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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 best an opponent by thinking
To defy or frustrate
To fend off or defend against something hostile
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
To expose or reveal the true nature or character of
To get the better of
Noun
The act or instance of defeating
The act or instance of being defeated or failing
A misfortune or setback
A person's ruin or downfall
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
An act or instance of surrendering
An abrupt or ungracious rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture
A feeling of unease or embarrassment
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
suppress
surpass
extinguish
outdo
repress
top
better
outshine
kill
excel
finish
blow away
beat hollow
exceed
wax
smother
bury
devastate
outstrip
eclipse
break
outperform
put down
waste
wreck
squelch
dominate
curb
squash
abolish
smoke
whup
whop
transcend
whap
tromp
raze
reduce
be victorious over
dust
bomb
snow under
bring down
topple
overshadow
put in the shade
cap
eradicate
do in
defeat utterly
stamp out
shatter
control
check
terminate
humble
end
trump
go one better than
do better than
walk over
crack down on
unseat
put the kibosh on
eliminate
gain mastery over
tame
snuff out
outdistance
stifle
thwart
frustrate
triumph
level
desolate
outmatch
get rid of
outgun
rub out
overtop
clamp down on
silence
put to shame
extirpate
oust
scotch
tower over
depose
outrival
undermine
quench
put a stop to
win a resounding victory over
overtake
liquidate
exterminate
vaporize
US
upstage
leave standing
rise above
dethrone
slap down
win
pull down
tower above
down
tear down
vaporise
UK
scupper
outvie
gain a victory over
subordinate
nip in the bud
pass
outpace
beat down
be a cut above
outsmart
throw
wrack
nuke
nix
take out
do for
be head and shoulders above
oppress
outrank
be better than
strike
prevail
bulldoze
weaken
run circles around
sabotage
impair
knock off
leave behind
blight
ravage
put away
subject
blast
dash
shut down
pacify
mess up
dwarf
displace
walk away from
knock down
knock spots off
be superior to
bring to naught
batter
go one better
supplant
cripple
humiliate
blot out
bash
spank
queer
knock for a loop
chasten
gain control of
knock over
outwit
be victorious
gain ascendancy over
get over
do
bridle
put out
win over
improve on
outfox
get a grip on
dismiss
cut to pieces
hegemonize
do away with
invalidate
improve upon
blow a hole in
go beyond
restrain
demoralize
US
sap
nullify
immobilize
US
thump
hurdle
hide
dissolve
mar
render incapable
enervate
belt
render helpless
render powerless
thresh
bludgeon
maul
enfeeble
spoil
execute
pummel
US
buffet
immobilise
UK
neutralize
US
defenestrate
baste
slog
whale
demoralise
UK
blow
desecrate
curry
cancel
grind down
shut out
remove
assassinate
unbuild
depress
botch
beat up
chastise
pummelled
UK
vitiate
give someone a pasting
give a hiding
banjax
override
dish
put the lid on
neutralise
UK
tumble
bring low
deal with
wipe off map
break up
abrogate
trample underfoot
force
wreak havoc on
bring about the downfall of
rough up
bung up
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe off the map
bump off
dispirit
enslave
exhaust
weed out
tire
cow
stagger
fatigue
beat back
get the upper hand
foil
degrade
defeat heavily
break down
incapacitate
eject
discomfit
rule
out-think
impoverish
dismantle
arrest
drain
lather
debilitate
leather
dislodge
bring to heel
devitalize
erase
take care of
roll
hit
weary
disestablish
fell
overmaster
deaden
checkmate
bring under the yoke
get the upper hand over
bring to their knees
reverse
punish
injure
make a mess of
capsize
muller
leave
wear down
foul up
keep under thumb
hold sway over
damage
ruinate
disable
shoot ahead of
give a drubbing to
abate
louse up
come out on top
annul
clamp down
bring to knees
gain control over
disrupt
put to flight
deprive
bowl over
efface
expunge
ice
sit on
remove from office
outstep
ravish
despoil
crack down
take a stick to
off
put in their place
screw up
prostrate
cruel
euchre
get control of
shoot down
root out
block out
negate
blow out of water
dilapidate
mangle
strangle
bear down on
outgo
throw a spanner in the works of
predominate
axe
UK
cope with
mutilate
maim
dispose of
ax
US
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
wash out
put to death
clean up
raze to the ground
blow to bits
shake off
get ahead of
lay waste
sweep away
lay in ruins
shoot ahead
black out
score points off
take apart
outthink
bypass
scatter
dispel
defeat easily
take down
drive off
steamroller
turn over
turn something inside out
survive
weather
larrup
hunt
repulse
scuttle
astonish
render speechless
stamp something out
solve
stun
render
shock
outlive
govern
manage
regulate
seize power
varnish
curtail
see off
direct
command
circumvent
knock for six
scrunch
squish
confound
come out on top of
knock socks off
destabilize
US
colonize
US
tyrannize
US
smite
demote
gain the upper hand over
abuse
raid
eat alive
make a fool of
unsettle
reject
uncrown
clean up on
throw back in confusion
put to rout
enthrall
US
compel
coerce
underyoke
get tough on
disrate
downgrade
persecute
wrong
be more than
succeed over
overpass
shame
bear
slap about
club
put an stop to
bring to screeching halt
get one up on
outjockey
lead
outfight
keep down
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
destruct
whelm
contain
maltreat
invade
hose
tyrannise
UK
colonise
UK
enthral
UK
rule over
gain the advantage over
be the ruination of
get under control
bring under control
wipe from the face of the earth
beat the pants off
benothing
smash down
put out of action
put out of commission
write off
