicateness
frailness
faintness
exhaustion
weakliness
puniness
susceptibility
sickness
languor
languidness
listlessness
lowness
indisposition
vulnerability
defenselessness
asthenia
tiredness
shakiness
weediness
vitiation
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
withhold
disallow
abandon
give up
veto
relinquish
give the thumbs down to
turn back on
forswear
negate
abnegate
ignore
steer clear of
disdain
forsake
disavow
waive
give something a miss
disregard
rule out
forbid
drop
prohibit
block
interdict
revoke
refrain
kick
abdicate
scorn
stop
abstain
discountenance
renege
swear off
shoot down
cut
give the red light to
surrender
keep from
brush off
put down
prevent
recant
cease
quit
say no
resist
skip
neglect
disclaim
throw away
do without
go without
cut out
pass by
jack in
not grant
snout
wash your hands of
hold back
pack in
give a wide berth to
scoff at
not buy
sit out
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
cede
ban
discard
withdraw
resign
miss
retract
restrain
preclude
exclude
oppose
keep
curb
forego
repel
evade
cast aside
slight
dispense with
ostracize
US
cast off
break off
rule against
demit
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
hand over
leave out
sign away
send to Coventry
discount
overlook
finish
discontinue
repeal
not heed
unsay
foreswear
reluct
say ‘no’ to
coldshoulder
not hear of
contravene
divorce oneself from
refuse to accept
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
protest
let pass
escape
belay
bridle
omit
deny oneself
kill
inhibit
sacrifice
let go by
fail to take advantage of
resist the temptation to
leave off
stop oneself
restrain yourself
lay off
decline to
go easy
give over
proscribe
overrule
outlaw
turn from
hold out
protest at
hold off
not budge on
turn deaf ear to
send off
jib at
don't want to
not care for
draw the line at
refuse to receive
bar
embargo
quash
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
burn
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
begrudge
taboo
have done with
withdraw from
give the go by
take the cure
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
annul
reverse
gloss over
countermand
pooh-pooh
overturn
pay no heed to
abolish
disaffirm
abrogate
void
disbelieve
renege on
minimize
US
take back
discredit
minimise
UK
doubt
make light of
write off
gainsay
strike down
give no credence to
belittle
turn a deaf ear to
eliminate
put aside
disannul
dissolve
do away with
null
suspend
vacate
except
yield
forget
override
abate
wave aside
whitewash
forget about
mistrust
bypass
wink at
think no more of
count out
paper over
blink at
sweep aside
distrust
not believe
roll back
turn over
be suspicious of
question
be unconvinced about
be incredulous of
throw off
overthrow
dispel
deride
outvote
denigrate
disparage
deprecate
ridicule
mock
flout
diminish
undo
end
recall
remit
terminate
take with a pinch of salt
bate
obliterate
obviate
halt
depreciate
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
not credit
have no confidence in
have no faith in
contradict
challenge
vote down
divorce
alter
disqualify
toss aside
discharge
drive away
condone
forgive
pardon
excuse
blacklist
make null and void
black
restrict
stonewall
bleep
hand someone the frozen mitt
stopper
stymie
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
elude
avert
forfend
forestall
blue pencil
black out
render null and void
render invalid
dislike
fetter
treat lightly
deter
strike
duck
dodge
refuse to have anything to do with
absolve yourself
close one's mind to
trample on
ride roughshod over
withhold patronage
shy
shake
finesse
scape
cross out
shut the door on
put paid to
ward off
not consider
close one's doors to
undersell
disincline
tell someone to get lost
give the cold shoulder to
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
go on the wagon
not do
arrest
interrupt
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
divest
wipe
make little of
undermine
slam dunk
disaffiliate
bereave
throw
zing
censor
sniff at
suspect
exheridate
evict
deprive
dispossess
express contempt
break
exempt
keep back
conclude
unheed
misheed
defer
can
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
scrap
unbelieve
axe
UK
hold up to scorn
scrub
remove
vitiate
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
leave penniless
annihilate
cut off without a cent
cut off without a penny
cut out of will
decry
trivialize
US
chop
subvert
torpedo
trivialise
UK
supersede
deracinate
derogate
ax
US
not swallow
knock out
give the chop
finish off
do in
get rid of
go back on
knock something on the head
wipe out
call back
backtrack on
diss
dis
crush
criticize
US
cock a snook at
have no time for
vilipend
downcry
deflate
mortify
trash
shame
comment negatively
condemn
opprobriate
humiliate
criticise
UK
shelve
run down
trash-talk
cry down
poor-mouth
talk down
mess with
bad-mouth
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
