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Verb
To become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree
To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
(
of rain, a crop or supply
)
To be insufficient when needed or expected
To have a diminishing effect on
To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
To lower or remove the value of something
(
of colors
)
To render pale or less bright
To make sad
To squeeze together
Damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Noun
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
A lack or deficiency of something
The act of abridging
The state or quality of being degenerate
The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter
The property of being thrifty
An amount of money that can be earned or received free of tax
The gradual destruction or diminution of something
Deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement
Abbreviation
Deceased etc.
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Verb
▲
To become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree
lessen
decline
diminish
dwindle
shrink
contract
drop
wane
abate
subside
ebb
lower
ease
fall
recede
reduce
lighten
plummet
plunge
relent
sink
slump
taper
moderate
quell
remit
curb
decrement
depreciate
fade
pall
quiet
slacken
tail off
blur
check
crumble
decay
de-escalate
degenerate
deteriorate
devaluate
droop
evaporate
let up
restrain
settle
shrivel
soften
waste
wither
become less
drop off
fall away
fall off
grow less
ratchet down
taper off
become smaller
die down
grow smaller
peter out
phase down
slow down
calm down
drain away
dry up
lose edge
narrow down
slack off
wear away
wear down
die away
die out
run low
weaken
go down
ease off
crash
disappear
nosedive
attenuate
melt away
tumble
flag
descend
fail
come to an end
sag
relax
go downhill
fade away
slip
vanish
dive
collapse
die off
dip
go away
close
waste away
downsize
slacken off
wear off
drop away
wilt
ease up
stop
deflate
mitigate
take a nosedive
wind down
slide
get smaller
regress
get less
retrograde
drain
end
alleviate
fizzle out
trail off
retrogress
downscale
narrow
languish
dissolve
quieten
withdraw
temper
depress
slow
terminate
rachet down
nose-dive
go
trail
retire
die
cease
condense
worsen
return
hit the floor
cave in
shorten
go into a tailspin
dull
cut
lose
grow faint
devalue
make less
erode
calm
lapse
minimize
US
lag
emaciate
minimise
UK
deplete
atrophy
halt
slack
relapse
give way
retreat
become weaker
fall steeply
get lower
disintegrate
run out
fall back
cool off
go back
back
retract
depart
go through the floor
draw back
flow back
become lower
compress
tone down
dim
clear
desist
abridge
constrict
squeeze
trail away
succumb
retrocede
abbreviate
cheapen
lull
topple
pitch
subdue
slope
grow dim
quieten down
thin out
totter
cool
tire
disperse
minify
evanesce
melt
dent
come to nothing
downgrade
fall short
bate
curtail
faint
pass
rot
make smaller
finish
skid
come down
slake
crater
fall sharply
flop
backslide
vitiate
take a header
pare down
loll
devolve
cut back
mark down
drop rapidly
bend
settle down
disimprove
break up
come to a halt
write down
come to a stop
be no more
turn down
knock down
rocket
fade out
tail away
shrivel up
concentrate
truncate
release
disengage
allay
assuage
relieve
grow
decimate
minish
fall through
give out
rebate
mollify
clear up
modulate
slim
wrinkle
rescind
shape
elongate
slim down
flow away
pine
weary
extenuate
retrench
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
dampen
lose strength
lose intensity
run dry
still
telescope
phase out
thin down
go downwards
unlax
coast
numb
dock
close out
fold
set
founder
submerge
submit
be reduced
crumple
submerse
keel
become less intense
compact
suffer
falter
amputate
impair
thin
crop
clip
soft-pedal
tighten
chill out
cool it
deaden
mute
give in
become weak
fall down
constringe
capsule
capsulize
be gone
dispel
dissipate
impoverish
cripple
debase
tremble
limp
get quieter
become softer
get softer
become quieter
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
be on the way out
roll back
slack up
die away or out
die away or down
level off
elapse
discontinue
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
bag
swag
determine
expire
quit
conclude
cease to be
exit
pass away
become obsolete
pull out
back away
drop back
hang
seat
break
take the bite out
take the sting out
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
grow weak
become extinct
stoop
swoop
move away
lurch
blight
hunch
sprawl
draw to a close
lose spirit
grow weaker
bulge
spoil
be submerged
suffer defeat
be vanquished
go under
be beaten
be defeated
discount
slash
move back
take in
lose ground
downturn
precipitate
descend rapidly
dump
drop down
decrease rapidly
curve
bow
dangle
lean
flap
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be approaching death
be slipping away
be in extremis
break off
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
grow worse
get worse
cease to exist
disappear from the face of the earth
write off
devalorize
reach a new low
go to ruin
reach new low
keel over
hang loosely
fall unevenly
back off
move further off
deprave
revert
corrupt
corrode
muddy up
lower in price
draw away
drag
buckle
hit the skids
go to the dogs
take a dive
lower in value
take a turn for the worse
go down the toilet
die on vine
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
go to pot
go to pieces
go down the tubes
come apart at seams
bow out
lose value
come to grief
fold up
break down
decrease in value
decline in price
lose significance
pale
hit the dirt
tip over
be precipitated
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
grow dull
lose lustre
more ❯
“I am confident that pollution levels will
decrease
over time if we put these measures in place.”
