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What is another word for
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Verb
To become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree
To decrease in size, amount, value, or degree
(
of rain, a crop or supply
)
To be insufficient when needed or expected
To relieve or alleviate (a demand, desire or feeling)
To have a diminishing effect on
To diminish or take credit from
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
To squeeze together
Noun
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
A lack or deficiency of something
The property of being thrifty
The act of abridging
The process of organic decay or rotting
The state or quality of being degenerate
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
nosedive
ease off
crash
mitigate
flag
relax
disappear
dip
attenuate
tumble
temper
descend
melt away
dive
go downhill
come to an end
alleviate
fail
sag
fade away
take a nosedive
slip
vanish
ease up
dull
regress
slide
deflate
waste away
slacken off
nose-dive
wear off
downsize
drop away
stop
collapse
wind down
get smaller
get less
wilt
drain
end
depress
dissolve
die off
deaden
fizzle out
go away
close
trail off
rachet down
shorten
go into a tailspin
narrow
retrograde
cut
tone down
downscale
languish
devalue
quieten
withdraw
calm
skid
allay
slow
terminate
lapse
crater
qualify
minimize
US
go
trail
minimise
UK
fall steeply
die
worsen
cease
blunt
disintegrate
condense
retrogress
hit the floor
get lower
cushion
grow faint
erode
relieve
assuage
subdue
lag
emaciate
deplete
halt
atrophy
curtail
muffle
slack
fall sharply
relapse
downturn
melt
give way
palliate
modify
become weaker
dampen
run out
mollify
cool off
drop rapidly
backslide
go through the floor
take a dive
devolve
become lower
compress
turn down
take the edge off
dim
clear
desist
abridge
constrict
soothe
squeeze
come down
trail away
make less
abbreviate
cheapen
lull
slope
grow dim
quieten down
limit
retire
thin out
totter
lose
stifle
cool
disperse
minify
evanesce
dent
come to nothing
downgrade
fall short
bate
suppress
faint
pass
make smaller
finish
rot
buffer
gentle
bolster
slake
still
vitiate
be reduced
take a header
buttress
pare down
cut back
return
absorb
modulate
extenuate
vindicate
lenify
mark down
drop down
cave in
settle down
disimprove
break up
come to a halt
get worse
write down
come to a stop
be no more
knock down
play down
go to the dogs
rocket
fade out
go to pot
tail away
shrivel up
concentrate
truncate
release
disengage
restrict
grow
decimate
pillow
minish
fall through
give out
rebate
clear up
slim
wrinkle
rescind
shape
elongate
slim down
flow away
pine
weary
succumb
retrench
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
lose strength
lose intensity
revise
take it easy
run dry
telescope
go downwards
phase out
thin down
numb
tire
dock
close out
decelerate
unlax
coast
retreat
become less intense
falter
compact
amputate
impair
thin
crop
clip
soft-pedal
control
restraint
mute
make less active
give in
become weak
reach a new low
go to ruin
go easy
chill out
cool it
tighten
fall down
be gone
dispel
dissipate
stoop
impoverish
cripple
debase
tremble
limp
get quieter
become softer
get softer
become quieter
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
constringe
capsule
capsulize
soak up
be on the way out
roll back
slack up
die away or out
die away or down
level off
retrocede
elapse
discontinue
adjust
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
scrimp
precipitate
descend rapidly
dump
decrease rapidly
determine
expire
quit
conclude
cease to be
exit
pass away
become obsolete
fall back
pull out
back away
drop back
break
take the bite out
take the sting out
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
become extinct
move away
go back
draw to a close
reduce punishment
scale down
commute
lose spirit
grow weaker
discount
slash
back
retract
depart
move back
break off
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
take in
lose ground
grow worse
cease to exist
disappear from the face of the earth
write off
devalorize
grow weak
back off
move further off
spoil
deprave
revert
corrupt
corrode
muddy up
insulate
pad
seclude
guard
lower in price
draw away
draw back
flow back
drag
buckle
hit the skids
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be breathing one's last
be approaching death
be on one's deathbed
be slipping away
be in extremis
be at death's door
be on one's last legs
flop
lower in value
help
take a turn for the worse
go down the toilet
die on vine
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
go to pieces
pale
go down the tubes
come apart at seams
bow out
tenderize
US
reduce the effect of
lose value
knead
bend
appease
yield
thaw
mellow
mash
tenderise
UK
give
moisten
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
exculpate
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
varnish
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
fold up
break down
decrease in value
decline in price
excuse
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
put on a Band-Aid
hit the dirt
tip over
lose lustre
grow dull
be precipitated
become tender
justify
defend
explain
explain away
whitewash
deodorize
US
gloze over
deodorise
UK
gloss over
make excuses for
downplay
make allowances for
come up with an explanation for
make a case for
give an explanation for
make allowances
more ❯
“I am confident that pollution levels will
decrease
over time if we put these measures in place.”