stagnate
relapse
go from bad to worse
go to the pack
take a turn for the worse
go backwards
corrode
sag
go to seed
waste
emaciate
moulder
UK
become dilapidated
perish
molder
US
be in decline
sicken
lag
revert
go to pieces
go
vitiate
decompose
go pear-shaped
retrocede
rust
impair
wither away
decrease
fall into decay
wear away
become debilitated
corrupt
go into a decline
go stale
go down
flounder
fall to pieces
take a nosedive
return
oxidize
US
debase
retreat
tarnish
pine
subside
wizen
putrefy
lessen
fester
run to seed
erode
grow weak
skid
run down
falter
go wrong
go back
fall into disrepair
age
go to ruin
lose quality
shrivel up
fall away
oxidise
UK
die on vine
go off
be the worse for wear
crumble away
come apart at seams
become rusty
die
escalate
die out
dilapidate
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
mold
US
thin
disappear
make something worse
taper off
tail off
peter out
drop off
weather
give way
give in
wear out
fade out
foul
decompensate
tire out
give up
break
be impaired
adulterate
alloy
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
reach depths
go mouldy
mould
UK
vegetate
hit rock bottom
come apart at the seams
recidivate
take a step back
fall off the wagon
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
fall steeply
free-fall
stultify
slip back
lose it
be worse for wear
fall back
drift back
sink back
move back
turn back
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
lose ground
throw back
go rancid
faint
tucker
long
hunger
hanker
yearn
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
crater
deteriorate
skid
grow less
wither
ease off
flag
disappear
decrement
soften
alleviate
fade away
degenerate
melt away
relax
go downhill
mitigate
decay
drain
wind down
quell
settle
drop away
fail
temper
sag
slacken off
depress
come to an end
shrivel
devaluate
drop down
slope
fall steeply
tone down
dry up
downscale
slow down
fall sharply
ease up
lighten
evaporate
drop rapidly
regress
vanish
deplete
dissolve
slip
die off
trail off
run low
calm down
slack off
waste
erode
curb
crumble
become less
fizzle out
curtail
slash
become smaller
slide
restrain
waste away
wilt
wear away
dim
minimize
US
downsize
quieten
rachet down
dump
cut
check
trail
blur
pitch
slow
hit the floor
minify
go into a tailspin
minimise
UK
come down
assuage
allay
slope downwards
wear off
mark down
wear down
languish
dull
devalue
cut down
downturn
die
dampen
calm
founder
cease
close
subdue
quiet
slope down
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
grow faint
cast down
tail away
flop
fizzle
dissipate
cheapen
mollify
relieve
atrophy
go
retrograde
melt
bate
slake
terminate
take a header
dilute
slack
impair
worsen
limit
fall short
recline
deflate
trim
stoop
scale down
tip over
give out
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
decimate
stop
finish
release
gutter
faint
incline downwards
tilt downwards
disengage
ration
retire
spiral
abbreviate
retrench
modulate
cool
give way
precipitate
be used up
become weak
decelerate
relapse
unlax
close out
narrow
shave
die away or out
die away or down
go away
clear
totter
lose
lapse
cascade
retrogress
lull
drag
backslide
buckle
halt
topple
throw
still
dip below the horizon
round down
damp down
stifle
break
ground
bow out
lose ground
thin out
phase out
thin down
shoot
plump
gravitate
break up
discount
decrease rapidly
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
descend rapidly
tip
incline
cool it
hit the dirt
slant downwards
be precipitated
jump down
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
dunk
run down
qualify
amortize
US
tighten
be deficient
go awry
go lower
lag
rot
devolve
go amiss
be wanting
come downwards
grow weak
emaciate
disimprove
be insufficient
be at an angle
spoil
disintegrate
fall headlong
go under the surface
dip beneath the horizon
fall through
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
be inadequate
deluge
overwhelm
submerge
engulf
drown
flood
swamp
gulf
inundate
overflow
be found lacking
become moribund
not come to ripeness
be slipping away
be approaching death
be in extremis
deaden
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
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
appease
tranquilize
US
tranquillise
UK
smother
help
pacify
muffle
mute
placate
lenify
compose
quash
repress
prune
squelch
control
dispel
sweeten
put a damper on
undermine
benumb
mellow
silence
extinguish
banish
kill
cut off
choke off
put an end to
slim down
sate
quench
smooth
sap
truncate
constrict
water down
abridge
cauterize
US
satisfy
mask
gentle
retrocede
cauterise
UK
dulcify
buffer
regulate
obtund
ameliorate
subjugate
come to nothing
inhibit
put a lid on
put out a fire
rise above
comfort
pour oil on
do damage control
get rid of
cut back on
throw cold water on
make less intense
put damper on
put the lid on
come to a halt
fall back
pour cold water on
flow back
dampen down