restrict
limit
birch
disassemble
snow
cook
quelch
call somebody's bluff
catch somebody napping
finesse
steal a march on somebody
put the skids under
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
stand above
be a class above
stand head and shoulders above
be greater than
be on another level
be master of
take precedence
hold sway
kick around
blow up
kill off
undercut
tyrannize over
banish
usurp
unthrone
inroad
foray
gain on
dampen
bang
knock
punch
defeat someone heavily
throw down
reduce to ruins
gobble up
crack
wolf
blow to pieces
tear to pieces
put in toilet
get tough
keep in check
tip
remove from power
purge
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
send to the gas chambers
torture
cut down
stick
put to the sword
wipe off the mat
force down
inhibit
discontinue
rule with an iron hand
clear
reel back in
rebel
destabilise
UK
supersede
invert
discharge
defrock
unmake
get further ahead of
pull a fast one
be one up on
fake out
draw away from
break the spirit
halt
come down on
tighten up on
keep under control
avenge
torment
cross
lace
lambast
pelt
lash
paddle
fib
bat
switch
slate
belabor
US
cause instability
interrupt
bottle
clamp
shush
spike
stem
foray into
discrown
give the coup de grâce
take off
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
carry off
take someone's life
move in for the kill
endure
resist
dispense with
phase out
drive out
get shot of
cast out
give something the chop
knock something on the head
drive underground
trample on
come down on like a ton of bricks
cudgel
tonk
pass over
climb
negotiate
vault
over
crest
leap
keep inside
cut off
keep in
hold down
hold in
ail
deject
trouble
lower
dishearten
dismay
tower
outhussle
croak
put lid on
put kibosh on
disfigure
make it round
make it past
be unstoppable by
make it over
stiff
defile
deface
poison
bodge
scourge
sweep
discourage
shake
sadden
diminish
daunt
drum out
belabour
UK
punch out
deplete
snuff
make one's way round
get through
make one's way past
make one's way over
stretch
dumbfound
overawe
blank
shellack
scrag
murk
reduce to nothing
reduce to rubble
leave in ruins
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
chagrin
abase
perturb
bother
distress
hang
give someone the works
decapitate
chill
dust off
garrote
US
take a life
garrotte
UK
take the life of
lynch
shoot
blow someone's brains out
guillotine
behead
knife
asphyxiate
terminate with extreme prejudice
electrocute
garotte
cool
do to death
delete
win the race
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
prevail against
come first
win hands down
take the crown
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
take the prize
be successful
gain mastery of
take the honours
weigh down
bum out
dull
cast down
damp down
excise
scratch
scrub
shut off
roll over
cross out
blank out
cut
remove all traces of
destroy root and branch
ink out
X-out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
blow sky-high
strike out
mark out
score out
cover
obscure
rub off
lay one out
cast a pall over
put a damper on
frazzle
overrule
overtire
tax
knacker
overtax
paralyse
UK
poop
harm
hamstring
revoke
disallow
etiolate
soften
put at risk
paralyze
US
rescind
countermand
hamper
obstruct
cancel out
hinder
handicap
disarm
veto
repeal
render ineffective
play havoc with
mow
bowl down
make weary
make helpless
tucker out
lay low
make powerless
take it out of
tire out
make impotent
fag out
wear out
have
craze
overreach
crimp
cramp
offset
stymie
muck up
set aside
retract
withdraw
balls up
void
recant
repudiate
work against
make waves
vacate
rule against
outvote
recall
flout
take back
make null and void
declare null and void
defy
ride roughshod over
trample upon
rain on someone's parade
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 one's apple cart
put a spoke in someone's wheel
put end to
take wind out of sails
beat
cramp
crimp
counteract
oppose
smash
inhibit
trammel
stall
elude
quash
cripple
prohibit
bilk
stump
crab
annul
escape
head off
upset the apple cart
evade
put an end to
fetter
avoid
hobble
sidestep
negate
arrest
root
skirt
stave off
interfere with
cancel
ward off
hold back
take down
stonewall
take wind out of
steer clear of
hang up
give the slip
conquer
defy
cramp one's style
withstand
stifle
bypass
dodge
hamstring
offset
duck
crush
be beyond
circumnavigate
snafu
traverse
wreck
deflect
forbid
retard
restrict
queer
disconcert
overrule
ditch
juke
kill
avert
defend against
hold off
overcome
shut out
cook someone's goose
play off
put the lid on
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
corner
give the run around
throw monkey wrench in
throw a spanner in the works
resist
buck
get out of
shun
divert
finish something
finish off
countermove
eschew
surpass
challenge
act against
disrupt
interdict
limit
miss
extinguish
end
crash
keep lid on
unsettle
exceed
quell
destroy
throw a curve
fend off
shatter
make an end of
bring to a close
beggar
confuse
cheat
bring an end to
dish
skin
cease
promote
faze
skip
shake
buffalo
bollix
put the damper on
put a damper on
confront
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
shake off
shuffle off
triumph
gain
vanquish
bring to an end
crool
banjax
run circles around
give the run-around
run rings around
be the end of
lick
preclude
halt in its tracks
shackle
handicap
puzzle
throw a monkey wrench in the works
put a brake on
mystify
upset the applecart
dash one's hope
encumber
clog
manacle
short-circuit
hog-tie
nonplus
handcuff
embarrass
veto
flummox
reject
dead-end
pigeonhole
shelve
tie up
render null and void
vote down
disallow
choke off
cut off
hang fire
put on hold
refuse
revoke
recant
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