Verb
▲
To decrease in size, amount, value, or degree
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
trim
prune
shrink
curb
attenuate
restrain
mitigate
limit
restrict
pare
alleviate
retrench
mark down
lighten
scale down
clip
bring down
hold back
taper
quell
depreciate
make cutbacks in
check
dock
abbreviate
assuage
axe
UK
ax
US
palliate
slow
soften
shave
discount
devaluate
step down
allay
salami-slice
degrade
decrement
whittle down
relax
roll back
control
condense
round down
contain
inhibit
downgrade
compress
sink
syncopate
elide
crop
cut short
rationalize
US
lop
constrict
deflate
blunt
take the edge off
erode
qualify
sap
soothe
devalue
cheapen
minify
extenuate
rationalise
UK
thin
ease up on
undermine
chop
make smaller
break
modify
tail off
slacken
dampen
rein in
dull
retard
hinder
level down
drain
scale back
synopsize
mollify
stay
ebb
whittle away
calm
abstract
deduct
make reductions in
dial down
precis
cut off
empty
halt
disempower
ease off
remove
mute
muffle
average down
confine
telescope
slow down
tighten
take down
rein back
regulate
circumscribe
boil down
relieve
lop off
hamper
write off
choke
write down
set back
put in a nutshell
deaden
summarize
US
take off
wane
economize on
epitomize
US
peter out
outline
decline
couch
exhaust
concentrate
edit
dissipate
adulterate
keep down
digest
subdue
snip
subtract
ration
delay
taper off
cramp
stop
eliminate
drop off
dry up
slim
detain
handicap
debase
trim back
trim down
decelerate
devalorize
impede
blue pencil
collapse
take
sum up
make weaker
obstruct
water down
dam
tighten up
compact
stem
stall
epitomise
UK
summarise
UK
economize
US
put in nutshell
economise
UK
change
phase down
block
run down
arrest
undervalue
hold up
staunch
postpone
damp down
put down
phase out
stanch
shear
keep back
let up
put the brakes on
mire
retardate
loiter
interfere with
hang up
bog down
subside
scale something down
foreshorten
damp
appease
slake
slenderize
loosen
spare
wear away
cushion
wear down
stifle
tame
miniaturize
US
take the bite out
take the sting out
euphemize
defuse
dip
halve
ratchet down
diffuse
quieten
miniaturise
UK
whittle
extend
lace
sophisticate
lenify
top
waste away
nose dive
dispense with
deliver a blow to
demote
mark off
break off
invalidate
reduce greatly
enfeeble
retrench on
sketch
delete
omit
mince
rarefy
disable
cripple
vitiate
offset
debilitate
enervate
do away with
get rid of
take the heat off
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
encapsulate
thin out
get to meat
put a restriction on
put a limit on
recap
let up on
make less strict
make less formal
bring to a standstill
prevent
withstand
oppose
resist
recapitulate
modulate
give an abstract of
give a summary of
soften up
cause to fall
reprise
vary
adapt
brief
give a precis of
give a digest of
give a synopsis of
give an outline of
make lighter
make conditional
summate
add to
alter
add reservations to
sum
nutshell
add a rider to
make additions to
humble
take down a peg
demerit
bump
revert
declass
ruin
abase
bench
disburden
disencumber
levitate
upraise
uplight
comfort
facilitate
ameliorate
shift
free
jettison
eradicate
unload
unburden
chop down
wrap up
cut to bone
get to the meat
disperse
scatter
make shorter
clog
brake
encumber
get shorter
excerpt
bob
take up
defer
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
consume
slow up
hamstring
amortise
UK
cast down
expend
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
put back
interrupt
amortize
US
turn up
spend
strangle
close
take a load off
trammel
cumber
become less dense
become less numerous
minus
evacuate
use up
tauten
strangulate
focus
clench
tense
straiten
constringe
pinch
stunt
close off
down
hesitate
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
shut down
choke off
dawdle
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works of
flag
poke
fetter
cut to the bone
withdraw
debit
milk
puncture
flatten
tuck
astringe
make a long story short
detract
unadd
lag
void
become less in number
clear out
withhold
fix
bound
cap
burn
absorb
bleed
devour
quiet
procrastinate
embog
reef
specify
demarcate
let down
take out
knock off
take from
take away
draw back
suck dry
impoverish
bankrupt
make narrower
become smaller
get narrower
draw together
get smaller
get thinner
narrow down
draw in
become narrower
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
keep waiting
anchor it
bind
send up
cool down
inclose
keep within limits
come down on
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
repress
keep within bounds
surround
delimitate
prelimit
define
bottle up
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
finish
draw down
draw
waste
squander
play out
let the air out
empty the air out of
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
collapse
fall apart
self-destruct
go pear-shaped
free-fall
crash
fold
close
end
finish
default
retire
go
topple
slump
flatline
terminate
buckle
perish
crumple
tumble
go broke
cease trading
go bankrupt
be shut
fall down
close down
be closed down
go into chapter 11
go under
be closed
not succeed
go bump
be liquidated
go out of business
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
cave in
go into receivership
drop a bundle
be unsuccessful
go into liquidation
go belly up
become insolvent
go wrong
be in the hands of the receivers
go belly-up
go to the wall
be shut down
come to a halt
go bust
shrivel up
grind to a halt
belly up
lose big
shut down
be taken to the cleaners
fold up
cease production
close one's doors
give up
be wound up
be in arrears
more ❯
Verb
▲
To relieve or alleviate (a demand, desire or feeling)
quench
relieve
dull
blunt
reduce
diminish
