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What is another word for
defeat
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Verb
To be victorious over
To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
To be impossible to understand
To reject or block (a motion or proposal)
To beat in a competition of wits
To forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
To cause to become physically weaker
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
To strike or hit repeatedly
To use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.)
To take the life of (someone)
Noun
The act or instance of defeating
The act or instance of being defeated or failing
The prevention or failure of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence
Defeat
The state of being unhappy, disappointed, or anxious
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▲
Verb
▲
To be victorious over
beat
conquer
overthrow
worst
crush
lick
overwhelm
subdue
overpower
rout
best
overcome
quell
trounce
vanquish
subjugate
clobber
demolish
master
stuff
tank
bust
hammer
quash
thrash
whip
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
slaughter
annihilate
crucify
drub
flog
massacre
murder
paste
pound
skunk
smash
steamroll
total
trash
undo
wallop
whack
cane
cream
deck
destroy
dispatch
flatten
floor
get
marmalize
overbear
overmatch
overturn
pommel
ruin
sink
stop
surmount
take
trim
upend
upset
whitewash
zap
drop
edge
outplay
shellac
slam
slay
subvert
tan
torpedo
trample
triumph over
whomp
ambush
butcher
decimate
entrap
flax
lambaste
obliterate
outflank
outhit
outjump
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
outrun
overrun
own
route
shipwreck
skin
swamp
knock out
prevail over
win against
plow under
wipe out
work over
blow out
edge out
get the better of
nose out
run rings round
wipe the floor with
finish off
give someone a drubbing
give someone a hiding
KO
mow down
put paid to
run roughshod over
take it all
take to the cleaners
walk all over
win a victory over
bring someone to their knees
bring to ruin
do down
pip at the post
put an end to
roll back
run rings around
take to cleaners
bear down
get around
make mincemeat of
blow out of the water
turn inside out
pick apart
pwn
outclass
surpass
outdo
top
better
outshine
bury
excel
exceed
repress
extinguish
beat hollow
wax
suppress
outperform
blow away
outstrip
eclipse
smother
smoke
whup
transcend
whop
whap
snow under
kill
dust
bomb
be victorious over
tromp
devastate
dominate
finish
overshadow
put in the shade
cap
trump
squash
squelch
put down
defeat utterly
walk over
wreck
break
curb
do better than
go one better than
outdistance
waste
outmatch
outgun
reduce
stamp out
crack down on
humble
control
overtop
abolish
check
shatter
put to shame
end
outrival
triumph
tower over
tame
put the kibosh on
win a resounding victory over
topple
raze
overtake
thwart
frustrate
terminate
gain mastery over
upstage
leave standing
snuff out
silence
bring down
win
tower above
run circles around
desolate
scotch
pass
outvie
throw
scupper
outpace
unseat
gain a victory over
be a cut above
down
rise above
nix
clamp down on
slap down
be head and shoulders above
outrank
be better than
do in
leave behind
subordinate
blight
blast
dash
stifle
outsmart
dwarf
prevail
walk away from
put a stop to
quench
knock spots off
be superior to
go one better
rub out
bring to naught
bulldoze
extirpate
chasten
eradicate
undermine
get over
be victorious
outwit
ravage
vaporize
US
oust
eliminate
sabotage
shut down
subject
beat down
bridle
nuke
get rid of
win over
pacify
improve on
get a grip on
wrack
nip in the bud
depose
dethrone
put out
mess up
vaporise
UK
improve upon
hurdle
go beyond
do for
tear down
blow a hole in
arrest
spank
bash
knock off
impair
put away
cripple
queer
mar
spoil
gain control of
desecrate
shut out
knock for a loop
gain ascendancy over
beat up
chastise
blow
strike down
defeat heavily
deal with
give someone a pasting
banjax
grind down
dish
botch
put the lid on
level
outfox
wipe off the map
dismiss
block out
pull down
blot out
hegemonize
restrain
halt
humiliate
cow
get the upper hand
beat back
knock over
hide
break down
belt
out-think
foil
bludgeon
maul
batter
thump
thresh
stem
buffet
leather
render incapable
render helpless
render powerless
inhibit
take care of
pummel
US
baste
roll
slog
whale
enfeeble
overmaster
do
curry
checkmate
get the upper hand over
injure
discontinue
impoverish
punish
pummelled
UK
muller
leave
override
give a drubbing to
ruinate
take out
shoot ahead of
vitiate
neutralize
US
cope with
come out on top
outstep
despoil
ravish
cut to pieces
take a stick to
knock down
put someone in their place
blow out of water
cruel
euchre
exterminate
get control of
shoot down
tumble
sit on
liquidate
outgo
axe
UK
neutralise
UK
wreak havoc on
foul up
louse up
ax
US
screw up
rough up
bung up
make a mess of
score points off
shake off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
bring about the downfall of
get ahead of
lay waste
lay in ruins
shoot ahead
outthink
bypass
nullify
force
negate
weather
survive
take down
shock
stun
render
outlive
lather
solve
capsize
turn over
dismantle
weaken
govern
manage
regulate
strike
withhold
circumvent
come out on top of
knock your socks off
rule
direct
command
demoralize
US
demote
curtail
discomfit
confound
see off
scrunch
squish
hose
gain the upper hand over
eat alive
incapacitate
disrate
crack down
beat the pants off
negotiate
fell
smite
make a fool of
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
resist
tower
seize power
displace
outhussle
wipe off the mat
succeed over
steamroller
reject
slap about
weed out
wear down
rein in
enslave
raze to the ground
be more than
endure
get one up on
bring to knees
overpass
shame
bring under control
get under control
outjockey
lead
outfight
demoralise
UK
catch napping
steal a march on
gain the advantage over
destruct
disrupt
larrup
be the ruination of
predominate
smash down
prostrate
oppress
whelm
snow
cook
keep down
disable
trample underfoot
put out of action
write off
break up
put out of commission
put the skids under
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
stand above
be on another level
be a class above
be master of
take precedence
stand head and shoulders above
be greater than
win the race
supplant
quelch
ice
strangle
bring under the yoke
be unstoppable by
gain on
get through
hold sway over
keep under thumb
bring to heel
defeat easily
knock for six
drive off
force down
bear down on
get further ahead of
pull a fast one
be one up on
fake out
draw away from
break someone's spirit
put to flight
banish
put to rout
clean up on
throw back in confusion
interrupt
damage
disestablish
dissolve
bottle
clamp
shush
spike
stagger
immobilize
US
blank
stretch
shellack
dumbfound
overawe
immobilise
UK
abrogate
invalidate
avenge
torment
unsettle
dispense with
give the chop
cast out
phase out
drive out
knock something on the head
get shot of
disfigure
dilapidate
mangle
sweep
cut off
defile
bodge
deface
poison
scourge
maim
mutilate
deplete
trample on
gain control over
put lid on
keep inside
hold in
keep in
put kibosh on
drive underground
hold down
bowl over
shut off
roll over
lay out
reduce to nothing
leave in ruins
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
erase
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
take the prize
prevail against
be successful
come first
gain mastery of
take the honours
win hands down
take the crown
cancel
efface
expunge
delete
remove
excise
scratch
scrub
off
ink out
cross out
blank out
wash out
X-out
clean up
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
wipe off the face of the earth
blow to bits
black out
blow sky-high
strike out
mark out
score out
cover
cut
obscure
root out
remove all traces of
sweep away
destroy root and branch
take apart
rub off
do away with
harm
stymie
hinder
hamper
obstruct
unbuild
crimp
craze
cramp
cancel out
put at risk
balls up
rain on someone's parade
work against
render ineffective
play havoc with
muck up
more ❯
“Rocky Balboa would
defeat
Ivan Drago in the ring before preaching to the Soviets that they were more than capable of change.”