Verb
▲
To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
lower
reduce
diminish
lessen
contract
cut
abate
curtail
downsize
drop
minimise
UK
minimize
US
depress
downscale
moderate
deplete
dwindle
ease
slash
temper
abridge
impair
narrow
shorten
truncate
weaken
dent
dilute
cut back
cut down
pare down
turn down
cut back on
cut down on
de-escalate
knock down
make fewer
make less
tone down
wind down
slim down
mitigate
trim
alleviate
soften
prune
assuage
curb
shrink
allay
deaden
dull
limit
palliate
blunt
attenuate
lighten
relieve
restrain
soothe
restrict
check
take the edge off
dampen
pare
mollify
muffle
quell
retrench
relax
clip
stifle
scale down
cushion
subdue
calm
suppress
dock
shave
bring down
modify
hold back
qualify
make cutbacks in
mute
abbreviate
inhibit
mark down
crop
taper
lenify
appease
salami-slice
lop
axe
UK
smother
whittle down
slow
sap
step down
still
control
quieten
ax
US
extenuate
thin
cut short
roll back
cool
round down
contain
discount
damp down
condense
compress
quiet
damp
syncopate
elide
rationalize
US
silence
undermine
constrict
deflate
cut off
slacken
erode
decrement
benumb
help
lull
retard
lop off
numb
rationalise
UK
tail off
ease up on
chop
slake
make smaller
satisfy
snip
quench
whittle away
extinguish
slow down
rein in
shear
degrade
depreciate
compose
hinder
level down
deduct
water down
drain
make reductions in
scale back
stay
ebb
mellow
minify
synopsize
dial down
abstract
sate
devaluate
edit
dissipate
empty
halt
precis
disempower
hush
remove
exhaust
ease off
eliminate
average down
confine
cauterize
US
absorb
tighten
bob
take down
telescope
muzzle
mask
squelch
rein back
regulate
circumscribe
boil down
take the sting out
tranquillize
UK
cauterise
UK
take off
hamper
repress
tranquilize
US
choke
put in a nutshell
put the lid on
drown
wane
economize on
put an end to
get rid of
satiate
summarize
US
peter out
consume
downgrade
sink
decline
couch
disperse
epitomize
US
delete
concentrate
adulterate
lace
gratify
digest
phase out
subtract
ration
delay
taper off
cramp
stop
drop off
economize
US
outline
dry up
overcome
slim
detain
handicap
trim back
trim down
rarefy
decelerate
paralyse
UK
enfeeble
buffer
gentle
bolster
impede
blue pencil
collapse
take
make weaker
obstruct
take the bite out
slow up
sum up
compact
dam
modulate
pacify
disable
cripple
debilitate
economise
UK
stem
stall
destroy
buttress
put in nutshell
epitomise
UK
summarise
UK
change
block
anaesthetize
UK
nip
poll
arrest
thin out
hold up
set back
staunch
comfort
ameliorate
put a damper on
vindicate
postpone
phase down
gag
disintegrate
kill
stanch
keep it down
decrease the volume
moisten
pipe down
put damper on
paralyze
US
anesthetize
US
remit
keep back
put the brakes on
make nice
mire
retardate
skive
pour oil on
sweeten
loiter
play down
interfere with
hang up
tidy up
bottle up
knock off
shut down
bog down
subside
scale something down
foreshorten
devitalize
wear away
wear down
loosen
spare
bridle
slenderize
pillow
tame
placate
diffuse
euphemize
revise
top
halve
keep down
miniaturize
US
defuse
ratchet down
whittle
omit
break
devalue
cheapen
waste away
tighten up
miniaturise
UK
dispense with
deliver a blow to
undervalue
demote
extend
sophisticate
do away with
mark off
put down
shush
dumb
settle
hebetate
desensitise
UK
desensitize
US
obtund
restraint
sketch
break off
vitiate
offset
enervate
meet
indulge
fulfil
UK
loose
slack
refresh
crumble
relaxed
retrench on
debase
invalidate
reduce greatly
fill
surfeit
mince
fix up
take sting out
dulcify
patch things up
pollard
mow
adjust
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
shut up
soak up
shape
neaten
take the heat off
put a stop to
write off
write down
let up on
make less strict
make less formal
conceal
hide
reduce punishment
cover
sit down on
commute
soft-pedal
vary
adapt
cork up
get to meat
put a restriction on
put a limit on
bring to a standstill
prevent
withstand
oppose
resist
clarify
refine
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
give an abstract of
give a summary of
insulate
pad
seclude
guard
cut shorter
even up
content
fulfill
US
glut
gorge
cause to fall
tenderize
US
melt
give a precis of
give a digest of
give a synopsis of
give an outline of
soften up
make conditional
chill
reduce the effect of
knead
bend
yield
dissolve
thaw
relent
mash
tenderise
UK
give
make lighter
add to
alter
add reservations to
stretch
purify
expand
doctor
needle
emaciate
spike
subtilize
sublimate
cook
irrigate
water
discourage
add a rider to
make additions to
deter
become tender
smooth
blanket
dash
disburden
disencumber
levitate
upraise
uplight
facilitate
shift
free
jettison
eradicate
unload
unburden
dispel
chop down
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
exculpate
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
varnish
scatter
dismiss
banish
stamp out
incapacitate
dim
stun
frustrate
etherize
chloroform
KO
unnerve
stupefy
injure
freeze
gas
deprive
tire
dope
clog
brake
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
put on a Band-Aid
peel
make shorter
cloud
throw cold water on
classify
encumber
drive away
chase away
put to rest
square
drive off
excuse
knock out
put out of order
put to sleep
lay out
defer
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
tabulate
codify
methodize
pour cold water on
catalogue
UK
systematize
US
minus
skin
strip
hamstring
get shorter
excerpt
take up
reduce something
cool out
expend
stunt
withdraw
debit
put back
interrupt
order
dispose
reprise
brief
recap
recapitulate
arrange
encapsulate
decorticate
weed out
play up to
spend
take a load off
detract
unadd
trammel
cumber
excoriate
turn up
become less dense
become less numerous
evacuate
use up
justify
lag
close off
down
hesitate
let up
loaf
back off
falter
crimp
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
baulk
UK
bog
balk
US
baffle
bring to screeching halt
shut off
choke off
dawdle
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works of
flag
poke
fetter
withhold
strangle
carve
shave off
strip off
trim off
uncover
peel off
flay
scrape
scalp
defend
milk
puncture
flatten
fix
bound
cap
amortise
UK
cast down
procrastinate
embog
reef
catalog
US
wrap up
survey
cut to bone
systematise
UK
sum
summate
nutshell
inventory
get to the meat
take out
take from
take away
draw back
tauten
strangulate
focus
clench
tense
straiten
constringe
pinch
explain
explain away
whitewash
deodorize
US
amortize
US
cut to the bone
clip off
specify
demarcate
close
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
keep waiting
anchor it
void
tuck
astringe
become less in number
clear out
make a long story short
burn
bleed
devour
bind
send up
cool down
inclose
keep within limits
come down on
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
keep within bounds
surround
delimitate
prelimit
define
set limits on
shut in
keep under control
demark
clip someone's wings
put away
pin down
enclose
encircle
hem in
put on ice
hold down
chain
impose limits on
tether
constrain
delimit
gloze over
deodorise
UK
gloss over
make excuses for
downplay
let down
suck dry
impoverish
bankrupt
make allowances for
finish
draw down
come up with an explanation for
make a case for
draw
waste
squander
give an explanation for
make allowances
play out
make narrower
let the air out
become smaller
get narrower
draw together
empty the air out of
get smaller
get thinner
narrow down
draw in
become narrower
run down
wash up
eat up
dig into
more ❯
“You should probably
decrease
the amount of food you consume each day.”