lessen
allay
assuage
deaden
mitigate
quell
check
sate
damp
still
alleviate
slake
attenuate
lighten
lower
stifle
cool
smother
overcome
suppress
extinguish
curb
take the edge off
moderate
soften
tone down
abate
ease
temper
soothe
dampen
subdue
palliate
mollify
muffle
cushion
calm
silence
quieten
mute
benumb
quiet
numb
lull
appease
compose
damp down
help
lenify
satisfy
relax
weaken
hush
cauterize
US
mask
muzzle
squelch
cauterise
UK
tranquilize
US
tranquillize
UK
put an end to
drown
put the lid on
mellow
turn down
paralyse
UK
modify
dilute
impair
gag
put a damper on
pacify
anaesthetize
UK
kill
destroy
sweeten
repress
keep it down
get rid of
decrease the volume
pour oil on
make nice
pipe down
paralyze
US
take the sting out
anesthetize
US
put damper on
satiate
gratify
slack
refresh
crumble
loose
relaxed
disintegrate
placate
settle
shush
dumb
sap
take sting out
comfort
dulcify
fix up
patch things up
ameliorate
fill
surfeit
shut up
bottle up
cork up
thin
put a stop to
cover
conceal
hide
sit down on
soft-pedal
shut down
water down
deplete
obtund
enfeeble
disable
debilitate
desensitize
US
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cripple
undermine
chill
discourage
restrain
deter
inhibit
limit
dash
blanket
stamp out
cloud
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
injure
knock out
freeze
deprive
slow
consume
incapacitate
tire
retard
KO
put out of order
dim
stun
exhaust
frustrate
lay out
unnerve
stupefy
depress
gas
etherize
dope
chloroform
put to sleep
smooth
dispel
dismiss
dissipate
banish
eliminate
take the bite out
drive away
put to rest
reduce something
play up to
cool out
square
drive off
chase away
contain
conciliate
propitiate
qualify
settle down
stroke
cool off
resolve
extenuate
lullaby
control
salve
becalm
calm down
stabilize
US
gentle
disarm
smooth over
make peace with
balm
stabilise
UK
quieten down
butter up
quiet down
chill out
defuse
lay back
remit
steady
quash
reassure
rock to sleep
take it easy
ease off
take the edge
fall
cease
put a lid on
modulate
commute
excuse
reduce the force of
admix
subside
untrouble
win over
make up
unburden
smooth down
revamp
monkey around with
take the bite out of
adjust
transmogrify
fine tune
switch
make reasonable
take the sting out of
fix
content
rectify
remedy
mend
heal
tame
crush
cure
patch up
put to rights
iron out
sort out
chasten
pad
demilitarise
UK
neutralize
US
take the heat
save
neutralise
UK
smooth out
demilitarize
US
rescue
recover
clear the air
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
put down
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
grease
con
clear the air with
make peace
pacificate
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
sabotage
wreck
thwart
shatter
incapacitate
be detrimental to
eat away
emasculate
jeopardize
US
disrupt
crush
smash
botch
foil
devitalize
destabilize
US
jeopardise
UK
corrode
soften
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
torpedo
attenuate
destabilise
UK
be deleterious to
take out
put out of commission
put out of action
consume
erode
wear away
use up
scupper
scotch
devastate
endanger
whittle
imperil
undo
bodge
blow
put at risk
play havoc with
drive a nail into the coffin of
maim
lame
mutilate
impoverish
ravage
annihilate
afflict
dismantle
trash
depress
wound
corrupt
taint
batter
shock
scorch
blast
inconvenience
wither
hog-tie
clip wings
lay up
disenable
disarm
interfere with
smash up
screw up
detract from
shake up
louse up
muck up
prostrate
cause detriment to
do harm to
wreak havoc on
exhaust
throw a monkey wrench into
indispose
tire
weary
fatigue
drain
immobilize
US
etiolate
waste
paralyse
UK
knacker
encumber
hamper
torpefy
eviscerate
extenuate
unstrengthen
paralyze
US
immobilise
UK
wear out
knock out
make weak
render infirm
lay low
make feeble
disempower
whittle away
dent
sandbag
wear
mine
dig
demoralise
UK
frustrate
demoralize
US
challenge
tunnel
do in
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
drag through the mud
hollow out
dig out
clip one's wings
chip away at
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
knock the bottom out of
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish or take credit from
detract
diminish
decry
derogate
deprecate
belittle
discredit
denigrate
depreciate
minimise
UK
minimize
US
discount
undervalue
underrate
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
defame
cheapen
devalue
knock
vilipend
lessen
reduce
lower
minify
undermine
weaken
devaluate
misprize
blister
disesteem
backbite
withdraw
pooh-pooh
play down
write off
make light of
hold cheap
soft-pedal
laugh at
brush aside
gloss over
cut rate
take away from
subtract from
disparage
put down
bad-mouth
pan
run down
dis
poor-mouth
cry down
underestimate
dismiss
diss
criticize
US
trash-talk
trash
demean
slam
kiss off
talk down
criticise
UK
scorn
vilify
detract from
condemn
censure
take down
cut down to size
deride
disgrace
slate
malign
rubbish
treat lightly
revile
scoff at
sneer at
sell short
dispraise
do a hatchet job on
ridicule
denounce
traduce
abuse
deflate
asperse
do down
pull apart
slag off
take to pieces
hit out at
pick holes in
drag through the mud
have a go at
take down a peg
blame
deplore
shame
mock
humiliate
debase
marginalize
US
dishonour
UK
downgrade
disdain
flame
lambaste
dishonor
US
rap
attack
slur
humble
degrade
damage
subvert
contemn
downplay
pour scorn on
impair
cast aspersions on
understate
animadvert
rip
demoralize
US
smear
roast
reprehend
calumniate
make little of
marginalise
UK
discountenance
demoralise
UK
opprobriate
dump on
object
destroy
disapprove
discommend
expostulate
mudsling
knock down
poor mouth
cast down