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
intercept
forfend
pre-empt
turn aside
torpedo
anticipate
chill
interrupt
rule out
devastate
clobber
blight
dampen
sink
preempt
help
sabotage
second-guess
save
keep
get ahead of
get in before
shirk
provide against
steal a march on
ward
cool
get around
beat someone to it
beat someone to the punch
beat someone to the draw
keep off
keep at bay
plug
worst
throw
estop
demolish
interfere
attack
spike
hit
blow
stay
forefend
stave
cork
dam
desist
discontinue
damp
damage
let
commandeer
injure
blast
mar
disadvise
scare
keep from happening
poison
be early
turn off
talk out of
act like a wet blanket
beat somebody to it
be one step ahead of
pick off
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
cloud
nix
euchre
wreak havoc with
cruel
wreak havoc on
defend
guard
bulwark
fence
burst one's bubble
shortcut
discourage
screen
blow a hole in
bring to naught
outflank
cover
fend
outmanoeuvre
UK
shield against
fight off
guard against
safeguard against
secure against
stand up for
protect against
defend oneself against
keep at arm's length
skirt round
outmaneuver
US
preoccupy
forecast
delay
monopolize
US
project
expect
foresee
envision
predict
find a way round
monopolise
UK
get round
end-run
find a way around
get past
go around
flee
lose
scape
outrun
body-swerve
stay shy of
throw off the scent
be beyond someone
fly
weasel out of
run around
get away from
shy
escape from
slip away from
give the slip to
run away from
shuffle out of
double
get away
finesse
give somebody the slip
run from
give the runaround
slip through the net
shuck
slip through someone's fingers
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
snooker
foil
outwit
stymie
maze
obfuscate
gravel
bring up short
stick
stop
bring someone up short
put at a loss
be too much for
buffalo
pose
get
disorient
muddy
amaze
daze
cause to be at a stand
distract
surprise
mix up
shake
throw off
take aback
throw off balance
blow one's mind
startle
go to one's head
overwhelm
bowl over
mess with one's head
shock
unnerve
complicate
dismay
discompose
stumble
snow
disturb
catch off balance
get to
intoxicate
make punchy
bother
inebriate
disorientate
set thinking
leave open-mouthed
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
boggle
shake up
take by surprise
knock for six
ball up
stop someone in their tracks
make someone's head spin
bedevil
confusticate
embarrass
set one thinking
stick it to
mull
stir
profundicate
obscure
wonder
moon
daydream
upset
ruffle
leave aghast
put off
psych out
knock out
blow away
knock sideways
gather wool
pipe dream
metagrobolize
shatter
boggle the mind
benumb
jolt
knock the stuffing out of someone
screw up
take someone aback
consternate
overpower
take someone's breath away
take breath away
give a shock
devastate
exercise
worry
rock
escape
dumfound
involve
tangle
beset
thicken
thunderstrike
surprize
encumber
jumble
entangle
muck
ravel
baulk
UK
perturb
balk
US
thwart
discomfit
conquer
be forgotten by
be beyond someone
mix you up
snarl up
muddy the waters
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 best an opponent by thinking
outthink
outwit
outsmart
outfox
fox
outslick
outdo
overreach
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
trick
outjockey
circumvent
cheat
con
outguess
top
gull
outgeneral
deceive
defraud
dupe
swindle
beat
baffle
bamboozle
bewilder
cap
confuse
finagle
goose
gyp
have
hoax
hoodwink
jip
juke
mislead
worst
take in
end run
fake out
figure out
lead astray
get the better of
outplay
outperform
outflank
surpass
excel
out-think
best
run rings round
put one over on
be cleverer than
pull a fast one on
make a fool of
steal a march on
make rings round
outclass
go one better than
overcome
exceed
overtake
sting
fool
rook
victimize
US
bilk
victimise
UK
do
stiff
cozen
double-cross
diddle
sucker
swizzle
shaft
snooker
rip off
hornswoggle
euchre
gaff
bunco
mulct
snow
sharp
take to the cleaners
pull a swifty on
sell a pup to
take for a ride
delude
beguile
misguide
fleece
ensnare
entrap
skin
inveigle
seduce
kid
lead on
screw
fiddle
gammon
catch
humbug
spoof
juggle
misinform
burn
buffalo
betray
bluff
clip
flimflam
scam
suck in
have on
string along
take advantage of
disappoint
chicane
rope in
pull one's leg
pull something
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
dust
jerk around
exploit
nobble
stick
skunk
hustle
chouse
pluck
shortchange
hose
ream
bleed
thimblerig
squeeze
chisel
short
stitch up
sell a pup
do in
do the dirty on
foil
ruin
frustrate
shake down
thwart
do someone in the eye
play joke on
hook
impose upon
pull fast one
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lie to
falsify
put on
sell
fake
take to cleaners
take for ride
beat out of
rob
take for
play away
cuckold
gouge
cross up
step out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To defy or frustrate
mock
disappoint
cheat
deceive
defy
foil
fool
mislead
belie
delude
disobey
dupe
elude
frustrate
rebel against
thwart
beguile
betray
challenge
double-cross
juggle
let down
sell out
Verb
▲
To fend off or defend against something hostile
repulse
repel
check
rebut
fend off
stave off
beat off
drive away
drive back
fight off
foil
fight back
force back
frustrate
hold off
push back
rebuff
beat back
deter
heave-ho
nix
overthrow
put to flight
resist
thrust back
turn away
turn back
ward off
see off
send packing
brush off
force away
hold back
keep off
put down
set back
keep at bay
throw back
kick in the teeth
deflect
parry
reject
keep away
refuse
spurn
keep at arm's length
dismiss
oppose
chase away
discourage
avert
avoid
hold something off
stop
keep at a distance
snub
turn aside
rebuke
hold at bay
defend against
protect against
send away
decline
fight