Verb
▲
To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
foil
frustrate
thwart
ruin
forestall
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
baulk
UK
block
circumvent
contravene
debar
derail
impede
invalidate
obstruct
obviate
overturn
prevent
scotch
scuttle
snooker
stop
stymie
baffle
bar
confound
deter
discomfit
halt
hamper
hinder
nullify
repel
repress
squash
suppress
upset
balk
US
checkmate
curb
dash
nobble
outwit
parry
rattle
repulse
scupper
spoil
undo
blank
bury
check
counter
counterplot
cross
disappoint
do for
restrain
put a stop to
put paid to
nip in the bud
put the kibosh on
put the stopper on
get the better of
put the mockers on
screw up
mess up
beat down
cause setback
foul up
hold up
louse up
stand in the way of
upset the applecart
put a spoke in someone's wheel
put end to
take wind out of sails
crimp
beat
cramp
oppose
counteract
trammel
inhibit
stall
smash
prohibit
head off
quash
evade
cripple
put an end to
bilk
arrest
avoid
sidestep
crab
stump
stave off
skirt
annul
ward off
stonewall
escape
hold back
steer clear of
fetter
hobble
negate
root
circumnavigate
interfere with
cancel
retard
restrict
take down
avert
give the slip
take wind out of
defend against
elude
shut out
conquer
cramp one's style
stifle
bypass
hamstring
offset
shipwreck
crush
traverse
snafu
deflect
queer
wreck
forbid
overrule
kill
hold off
overcome
hang up
cook someone's goose
play off
put the lid on
spike someone's guns
throw monkey wrench in
queer someone's pitch
corner
throw a spanner in the works
give the run around
resist
buck
get out of
withstand
divert
finish
finish off
countermove
disconcert
act against
dodge
disrupt
interdict
limit
duck
defy
throw a curve
halt in its tracks
throw a monkey wrench in the works
crash
keep lid on
ditch
juke
unsettle
shun
extinguish
end
fend off
make an end of
bring to a close
quell
destroy
eschew
shatter
confuse
be beyond
bring an end to
miss
dish
stultify
confront
put the damper on
put a damper on
cease
crool
banjax
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
triumph
gain
vanquish
lick
preclude
cheat
bring to an end
shackle
put a brake on
sweep aside
be the end of
handicap
puzzle
take the wind out of your sails
dash one's hope
mystify
encumber
clog
manacle
short-circuit
hog-tie
nonplus
handcuff
embarrass
veto
flummox
dead-end
pigeonhole
shelve
tie up
render null and void
reject
choke off
cut off
hang fire
vote down
disallow
put on hold
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
refuse
revoke
recant
throw out
rule against
counterbalance
give the thumbs down to
counterpoise
countervail
negative
balance
compensate for
cancel out
make up for
correct
balance out
counterweigh
equalize
US
square up
be an antidote to
countercheck
make ineffective
override
equalise
UK
deactivate
even up
abrogate
defuse
wipe out
subdue
redress
counterweight
render ineffective
forfend
interrupt
proscribe
intercept
ban
outlaw
delay
slow down
embargo
exclude
slow
stay
criminalize
US
curtail
criminalise
UK
rule out
make illegal
control
enjoin
cumber
dam
reduce
lessen
set back
place an embargo on
interfere
contain
taboo
turn aside
get in the way
get in the way of
stem
declare illegal
diminish
stanch
staunch
decrease
bridle
desist
discontinue
estop
save
constrain
sabotage
detain
blackball
boycott
hold
help
bork
obscure
cool
black
keep from happening
brake
banish
freeze
illegalize
choke
disqualify
penalise
UK
penalize
US
bog down
put off
slow up
pass by
box in
officially forbid
bring to screeching halt
close down
ice out
shut off
shut down
declare ineligible
be a hindrance to
pass up
plug
fend
stave
anticipate
keep at bay
strangulate
keep off
pick off
decelerate
bottleneck
put the brakes on
take out of play
muzzle
burden
slacken
postpone
sink
throw a spoke in the wheel of
retardate
defer
withhold
pause
protract
remit
prorogue
keep
shunt
look away
shove aside
turn
turn from
veer
intermit
confine
prolong
bottle up
nix
put half nelson on
spike
jam up
put down
zing
cork
lock up
damp
let
chill
dampen
regulate
put chill on
close off
make late
put back
back off
keep back
hold off on
hold over
put a lock on
put a stopper in
pre-empt
turn off
bring to a standstill
smother
compose
collect
rein
rein in
keep in check
hold in
put the brakes on
keep under control
simmer down
censor
give the red light to
sandbag
declare taboo
put the chill on
say no
throttle
screen
complicate
remedy
equilibrize
even out
weigh down
monkey with
rectify
fix
stabilise
UK
right
counterwork
go against
stabilize
US
respond
more ❯
“Alex's business rival's beautiful daughter appears in London, and he must now
defeat
her attempts at sabotage.”