ease up on
hush
abase
satiate
address
improve
lose strength
lose intensity
revise
commute
desensitize
US
keep in check
adjust
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
rein
pipe down
fix
excuse
gratify
end
blanket
dock
shorten
disable
put at rest
disempower
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
run dry
enervate
overcome
debilitate
become less intense
make reasonable
contain
reduce the force of
anaesthetize
UK
pass
enfeeble
gruntle
make weaker
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
defuse
fix up
take sting out
patch things up
cripple
anesthetize
US
play down
blow over
vitiate
hebetate
cut down on
make fewer
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
loose
refresh
relaxed
desensitise
UK
offset
minimalize
rein back
temperate
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
scale back
take the heat off
balm
undervalue
demote
falter
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
dismiss
eliminate
destroy
smooth down
cause to fall
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
evanesce
cool out
squash
crush
sink lower
brighten
arrest
salve
cure
counteract
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
vary
solace
dumb
censor
draw to a close
be on the way out
give in
liss
interrupt
clam
prevent
aid
assist
keep down
cut short
close up
clamp down on
crack down on
put a stop to
slap down
snuff out
bring respite to
retard
bring an end to
take a load off
bring aid to
let up on
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
delay
detain
hinder
handicap
stunt
impede
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
hold back
keep back
mire
hamper
retardate
stay
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
choke
reef
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
rein in
keep waiting
anchor it
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
liquidate
shut up
drop the curtain
bite the dust
wind up
close up
fall
succumb
close out
pack it in
call it a day
put the lid on
put up the shutters
pack in
stop
cease
abandon
go down
go on strike
go into Chapter 11
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
lurch
seesaw
yaw
rock
wobble
swing
wabble
tend
rise
fall
slouch
shift
reel
rake
keel
set at an angle
plunge
labour
UK
labor
US
heave
make heavy weather
ramp
plummet
trend
gravitate
run
swag
roll along
tip over
put at an angle
wind
vacillate
wheel
load
stoop
lay
wallow
flounder
stagger
tumble
pitchpole
billow
teeter
waddle
totter
swagger
welter
lumber
roam
range
ramble
rove
stray
surge
wave
jibe
jerk
slide
dodge
duck
move to the side
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
sweep
whisk
cruise
breeze
plane
shift
bowl
wriggle
brush
crawl
snake
sneak
move smoothly
undulate
sashay
slew
veer
aquaplane
slide along
sinuate
propel
launch
slick
totter
lurch
freewheel
roller skate
sail along
ice skate
drive
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
taxi
dart
get by
ride on current
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
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 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
miss
body-swerve
escape from
find a way round
cheat
lose
ditch
give a wide berth
pass over
leave behind
dismiss
flee
keep at arm's length
keep your distance
foil
stay away from
thwart
give a wide berth to
balk
US
baulk
UK
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
pussyfoot
get round
fight shy of
slough off
slip away from
throw off the scent
omit
skim over
break away from
gloss over
keep well away
avoid like the plague
frustrate
outflank
circumnavigate
baffle
outwit
burke
outrun
fudge
fence
shuck
throw off
steer clear
fly
shy
weasel
work around
slip
make light of
get rid of
forget
end-run
overpass
keep clear of
not attend to
find a way around
skimp on
be remiss about
wink at
blink at
be lax about
skirt around
pay little attention to
give the runaround
reject
let something slide
leave something undone
lose sight of
slip through the net of
slur over
shuffle off
shut eyes to
skate over
brush aside
fail to deal with
pass up
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
deflect
field
overcome
keep out of the way of
outpace
outstrip
outdistance
clear
forestall
defeat
stymie
skip out on
goldbrick
malinger
check
prevent
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
sneak away
slip out
get past
forgo
escape the clutches of
lead on a merry chase
fast forward
leave out
cut out
do without
hedge
dog
bludge
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
play truant from
not attend
lie down on job
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
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
object to
shudder at
be unable to bear
condemn
look down on
reprove
feel aversion to
oppose
frown on
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
have no liking for
hold in disfavour