confront
give somebody the cold shoulder
refuse admittance to
cold-shoulder
give somebody the run-around
give someone the brush-off
disown
traverse
cut
prevent
duel
dispute
cool
stand off
kick
drive off
knock down
force off
cast aside
turn down
stand up against
give cold shoulder to
curb
bottle up
restrain
reply
conceal
get back at
defend yourself
repress
defend
retaliate
contain
control
counter
suppress
put up a fight
riposte
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
dispute
challenge
oppose
disaffirm
disavow
disclaim
reject
disown
contest
disallow
call into question
argue
question
impugn
contravene
disagree with
debate
object to
make a nonsense of
undermine
take issue with
argue against
retract
query
disacknowledge
disagree
fly in the face of
renounce
answer
weaken
argue with
discard
confront
abjure
resist
recant
traverse
abnegate
combat
fight
take exception to
dissent from
be at odds with
contend
show to be wrong
compromise
tear down
take a stand against
protest against
call in question
be against
attack
be anti
defy
puncture
rebuff
abandon
disbelieve
forswear
nullify
withstand
deflate
be hostile to
eschew
revoke
run counter to
declare untrue
prevent
block
pick holes in
crush
renege
brush aside
address
quarrel with
squelch
doubt
take on
forsake
withsay
be in opposition to
cast off
buck
parry
cancel
go against
cast aside
prove to be wrong
thumbs down
find unfounded
reverse
stand up to
fight against
give up
disapprove of
battle
have bone to pick
argue about
blow up
quibble over
show up
impeach
give thumbs down to
cancel out
declare to be untrue
face down
refuse to acknowledge
impair
conflict with
dismiss
prove unsound
criticize
US
fault
deceive
surrender
overwhelm
ruin
retort
annihilate
relinquish
condemn
censure
respond
ridicule
backtalk
find fault with
deflect
naysay
prove impossible
put paid to
call in
cut down to size
convict
evert
top
burn
discuss
complain about
knock
cavil at
find lacking
denounce
burn down
dispose of
reply to
show in its true light
counterclaim
dare
withspeak
counteract
differ
criticise
UK
carp at
discount
call out
render null and void
say the opposite of
throw out
poke holes in
enquire
UK
refuse to accept
defend against
plead against
retaliate against
examine
moot
demur against
demur about
come to blows with
be a dissenter from
rebel against
test
face off
tackle
feud with
inquire
US
litigate
rally against
remonstrate
throw down
accost
investigate
interrogate
rival
shoot holes in
altercate
canvass
bandy
raise doubts about
defend oneself against
pooh-pooh
canvas
wrangle
refuse
renig
welsh
disinherit
backpedal
cast doubt on
knock props out
knock bottom out of
put under suspicion
pettifog
ditch
drop
poke full of holes
shake one's faith in
cut off
take back
drop out
contend over
weasel out of
go back on word
wash hands of
worm out of
end relations with
send packing
curb
ban
begrudge
restrain
exclude
forgo
taboo
spurn
sacrifice
forbid
pick a bone
dissent against
hammer away at
quibble about
put up argument
differ with
agitate against
turn your back on
cut off without a penny
wash your hands of
refuse to recognize
divorce oneself from
have nothing more to do with
pick an argument with
argue the pros and cons of
call on
enjoin from
keep back
not buy
hold back
bandy words concerning
wonder about
have an argument about
bar
check
counterattack
say no to
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
face
dislike
hinder
thwart
obstruct
repel
contend with
take
struggle against
gainstay
dissent
neutralize
US
protest
assail
assault
disapprove
neutralise
UK
bombard
withstay
encounter
taunt
put up a fight against
speak out against
strive against
turn the tables
speak against
frown at
set your face against
stand up and be counted against
be in defiance of
not countenance
search out
take issue
take a stand
more ❯
Verb
▲
To expose or reveal the true nature or character of
show up
debunk
expose
uncloak
undress
unmask
nail
uncover
belittle
convict
disclose
discover
discredit
embarrass
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
highlight
humiliate
indicate
invalidate
mortify
pinpoint
reveal
shame
unshroud
worst
lay bare
let down
point up
score off
bring to light
put spotlight on
put to shame
make a fool of
put somebody to shame
show in bad light
unearth
unveil
blow the whistle on
betray
divulge
show
display
bare
spill
unbosom
exhibit
leak
find out
blow wide open
set straight
catch out
let on about
pull the plug on
let the cat out of the bag
make known
give away
throw light on
spill the beans on
take the wraps off
bring out into the open
demystify
smoke something out
detect
identify
manifest
lift the lid
demonstrate
air
out
declare
crack
bewray
let slip
let cat out of bag
give the game away
make manifest
let out
smoke out
present
prove
tip off
tell of
brandish
let drop
denude
evince
make obvious
trot out
put on view
nake
discount
catch
controvert
shoot down
cast doubt on
raise doubts about
condemn
disprove
dispute
denounce
negate
tell
unclothe
announce
confess
admit
acknowledge
come out with
let cat out of the bag
make public
publish
impart
broadcast
unfold
blurt out
communicate
blab
bring into the open
proclaim
put on display
put on show
expose to view
flash
let on
lay open
report
inform
pass on
cough
mouth
go public with
blow the lid off
open up
spill the beans about
spill your guts about
let the cat out of the bag about
flaunt
disport
produce
feature
showcase
release
promulgate
stage
publicize
US
relate
utter
express
bespeak
babble
open
vouchsafe
confide
publicise
UK
roll out
put on
unburden
tattle
set out
spring
make plain
squeal
gossip
take the lid off
be evidence of
squeal about
bring out
dig up
unfurl