Verb
▲
To be impossible to understand
baffle
confound
perplex
puzzle
bamboozle
bewilder
confuse
bemuse
dumbfound
elude
flummox
mystify
nonplus
stump
beat
befog
befuddle
flabbergast
stupefy
throw
addle
astonish
astound
discombobulate
faze
floor
fox
frustrate
fuddle
stagger
stun
vex
wilder
disconcert
fluster
fog
muddle
rattle
be all Greek to
get at
boggle the mind of
set someone thinking
strike dumb
throw for loop
make someone scratch their head
gravel
maze
obfuscate
stymie
snooker
foil
outwit
bring up short
put at a loss
be too much for
buffalo
pose
get
disorient
muddy
daze
amaze
cause to be at a stand
distract
surprise
mix up
shake
throw off
throw off balance
take aback
blow your mind
startle
go to your head
overwhelm
bowl over
mess with one's head
shock
unnerve
discompose
dismay
snow
boggle
intoxicate
make punchy
bother
inebriate
disorientate
catch off balance
shake up
knock for six
leave open-mouthed
ball up
take by surprise
stop someone in their tracks
make your head spin
bedevil
stick it to
confusticate
set thinking
confuscate
psych out
jolt
benumb
upset
disturb
ruffle
take your breath away
give a shock
exercise
worry
involve
tangle
beset
thicken
complicate
encumber
jumble
entangle
stumble
muck
ravel
baulk
UK
perturb
balk
US
thwart
get to
mix you up
snarl up
muddy the waters
rock
escape
dumfound
thunderstrike
surprize
metagrobolize
blow away
discomfit
conquer
knock sideways
be beyond
be forgotten by
leave aghast
knock out
knock the stuffing out of
boggle the mind
screw up
more ❯
“For reasons that
defeat
us, Rose would decide to thwart Finn's heroic attempt at martyrdom.”
Verb
▲
To reject or block (a motion or proposal)
dismiss
block
overthrow
reject
outvote
prohibit
rebuff
restrict
spurn
stonewall
deny
disallow
stopper
stymie
veto
blackball
fetter
nix
throw out
turn down
knock back
give the thumbs down
kill
ban
forbid
negative
interdict
outlaw
proscribe
rule out
overrule
bar
quash
embargo
down
squash
nullify
stop
rule against
boycott
preclude
dissent
declare null and void
pass on
not go for
pass by
decline
give the thumbs down to
discountenance
pass
shoot down
place an embargo on
put down
put an end to
cut
censure
throw away
give thumbs down
refuse
disapprove
put a stop to
burn
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
thumbs down
negate
give the red light to
more ❯
“The senator would cast a decisive vote to
defeat
the proposal.”
Verb
▲
To beat in a competition of wits
outsmart
outwit
outfox
outdo
trick
outthink
outslick
outmaneuver
US
fox
top
overreach
cheat
deceive
outplay
dupe
gull
outjockey
beat
circumvent
con
cap
outmanoeuvre
UK
hoodwink
swindle
outguess
defraud
outgeneral
best
mislead
bamboozle
hoax
baffle
bewilder
confuse
finagle
goose
have
jip
juke
worst
out-think
get the better of
be cleverer than
take in
make a fool of
fake out
steal a march on
run rings round
put one over on
make rings round
pull a fast one on
end run
figure out
lead astray
surpass
excel
outflank
outperform
exceed
overtake
go one better than
outclass
sting
fool
rook
bilk
do
stiff
diddle
fleece
cozen
skin
double-cross
sucker
swizzle
rip off
euchre
shaft
snooker
screw
fiddle
hornswoggle
mulct
gaff
bunco
victimize
US
clip
sharp
snow
take to the cleaners
victimise
UK
take advantage of
pull a swifty on
sell a pup to
take for a ride
disappoint
exploit
nobble
stick
skunk
hustle
chouse
pluck
shortchange
hose
ream
bleed
thimblerig
squeeze
flimflam
chisel
short
stitch up
sell a pup
do in
do the dirty on
foil
ruin
frustrate
shake down
thwart
do someone in the eye
delude
beguile
ensnare
misguide
entrap
inveigle
seduce
kid
lead on
betray
gammon
catch
humbug
spoof
juggle
misinform
burn
buffalo
bluff
scam
play joke on
suck in
hook
have on
pull fast one
string along
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lie to
falsify
put on
sell
take for a fool
hand a line
fake
take to cleaners
take for ride
beat out of
rob
play away
cuckold
gouge
cross up
step out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy
dethrone
oust
depose
unseat
displace
overthrow
topple
dismiss
remove
uncrown
eject
defenestrate
supplant
unthrone
discharge
deprive
overturn
unmake
dislodge
defrock
usurp
degrade
discrown
overwhelm
triumph
bring down
remove from office
drum out
overcome
get rid of
bring low
cashier
demote
expel
sack
downgrade
axe
UK
fire
throw out
boot out
drive out
force out
bounce
impeach
unfrock
ax
US
chuck
unhorse
upset
chuck out
can
subvert
break
strip of rank
turf out
give heave-ho
kick out
send packing
freeze out
give someone the push
give someone the boot
show the door
throw out on your ear
run out of town
ride out on rail
give someone their marching orders
more ❯
Verb
▲
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
rebut
refute
disprove
contradict
deny
negate
controvert
discredit
confute
disconfirm
invalidate
debunk
negative
belie
counter
explode
confound
quash
falsify
break
cross
overturn
destroy
shoot down
shoot full of holes
prove false
give the lie to
prove wrong
blow sky-high
drive a coach and horses through
oppugn
demolish
bust
gainsay
overthrow
silence
subvert
expose
vanquish
blow out of the water
show to be false
shoot down in flames
prove to be false
blow sky high
set aside
shut up
knock the bottom out of
put down
knocks props out from under
bring to naught
repudiate
disaffirm
disavow
disclaim
reject
disown
disallow
dispute
challenge
oppose
call into question
contravene
contest
question
disagree with
argue
make a nonsense of
undermine
impugn
answer
squelch
debate
be at odds with
disacknowledge
show to be wrong
tear down
traverse
puncture
cancel
thumbs down
query
weaken
deflate
object to
disbelieve
cancel out
contend
crush
nullify
parry
retract
prove to be wrong
find unfounded
argue against
throw out
poke holes in
disagree
recant
blow up
show up
give thumbs down to
declare to be untrue
take a stand against
conflict with
run counter to
prove unsound
compromise
retort
deceive
respond
annihilate
backtalk
ridicule
deflect
discard
discount
squash
undo
prove impossible
put paid to
pick holes in
buck
counteract
cut down to size
convict