find fault with
shoot down
tear down
laugh off
bash
scorch
squelch
squash
underplay
de-emphasize
downcry
speak ill of
berate
make fun of
slight
slander
spurn
fault
pooh pooh
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
cut to the quick
frown
minimalize
miniaturise
UK
brush off
attenuate
abbreviate
miniaturize
US
abate
dwarf
make light
shrug off
clamor against
look down on
think little of
take dim view of
not go for
condescend
insult
despise
deign
object to
frown on
reprove
reproach
think wrong
be against
not support
rebuke
threaten
abase
take exception to
look askance at
not believe in
ruin
disrupt
undo
sabotage
destabilize
US
sap
injure
corrupt
prostitute
disfavor
US
oppose
negate
pass on
remonstrate against
chastise
zing
express a poor opinion of
disfavour
UK
remonstrate
raise an
be hostile towards
pervert
mortify
wreck
debilitate
demolish
deteriorate
profane
poison
sink
warp
debauch
harm
smirch
vitiate
canker
deprave
foul
mar
chasten
bastardize
US
brutalize
US
spoil
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
thwart
undercut
chip away
destabilise
UK
foil
dehumanise
UK
disbar
bemean
declass
bastardise
UK
desensitise
UK
worsen
cut down
depose
bump
rule out
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
brutalise
UK
blast
pillory
execrate
rail against
inveigh against
reprobate
fulminate against
excoriate
carp at
anathematize
cavil at
disapprove of
complain
snipe at
hit
rail
tear into
hold forth against
come down on
tear to shreds
pull to pieces
knock off
write down
bring down
look down one's nose at
mark down
take away
do a number on
take swipe at
throw stones at
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
hang around
take your time
drift
hang fire
vacillate
mark time
take one's time
wander
meander
nose
snail
waste time
ramble
ooze
temporize
US
kill time
putter
temporise
UK
hover
halt
fritter away
fool around
creak along
hang out
stay put
hold back
play for time
hold off
remain
loll
lose ground
loaf
bide
stray
mosey
roam
toddle
rove
traik
while away time
trifle
traipse
go slowly
waver
filibuster
rest
defer
postpone
stop
walk slowly
lodge
be slow
potter around
potter about
hang round
not keep up
adjourn
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
be long
be tardy
stonewall
mooch
skulk
drag oneself
shamble
slough
dabble
lurk
totter
potter
tag along
drag yourself
drag along
tag along behind
diddle-daddle
buy time
pass time
let the grass grow under one's feet
demur
teeter
wabble
fritter time away
poke along
draggle
boondoggle
scruple
wobble
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
prolong
protract
haver
sit on one's butt
fool with
while away
trifle with
swither
goldbrick
cool
limp along
creep along
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
play games with
fool about
appear to pass slowly
slow down
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
drag one's heels
go at a snail's pace
become tedious
remit
shelve
range
goof around
stop over
lose time
dangle
droop
sag
hold up
put over
lay over
hold over
hold the phone
straddle
hang down
err
scramble
spread
maunder
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
be late
be strung out
poke around
stick
dwell
settle
hang
reside
await
string out
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
fluctuate
think twice
oscillate
hedge
gain time
pussyfoot around
equivocate
blow hot and cold
tergiversate
deliberate
obstruct
cease
beat about the bush
sit on the fence
discontinue
yo-yo
be irresolute
prevaricate
flounder
be uncertain
balk
US
shillyshally
get cold feet
baulk
UK
desist
balance
be unsure
pass the time
take a breather
let up
take a break
stop briefly
hem and haw
take ten
call time
have a breather
take five
hold your horses
hold your fire
bide one's time
see-saw
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
resist
be ambivalent
fiddle about
fritter away time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
burn daylight
piddle
adopt Fabian tactics
be in two minds
faff about
be evasive
use dilatory tactics
kick around
kick about
palter
put something on the back burner
avoid committing oneself
tumble
tremble
surcease
refrain
take too long
be leisurely
proceed in a leisurely fashion
not hurry
stall for time
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
refrain from
lurch
roll
quaver
sway
bobble
reel
put something off
take no action
prevent
block
avoid doing something
speechify
hinder
change one's mind
break
keep from doing something
hold one's horses
sojourn
speak at length
employ delaying tactics
interrupt
talk at length
break off
bivouac
live
inhabit
cling
speak on and on
talk on and on
pull up
sideline
shake
take a breath
reflect
stay over
make camp
stay on
look forward
lie in wait
be patient
lie low
keep shirt on
hold one's breath
save it
sweat it
hang onto your hat
cool it
hold everything
wait in the wings
sit up for
twiddle one's thumbs
stand by
wait on
kick your heels
cool your heels
stay up for
bide your time
alternate
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
stop what you're doing
doubt
boggle
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
be doubtful
be hesitant
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
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
mash
pound
pinch
stick
fill
press down
trample
roll
sandwich
squish
set
shoehorn
ball
pulverize
US
jam-pack
load
solidify
shove
heap
brim
grasp
clench
harden
pulverise
UK
shrink
draw in
become narrower
tamp down
pulp
grip
round
grind
choke
strangle
nip
agglomerate
tense
level
hammer
charge
tauten
clamp
mangle
pile
confine
stiffen
overfill
firm