take exception to
regard with distaste
revile
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
regard with repugnance
antipathize
mind
regret
find distasteful
tsk-tsk
be averse to
be unable to tolerate
find unacceptable
not endure
have a down on
be against
lose interest in
have no taste
look askance at
bear malice toward
not care for
have hard feelings
grossed out on
think wrong
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
not feel like
avoid
distaste
discommend
fear
dread
be terrified of
be frightened of
be scared of
be afraid of
be revolted
be grossed out by
be repulsed
denounce
discourage
resist
vilify
not believe in
take dim view of
have a problem with
be displeased with
have a poor opinion of
pass on
be dissatisfied with
be hostile towards
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
treat with contempt
slam
have a horror of
look down upon
view with dislike
pooh-pooh
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
spurn
dissent
repudiate
rise up
be insubordinate
take no notice of
run amok
contradict
exceed
reject
protest
buck
go beyond
demonstrate
combat
remonstrate
rampage
denounce
renounce
not comply with
take to the streets
be in breach of
come out against
disagree with
bypass
scout
veto
despise
contemn
encroach upon
tresspass against
cross the line
renege on
fall foul of
violate law
set your face against
hurl defiance at
thumb nose at
take no account of
leave out
ride roughshod over
refuse to accept the authority of
kick over the traces
be at odds with
rock the boat
get out of line
secede
break with
make waves
turn against
agitate
rage against
fight against
struggle against
arise
campaign
thwart
cross
stage a rebellion
rise up in arms
take up arms
mount a rebellion
stir up trouble
go on rampage
stage
mount the barricades
rise
offend against
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
quibble
cross swords
altercate
fight
lock horns
be at variance
fail to agree
jar
row
contend
scrap
spat
feud
take issue
fall out
be in dispute
debate
spar
brawl
war
controvert
take exception
battle
bump heads
be incompatible
have words
be at loggerheads
be at each other's throats
set to
argufy
hassle
tiff
discept
brabble
contest
contrast
be in opposition
argy-bargy
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
fight like cat and dog
have a different opinion
take on
collide
bang heads
gainsay
palter
zap
haggle
skirmish
rip into each other
jump on
let someone have it
contradict each other
go for the jugular
lay into
sass
rehash
have an argument
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
defy
resist
flout
disobey
tangle
caterwaul
cavil
contravene
have it out
have a misunderstanding
have a tiff
find fault
chop logic
have a fight
get tough with
deviate
come out against
depart
dig your heels in
kick over the traces
go against
refuse to obey
refuse to accept the authority of
kick against
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
struggle
have a barney
do battle
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
fratch
jaw
scold
berate
ream
make a big thing about
trade zingers
nastily argue
pick at
have shouting match
cause a scene
get into a dispute
have a difference of opinion
discuss
take exception to
call into question
lock antlers
be at daggers with
be at daggers drawn
bandy
agitate
canvass
canvas
moot
tongue-lash
bawl out
call on the carpet
to fight
engage in conflict
talk over
hash out
exchange words
thrash out
have a scrap
cut and thrust
have a dust-up
toss around
exchange views
face
bat around
kick around
bat back and forth
jump on one's case
tilt
confront
mess
combat
have a quarrel
have a squabble
grapple
vie
tourney
compete
have a slanging match
strive
tussle
mess with
trade blows
joust
break a lance
enter the lists
square up
close with
come to blows with
do battle with
exchange blows with
engage with
tussle with
battle with
wrestle
go to war
struggle with
scuffle
come up against
become involved
scrap with
wage war
clash with
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
be a disappointment
be a disaster
be beaten
go under
capitulate
succumb
cede
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
be vanquished
be conquered
be trounced
take a licking
come up short
disintegrate
plough
UK
keel
go bust
plow
US
bow out
go bump
end in failure
drop out
be humbled
crash out
take a beating
go down the tube
end in tears
break
go over like a lead balloon
not come up to expectations
come unwrapped
relinquish
relent
come off second best
get the worst of it
back down
lay down arms
default
admit defeat
get the worst
throw in the towel
have the worst
give in
be worsted
abdicate
bow
suffer
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
drop a bundle
flop in
submit
not make the grade at
be unsuccessful in
not come up to the mark in
not come up to scratch in
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