evert
top
abnegate
burn
reverse
go against
have bone to pick
show in its true light
call in question
say the opposite of
shoot holes in
raise doubts about
put an end to
pooh-pooh
burn down
dispose of
reply to
do for
cast doubt on
counterclaim
put under suspicion
knock props out
knock bottom out of
poke full of holes
shake one's faith in
render null and void
examine
address
moot
abjure
forswear
defend against
plead against
retaliate against
altercate
canvass
bandy
renounce
canvas
wrangle
eschew
defend oneself against
pettifog
refuse
renig
welsh
renege
contend over
argue about
give up
drop out
pick a bone
dissent against
quibble over
hammer away at
quibble about
put up argument
differ with
agitate against
wash your hands of
weasel out of
go back on your word
worm out of
pick an argument with
argue the pros and cons of
take issue with
protest against
bandy words concerning
wonder about
have an argument about
doubt
rebuff
backpedal
spurn
withsay
take exception to
declare untrue
take back
not buy
dissent from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become physically weaker
prostrate
debilitate
exhaust
enervate
tire
weaken
sap
enfeeble
weary
fatigue
drain
incapacitate
disable
devitalize
cripple
frazzle
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
overtire
tax
knacker
overtax
paralyse
UK
poop
hamstring
undermine
etiolate
waste
soften
impair
paralyze
US
whack
handicap
reduce
disarm
ruin
depress
wreck
overthrow
mow
knock out
wear out
tire out
do in
wash out
lay low
tucker out
make powerless
make weary
make helpless
make impotent
bring someone to their knees
take it out of
bring low
burn out
shatter
wear down
wear
break
bust
deplete
outwear
tucker
kill
indispose
harass
jade
poop out
torpefy
bush
wear to a frazzle
make weak
make feeble
do up
overwork
peter out
conk out
put out of action
flag
sink
droop
vitiate
attenuate
languish
emasculate
strain
overexert
overextend
overfatigue
overdo
blunt
run ragged
sap your strength
impoverish
diminish
draw
bankrupt
succumb
fizzle
eviscerate
drop
bedraggle
sag
render infirm
suck dry
destroy
pain
make tired
eat away
confine to bed
wear away
hobble
use up
bore
unnerve
erode
sap the strength of
disempower
sicken
clip one's wings
encumber
hamper
injure
hinder
hurt
mar
harm
extenuate
disembowel
exenterate
burden
unstrengthen
wilt
lessen
lower
subvert
plague
drowse
root
falter
fail
oppress
fade
glut
weigh
make feebler
remove the sting from
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
cause ennui
grow tired
lose energy
give out
grow weak
lay up
hospitalise
UK
rob from
lose strength
confine to a wheelchair
wipe out
nearly kill
hospitalize
US
wear oneself to a shadow
wear oneself to a frazzle
run into the ground
take
shag out
make sleepy
drain of energy
wear on
damage
compromise
impede
spoil
maim
lame
disfigure
mutilate
deface
deteriorate
threaten
sabotage
foul up
wither
tarnish
blemish
destabilize
US
corrode
mangle
decrease
debase
shrink
thwart
devaluate
destabilise
UK
make lame
detract from
atrophy
shrivel
wound
blight
emaciate
corrupt
flaw
endamage
dilute
torpedo
crab
crush
cheapen
batter
bloody
disrupt
dent
smash
devalue
worsen
dislimb
cross up
prejudice
mess up
foul
shake
rough up
invalidate
shake up
water down
take out
be detrimental to
consume
gnaw
bonk
hock
palsy
sideline
stifle
dismember
hit the wall
jeopardize
US
have a bad effect on
ravage
annihilate
afflict
dismantle
taint
trash
pull the rug out from under
undo
reduce the power of
shock
scorch
blast
inconvenience
demolish
pull the teeth of
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
screw up
smash up
louse up
muck up
be prejudicial to
drive a nail into the coffin of
be deleterious to
be disadvantageous to
numb
minimize
US
undercut
minimise
UK
foil
frustrate
decay
cause detriment to
do harm to
wreak havoc on
contract
deaden
benumb
obtund
dull
chip away
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
bruise
degenerate
sandbag
scar
dwindle
perish
negate
lighten
constrict
adulterate
deflate
temper
dissipate
mitigate
assuage
calm
thin
rarefy
abate
soothe
offset
render powerless
deform
degrade
demean
crumble
abase
mangulate
halt
disintegrate
pervert
total
scathe
deprave
stop
take the edge off
crool
wizen
deactivate
warp
pique
wax
debauch
poison
queer
waste away
hack up
smirch
draw blood
chasten
shrivel up
ding
tweak
disenable
unfit
disqualify
bastardize
US
jam
profane
put the kibosh on
demoralize
US
inactivate
prostitute
make useless
kibosh
canker
blacken
bemean
bring to a screeching halt
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
throw monkey wrench in
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
bring to a halt
render inactive
render incapable
demoralise
UK
bastardise
UK
take down
drag through the mud
cast down
lower the status of
reduce the status of
drag down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
dull
dampen
depress
crush
dispirit
sap
ail
break
deject
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dishearten
dismay
lower
overwhelm
subjugate
suppress
trouble
daunt
devitalize
discourage
oppress
sadden
shake
upset
bother
chagrin
debilitate
distress
humble
overcome
perturb
weary
bear down on
beat down
bum out
cast down
damp down
weigh down
cast a pall over
desolate
grieve
chill
try
afflict
torment
haunt
harrow
dash
drain
burden
disturb
aggrieve
mortify
bug
dampen spirits
hang over
faze
cow
throw cold water on
beat
cast a gloom upon
drag
pour cold water on
turn off
knock the stuffing out of
darken
make someone's heart bleed
run down
make someone fed up
abase
make gloomy
make desolate
knock sideways
break someone's spirit
give someone the blues
break someone's heart
bring tears to your eyes
make unhappy
damp
bear down
cause suffering to
knock for six
harsh someone's mellow
make despondent
enervate
reduce to tears
weigh heavily on
make sad
make one's heart bleed
get down
keep under
dash hopes
worry
deter
bring down
beset
nag
unnerve
frustrate
unman
lie heavy on
disappoint
plague
prey on
put a damper on
pain
harass
hurt
vex
throw
subdue
undermine
abash
devastate
press
gnaw at