make narrower
tap
tread
draw together
fill to overflowing
tweak
mill
macerate
strangulate
clutch
pack down
stamp
straiten
drive
plunge
smash
restrain
circumscribe
tuck
astringe
bang
catch
depress
clasp
brace
triturate
close
grab
become tighter
beat
become smaller
make smaller
screw
clog
thumb
smush
hold
pack in
pack it in
cling to
clinch
stamp on
push down
weigh on
trample down
hold down
weigh upon
fill up
bear down on
concertina
sink
flex
congest
crumple
dig
overcrowd
taper
diminish
mass
focus
limit
make tighter
roll over
bulldoze
drive over
demolish
insert
crash
lower
drum
mold
US
form
mould
UK
integrate
pack closely
combine
stamp flat
drive into
put
place
sardine
stive
firm up
ram down
cram down
get smaller
downbear
smoosh
express
pack tightly
bung up
get narrower
get thinner
ram in
thrust in
drive in
cram full
top off
splat
plaster
move downward
exert pressure on
seize
tramp
wear
tread on
hold tightly
lay hands on
trample on
double up
steamroller
pack 'em in
hang on to
fasten one's hand on
grapple
stow
twinge
snag
fix
fasten
constrain
control
iron out
even out
smooth off
pad
line
secure
purse
overstuff
upholster
pucker
wring
clog up
load with
choke up
strengthen
squinch
enclasp
pinion
pin
knead
become narrow
become pinched
fill to the brim
crumble
crunch
comminute
pestle
hitch
moor
anchor
tack
move
bray
screw up
become tight
powder
attach
bolt
clip
pin down
mull
atomize
splinter
shatter
disintegrate
hold tight
bear heavily
force down
bear down
lean on
make fast
levigate
powderize
kibble
break
bruise
contuse
contriturate
total
break up
cluster
gather
flock
congregate
throng
collect
bunch
group
assemble
swarm
bundle
muster
huddle
jostle
surge
meet
stream
herd
rally
converge
elbow
associate
chock
come together
mob
convene
rendezvous
pack like sardines
cushion
flood
convoke
teem
cover
get together
plug
bunch up
meet up
gang up
swamp
justle
clump
concenter
US
foregather
conglomerate
corral
unite
gather together
mobilize
US
amass
wedge oneself
concentre
UK
hive
mobilise
UK
gather round
hang out
band together
round up
gang around
tumble
rush
lump
thrust forward
occupy
shoulder
block
lodge
nudge
climb
stock
overload
bung
truss
arrange
shape
protect
arm
lag
force one's way
cumber
push one's way
elbow one's way
force into
stuff to the gills
forgather
fill out
load up
top up
flock together
make the scene
besiege
congress
raise
fasten together
prepare to fire
organize
US
stack
merge
pour in
pile up
harmonize
US
connect
pull
compile
consort
collate
organise
UK
line up
brigade
aggroup
join
harmonise
UK
mingle
link
seethe
bear
flow
overrun
deluge
troop
aggregate
be full
be numerous
be alive with
be overrun
rush together
move in a crowd
gather like bees
be packed
be alive
powwow
discuss
cower
hug
bend
consult
parley
confer
parcel
package
cumulate
accumulate
huddle up
press close
crowd together
throng together
snuggle up
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
slump
plunge
weakening
deduction
nosedive
tumble
deterioration
descent
downswing
dive
depreciation
devaluation
crash
dip
easing
downfall
slide
moderation
subtraction
downslide
attenuation
impoverishment
recession
retrenchment
let-up
mitigation
downgrade
collapse
degradation
degeneration
tempering
plummet
downtrend
softening
alleviation
ebbing
markdown
assuagement
lightening
lapse
fading
deflation
sag
relaxation
subsiding
dilution
deadening
restriction
sinking
decay
erosion
slash
cutting
easing off
remission
degeneracy
decadence
skid
minimization
minimizing
US
petering out
saving
allowance
devolution
rollback
withdrawal
minimising
UK
slip
dropping off
deficiency
down
rebate
relief
phasedown
fall-off
nose dive
exhaustion
slowing
scaling down
allaying
quelling
cushioning
palliation
appeasement
soothing
shrinking
devaluing
mollification
failing
downgrading
limiting
tailing off
dulling
trimming
extenuation
modification
limitation
economy
sapping
declension
dying away
declination
slowdown
dying out
drain
attrition
declivity
detraction
removal
cutting back
retardation
debit
concession
docking
falling-off
trough
failure
taking away
stepping down
write-down
qualification
disinflation
difference
modulation
damping
receding
downsize
placation
stilling
pacification
calming
thinning
offsetting
rarefication
curtailing
disappearance
ruination
slowing down
precipitation
deprivation
curbing
devitalization
weakness
enfeeblement
debilitation
landslide
demotion
privation
flagging
undermining
regression
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
minus
dropoff
watering down
taking the edge off
downhill trend
shortfall
dissipation
fading away
withering
respite
expenditure
consumption
stagnation
standstill
sweep
refluence
reflux
backflow
retroflux
pruning
slimming
lull
absorption
expending
using up
use
inactivity
retrogression
chopping
debasement
axing
impairment
waste
comedown
atrophy
worsening
milking
emptying
draining
fade
cessation
paralysis
shakeout
subduction
deletion
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
suspension
abeyance
desisting
relenting
dropping away
backsliding
bleeding
shortening
truncation
knock-off
want
low water
low tide
outward flow
abstraction
cooling off
bottom-out
amelioration
relapse
meltdown
reverse
curb
abbreviation
guillotine
reversal
soaking up
tapering off
running down
delay
release
break
pause
letup
interruption
steep fall
belt-tightening
cheapening
discounting
salami slicing
bottom out
downer
rut
blight
funk
letdown
dumps
low
bottom
nose-dive
decrease in value
lowering in value
reduction in value
blunting
contribution
excision
write-off
taking off
dockage
payment
credit
accounting allowance