set forth
tip one's hand
open to view
spill the beans
get off your chest
let in on
strip
share
break
show evidence of
detail
entrust
trust
relay
blow
unrobe
unclose
turn up
lay something bare
leave unprotected
put the spotlight on
disburden
overshare
avow
own
snitch
blow the gaff
come out of the closet
unburden oneself
let it all hang out
make clear
come clean
spill all
confide in
tell all
provide details
flourish
allow to be seen
make a clean breast of
bring forward
bring into view
register
advertise
advertize
to make clear
intimate
hold up to view
crack wide open
go public
fess up
tell all about
cough up
own up
let hair down
blow the whistle
blow the gaff on
blurt
whisper
parade
demo
disseminate
supply
offer
launch
show off
deal in
bring to view
introduce
deliver
arrange
put before the public
lay out
sport
wield
project
breathe
transmit
hint
buzz
suggest
insinuate
let fall
televise
expose information
unload on
spill to
crack to
open your heart
lay the gaff
lay it on
bend an ear
share a confidence
state
recount
describe
narrate
speak
say
recite
rehearse
chronicle
voice
portray
depict
vocalize
US
verbalize
US
pass
charge
acquaint
chart
talk
enlighten
apprise
enunciate
delineate
articulate
advise
convey
brief
familiarize
US
paint
signify
spin
represent
mention
verbalise
UK
familiarise
UK
explain
retail
verse
level
clear
vocalise
UK
sketch
weave
clue in
catch up
fill in
leave word
call upon
give an account of
tell on
keep posted
put before
give evidence of
give out
spit it out
give facts
reel off
wise up
break the news
more ❯
Verb
▲
To get the better of
pip
beat
pip to the post
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
flogging
battering
walloping
debacle
collapse
going-over
ruin
belting
tanning
check
thumping
crushing defeat
overwhelming defeat
fall
lashing
nonsuccess
failure
insuccess
birching
mauling
discomfiture
setback
flaying
bashing
fiasco
slapping
smacking
pummelling
UK
thwacking
punching
cuffing
buffeting
pelting
cudgelling
UK
lambasting
clubbing
whacking
subdual
count
breakdown
trap
break
walkover
flagellation
biffing
bopping
slugging
duffing-up
doing-over
beating-up
scourging
leathering
chastisement
end
landslide
pummeled
US
cudgeling
US
cane
birch
success
win
spanking
dusting
bludgeoning
humiliation
state of defeat
subjection
subjecting
kicking
working-over
murder
disappointment
score
splash
horsewhipping
big win
bullwhipping
strap
belt
lathering
pulverisation
UK
pulverization
US
defeatedness
shambles
switching
strapping
punishment
game
scourge
castigation
lash
pummeling
switch
clampdown
crackdown
comedown
shutout
romp
surrender
disarray
confusion
disaster
stampede
upset
washout
superiority
runaway victory
decisive victory
advantage
overwhelming majority
repression
headlong flight
disorderly retreat
prevention
stopping
prohibition
termination
discontinuation
cowing
the strap
dissolution
halting
arrest
hitting
striking
knocking
boxing
stamping out
suppressing
abolishment
dominance
obliteration
overriding
abolition
attack
assault
mate
ending
checkmate
snuffing out
corporal punishment
throbbing
pulsation
beat
pulse
violence
aggression
abuse
assaulting
impugnment
battery
harm
larruping
doing over
beating up
roughing up
rough handling
impact
concealment
secretion
caching
stashing
force
drumming
tapping
whack
spank
smack
thump
wallop
rough treatment
maltreatment
mistreatment
misapplication
misuse
mishandling
manhandling
thudding
injury
damage
misusage
misemployment
ill use
ill treatment
ill-treatment
bad treatment
ill-use
ill usage
toppling
reversal
feat
surprise victory
unexpected result
major defeat
sudden change
tour de force
master stroke
offense
US
offence
UK
vilification
jumping
violation
oppression
totaling
US
mugging
denigration
rape
hurt
strike
harassment
molesting
dirty deed
physical assault
physical attack
physical violence
sexual interference
totalling
UK
sexual misconduct
sexual assault
violent act
act of violence
grievous bodily harm
act of aggression
actual bodily harm
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
lemon
rout
bankruptcy
stoppage
sinking ship
lead balloon
ruination
loser
deterioration
decline
rupture
shipwreck
overthrow
stalemate
disintegration
total loss
flash in the pan
damp squib
tragedy
dead duck
decay
inadequacy
deficiency
deficit
checkmate
frost
dead loss
unsuccessfulness
malfunction
interruption
shutdown
shambles
disruption
halt
folding
cessation
car crash
letdown
vain attempt
error
unsuccess
reversal
mistake
end
crumbling
trainwreck
slump
crumpling
degradation
disorganization
US
seizure
termination
whammy
non-starter
disorganisation
UK
no-hoper
falling to pieces
train wreck
falling apart
non-function
falling down
nonaccomplishment
oversight
neglect
default
negligence
misprision
dereliction
delinquency
omission
trouble
stumble
capitulation
vanquishing
flameout
muck
omnishambles
muddle
bodge
nonfeasance
rabble
pig's breakfast
shit show
trouncing
thwarting
liquidation
mismanagement
perversion
fall from grace
disturbance
hitch
shellacking
crack-up
beating
farce
vanquishment
havoc
licking
dissolution
smash
smashup
defeasance
devastation
drubbing
impecuniousness
pennilessness
penury
beggary
crackup
hindrance
impediment
mischance
aborting
administration
indebtedness
pauperdom
receivership
seizing up
conking out
break
blue ruin
financial ruin
insolvency
spontaneous abortion
still birth
insufficiency
lapse
miscarriages
buckling
falling
depression
stalling
closure
faultiness
sinking
closing
cutting out
playing up
fault
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
glitch
impairment
defect
flaw
gremlin
bug
blip
slip
more ❯
“His
defeat
at the final hurdle was a bitter pill to swallow.”