Verb
▲
(
of rain, a crop or supply
)
To be insufficient when needed or expected
fail
abate
decline
degenerate
deteriorate
diminish
fizzle
drop
weaken
wither
miscarry
flop
founder
dwindle
bomb
bust
wane
be deficient
fall away
die down
fizzle out
drop off
go awry
be wanting
go amiss
be insufficient
fall short
die out
fall through
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
break down
be inadequate
die away
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
disappear
fade
lessen
deplete
vanish
subside
fall
languish
lower
drain
dim
dissipate
attenuate
decay
plummet
disperse
sink
gutter
recede
reduce
dissolve
go down
go downhill
wear off
wind down
drain away
become less
grow less
give out
become weak
go away
fade away
grow dim
waste away
tail off
peter out
fold
go wrong
be unsuccessful
misfire
abort
backfire
recoil
rebound
boomerang
fall flat
be abortive
meet with disaster
slip
backslide
miss
blunder
flounder
go pear-shaped
come to nothing
go phut
gang agley
hit bottom
bite the dust
lose status
play into
lose out
go up in smoke
go astray
lose control
miss fire
be demoted
be defeated
run aground
miss the mark
turn out badly
be in vain
come to naught
come to grief
go down swinging
back wrong horse
miss the boat
hit the skids
collapse
crash
close
end
default
finish
retire
go
topple
slump
flatline
terminate
buckle
crumple
perish
tumble
go broke
cease trading
go bankrupt
be shut
close down
fall down
be closed down
go under
be closed
not succeed
be liquidated
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
drop a bundle
be in the hands of the receivers
be shut down
come to a halt
grind to a halt
belly up
fold up
cease production
close one's doors
give up
be wound up
be in arrears
go into chapter 11
go bump
go out of business
cave in
go into receivership
go into liquidation
go belly up
become insolvent
go belly-up
go to the wall
go bust
shrivel up
lose big
shut down
be taken to the cleaners
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a diminishing effect on
impair
damage
harm
mar
spoil
reduce
injure
undermine
vitiate
weaken
blunt
diminish
hinder
lessen
worsen
debilitate
deteriorate
compromise
enervate
enfeeble
blemish
bloody
break
crab
cripple
deface
disable
disfigure
endamage
flaw
hurt
impede
threaten
blight
cheapen
debase
destroy
devaluate
devalue
ding
disqualify
invalidate
prejudice
queer
ruin
tarnish
total
tweak
unfit
cross up
foul up
lose strength
make useless
mess up
rough up
put the kibosh on
subvert
sap
shake
have a bad effect on
pull the rug out from under
wreck
destabilize
US
jeopardize
US
sabotage
disrupt
impoverish
ravage
annihilate
crush
afflict
devitalize
trash
depress
wound
incapacitate
corrupt
corrode
dismantle
taint
torpedo
batter
shock
shatter
scorch
inconvenience
smash
blast
wither
destabilise
UK
screw up
detract from
shake up
interfere with
take out
jeopardise
UK
smash up
louse up
muck up
be detrimental to
do harm to
cause detriment to
wreak havoc on
put out of commission
put out of action
throw a monkey wrench into
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
expand
boost
compound
multiply
augment
broaden
extend
grow
proliferate
raise
spread
accelerate
accumulate
aggrandize
appreciate
balloon
boom
bourgeon
build up
burgeon
climb
develop
diversify
enlarge
escalate
gain
increase
mount
rise
snowball
stoke
swell
wax
widen
amplify
become bigger
become larger
hype
make bigger
make larger
add to
branch out
increase in scope
increase in size
roll up
scale up
supersize
up
pump up
broaden one's horizons
extend one's operations
mushroom
heighten
intensify
enhance
rocket
magnify
strengthen
build
grow rapidly
flourish
aggravate
improve
inflate
surge
become more numerous
pick up
deepen
progress
soar
skyrocket
bloom
advance
reinforce
increase rapidly
shoot up
run riot
mount up
thrive
thicken
prosper
flower
increase exponentially
worsen
gather
exacerbate
spiral
propagate
accrue
add
spring
spring up
go up
flow
make worse
grow in
add fuel to the flames
add fuel to the fire
rouse
upsurge
intensate
redouble
parlay
explode
leap
succeed
mature
fortify
bud
blossom
inflame
metastasize
green
sprout
supplement
fuel
tend
reach
pervade
bloat
be enlarged
be increased
be stepped up
be magnified
be amplified
be extended
emerge
manifold
cube
double
produce
generate
square
aggregate
repeat
populate
rise rapidly
speed up
do well
spurt
be successful
dilate
come on
go through the roof
go through the ceiling
develop quickly
spread quickly
stock up
get stronger
increment
put on a spurt
pump
put salt on the wound
fan the flames
complicate
stir
mend
poke
rekindle
feed
keep burning
add fuel to
collocate
amalgamate
buildup
be stored
incorporate
unite
profit
rise in value
hike
pile up
lift
exaggerate
better
confound
confuse
stoke up
push up
go up in price
jack up
hike up
rub salt in the wound
bump up
step up
goose up
make intricate
run up
put up
make complex
mark up
add insult to injury
fetch up
jump up
send through the roof
get larger
get bigger
increase in value
put fuel on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
lag
delay
linger
dawdle
loiter
dally
trail
idle
saunter
straggle
tarry
hang back
shilly-shally
crawl
creep
diddle
dillydally
dilly-dally
diminish
dither
drag
drop
fail
fall back
fall behind
flag
lallygag
lollygag
mope
poke
drag behind
ebb
slacken
trail behind
wane
falter
hobble
inch
jelly
limp
lounge
move slowly
plod
procrastinate
retard
shuffle
slouch
slow
stagger
stay
tail
tool
trudge
bring up the rear
not keep pace
be behind
drop back
drop behind
fall off
inch along
put off
slow up
drag one's feet
lose strength
get no place fast
drag your feet
pause
lag behind
hang about
stall
amble
wait
hesitate
mark time
hang around
take your time
drift
hang fire
vacillate
take one's time
wander
meander
nose
snail
waste time
ramble
ooze
temporize
US
traipse
kill time
putter
temporise
UK
hover
halt