obsess
shatter
disincline
make downhearted
make dejected
cloud
be a burden on
be a burden to
take over
take control of
weigh on
knock the wind out of
harsh one's mellow
bring low
floor
lie
deplore
down
discomfort
cast a shadow
dampen someone's spirit
make blue
drag down
castrate
make miserable
cast a gloom on
break one's heart
dash the hopes of
geld
disenchant
disoblige
petrify
take the heart out of
deflate
flatten
put into a funk
press down on
squash
lobotomize
desiccate
tax
weigh
dehydrate
weaken
take the wind out
stress
strain
inconvenience
deaden
humiliate
indispose
make dispirited
make crestfallen
disparage
shame
dump
incommode
bedevil
wound
overcharge
prey on your mind
put down
sting
psych out
blanket
agonize
US
cause trouble to
gall
stamp out
injure
dish it out
give it to
dish out
stick it to
agonise
UK
hit hard
break the heart of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To strike or hit repeatedly
drub
beat
pound
club
thrash
birch
flog
thump
bang
hit
knock
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
punch
strike
bash
baste
bat
batter
belabour
UK
belabor
US
belt
bludgeon
buffet
cane
clobber
curry
do
fib
hammer
hide
lace
lambast
lambaste
lash
lather
lick
maul
paddle
pelt
pommel
slate
slog
switch
tan
thresh
tromp
wallop
whack
whale
whap
whip
whop
whup
cudgel
tonk
bung up
mess up
punch out
rough up
spank
work over
smack
clout
thwack
slap
slug
sock
bop
biff
swat
paste
rap
smite
crack
slam
box
clip
bust
lam
swipe
lay into
clock
assault
attack
bonk
welt
deck
clap
nail
whomp
bob
zap
smash
tag
lace into
cuff
boff
let someone have it
lay one on
knock into the middle of next week
rain blows on
beat the living daylights out of
pitch into
slosh
quilt
dong
give someone a good hiding
flail
give someone a hiding
light into
swinge
stick one on
flagellate
knock around
chin
beat up
scourge
strap
punish
knock about
slash
flay
beat up on
assail
do over
larrup
give someone a drubbing
give someone a beating
give someone a good beating
tear into
give someone a good drubbing
leather
horsewhip
cowhide
rawhide
sail into
crown
floor
dot
plug
thud
set upon
king-hit
hook
break
bruise
abuse
ram
tap
bump
blast
maltreat
weigh into
set about
lash out at
let fly at
have a go at
sucker-punch
cosh
trounce
manhandle
mash
welly
blister
fall on
trash
jab
turn on
round on
pop
get stuck into
forge
draw
wax
chastise
crush
drum
wham
lacerate
impact
drive
excoriate
castigate
fly at
score
scorch
pan
vilify
hit hard
strike out at
hit out at
crash
scathe
ding
scarify
fustigate
set on
zonk
lash into
rip into
put someone on the hot seat
pin your ears back
shoot down
crawl all over
read the riot act
rake over the coals
pounce on
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
hit repeatedly
knob
finial
saddlebow
handle
thump on
knock on
jerk
whisk
shake
bear down
mutilate
bombard
wear out
rain blows upon
mistreat
poke
bam
bushwhack
brutalize
US
contuse
brutalise
UK
blow
windmill
let have it
paddlewhack
break face
lean on
roughhouse
wound
take care of
take out
plant one
put in the hospital
bash up
whirl
fill in
scratch
cut
incise
lance
aim blows at
tan one's hide
warm someone's seat
dust someone's britches
duff up
flutter
flop
flap
ferule
impinge
clump
collide
uppercut
blackjack
conk
contact
kick
stone
lob
pellet
flax
percuss
brain
dab
blitz
whang
beat to a pulp
impel
thrust
whip someone's hide
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
catch
lay a finger on
box someone's ears
knock out
ride roughshod
let fly
KO
bump into
connect with
crash into
give a black eye
invade
malleate
battle
get at
fire at
injure
potshot
vituperate
savage
jump on
tie into
collide with
run into
smash into
bang into
plough into
slam into
meet head-on
dash against
be in collision with
crack into
crack against
smack into
skelp
butt
hurt
knock into
harm
chop
hit out
clash
bully
shell
mishandle
ill-treat
persecute
cannon into
stroke
propel
lash out
send
drive into
treat badly
bomb
pat
kick around
mess over
fire on
peck
handle roughly
open fire on
cannonade
jar
misuse
ill-use
boot
jolt
hack
sideswipe
stripe
punt
molest
blitzkrieg
carom
dash
barrage
strike out
stab
clonk
treat roughly
crash against
fillip
ping
knock against
bash into
rebound
ricochet
pulverize
US
jog
clatter
swing at
strafe
graze
swing
glance
damage
scud
torpedo
pulverise
UK
wrong
blip
crunch
bunt
give someone a hot bottom
put over one's knee
shoot
twack
torture
besiege
fusillade
victimize
US
blooter
rear-end
barrel into
dropkick
come into collision with
knock down
victimise
UK
run over
plow into
come into collision
clash with
be hurled
put the boot in
fire upon
put the boot into
cut up
shake up
open fire
strike with the foot
spike
haymaker
mug
afflict
hang one on
beak
thrash about
flail around
whammy
head-butt
duke
shove
stun
skull
concuss
pick
stinger
plump
chip
impair
clunk
make someone feel the back of one's hand
bean
elbow
hit over the head
hit on the head
hit for six
aggress
thunder
stomp
bullwhip
thong
sink
register
quirt
lunge
land a punch
oppress
stumble
light
yerk
tan someone's hide
bounce
slipper
crack up
smash up
wrack up
plunge
clomp
stamp
whump
plunk
flump
prod
bang against
take a strap to
mar
harass
sock it to
skim
strike head-on
pepper
raid
neglect
jostle
barge into
punish severely
give black eye
beset
give the cat o'nine tails
do up
dig
screw
push
lay about
tip
palpate
thunderstrike
trim
give someone a licking
put someone over your knee
warm someone's bottom
total
ruin
launch
catapult
career into
collide into
beat hollow
impact with
fender-bend
skip
brush
assault physically
pounce upon
go for
take a swing
run
shoot at
interfere with
bang up
be violent toward
calcitrate
hit lightly
fire
knock over
clank
clang
placekick
dribble
jackhammer
stick
pile up
go into
strike lightly
touch
slap lightly
knock someone's lights out
beat someone's brains out
gun
snipe
kick off
give the foot
rattle
glance off
pot
jangle
flick
snap
gun down
open fire at
grate
prang
grind
make contact with
misemploy
prostitute
outrage
heave
drop-kick
kick out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.)