Noun
▲
A misfortune or setback
knock
mishap
setback
misfortune
blow
reverse
tragedy
misadventure
adversity
disaster
upset
calamity
reversal
difficulty
hardship
mischance
failure
trouble
bummer
ill
whammy
disappointment
hitch
sorrow
check
lapse
grief
bad luck
hold-up
stroke of bad luck
reverse of fortune
body blow
bad experience
kick in the teeth
one in the eye
problem
snag
catastrophe
accident
affliction
issue
complication
tribulation
obstacle
woe
hiccup
hindrance
impediment
glitch
bath
distress
vicissitude
delay
obstruction
holdup
rout
non-success
downfall
knock-back
stumbling block
ill luck
piece of bad luck
hard times
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
loss
failing
frustration
breakdown
car crash
lack of success
trial
drawback
impasse
barrier
hurdle
encumbrance
blunder
holdback
slip
discouragement
handicap
inconvenience
trammel
crimp
inefficacy
disadvantage
error
rebuff
block
miscalculation
cramp
bafflement
mistake
repulse
conquering
turnabout
vanquishment
comedown
unfortunate development
slowdown
backset
foil
bottom
regress
about-face
regression
flip-flop
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
catch-22
monkey wrench
hang-up
bitter pill
double whammy
drawing board
whole new ballgame
misery
pain
suffering
burden
crisis
ordeal
emergency
exigency
cataclysm
hassle
worry
debacle
cross
trauma
anguish
stress
torment
dilemma
agony
torture
anxiety
travail
harm
bad news
plight
predicament
nuisance
visitation
crunch
annoyance
jam
struggle
contretemps
strain
hot water
wretchedness
pickle
bother
scourge
unpleasantness
pinch
bad break
hurt
ill fortune
shock
fix
deep water
curse
dire straits
bind
ruin
quandary
mess
labour
UK
drag
labor
US
tough luck
hard luck
rotten luck
casualty
discomfort
albatross
bane
strait
hole
load
toil
vexation
unluckiness
blight
imbroglio
evil
scrape
extremity
infelicity
hell
headache
nightmare
cross to bear
juncture
heartache
hell on earth
clutch
upheaval
urgency
devastation
fiasco
apocalypse
heartbreak
exertion
test
quagmire
unluck
dole
havoc
rigor
US
muddle
zero hour
perplexity
injury
rigour
UK
depression
tight spot
sticky situation
unhappiness
destruction
grind
plague
effort
circumstance
hard time
drudgery
pest
detriment
asperity
crucible
pains
sadness
travails
downer
straits
mire
gauntlet
pass
damage
pressure
mischief
haplessness
irritation
turning point
weight
collapse
horror
drama
awkward situation
difficult situation
problematic situation
tight corner
spot of bother
unfortunateness
untowardness
ruination
flash point
head
drain
pangs
deadlock
condition
excruciation
wrong
endeavor
US
millstone
tinderbox
disturbance
slog
wreck
waterloo
need
sweat
gantlet
fire
stew
conundrum
turmoil
crash
grievance
disorder
crossroad
persecution
entanglement
work
shambles
uphill battle
embarrassment
painfulness
the worst
puzzle
endeavour
UK
hard work
big trouble
sorry condition
sad state
critical situation
difficult task
unfortunate situation
trials and tribulations
no-win situation
train wreck
tricky situation
tight situation
corner
spot
box
meltdown
care
rack
holocaust
battle
oppression
mishanter
bale
aggravation
Dunkirk
crossroads
conjuncture
disease
curtains
tension
challenge
mishappening
awkwardness
jolt
strife
want
menace
contamination
uphill
nakba
desolation
pollution
infliction
drudge
situation
calvary
dolour
commotion
moil
chaos
disarray
striving
buffet
hardness
breaking point
boiling point
crunch time
corruption
cruelty
dolor
lot
ills
disbenefit
harsh conditions
industry
confusion
severe test
trying time
hard knocks
a jam
sad event
panic stations
a scrape
graft
contingency
uphill struggle
tough grind
tall order
a hole
worst-case scenario
a fix
stroke of ill luck
disservice
rabbit hole
tough assignment
crux
to-do
exigence
l
trouble spot
Dutch
climacteric
wronging
bad trot
evil fortune
evil chance
heat
conflict
malice
cumber
baptism of fire
botched situation
alluvion
end
stroke
abyss
culmination
finale
upshot
termination
fatality
denouement
hard knock
rainy day
tough break
rotten break
devil's own luck
hard cheese
raw deal
demands
disability
jar
brutality
act of cruelty
letdown
state
humiliation
doom
thorn in one's flesh
tight squeeze
paroxysm
derangement
outburst
traumatization
serious accident
bad fortune
grievous blow
devastating blow
spectacle
how-do-you-do
down
dud
evildoing
despair
painful experience
hot spot
incident
fuss
jackpot
swamp
rattrap
pressure cooker
business
occasion
adventure
row
scene
melodrama
affair
stormy seas
spasms
dependency
dependence
desperate straits
unpleasant experience
thrill
fracas
sensation
excitement
death
posture
position
soup
slavery
holy mess
blue ruin
unholy mess
farce
tear-jerker
large order
sticky wicket
rough go
kettle of fish
bête noire
nemesis
fit
necessity
stabs
convulsions
demand
privation
tears
fatigue
donkeywork
sickness
difficult going
hard going
tumult
bête noir
pretty
canker
fatal attraction
undoing
constraint
requirement
task
boo-boo
offense
US
prejudice