fritter away
creak along
fool around
hang out
stay put
hold back
play for time
hold off
remain
loll
lose ground
loaf
bide
stray
mosey
roam
sag
toddle
rove
while away time
traik
trifle
shamble
go slowly
waver
filibuster
rest
defer
postpone
stop
walk slowly
hang
lodge
be slow
potter around
potter about
hang round
adjourn
not keep up
potter round
horse around
warm a chair
sit around
drag your heels
be dilatory
wait around
goof off
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
hang on
play a waiting game
be indecisive
hum and haw
stroll
slack
be left behind
shirk
follow
schlepp along
stonewall
be long
be tardy
totter
drag oneself
mooch
skulk
tag along
drag yourself
slough
dabble
lurk
potter
drag along
tag along behind
buy time
limp along
draggle
diddle-daddle
demur
teeter
wabble
pass time
poke along
fritter time away
creep along
become tedious
stagnate
boondoggle
scruple
wobble
prolong
protract
haver
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
swither
goldbrick
cool
fool with
while away
trifle with
be quiescent
appear to pass slowly
be delayed
encounter difficulty
slow down
sit on one's butt
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
play games with
fool about
go on too long
go on and on
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
take a raincheck
be undecided
suspend action
let slide
remit
shelve
goof around
stop over
lose time
hold up
put over
lay over
hold over
range
hold the phone
dangle
droop
put on hold
put back
hold off on
put on ice
leave to another time
suspend
prorogue
reschedule
put on the back burner
stand
abide
straddle
hang down
err
scramble
spread
maunder
stick
dwell
settle
reside
await
keep on
perch
endure
remain behind
nest
sweat it out
put down roots
continue
outstay
squat
sit tight
bunk
hold the fort
establish yourself
be left
stick around
stay out
stay behind
roost
establish oneself
hold on
be late
be strung out
poke around
string out
obstruct
pass the time
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
not hurry
discontinue
cease
resist
be leisurely
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
take too long
kick about
kick around
refrain from
adopt Fabian tactics
put something off
take no action
proceed in a leisurely fashion
avoid doing something
keep from doing something
prevent
block
hinder
speechify
sojourn
speak at length
employ delaying tactics
talk at length
bivouac
live
inhabit
cling
speak on and on
talk on and on
stay over
make camp
stay on
look forward
lie in wait
be patient
lie low
hold your horses
sit up for
keep shirt on
hold one's breath
stand by
wait on
hold your fire
kick your heels
bide one's time
cool your heels
save it
sweat it
stay up for
hang onto your hat
cool it
bide your time
hold everything
wait in the wings
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lower or remove the value of something
devalue
belittle
depreciate
diminish
undervalue
decry
discredit
downgrade
minimise
UK
minimize
US
underestimate
deflate
denigrate
disparage
traduce
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
underrate
bad-mouth
defame
deprecate
deride
derogate
knock
pan
pooh-pooh
scorn
slam
treat lightly
attenuate
break
cheapen
depress
detract
detract from
devaluate
lower
make light of
reduce
rubbish
run down
sink
slate
debase
degrade
devalorize
do down
lessen
minify
misprize
put down
revalue
sell short
mark down
pull apart
scoff at
slag off
sneer at
write down
write off
bring down
cry down
cut rate
hit out at
hold cheap
knock off
nose dive
pick holes in
take down
take to pieces
drag through the mud
have a go at
do a hatchet job on
discount
slow down
soft-pedal
make less active
play down
take away from
bump
ruin
bench
revert
abase
humble
demerit
declass
gloss over
brush aside
backbite
blister
vilipend
undermine
weaken
disesteem
withdraw
set back
laugh at
subtract from
take down a peg
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of colors
)
To render pale or less bright
dull
fade
pale
discolour
UK
discolor
US
bleach
lighten
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
decolorize
lessen
tarnish
whiten
achromatize
blanch
blench
clear
decolor
decolour
dim
diminish
etiolate
faint
reduce
soften
evanish
make pale
tone down
wash out
go white
grow dim
grow dull
grow pale
lose brightness
lose color
lose luster
become colorless
become lighter
become paler
become washed out
snow
recede
become pale
turn white
muddy
turn pale
become
lose colour
go pale
make white
peroxide
turn pallid
make pallid
white
become white
blanco
frost
chalk
whitewash
silver
grizzle
be washed out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make sad
depress
sadden
oppress
discourage
upset
daunt
desolate
dishearten
dispirit
distress
cast down
deject
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
grieve
weigh down
chill
get down
crush
make sad
make unhappy
shake
aggrieve
burden
dash
harrow
haunt
make gloomy
hang over
make desolate
make despondent
abase
afflict
ail
beat
bother
bug
bum out
cow
damp
dampen
darken
debase
debilitate
degrade
dismay
disturb
drag
drain
dull
enervate
faze
mock
mortify
perturb
slow
torment
trouble
try
weary
weigh heavily on
cause suffering to
knock sideways
bear down
beat down
give someone the blues
harsh someone's mellow
keep under
knock for six
make someone fed up
make your heart bleed
run down
bring tears to your eyes
cast a gloom upon
reduce to tears
turn one off
knock the stuffing out of
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
unnerve
subdue
unman
frustrate
worry
put a damper on
vex
deflate
sap
deter
humble
throw
disparage
prey on
bring down
appall
US
devitalize
beset
weaken
nag
petrify
undermine
diminish
disappoint
lie heavy on
press
plague
intimidate
make downhearted
frighten
abash
scare
alarm
mar
spoil
get someone down
bring low
get to
appal
UK
mess up
psych out
deaden
stifle
lower
smother
floor
curb