cutting short
slipping
dropping
settling
collapsing
descending
sagging
falling
loss of value
blue funk
the skids
bad times
blue devils
rainy days
bad period
knocking off
sharp fall
slaking
jump
pitch
swoop
slippage
plump
bellyflop
submersion
header headlong jump
duck
belly flop
submergence
free-fall
ducking
spill
topple
stumble
trip
header
flop
cropper
slant
slope
roll
hang
sinkage
eclipse
recidivism
abasement
decaying
flip
wipeout
disintegration
ruin
free fall
droop
demolition
gradient
skydive
slack
hill
basin
cant
sink
concavity
vitiation
cave-in
backslide
coming down
spoiling
downhill
tailspin
plummeting
corrosion
recidivation
retrogradation
hanging
adulteration
downslope
breakdown
corruption
rotting
dilapidation
disrepair
falling away
demise
dissolution
false step
high dive
bust
anticlimax
stagflation
economic decline
downward spiral
credit squeeze
hard times
credit crunch
confusion
turmoil
chaos
aggravation
going down
reoffending
repetition
habit
reoffense
tendency
slackness
downshift
misstep
pounce
rush
toss
reversion
ruining
harm
rot
destroying
spoliation
pratfall
tip
list
tilt
hollow
sinkhole
distortion
sale
dégringolade
accident
clearance
arrest
downward
bargain
dislocation
perversion
degringolade
rise and fall
headlong fall
lunge
stoop
retreat
flameout
return
scarp
big trouble
bankruptcy
unemployment
fall from grace
pathos
discomfiture
cadence
downcome
incline
falling apart
adret
bajada
versant
escarpment
trail
bend
track
dereliction
stagger
dunk
plunging
settlement
prolapse
grade
inclination
coast
tainting
special
spiral
Black Monday
rainy day
destruction
devastation
obliteration
decimation
demolishment
decrepitude
desolation
damage
extinction
wastage
extermination
annihilation
bathos
disappointment
havoc
end
overthrow
crumbling
death
labefaction
subversion
break-up
falling to pieces
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
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
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
failure
famine
lacuna
defect
defalcation
lapse
underage
limitedness
weakness
shortcoming
restrictedness
nonexistence
aridity
paltriness
neglect
arrears
red ink
in the hole
in the red
fewness
smallness
slenderness
barrenness
starvation
exclusion
bareness
penury
inefficiency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
dehydration
parchedness
rainlessness
desiccation
inherence
underperformance
gap
slippage
debt
indebtedness
discrepancy
debit
dues
inexistence
negligence
oversight
dereliction
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
delinquency
misprision
nonfeasance
disregard
overlooking
inaction
failure to act
more ❯
Noun
▲
The property of being thrifty
thriftiness
thrift
frugality
providence
parsimony
miserliness
prudence
stinginess
carefulness
husbandry
scrimping
meanness
retrenchment
skimping
care
sparingness
restraint
caution
regulation
cutback
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
curtailment
moratorium
reduction
rollback
shrinkage
supervision
parcity
austerity
discretion
deduction
direction
layoff
recession
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
tightfistedness
tightness
penuriousness
parsimoniousness
closeness
cheeseparing
cheapness
close-fistedness
ungenerousness
conservation
moderation
foresight
forethought
precaution
far-sightedness
tight-fistedness
asceticism
self-discipline
abstinence
good housekeeping
careful management
monkishness
puritanism
monasticism
belt-tightening
planning
avarice
avariciousness
preparedness
cutbacks
minginess
cheese-paring
illiberality
sophrosyne
calculation
vigilance
temperance
nearness
downsizing
selfishness
cuts
judgement
UK
judiciousness
wisdom
belt tightening
cutting back
shrewdness
foresightedness
farsightedness
circumspection
prescience
vision
sagacity
perspicacity
sense
judgment
US
provision
common sense
guidance
presence of mind
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of abridging
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
outline
reduction
abstract
condensation
digest
diminishing
restriction
shortening
summary
abbreviation
compendium
contraction
cutting
epitome
lessening
limitation
synopsis
bowdlerization
curtailment
diminution
breviary
brief
compend
conspectus
precis
sketch
reducing
précis
review
round-up
rundown
recapitulation
recap
truncation
summing-up
diminishment
concise version
shortened version
abridged version
shrinkage
shrinking
constricting
compression
constriction
compacting
tightening
decline
squeezing
condensing
narrowing
squeeze
compaction
telescoping
dwindling
tensing
contracting
downtick
shrivelling
UK
elision
abbreviating
drawing in
deflating
cutting down
curtailing
omitting
receding
merging
retrenchment
withering
evaporation
drawing together
evaporating
recession
reduction in size
confinement
lopping
omission
abridging
deflation
confining
withdrawing
combining
decreasing
withdrawal
shriveling
US
ellipsis
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of organic decay or rotting
putridness
rot
breakdown
decline
decomposition
deterioration
putrefaction
putrescence
degeneration
rotting
atrophy
decadence
disintegration
spoilage
withering
failing
putridity
mortification
degeneracy
fading
crumbling
adulteration
blight
consumption
decrepitude
depreciation
dilapidation
disrepair
dissolution
downfall
dying
extinction
gangrene
impairment
ruin
ruination
rust
senescence
spoilation
wasting
perishing
caries
corrosion
rottenness
wasting away
decay
corruption
festering
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
worsening
breakup
aggravation
erosion
spoliation
waste
attrition
wear
falling apart