offence
UK
ill-treatment
mildew
cancer
contagion
fungus
infirmity
weakness
pretty kettle of fish
a bad situation
squeeze
bottleneck
a plight
a mess
a sorry condition
bewilderment
mystification
choke point
fine kettle of fish
a predicament
a tight corner
a bind
a difficult situation
lack of comfort
throes
acuteness
demandingness
infestation
pestilence
needfulness
requisite
essential
imperativeness
wont
criticalness
pressingness
blot on the landscape
eyesore
withering
dump
sight
responsibility
long haul
duress
knot
hazard
shipwreck
messiness
bust
monstrosity
bomb
disorderliness
onus
vicious circle
hot potato
double trouble
heavy blow
a stew
barricade
a spot
harassment
dead end
a pickle
rough seas
undertaking
irk
irritant
thorn
bugbear
peeve
rub
botheration
exasperation
aggro
ruffle
charge
calling
function
obligation
chore
mission
duty
exercise
job
assignment
indigence
destitution
problems
energy
hair shirt
impairment
strenuousness
laboriousness
arduousness
struggling
diligence
slogging
conscientiousness
application
gruntwork
push
mutilation
ado
hard labor
manual labor
salt mines
muscle
vigour
UK
intensity
vigor
US
elbow grease
strength
force
power
grit
disfigurement
vandalism
defacement
wreckage
scarring
vandalization
defilement
desecration
yakka
persistence
sweat of one's brow
assiduity
blood, sweat and tears
tenacity
spadework
determination
donkey work
attempts
assiduousness
hangup
vitiation
erosion
deterioration
wrecking
friction
shattering
battering
attrition
crushing
extreme suffering
abuse
abrasion
spoilage
detrition
degeneration
debasement
corrosion
annihilation
mental burden
ruining
adulteration
knockout
wear and tear
illness
outrage
bruise
deprivation
waste
wound
cave-in
depreciation
marring
blemish
breakage
ravage
danger
poison
hurting
jinx
skids
ill-fortune
ill-luck
pain in the rear
tough situation
pain in the backside
evil eye
can of worms
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
kiss of death
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person's ruin or downfall
undoing
ruin
destruction
downfall
overthrow
ruination
collapse
conquest
deposition
failure
ousting
toppling
unseating
vanquishing
annihilation
death
debasement
disgrace
elimination
end
overturn
shame
humiliation
labefaction
nemesis
reversal
Waterloo
accident
adversity
bane
blow
blunder
calamity
casualty
catastrophe
destroyer
difficulty
doom
error
fault
flaw
fumble
grief
misadventure
miscalculation
mischance
mishap
misstep
omission
reverse
slip
smash
stumble
subversion
trial
trip
visitation
wreck
loss of power
bad luck
bad omen
faux pas
final straw
last straw
fall
demise
breakdown
decline
descent
flameout
comedown
dissolution
down
displacement
rout
deterioration
break-up
degeneration
crash
comeuppance
degradation
road to ruin
loss of status
ending
revolution
curse
scourge
abasement
removal
disintegration
foundering
affliction
blight
disestablishment
suppression
supplanting
dethronement
defenestration
subjugation
dispossession
termination
removal from office
removal from power
degeneracy
declination
declension
devolution
decadence
eclipse
debacle
atrophy
humbling
belittlement
demotion
downgrading
mortification
reality check
flop
letdown
downer
cropper
pratfall
loss of face
dive
lowering
discomfiture
reduction
loss of prosperity
rack and ruin
extinction
decay
disaster
expiration
passing
quietus
expiry
decease
passage
grave
curtains
exit
fate
great divide
finish
crumbling
breakup
sleep
falling apart
crackup
retribution
sentence
meltdown
terrible fate
grim fate
retrogression
dispersal
wind-up
dégringolade
fragmenting
breaking up
worsening
disgregation
bound entropy
anergy
entropy
dying
extermination
wrecking
perishing
croaking
passing on
snuffing
passing away
buckling
giving way
crumpling
cave-in
yielding
smashup
subsidence
falling down
falling
falling to pieces
more ❯
Noun
▲
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foiling
spoiling
thwarting
obstruction
circumvention
countering
failure
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
checking
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
forestalling
quashing
scotching
baffling
collapse
crippling
curbing
foundering
hampering
hindering
impediment
setback
snookering
stifling
blow
contravention
hindrance
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
prevention
scuppering
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
non-success
lack of success
ill-success
adverse fate
Noun
▲
An act or instance of surrendering
fall
capitulation
submission
yielding
surrender
surrendering
acquiescence
succumbing
humiliation
resignation
giving in
laying down of arms
relinquishment
submitting
rendition
capitulating
handover
cession
cave-in
relenting
knuckling under
humbling oneself
laying down one's arms
quitting
renunciation
appeasement
delivery
cessation
dedition
giving way
white flag
admission of defeat
accedence
buckling
bowing
conceding
retreat
giving up
compliance
backing down
concession