harass
humiliate
shatter
subjugate
chagrin
squash
lessen
gnaw at
obsess
irk
disconcert
disincline
make dejected
terrify
awe
shock
be a burden to
be a burden on
affright
weigh
shame
take over
consternate
horrify
break one's heart
take control of
weigh on
cloud
make miserable
castrate
geld
lobotomize
desiccate
dehydrate
lie
inhibit
restrain
suppress
overwhelm
break
devastate
cast a shadow
wreck
ruin
squelch
down
pain
deplore
press down on
flatten
hurt
overcome
quell
extinguish
defeat
overpower
pall
tire
make blue
dampen spirits
drag down
annoy
overawe
bear down on
damp down
take the heart out of
harsh
infuriate
exasperate
anger
cast a gloom on
bring one down
tax
put off
dump
stress
strain
inconvenience
bully
repress
droop
deprecate
confuse
prostrate
cast a pall over
put into a funk
irritate
madden
incommode
bedevil
make dispirited
make crestfallen
indispose
jolt
dissatisfy
aggravate
embitter
sour
overcharge
cause to lose heart
encumber
overload
charge
overburden
weight
task
cumber
enfeeble
miff
put down
rattle
nark
amaze
sicken
scandalize
US
disgust
insult
outrage
astound
disempower
cause trouble to
hack off
drive crazy
make discontented
drive mad
jumble
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
muddle
unzip
disorder
nonplus
discountenance
unglue
embarrass
cripple
unsettle
throw a pall over
wind up
dish it out
stick it to
give it to
dish out
press down
pull down
load down
hold down
weigh upon
send up
blow out
blow up
take apart
shake up
scandalise
UK
take steam out
give someone the hump
knock for a loop
gross out
terrorize
US
demean
panic
spook
disgrace
alarum
scarify
startle
fright
scare to death
scare stiff
reduce
scare the pants off
confound
make your hair stand on end
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
chill off
frighten to death
frighten the living daylights out of
throw into a panic
scare someone out of their wits
put the wind up
scare the living daylights out of
perplex
terrorise
UK
throw into a blue funk
cheapen
belittle
discredit
demote
downgrade
dishonor
US
deteriorate
profane
pervert
sink
warp
debauch
smirch
vitiate
corrupt
canker
deprave
chasten
bastardize
US
denigrate
subvert
poison
dishonour
UK
foul
prostitute
crawl
bastardise
UK
take down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To squeeze together
compress
squeeze
constrict
compact
crush
press
squash
cram
wedge
flatten
pack
stuff
tamp
capsule
capsulize
collapse
condense
constringe
contract
jam
telescope
wad
coarct
coarctate
crowd
scrunch
squidge
bind
coagulate
concentrate
consolidate
cramp
dehydrate
densen
densify
narrow
narrow down
ram
reduce
restrict
shrivel
syncopate
tighten
wrap
boil down
make brief
pack together
force into space
force
push
thrust
pound
mash
stick
fill
press down
trample
roll
pinch
sandwich
shoehorn
ball
jam-pack
load
pulverize
US
shove
solidify
set
squish
heap
brim
clench
shrink
harden
pulverise
UK
tread
draw in
become narrower
round
pulp
choke
strangle
agglomerate
grind
grasp
tense
smash
level
charge
tauten
bang
hammer
pile
confine
mangle
stiffen
overfill
tamp down
beat
tap
firm
make narrower
draw together
nip
fill to overflowing
stamp
mill
tramp
grip
macerate
clutch
clamp
strangulate
plunge
crash
pack down
straiten
restrain
circumscribe
drive
tuck
astringe
depress
clasp
thumb
triturate
become tighter
become smaller
make smaller
hold
clog
bruise
pack in
pack it in
push down
cling to
hold down
stamp on
tread on
weigh on
weigh upon
fill up
bear down on
concertina
tweak
flex
congest
crumple
overcrowd
taper
diminish
mass
focus
limit
make tighter
screw
roll over
bulldoze
drive over
demolish
insert
mold
US
form
mould
UK
express
integrate
pack closely
combine
put
place
sardine
smush
splat
stive
firm up
ram down
cram down
get smaller
pack tightly
bung up
get narrower
get thinner
ram in
thrust in
drive in
cram full
top off
plaster
grab
seize
lower
trample on
wear
hit
steamroller
pack 'em in
champ
stomp
tromp
impact
slam
stab
sink
strike
hold tightly
lay hands on
double up
clinch
hang on to
grapple
stow
dig
injure
hurt
override
overwhelm
encroach
walk over
violate
thud
impinge
collide
knock
bash
bump
swipe
operate
actuate
activate
iron out
even out
smooth off
pad
line
butt
dash
trample down
couch
downbear
dip
droop
settle
demit
smoosh
purse
run over
step on
walk on
overstuff
upholster
hook
drum
poke
drive into
jack
constrain
control
close
pucker
brace
let down
move downward
exert pressure on
collide with
run into
wring
strike head-on
knock against
clog up
load with
choke up
strengthen
squinch
enclasp
pinion
pin
crumble
crunch
comminute
pestle
knead
bray
become narrow
become pinched
fill to the brim
powder
tack
move
screw up
become tight
mull
atomize
splinter
shatter
disintegrate
levigate
powderize
pin down
hold tight
bear heavily
force down
bear down
lean on
kibble
break
strain
contuse
contriturate
total
break up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wear
erode
abrade
rasp
corrode
fret
rub
scrape
crumble
fray
scour
scratch
chafe
consume
corrade
frazzle
gall
grind
use
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
impair
rub away
bother
crumble away
decay
decline
diminish
dwindle
eat away
fade
graze
grind away
jade
overuse
overwork
rub down
scuff
shrink
tax
undermine
wash away
waste away
wear down
weather
bite into
gnaw away
become worn
be worthless
cut down
eat away at
gnaw away at
scrape off
use up
wear away
wear through
become threadbare
go to seed
wear thin
skin
excoriate
grate
wear out
irritate
grind down
file
bark
roughen
hurt
rub painfully
rub against
pound
break down
overcome
riffle
ripple
pinch
rub raw
burn
inflame
wear threadbare
drag
brush
lacerate
unravel
be sore
be painful
damage
peel
erase
flay
strip
rip
distress
tear
tatter
ravel
shred
become ragged
triturate
wear off
scrape away
scrape out
go through
become tattered
rub off
oxidize
US
come apart
go into holes
gnaw