override
overrule
cancel
reverse
disallow
quash
revoke
countermand
overturn
rescind
annul
nullify
repeal
veto
invalidate
overthrow
retract
set aside
withdraw
abrogate
negate
recant
repudiate
upset
void
outvote
recall
rule against
vacate
defy
dominate
flout
predominate
prevail
take back
ride roughshod over
trample underfoot
declare null and void
trample upon
make null and void
abolish
avoid
disannul
undo
nix
obviate
scrap
strike down
scrub
abort
dissolve
null
abate
roll back
drop
abandon
render invalid
renege
vitiate
discharge
do away with
lift
dismantle
call back
call off
wipe out
axe
UK
cry off
stop
renounce
disclaim
alter
abjure
ax
US
put an end to
make void
render null and void
ditch
disaffirm
discontinue
dump
remove
backtrack on
erase
obliterate
suspend
reject
waive
call
offset
counteract
terminate
eliminate
counterbalance
change
annihilate
backpedal
overset
counterpoise
forswear
down
prostrate
dismiss
kill
throw out
disqualify
knock down
bring down
knock something on the head
X-out
neutralize
US
neutralise
UK
back out of
countercheck
redress
discount
retreat
refuse
back-pedal on
go against
withcall
scratch
do a U-turn on
unsay
zap
end
watergate
KO
forget
revert
backwater
call in
take out
shelve
give up
break off
bottle up
cork up
shut down
hush up
black out
weaken
undermine
put the lid on
put damper on
renege on
chop
weasel out
wash out
shoot down
wangle out
go back on
supersede
torpedo
deracinate
subvert
pull the plug
crawl out of
unfit
impair
circumduct
remit
get rid of
break
knock out
finish off
do in
retire
refute
extinguish
redline
blow sky-high
render meaningless
turf
suppress
ignore
discard
belay
give the chop
declare invalid
rule out
render inert
go back on your word
wipe slate clean
countervail
negative
balance
compensate for
disown
cancel out
deny
make up for
correct
expunge
counterorder
balance out
counterweigh
equalize
US
square up
overcome
be an antidote to
make ineffective
equalise
UK
deactivate
even up
frustrate
conquer
defuse
subdue
counterweight
render ineffective
rub out
disavow
abnegate
cut
delete
back out
back down
halt
foreswear
relinquish
backtrack
blue pencil
efface
disestablish
exclude
desist
cease
renig
squash
blot out
stamp out
bring to an end
back off
eat your words
forget about
eradicate
finish
jettison
junk
rebut
trash
unmake
nig
cast aside
prohibit
apologize
US
welsh
quit
apologise
UK
divorce
forget it
draw back
take away
contravene
root out
forsake
contradict
sweep away
dispense with
interrupt
change mind
forbid
break with
have change of heart
dial back
pack in
desist from
turn your back on
lay off
cut off
worm out of
relax
raise
postpone
declare
mothball
bleep
sever
chuck in
restrict
compensate
limit
confine
purge
omit
wind down
inter
bring to a close
lay in the grave
bury
put to rest
hold a funeral
inhume
entomb
put six feet under
get off the hook
apostatize
render void
phase out
take off
disacknowledge
row back
climb down
pull back
forbear
block
cross out
strike out
X out
call all bets off
eat crow
eat humble pie
excuse oneself
pull out
beg off
check
arrest
blank out
edit out
bring to naught
opt out
stand down
throw over
worm out
vote down
do a U-turn
do an about-turn
ding
blackball
impugn
traverse
stonewall
cross
oppose
belie
disprove
ink out
block out
white out
blue-pencil
stroke out
give the thumbs down to
put a stop to
wimp out
cop out
crap out
put down
turn down
x out
put a line through
abdicate
turn thumbs down
bring
get cold feet
fly in the face of
retrograde
recede
retrocede
decline
pull up
lay to rest
forgo
reel in
fall back
take in
row back on
cast off
cut short
kick
shun
can
refuse to acknowledge
divorce oneself from
turn back on
refuse to accept
wash your hands of
forfeit
change one's tune
do an about-turn on
shake
jilt
sacrifice
knock it off
call a halt
stop midstream
pull the plug on
call it quits
part with
resign from
eighty-six
finish with
dust off
write off
break up
pack up
knock off
have done with
leave off
lay off of
withdraw from
throw up
retire from
shut off
part from
cut out
give over
destroy
exterminate
extirpate
liquidate
bar
except
debar
squelch
avert
prevent
forfend
proscribe
preclude
forestall
excise
ban
deter
bate
inhibit
shed
leave out
put paid to
count out
ward off
not consider
shut out
close out
freeze out
close one's doors to
snuff out
clean up
put the kibosh on
close down
put kibosh on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take the life of (someone)
murder
kill
assassinate
dispatch
massacre
slaughter
eliminate
execute
butcher
liquidate
hit
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
slay
waste
do in
off
terminate
croak
ice
destroy
stiff
top
whack
get
smoke
snuff
zap
finish
murk
scrag
wax
abolish
asphyxiate
behead
chill
cool
decapitate
do
electrocute
eradicate
exterminate
extinguish
garotte
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
guillotine
hang
knife
lynch
shoot
smother
strangle
knock off
put to death
take out
wipe out
blow away
bump off
dispose of
put away
rub out
blot out
cut to pieces
do away with
do for
do to death
dust off
mow down
take a life
take the life of
give someone the works
terminate with extreme prejudice
blow someone's brains out
annihilate
finish off
cut down
shoot down
erase
polish off
decimate
end the life of
snuff out
get rid of
make away with
fell
cause the death of
extirpate
put down
put to sleep
grease
gun down
put to the sword
down
take someone's life
carry off
end
obliterate
bring down
string up
remove
put an end to
crucify
claim
take
blast
stretch out
take care of
send to the gallows
wipe from the face of the earth
put before a firing squad
dust
silence
vaporize
US
bag
vaporise
UK
euthanize
blackball
cancel
smite
expunge
nix
immolate
purge
gibbet
gas
wipe off the face of the earth
send to the gibbet
put out of its misery
kill off
send to the chair
stone to death
send to the gas chambers
send to the gas chamber
send to the electric chair
deep-six
hang by the neck
neck
stab
mutilate
fix
suffocate
poison
discard
drop
strike down
sacrifice
ruin
fry
bowstring
drag
scratch
sterilize
US
sterilise
UK
exclude
efface
depopulate
stone
see the back of
kill in cold blood
clear away
take down
drag down
carry out a sentence of death on
pot
plug
put end to
sweep away
stamp out
ethnically cleanse
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
take off
put paid to
make swing
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
mass murder
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
pick off
put a bullet in
pump full of lead
quash
raze
demolish
total
smash
devastate
wreck
desolate
delete
shatter
cream
crush
excise
pulverize
US
squash
wrack
nuke
trash
gut
axe
UK
pulverise
UK
ax
US
pull down
wipe off the map
tear down
stop
weed out
scrub
ravage
cut out
nullify
give the chop
undo
suppress
overthrow
overwhelm
uproot
torpedo
put a stop to
dispense with
lay waste
wash out
negate
annul
invalidate
dissolve
disannul
abrogate
quell
squelch
overturn
shed
scrap
spoil
desecrate
check
damage
level
disrupt