ricketiness
diminution
undermining
rack and ruin
break-up
dereliction
fragmentation
disaggregation
falling down
falling to pieces
demoralization
US
decentralization
US
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
downturn
devaluation
spoiling
abasement
slump
vitiation
lessening
drop
retrogression
destruction
abrasion
ruining
slide
slip
destroying
harm
detrition
shrivelling
UK
disgregation
bound entropy
anergy
decentralisation
UK
demoralisation
UK
scuffing
friction
battering
emaciation
meltdown
wear and tear
a few knocks
wilting
declining
deteriorating
degenerating
entropy
oxidation
oxidization
US
senility
maturation
drying up
shrivelling up
shriveling
US
weathering
aging
US
growing old
ageing
UK
neglect
shabbiness
desolation
seediness
oxidisation
UK
abandonment
disuse
poor order
poor shape
unrepair
bad shape
bad condition
disorder
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
vulgarity
salaciousness
lustfulness
heinousness
wrongdoing
atrocity
looseness
excess
lubricity
dishonesty
impropriety
villainy
overindulgence
infamy
shadiness
crookedness
evilness
sordidness
nefariousness
immodesty
evil-doing
abandonment
unchastity
impiety
gluttony
shamelessness
devilishness
devilry
carnality
offence
UK
unscrupulousness
deviltry
diablerie
prurience
loucheness
offense
US
foulness
criminality
unholiness
godlessness
indulgence
bawdiness
misconduct
concupiscence
depravedness
lawlessness
maleficence
salacity
hedonism
peccability
atrociousness
peccancy
sensuality
incontinence
immoderation
obscenity
bad
coarseness
abandon
lust
wildness
dishonourableness
violation
sybaritism
unrighteousness
delinquency
malignity
immoderateness
voluptuousness
extravagance
evildoing
monstrosity
hideousness
diabolicalness
raunchiness
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
prodigality
irreverence
dirt
drunkenness
revel
nastiness
filth
blueness
impiousness
blasphemy
deviance
animalism
ill
darkness
despicability
impureness
raunch
carousal
malfeasance
rudeness
dishonor
US
mischief
bender
binge
revelry
fiendishness
squalor
villainousness
tear
suggestiveness
fast living
la dolce vita
pleasure-seeking
eroticism
scandal
life in fast lane
scurrility
improbity
abuse
indignity
fall
bastardization
epicureanism
retrogression
narrow-mindedness
shabbiness
ugliness
outrage
misdeed
lawbreaking
vitiation
regression
treachery
scoundrelism
injustice
perniciousness
lack of self-control
lack of control
brutishness
brutality
perviness
dreadfulness
scurviness
shamefulness
abjectness
free-living
lavishness
self-gratification
high-living
contamination
hell
lowness
abomination
foul play
dereliction
sordidity
scurrilousness
diabolism
balefulness
shoddiness
ignominy
squalidness
unsavouriness
tawdriness
cheapness
despicableness
disgracefulness
trespass
to hell in handbasket
immoral behaviour
antisocial behavior
evil behavior
malefaction
bad behavior
reprobation
notoriety
disreputableness
life in the fast lane
malignance
evil act
immoral act
rot
indelicacy
curse
obloquy
act of wickedness
fall from grace
pornography
roguishness
hob
waggery
waggishness
impishness
shenanigans
devilment
mischievousness
scatology
scabrousness
unwholesomeness
outrageousness
indecorousness
leching
amorality
womanizing
US
womanising
UK
tomfoolery
cheekiness
naughtiness
bawdry
profaneness
flagrancy
malice
affront
tastelessness
porn
blight
sleaze
X-rating
offensiveness
crassness
explicitness
promiscuousness
dirty name
orgy
sexiness
sexuality
passion
lustiness
fetish
perversity
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
laxity
disorder
irresponsibility
anarchy
unruliness
unrestraint
forwardness
presumptuousness
boldness
effrontery
temerity
audacity
arrogance
complacency
refractoriness
sauciness
slackness
desecration
fault
wrongness
defilement
wrongfulness
felony
illegality
profanation
sacrilege
unlawfulness
infringement
relaxation
relaxedness
infraction
pollution
tort
misdemeanor
US
breach
case
caper
misdemeanour
UK
overconsumption
unlawful act
delictum
fast one
delict
uninhibitedness
thoughtlessness
impulse
disregard
freedom
spontaneity
unfairness
rottenness
cruelty
mercilessness
ruthlessness
culpability
trickery
imposture
duplicity
swindling
deceit
cheating
deception
chicanery
fraud
deviation
abnormality
knavishness
guiltiness
corrupting
poisoning
poison
warping
unnaturalness
swearing
permissiveness
luxury
sleaziness
abusiveness
fruitiness
contravention
strong language
bad language
indecorum
lotus-eating
intemperateness
indiscrimination
laxness
discourtesy
besmirching
sullying
break
sneak
racket
hit
job
licence
charge
debt
misdoing
error
contaminant
adulterant
pollutant
fallenness
imperfection
foible
erotism
pederasty
satyriasis
boorishness
grubbiness
incontinency
ruttishness
pruriency
mortal sin
illicitness
illegitimacy
clandestineness
pursuit of pleasure
high living
violation of the law
illegal act
breach of the law
injury
infraction of the law
damnation
covetousness
sloth
demerit
disobedience
pride
high life
pleasure
lack of self-restraint
harm
destruction
ruin
damage
befoulment
overeating
debauch
gorging
surfeit
greed
overdrinking
overkill
satiety
excesses
spoiling
satiation
gourmandise
extreme behavior
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
slash
pullback
bargain
price cut
bonus
payback
reimbursement
kickback
remission
return
devaluation
drop
depreciation
deflation
slump
partial refund
write-down
fall
cutting
loss of value
more ❯
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
excoriation
depreciation
grating
oxidation
degeneration
grinding
abrading
scuffing
diminution
decomposition
rust
dilapidation