rust
destroy
eat
nibble
corrupt
tarnish
oxidate
spoil
flake
burn into
burn through
oxidise
UK
bite at
decompose
bite
rot
canker
scarify
decorticate
pare
strip away
peel away
husk
hull
shuck
shell
cut
exuviate
lay bare
cast
rind
pull off
rub something raw
slough
desquamate
shed
bare
cut off
scale
remove
shave
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
decline
reduction
lessening
diminution
drop
shrinkage
abatement
contraction
cutback
declining
diminishing
downturn
ebb
loss
lowering
curtailment
cut
discount
falling off
wane
waning
decrement
dent
depletion
depression
diminishment
drop-off
dwindling
fall
falloff
slackening
downtick
subsidence
compression
condensation
constriction
decrescence
de-escalation
striction
dying down
step-down
letting up
weakening
deduction
slump
deterioration
plunge
descent
depreciation
tumble
nosedive
dive
downswing
dip
devaluation
easing
slide
downfall
moderation
subtraction
recession
attenuation
impoverishment
retrenchment
let-up
mitigation
crash
downgrade
downslide
degradation
degeneration
tempering
markdown
plummet
softening
collapse
alleviation
slip
ebbing
deflation
assuagement
lightening
skid
fading
sag
relaxation
withdrawal
shrinking
downtrend
subsiding
dilution
deadening
lapse
restriction
sinking
decay
nose dive
erosion
cutting
slash
easing off
remission
degeneracy
decadence
minimization
minimizing
US
petering out
allowance
devolution
saving
rollback
minimising
UK
dropping off
deficiency
phasedown
rebate
relief
down
fall-off
economy
exhaustion
slowing
scaling down
allaying
quelling
cushioning
palliation
appeasement
soothing
trimming
mollification
failing
limiting
tailing off
dulling
extenuation
curtailing
modification
limitation
shortening
sapping
declension
dying away
receding
declination
devaluing
dying out
slowdown
drain
withering
attrition
detraction
removal
abbreviation
downgrading
retardation
debit
concession
docking
falling-off
trough
failure
declivity
spill
taking away
belly flop
stepping down
disappearance
qualification
disinflation
difference
modulation
damping
write-down
downsize
placation
stilling
pacification
calming
thinning
offsetting
rarefication
ruination
slowing down
deprivation
curbing
devitalization
weakness
enfeeblement
debilitation
precipitation
belt-tightening
reversal
privation
flagging
landslide
undermining
cutting back
demotion
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
bargain
salami slicing
minus
dropoff
watering down
taking the edge off
shortfall
dissipation
fading away
respite
truncation
downhill trend
expenditure
consumption
sweep
refluence
reflux
backflow
retroflux
lull
absorption
expending
using up
use
stagnation
standstill
curb
guillotine
impairment
waste
milking
emptying
draining
inactivity
subduction
deletion
fade
cessation
suspension
abeyance
bleeding
paralysis
shakeout
knock-off
want
pruning
slimming
low water
low tide
outward flow
abstraction
cheapening
desisting
relenting
dropping away
amelioration
slant
incline
slope
pratfall
downward slope
header
chopping
debasement
axing
meltdown
reverse
cooling off
soaking up
cutting short
bottom-out
running down
delay
release
break
pause
letup
interruption
tapering off
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
decrease in value
reduction in value
lowering in value
accounting allowance
loss of value
steep fall
discounting
downer
rut
blight
funk
letdown
dumps
low
bottom
nose-dive
bottom out
blunting
contribution
excision
write-off
taking off
dockage
payment
credit
slipping
dropping
settling
collapsing
descending
sagging
falling
blue funk
the skids
bad times
blue devils
rainy days
bad period
knocking off
jump
regression
slaking
pitch
swoop
stumble
constricting
plump
bellyflop
slippage
tightening
squeezing
narrowing
squeeze
compaction
telescoping
tensing
contracting
compacting
condensing
submersion
header headlong jump
duck
submergence
free-fall
ducking
retrogression
comedown
atrophy
worsening
shrivelling
UK
elision
flop
backsliding
abbreviating
deflating
merging
evaporation
evaporating
omission
withdrawing
combining
confinement
lopping
abridging
reducing
abridgment
omitting
confining
decreasing
shriveling
US
ellipsis
relapse
drawing in
reduction in size
cutting down
drawing together
retrogradation
recidivism
eclipse
abasement
decaying
backslide
trip
topple
roll
disintegration
ruin
cropper
destruction
free fall
demolition
hang
skydive
slack
recidivation
sinkage
basin
cant
sink
concavity
corrosion
hollow
vitiation
sinkhole
corruption
spoiling
adulteration
falling away
breakdown
rotting
dilapidation
disrepair
flip
demise
bust
dissolution
stagflation
anticlimax
economic decline
credit squeeze
hard times
credit crunch
downward spiral
aggravation
confusion
turmoil
chaos
sharp fall
reoffending
repetition
habit
reoffense
tendency
yard sale
dereliction
downshift
going down
coming down
tainting
pounce
rush
misstep
reversion
ruining
harm
rot
destroying
spoliation
plummeting
downhill
pit
toss
wipeout
slackness
droop
arrest
dimple
hanging
dégringolade
lunge
stoop
retreat
flameout
hole
indentation
return
Black Monday
rainy day
headlong fall
false step
cave-in
dislocation
perversion
degringolade
list
tilt
distortion
fall from grace
pathos
discomfiture
cadence
downcome
falling apart
rise and fall
gradient
scarp
hill
bankruptcy
inflation
unemployment
adret
bajada
versant
escarpment
devastation
obliteration
decimation
demolishment
big trouble
trail
bend
track
immersion
decrepitude
desolation
damage
extinction
wastage
extermination
annihilation
investment
venture
dunk
spree
havoc
end
overthrow
crumbling
death
labefaction
subversion
bathos
disappointment
break-up
falling to pieces
high dive
non-event
disillusionment
let-down
washout
damp squib
not what it was cracked up to be
ineffective conclusion
more ❯
“We have seen a steady
decrease
in the usage of traditional media over the last few years.”