banish
cut
trim
trample
prostrate
cross out
bring to an end
strike out
sink
put the kibosh on
strike
leave in ruins
knock something on the head
KO
break up
exsect
ink out
score out
blank out
leave desolate
knock out
wreak havoc on
remove all traces of
put out
X-out
blue pencil
genocide
stun
beat
wipe
benothing
abort
wipe off
kayo
scrub out
break off
incinerate
burn
commit genocide
cut a swath through
consume
dismantle
impair
put someone out of their misery
get shot of
burn away
cast out
phase out
drive out
scourge
havoc
overrun
curb
rid
wreak havoc
strip
expurgate
blue-pencil
stifle
cover
obscure
scour
cleanse
block out
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
blow sky-high
destroy root and branch
take apart
mark out
rub off
bowdlerize
US
scratch out
cross through
subdue
repress
lift
edit out
dele
cull
scotch
crack down on
overcome
nip in the bud
quench
edit
amputate
exscind
cut up
lop off
put a line through
elide
bowdlerise
UK
X out
scissor out
launder
slash
thin out
shake out
rout out
clean out
rid of
upset
reduce the numbers of
thin out the population of
rescind
repeal
take away
void
revoke
vacate
retract
withdraw
avoid
countermand
abate
null
discontinue
repudiate
vitiate
ditch
dump
subvert
junk
prohibit
jettison
disestablish
chop
deracinate
inhibit
supersede
set aside
roll back
call off
throw out
close down
put kibosh on
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or instance of defeating
beating
rout
conquest
trouncing
drubbing
vanquishment
licking
whipping
besting
conquering
hiding
overthrow
pasting
reverse
subjugation
thrashing
vanquishing
worsting
massacre
overpowering
slaughter
subduing
clobbering
demolition
domination
hammering
plastering
pounding
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
shellacking
thwarting
trimming
caning
coup
defeating
flattening
quashing
quelling
routing
subjugating
trashing
annihilation
blow
crushing
destruction
downthrow
elimination
embarrassment
extermination
killing
overcoming
squashing
suppression
takeover
triumph
victory
whitewash
whitewashing
wipeout
ambush
breaking
defeasance
dominating
extinction
foil
lacing
mastery
paddling
rebuff
repulse
scalping
sweep
waxing
whaling
ownage
pwnage
success over
triumph over
victory over
win over
game, set and match
glory over
supremacy over
clean sweep
grand slam
KO
loss
lump
downfall
ruin
collapse
fall
walloping
battering
breakdown
flogging
end
debacle
thumping
failure
nonsuccess
going-over
overwhelming defeat
crushing defeat
mauling
birching
tanning
belting
dissolution
check
fiasco
slapping
smacking
insuccess
pummelling
UK
lashing
thwacking
punching
cuffing
buffeting
discomfiture
pelting
flaying
cudgelling
UK
lambasting
clubbing
demise
bashing
subversion
subdual
whacking
walkover
duffing-up
doing-over
beating-up
biffing
bopping
slugging
termination
landslide
pummeled
US
cudgeling
US
break-up
ending
subjection
subjecting
revolution
dusting
bludgeoning
setback
count
trap
break
humiliation
state of defeat
washout
kicking
working-over
disappointment
romp
decline
descent
flagellation
comedown
undoing
clampdown
crackdown
toppling
pulverisation
UK
pulverization
US
leathering
flameout
defeatedness
repression
disintegration
switching
strapping
spanking
punishment
scourging
prevention
stopping
prohibition
discontinuation
cowing
disestablishment
scourge
castigation
lash
cane
birch
pummeling
switch
halting
arrest
down
foundering
stamping out
suppressing
abolishment
dominance
obliteration
overriding
abolition
mate
checkmate
game
the strap
hitting
striking
knocking
boxing
superiority
runaway victory
success
decisive victory
win
advantage
overwhelming majority
chastisement
attack
assault
snuffing out
corporal punishment
more ❯
“Fresh from his
defeat
of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy has returned home in triumph.”
Noun
▲
The act or instance of being defeated or failing
failure
loss
collapse
downfall
breakdown
flop
frustration
ruin
disappointment
fall
misstep
abortion
blunder
bungle
bust
crash
fail
failing
foundering
misfiring
setback
undoing
botch
clunker
debacle
discomfiture
misadventure
miscarriage
miss
bomb
dud
fizzle
hash
implosion
mess
misfire
nonperformance
reverse
washout
bummer
calamity
catastrophe
clinker
cropper
disaster
fiasco
misfortune
mishap
nonachievement
nonsuccess
rejection
snafu
turkey
let-down
non-success
falling through
false step
faux pas
fizzling out
lack of success
balls-up
breaking down
coming to nothing
foul-up
non-fulfilment
screw-up
wreck
rout
lemon
ruination
overthrow
reversal
decline
blow
tragedy
deterioration
difficulty
upset
hitch
adversity
bankruptcy
stoppage
sinking ship
knock
shipwreck
lead balloon
lapse
loser
disintegration
destruction
rupture
whammy
comedown
hardship
problem
check
death
error
vanquishing
mischance
malfunction
end
descent
damp squib
stalemate
flameout
interruption
dead duck
unsuccessfulness
bad luck
frost
dead loss
total loss
flash in the pan
car crash
accident
degradation
shutdown
distress
affliction
letdown
bane
humiliation
conquest
trouble
disgrace
demise
nemesis
snag
decay
inadequacy
deficiency
deficit
checkmate
mistake
vanquishment
shambles
hindrance
impediment
disruption
halt
cessation
hold-up
body blow
kick in the teeth
one in the eye
shame
vain attempt
tribulation
trial
woe
unseating
toppling
ousting
deposition
debasement
annihilation
vicissitude
elimination
stumble
Waterloo
labefaction
glitch
omission
smash
down
grief
slip
mortification
beating
doom
delay
miscalculation
issue
complication
obstacle
unsuccess
degeneration
defeasance
hiccup
obstruction
loss of power
bath
hard times
ill luck
holdup
crumbling
trainwreck
slump
comeuppance
crumpling
stroke of bad luck
disorganization
US
seizure
termination
folding
reverse of fortune
road to ruin
piece of bad luck
non-starter
disorganisation
UK
no-hoper
falling to pieces
knock-back
train wreck
falling apart
bit of trouble
loss of status
reversal of fortune
stumbling block
non-function
falling down
nonaccomplishment
capitulation
scourge
curse
trouncing
thwarting
repulse
abasement
conquering
turnabout
mismanagement
perversion
oversight
neglect
default
negligence
misprision
dereliction
delinquency
zero
muck
omnishambles
muddle
bodge
fall from grace
rabble
pig's breakfast
shit show
poor performance
aborting
insufficiency
shellacking
crack-up
farce
havoc
licking
dissolution
smashup
devastation
drubbing
disturbance
blight
drawback
ill
crackup
encumbrance
impasse
barrier
hurdle
nonfeasance
sorrow
blue ruin
seizing up
conking out
break
discouragement
holdback
handicap
inconvenience
big zero
declination
degeneracy
declension
devolution
humbling
belittlement
demotion
downgrading
decadence
eclipse
trammel
disadvantage
crimp
inefficacy
embarrassment
block
cramp
bafflement
downer
loss of face
lowering
reality check
pratfall
dive
reduction
abashment
confusion
unease
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
catch-22
monkey wrench
hang-up
bitter pill
bad experience
buckling
falling
depression
discomposure