oxidization
US
damage
scratching
scouring
wastage
flaying
stripping
depletion
dissipation
ablation
overuse
hard wear
decrement
impairment
oxidisation
UK
dwindling
diminishment
battering
being eaten away
damaging
ravages of time
thinning
a few knocks
mildew
resistance
rasping
slow destruction
natural wastage
fretting
traction
blight
must
rot
mould
UK
gnawing
drag
adhesion
irritation
grip
purchase
impedance
brushing
trituration
contact
massage
soreness
agitation
filing
interference
mold
US
corruption
tarnishing
putrefaction
breakdown
putrescence
spoilage
perishing
festering
putridity
withering
caries
mortification
decline
atrophy
fading
gangrene
rottenness
putridness
decadence
failing
degeneracy
downfall
spoilation
wasting
extinction
disrepair
ruination
adulteration
senescence
dying
ruin
decrepitude
cariosity
canker
going bad
cavities
holes
verdigris
reaction
shrivelling
UK
fungus
shriveling
US
mouldiness
moldiness
fetidness
degradation
wet rot
dry rot
descent
declension
decaying
ebbing
break-up
spoliation
enfeeblement
debilitation
collapse
falling apart
falling down
falling to pieces
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
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
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
chain
block
handicap
trammel
encumbrance
shackles
manacle
hurdle
shackle
drag
interference
crimp
stumbling block
balk
US
snag
clog
baulk
UK
holdback
leash
hitch
drawback
let
embarrassment
catch
discouragement
blockage
confinement
bond
setback
difficulty
hazard
disadvantage
disincentive
cumber
line
lead
irons
cord
spanner in the works
fly in the ointment
tether
monkey wrench in the works
bind
delay
repression
bracelet
interruption
preventive
impedance
safeguard
dissuasion
burden
complication
binding
hiccup
problem
facer
boundary
harness
barricade
halter
lock
gridlock
cuffs
handcuffs
hampering
strap
inconvenience
ligature
ball and chain
band
tie
reservation
millstone
hamper
stint
catch-22
handcuff
wall
crackdown
restrainer
monkey wrench
qualification
iron
demarcation
road block
defence
UK
bonds
precaution
defense
US
retardation
arrest
captivity
holdup
preventative
shutdown
trammels
regulation
cuff
glitch
end
hang-up
bracelets
stopping
jam
link
protection
border
margin
sticking point
leg irons
thwarting
curbing
proscription
lyam
provision
stipulation
requirement
confine
bit
elimination
halt
rebuff
proviso
rule
security
perimeter
threshold
veto
interdiction
rider
blocking
checking
contraction
caution
bound
squelching
constrainment
constriction
fastening
precautionary measure
strings
cumbrance
cap
bounds
baggage
albatross
issue
containment
extent
hobble
remedy
termination
joker
bilboes
defect
weakness
wire
detriment
retardment
jam-up
excess baggage
blockade
bottleneck
gyves
darbies
restraints
rub
circumvention
preventive measure
protective measure
stay
roadblock
no-no
fine print
hawser
upper limit
millstone around your neck
booby trap
cable
connection
clogging
discipline
obligation
commitment
suppressant
deadweight
opposition
immobilization
US
immobilisation
UK
chill
intimidation
moratorium
pitfall
detention
buttress
put-down
damp
depressant
cloud
inadequacy
circumspection
injunction
modification
definition
weary load
break
reversal
reverse
blow
hardship
gloom
pall
warning
nuisance
coupling
cinchers
anchor
binders
railing
traverse
fence
maximum
rahui
occlusion
congestion
hold-up
governor
stumbling stone
bump
uphill
deterring factor
defensive measures
depression
pale
edge
stamping out
tethers
ropes
trouble
mountain
checkmate
whammy
load
disablement
impairment
flaw
disorder
fault
stone in one's path
confines
palladium
fail-safe
protective
shield
blank wall
saddle
debt
guilt
cross
duty
compression
astringency
tightening
squeezing
shrinking
choking
verge
compass
frontier
parameter
mountain to climb
cold water
dead weight
red tape
retarding device
neutralizer
prophylactic
strait waistcoat
headstall
hackamore
collar
noose
leg-iron
yoke
gyve
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
electronic ankle bracelet
custody
limits
extremity
circumference
anticipatory measure
sabotage
intervention
tops
restraining device
small difficulty
interception
prophylaxis
obviation
deterence
inhibitor
foot dragging
line of demarcation
cutoff point
cut-off point
prerequisite
demand
clause
anathema
eradication
crushing
abolition
requisite
essential
necessity
ambit
disapproval
exception
term
specification
precondition
contingency
kicker
terms
linkage
tie-in
stickum
hookup
nexus
gunk
network
non-acceptance
tapu
exemption
postulate
stern measures
strike
getting tough
crush
severe measures
arrangement
don't
religious convention
sanction
forbiddance
social convention
law
thou-shalt-not
superstition
need
article
must
arrestment
close
cutoff
finish
discontinuation
expiration
surcease
closure
closedown
cessation
shutoff
conclusion
lapse
cease
offset
ending
discontinuance
must-have
sine qua non
lace
guy
lacing
bridling
small print
shackling
fettering
holding back
frustration
baulking
UK
cramping
stifling
smothering
choker
halting
quashing
foiling
staying
restraining
suspension
stalling
coaxial
piece of cordage
boom
topping lift
wire rope
hangup
balking
US
sublimation
putting an end to
putting an stop to
nipping in the bud
snarl-up
snarl
tailback
cordon
traffic jam
logjam
bug
snafu
impasse
error
clot
tie-up
queue
exclusion
bulwark
backup
liability
hedge
airlock
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Deceased etc.
dec
deceased
declaration
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declination
decrement
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