Noun
▲
A lack or deficiency of something
want
lack
absence
unavailability
dearth
deficiency
insufficiency
shortage
scarcity
deprivation
non-existence
scarceness
deficit
depletion
inadequacy
paucity
shortfall
shortness
need
loss
omission
privation
reduction
undersupply
withdrawal
scantiness
sparsity
destitution
drought
exiguity
insufficience
removal
scantness
needfulness
abridgement
curtailment
default
exigency
exiguousness
skimpiness
vacancy
void
being after
crunch
drouth
inadequateness
missing out on
pinch
being able to do with
being deficient in
being short of
being without
falling short in
sparseness
meagreness
decline
leanness
meagerness
tightness
uncommonness
slim pickings
absenteeism
rareness
stringency
rarity
inaccessibility
infrequency
debilitation
shrinking
slightness
shrinkage
retrenchment
poverty
famine
failure
lacuna
ineffectuality
inefficiency
unfitness
short supply
neglect
dereliction
frailty
glitch
sin
demerit
defalcation
bug
inability to hack it
paltriness
limitedness
restrictedness
smallness
puniness
poorness
beggarliness
meanness
spareness
pitifulness
wretchedness
miserableness
measliness
niggardliness
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of abridging
abridgment
outline
reduction
abstract
condensation
digest
diminishing
restriction
shortening
summary
abbreviation
compendium
contraction
cutting
epitome
lessening
limitation
synopsis
bowdlerization
curtailment
diminution
breviary
brief
cis
compend
conspectus
precis
sketch
round-up
rundown
recapitulation
recap
précis
review
truncation
summing-up
diminishment
reducing
abridgement
abridged version
concise version
shortened version
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
decline
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
iniquity
vileness
iniquitousness
impurity
indecency
badness
wrong
viciousness
profanity
self-indulgence
salaciousness
vulgarity
lustfulness
heinousness
wrongdoing
atrocity
lubricity
dishonesty
looseness
excess
impropriety
villainy
sensuality
overindulgence
infamy
shadiness
crookedness
evilness
sordidness
nefariousness
immodesty
evil-doing
abandonment
impiety
unchastity
carnality
shamelessness
devilishness
devilry
gluttony
offence
UK
unscrupulousness
prurience
deviltry
diablerie
loucheness
offense
US
foulness
criminality
unholiness
godlessness
indulgence
concupiscence
bawdiness
misconduct
depravedness
maleficence
hedonism
peccability
atrociousness
peccancy
salacity
incontinence
lawlessness
obscenity
lust
bad
coarseness
dishonourableness
violation
abandon
sybaritism
unrighteousness
delinquency
immoderation
malignity
immoderateness
voluptuousness
extravagance
wildness
raunchiness
evildoing
monstrosity
hideousness
diabolicalness
transgression
sacrilegiousness
flagitiousness
pettiness
lack of restraint
wretchedness
low-mindedness
roguery
rascality
smut
dishonour
UK
smuttiness
ignobility
enormity
double-dealing
grossness
dirtiness
venality
disgrace
knavery
crudeness
recklessness
wastefulness
malevolence
crime
sinning
ribaldry
crudity
irreligiousness
filthiness
contemptibility
unseemliness
irreverence
dirt
drunkenness
revel
nastiness
filth
blueness
impiousness
blasphemy
deviance
ill
darkness
despicability
impureness
raunch
carousal
malfeasance
rudeness
dishonor
US
mischief
bender
binge
revelry
fiendishness
squalor
prodigality
villainousness
tear
suggestiveness
fast living
la dolce vita
pleasure-seeking
eroticism
animalism
scandal
life in fast lane
scurrility
improbity
abuse
indignity
fall
bastardization
epicureanism
retrogression
womanizing
US
narrow-mindedness
shabbiness
ugliness
outrage
regression
misdeed
lawbreaking
leching
randiness
injustice
perniciousness
lack of self-control
lack of control
vitiation
treachery
scoundrelism
dreadfulness
scurviness
shamefulness
abjectness
hell
horniness
libido
sensualness
desire
hots
brutishness
brutality
perviness
lowness
abomination
contamination
free-living
lavishness
self-gratification
high-living
dereliction
foul play
scurrilousness
diabolism
balefulness
shoddiness
ignominy
squalidness
unsavouriness
tawdriness
cheapness
despicableness
disgracefulness
immoral behaviour
antisocial behavior
evil behavior
sexual desire
womanising
UK
sexual appetite
malefaction
sordidity
bad behavior
reprobation
notoriety
disreputableness
trespass
laxity
to hell in handbasket
indelicacy
curse
obloquy
pornography
life in the fast lane
malignance
evil act
immoral act
rot
roguishness
hob
waggery
waggishness
impishness
shenanigans
devilment
mischievousness
scatology
scabrousness
unwholesomeness
outrageousness
indecorousness
unrestraint
amorality
act of wickedness
fall from grace
tomfoolery
cheekiness
naughtiness
bawdry
profaneness
flagrancy
malice
affront
tastelessness
porn
blight
sleaze
X-rating
offensiveness
crassness
explicitness
forwardness
relaxation
unruliness
presumptuousness
boldness
effrontery
anarchy
temerity
audacity
arrogance
complacency
refractoriness
sauciness
disorder
irresponsibility
slackness
relaxedness
promiscuousness
dirty name
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
seduction
pleasures of the flesh
animality
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter
putridness
adulteration
atrophy
blight
breakdown
caries
consumption
corrosion
decadence
decline
decomposition
decrepitude
degeneracy
degeneration
depreciation
deterioration
dilapidation
disintegration
disrepair
dissolution
downfall
dying
extinction
fading
failing
gangrene
impairment
mortification
putrefaction
putrescence
putridity
rot
rottenness
rotting
ruin
ruination
rust
senescence
spoilage
spoilation
wasting
withering
crumbling
perishing
wasting away
decay
festering
corruption
devolution
degradation
declension
ebb
descent
fall
downgrade
declination
eclipse
damage
depravation
weakening
collapse
debasement
slipping
waning
shrinking
decaying
ebbing
lapse
enfeeblement
debilitation
failure
falling-off
mold
US
dwindling
falloff
breaking down
mould
UK
shrivelling
UK
emaciation
meltdown
diminution
wilting
declining
deteriorating
degenerating
drying up
shrivelling up
shriveling
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
The property of being thrifty
thriftiness
abridgement
austerity
care
carefulness
caution
curtailment
cutback
deduction
direction
discretion
frugality
husbandry
layoff
meanness
miserliness
moratorium
niggardliness
parsimony
providence
prudence
recession
reduction
regulation
restraint
retrenchment
rollback
shrinkage
stinginess
supervision
thrift
parcity
scrimping
skimping
sparingness
saving
canniness
economizing
US
abstemiousness
budgeting
management
frugalness
pinching
forehandedness
cutting
economy
economising
UK
careful budgeting
fuel-saving
cost-cutting
scaling-down
financial prudence
scrimping and saving
penny-pinching
good husbandry
good management
moderation
belt-tightening
cutting back
cuts
conservation
planning
precaution
asceticism
abstinence
self-discipline
foresight
preparedness
puritanism
monasticism
monkishness
close-fistedness
parsimoniousness
forethought
far-sightedness
avarice
penuriousness
avariciousness