rack and ruin
loss of prosperity
awkwardness
uneasiness
disconcertment
chagrin
perturbation
agitation
discomfort
disconcertion
nervousness
fluster
flusteredness
disorientation
rebuff
overturn
demoralization
US
discombobulation
nonplus
regress
regression
slowdown
backset
foil
bottom
vexation
demoralisation
UK
disquiet
trip
destroyer
visitation
casualty
flaw
fumble
fault
subversion
double whammy
drawing board
about-face
flip-flop
whole new ballgame
unfortunate development
bad omen
last straw
final straw
cataclysm
burden
misery
contretemps
cross
bad news
shock
crisis
crunch
bad break
infelicity
apocalypse
ill fortune
tough luck
unluckiness
hard luck
worry
harm
rotten luck
nuisance
anxiety
ordeal
annoyance
cross to bear
unpleasantness
unluck
dole
meltdown
headache
trauma
hassle
hard time
bale
pain
holocaust
waterloo
drag
the worst
hell
haplessness
stroke of ill luck
upheaval
unfortunateness
travail
albatross
travails
torment
untowardness
wretchedness
curtains
emergency
torture
heartbreak
mishanter
agony
exigency
buffet
jam
dire straits
hell on earth
deep water
hot water
load
crucible
rigor
US
predicament
hazard
plight
dilemma
clutch
nakba
desolation
abyss
tinderbox
evil fortune
evil chance
strait
rigour
UK
pickle
ill-fortune
bind
hole
fix
holy mess
unholy mess
act of God
extremity
stress
pinch
stew
scrape
nightmare
trials and tribulations
destitution
severe test
trying time
horror
heavy blow
double trouble
hard knocks
sticky situation
big trouble
spot of bother
unfortunate incident
convulsion
relapse
downturn
catastrophy
evil
anguish
hurt
plague
tough break
rotten break
devil's own luck
hard cheese
raw deal
flooding
excruciation
rack
mischanter
sordidness
Gehenna
murder
persecution
total
pileup
oppression
devastating blow
collision
care
wronging
suffering
unhappiness
sadness
injury
struggle
stack-up
fender-bender
wrack-up
stroke
lot
dolor
flood
rear-ender
rainy day
bombshell
jolt
surprise
hard knock
heartache
sad event
serious accident
bad fortune
grievous blow
thunderbolt
asperity
hardness
fell stroke
rough situation
hell in a handbasket
danger
dolour
poison
hurting
jinx
skids
disgruntlement
mire
quagmire
quandary
conundrum
bolt from the blue
rude awakening
bolt out of the blue
source of distress
entanglement
ill-luck
chaos
imbroglio
disarray
perplexity
disorder
drama
pain in the rear
harsh conditions
tough situation
pain in the backside
evil eye
can of worms
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
kiss of death
pass
turmoil
pressure
urgency
infliction
bother
messiness
puzzle
monstrosity
situation
disorderliness
juncture
fire
vicious circle
hot potato
tight spot
sorry condition
awkward situation
problematic situation
sad state
tight corner
critical situation
unfortunate situation
worst-case scenario
no-win situation
rabbit hole
tricky situation
tight situation
difficult situation
crossroads
bad thing
head
conjuncture
Dunkirk
gauntlet
gantlet
calvary
aggravation
crucifixion
spot
indigence
boiling point
breaking point
flash point
zero hour
crunch time
extreme suffering
mishappening
bad trot
more ❯
“His
defeat
at the final hurdle was a bitter pill to swallow.”
Noun
▲
The prevention or failure of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
impediment
failure
collapse
hindrance
foundering
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
quashing
scotching
crippling
stifling
disintegration
disruption
hitch
blow
contravention
crumbling
crumpling
downfall
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
ruin
ruination
scuppering
unfulfillment
frustration
cessation
cropper
nonsuccess
breakdown
falling apart
falling through
fizzling out
conking out
falling to pieces
lack of success
thwarting
foiling
spoiling
baulking
UK
circumvention
baffling
balking
US
non-success
ill-success
adverse fate
blocking
obstruction
countering
stopping
checking
forestalling
hindering
setback
curbing
hampering
snookering
prevention
disturbance
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence
surrender
yielding
submission
capitulation
acquiescence
resignation
succumbing
relenting
bowing
conceding
fall
capitulating
submitting
accedence
buckling
quitting
dedition
giving in
cave-in
giving way
laying down of arms
raising the white flag
admission of defeat
knuckling under
retreat
giving up
surrendering
humiliation
laying down one's arms
humbling oneself
submissiveness
compliance
obedience
docility
biddability
deference
concession
dutifulness
compliancy
complaisance
conformity
obsequiousness
malleability
collapse
obeisance
subservience
tractability
assent
passivity
servility
subordination
meekness
duteousness
tractableness
tameness
consent
manageability
abidance
acceptance
accordance
adherence
reluctant agreement
accession
agreement
conformance
conformability
concurrence
observance
biddableness
pliability
reverence
amenability
amenableness
conforming
concord
sufferance
respect
impressionability
cave in
caving in
patience
subjection
humility
unassertiveness
nonresistance
humbleness
bootlicking
appeasement
passivism
recreancy
defeatism
pliabilty
cringing
prostration
non-resistance
self-effacement
self-abasement
acceptance of one's fate
backing down
more ❯
Noun
▲
Defeat
quietus
clincher
overcoming
overthrow
final blow
coup de grace
Noun
▲
The state of being unhappy, disappointed, or anxious
upset
disturbance
bother
distress
trouble
worry
disquiet
agitation
discomposure
dismay
perturbation
alarm
anger
annoyance
derangement
fluster
fright
harassment
inconvenience
irritation
turmoil
vexation
disappointment
disarray
disruption
grief
grievance
hassle
hurt
shake-up
shock
surprise
torment
affront
commotion
confusion
dislocation
queasiness
tizzy
turn-up
regret
disenchantment
dejection
disillusionment
despondency
mortification
sadness
sorrow
disconsolation
despair
glumness
disillusion
melancholy
disconsolateness
unhappiness
lamentation
dispiritedness
gloominess
depression
anguish
fretfulness
misery
downheartedness
gloom
woe
weariness
desolation
malaise
heavy-heartedness
low spirits
heaviness of heart
ill-humor
chagrin
neurosis
discouragement
unfulfilment
letdown
discomfort
concern
discomfiture
disconcertion
disorder
sickness
disconcertment
perplexity
illness
bewilderment
complaint
dissatisfaction
displeasure
discontent
frustration
disgruntlement
discontentment
aggravation
disaffection
discontentedness
resentment
malcontentment
uneasiness
malcontent
unfulfillment
pain
agony
torture
irritant
nuisance
difficulty
hopelessness
besetment
forlornness
anxiety
distraction
despondence
disheartenment
despond
wretchedness
resignedness
heartache
defeatism
pessimism
nervousness
fear
pang
desperation
affliction
plague
bane
tribulation
ordeal
scourge
pest
curse
persecution
calamity
misfortune
excruciation
travail
straits
rack
soreness
nag
thorn in the flesh
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
cross to bear
nagging
stress
pain in the rear
provocation
thorn in your side
pain in the neck
more ❯
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