tight-fistedness
tightness
calculation
sophrosyne
vigilance
temperance
contraction
pruning
rundown
cutbacks
tightening your belt
downsizing
belt tightening
more ❯
Noun
▲
An amount of money that can be earned or received free of tax
allowance
concession
deduction
discount
reduction
rebate
authorisation
UK
authorization
US
clearance
concurrence
consent
granting
leave
licence
license
permission
repayment
sanction
sufferance
warrant
refund
weighting
accommodation
adaptation
adjustment
admission
advantage
green light
tolerance
toleration
cut
saving
grant
markdown
depletion allowance
tax break
Noun
▲
The gradual destruction or diminution of something
erosion
attrition
corrosion
deterioration
undermining
abrasion
destruction
disintegration
spoiling
weakening
crumbling
dissolution
dissolving
wearing
weathering
consumption
corroding
decay
rotting
sapping
waste
wearing away
corrasion
detrition
eating away
gnawing away
scraping away
chipping away
desedimentation
despoliation
grinding down
loss
wasting away
wear
wear and tear
washing away
wearing down
friction
rubbing
scraping
chafing
depreciation
excoriation
grating
degeneration
impairment
oxidation
grinding
scuffing
diminution
abrading
decomposition
rust
dilapidation
oxidization
US
scratching
wastage
scouring
dwindling
diminishment
flaying
stripping
oxidisation
UK
ablation
decrement
depletion
dissipation
overuse
hard wear
damage
being eaten away
damaging
use
battering
resistance
ravages of time
thinning
rasping
mildew
fretting
usefulness
disappearance
inroads
slow destruction
natural wastage
traction
demolition
injury
treason
mischief
vandalism
disruption
subversiveness
treachery
wreckage
wrecking
subversion
overthrow
drag
adhesion
gnawing
irritation
must
blight
rot
mould
UK
a few knocks
grip
purchase
soreness
filing
brushing
trituration
contact
massage
agitation
corruption
tarnishing
mold
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
Deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement
restraint
check
constraint
limitation
restriction
control
rein
bridle
curb
hindrance
curtailment
impediment
inhibition
limit
obstacle
ban
boycott
brake
circumscription
condition
damper
deterrent
embargo
fetter
hold
moderation
stricture
taboo
clampdown
disqualification
interdict
prevention
retardant
suppression
abridgment
bar
barrier
bondage
ceiling
chains
command
cramp
deprivation
determent
deterrence
fetters
instruction
manacles
obstruction
order
pinions
prohibition
reduction
rope
stop
stoppage
straitjacket
string
weight
restraining order
wet blanket
block
chain
handicap
trammel
encumbrance
shackles
manacle
hurdle
drag
interference
crimp
stumbling block
balk
US
clog
holdback
baulk
UK
snag
shackle
let
embarrassment
leash
hitch
drawback
catch
discouragement
blockage
confinement
setback
difficulty
hazard
bond
disadvantage
disincentive
cumber
line
lead
binding
harness
cord
spanner in the works
fly in the ointment
tether
monkey wrench in the works
tie
delay
repression
interruption
preventive
impedance
safeguard
dissuasion
burden
complication
hiccup
irons
problem
facer
boundary
barricade
halter
lock
gridlock
bind
hampering
strap
inconvenience
ball and chain
trammels
stint
reservation
millstone
border
hamper
Catch-22
crackdown
wall
handcuffs
cuffs
bracelet
restrainer
monkey wrench
qualification
demarcation
band
ligature
road block
defence
UK
bonds
precaution
defense
US
retardation
arrest
captivity
holdup
preventative
shutdown
regulation
glitch
end
edge
hang-up
handcuff
hobble
bracelets
stopping
jam
link
protection
margin
iron
sticking point
thwarting
proscription
lyam
provision
stipulation
curbing
requirement
confine
bit
elimination
halt
rebuff
proviso
rule
security
perimeter
veto
interdiction
rider
blocking
checking
contraction
caution
squelching
constrainment
constriction
fastening
precautionary measure
strings
cumbrance
bound
bounds
baggage
albatross
issue
containment
cap
extent
remedy
joker
bilboes
termination
defect
weakness
wire
detriment
threshold
retardment
jam-up
excess baggage
blockade
bottleneck
gyves
darbies
restraints
rub
circumvention
preventive measure
protective measure
stay
roadblock
no-no
cuff
fine print
hawser
upper limit
millstone around your neck
booby trap
cable
leg irons
connection
clogging
discipline
obligation
commitment
deadweight
opposition
buttress
immobilization
US
immobilisation
UK
chill
intimidation
moratorium
pitfall
detention
suppressant
confines
break
reversal
muzzle
reverse
blow
put-down
damp
depressant
cloud
weary load
hardship
rim
ledge
lip
gloom
pall
maximum
warning
nuisance
inadequacy
circumspection
injunction
modification
definition
coupling
cinchers
anchor
binders
railing
traverse
fence
rahui
occlusion
congestion
hold-up
governor
stumbling stone
bump
uphill
deterring factor
defensive measures
depression
pale
verge
compass
whammy
frontier
parameter
stamping out
trouble
mountain
checkmate
load
disablement
impairment
flaw
disorder
fault
stone in one's path
leg-iron
gyve
palladium
fail-safe
protective
shield
blank wall
saddle
debt
guilt
cross
duty
tethers
ropes
compression
astringency
tightening
squeezing
shrinking
choking
electronic ankle bracelet
yoke
mountain to climb
cold water
dead weight
red tape
retarding device
neutralizer
prophylactic
extremity
circumference
strait waistcoat
headstall
hackamore
collar
noose
pendant
lavaliere
locket
rackle
clinker
truss
picket
monkey on one's back
thorn in one's side
avoidance
forestallment
anticipation
averting
forestalling
precluding
preclusion
snaffle
anticipatory measure
custody
limits
tops
sabotage
intervention
ambit
tape
gag
line of demarcation
cutoff point
cut-off point
restraining device
interception
prophylaxis
obviation
deterence
inhibitor
foot dragging
prerequisite
demand
clause
anathema
small difficulty
requisite
essential
necessity
grain of salt
disapproval
exception
term
specification
precondition
contingency
kicker
terms
eradication
crushing
abolition
non-acceptance
tapu
exemption
postulate
linkage
tie-in
stickum
hookup
nexus
gunk
network
arrangement
don't
religious convention
sanction
forbiddance
social convention
law
thou-shalt-not
superstition
need
article
must
stern measures
strike
getting tough
crush
severe measures
must-have
sine qua non
lace
guy
lacing
arrestment
close
cutoff
finish
discontinuation
expiration
surcease
closure
closedown
cessation
shutoff
conclusion
lapse
cease
offset
ending
discontinuance
small print
choker
bridling
coaxial
piece of cordage
boom
topping lift
wire rope
shackling
fettering
holding back
frustration
baulking
UK
cramping
stifling
smothering
staying
restraining
suspension
stalling
halting
quashing
foiling
hangup
balking
US
sublimation
putting an end to
putting an stop to
nipping in the bud
more ❯
Abbreviation
▲
Deceased etc.
dec
deceased
declaration
declared
declination
decrement
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decrease by
decrease by fifty per cent
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decreased blood flow
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