accession
abandonment
submissiveness
about-turn
U-turn
withdrawal
about-face
collapse
abdication
obedience
dutifulness
abnegation
sacrifice
waiver
nonresistance
prostration
biddability
docility
deference
obeisance
obsequiousness
compliancy
complaisance
throwing in the towel
truce flag
flag of truce
caving in
vail
agreement
consent
acceptance
ceding
grant
transfer
loss
self-sacrifice
denial
rebuff
repudiation
eschewing
veto
disclaimer
quitclaim
disavowal
eschewal
spurning
forswearing
abjuration
demission
cancelation
US
renouncement
repeal
abstention
self-denial
self-abnegation
remission
forbearing
transferral
forgoing
transference
bequest
granting
forsaking
conveyance
waiving
handing over
cancellation
UK
tractability
meekness
passivity
malleability
unassertiveness
tractableness
humility
servility
manageability
non-resistance
subjection
duteousness
patience
self-abasement
tameness
subordination
subservience
self-effacement
conformity
bootlicking
humbleness
passivism
recreancy
defeatism
pliabilty
assent
cringing
more ❯
Noun
▲
An abrupt or ungracious rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture
rebuff
snub
rejection
repulse
slight
brush-off
knock-back
refusal
discouragement
check
cut
opposition
cold-shouldering
denial
repudiation
repulsion
spurning
put down
brushoff
cold shoulder
go-by
insult
nix
rebuke
reprimand
silent treatment
turndown
hard time
nothing doing
the old heave-ho
thumbs down
smack in the eye
smack in the face
kick in the teeth
slap in the face
repelling
frustration
foiling
driving back
warding off
holding off
putting to flight
negation
dismissal
nonacceptance
veto
declination
refutation
disallowance
nay
renunciation
disapproval
no
disavowal
disclaimer
abnegation
rebuttal
non-acceptance
dissent
renouncement
prohibition
negative
contradiction
exclusion
turning down
knockback
no way
pass
nonconsent
snubbing
declension
defiance
ostracism
negative response
retraction
refutal
forswearing
disproof
disaffirmation
adjuration
disregard
dismissing
renegement
rejecting
repudiating
refusing
controversion
refraining
gainsaying
kiss-off
declining
abandonment
disfavor
US
regrets
blackballing
discountenancing
withholding
affront
ban
proscription
noncompliance
disfavour
UK
interdiction
writ
reversal
forbidding
enjoinment
ignoring
disowning
denunciation
red light
bum's rush
casting off
the elbow
no go
no dice
sending to Coventry
lack of acceptance
elbow
iciness
aloofness
coldness
protestation
statement
dissatisfaction
humiliation
objection
choice
disappointment
reverse
failure
contravention
disaffirmance
abstaining
noncommittal
pooh-poohing
withdrawal
unacceptance
cold-shoulder
non placet
begrudging
deprivation
discourtesy
disclaiming
abjuration
spurn
dispute
conflict
disconfirmation
denegation
counterstatement
confutation
retractation
abstention
traversal
relinquishment
disacknowledgement
indifference
neglect
inattention
giving up
statement abnegation
casting aside
refusal to acknowledge
eschewal
rebuffing
ostracization
bounce
elimination
brushing off
refusing to speak
ignoring of someone
kick in teeth
desertion
forsaking
shunning
ostracizing
US
blacklisting
avoidance
excommunication
shutting out
ostracising
UK
cutting dead
demurral
declinature
a kick in the teeth
more ❯
Noun
▲
A feeling of unease or embarrassment
discomfiture
embarrassment
abashment
confusion
unease
discomposure
shame
awkwardness
chagrin
disconcertment
humiliation
mortification
uneasiness
agitation
discomfort
perturbation
beating
disconcertion
disorientation
distress
failure
fluster
flusteredness
frustration
nervousness
ruin
demoralisation
UK
demoralization
US
disappointment
discombobulation
nonplus
overthrow
rout
undoing
comedown
conquest
defeasance
descent
disquiet
upset
vanquishment
vexation
ignominy
loss of face
disgrace
stew
indignity
abasement
worry
trepidation
dither
egg on one's face
humbling
dishonour
UK
degradation
dishonor
US
anxiety
self-consciousness
flutter
dismay
alarm
bewilderment
distraction
disorder
perplexity
tizzy
lather
inquietude
disturbance
edginess
doubt
panic
twitter
flurry
fret
difficulty
trouble
tangle
discredit
affront
flap
opprobrium
obloquy
condescension
disesteem
resignation
put down
loss of pride
neurosis
concern
apprehension
suspicion
qualms
misgiving
shamefacedness
compunction
complaint
sickness
illness
dubiety
apprehensiveness
disquietude
consternation
malaise
furore
UK
turmoil
lowering
disrepute
bustle
infamy
weakening
crushing
unmanning
stigma
furor
US
scandal
reproach
odium
contempt
enervation
devitalization
ignobility
dissatisfaction
annoyance
bad odour
bashfulness
delicacy
shyness
sheepishness
insult
ticklishness
unpleasantness
stickiness
uphill
painfulness
inconvenience
snub
reprobation
vitiation
showing up
bring down
submissiveness
rebuff
submission
perplexingness
untimeliness
tension
thorniness
inopportuneness
frenzy
poverty
complexity
timidity
clumsiness
indebtedness
hitch
indiscretion
mistake
pinch
impecuniosity
blushing
strait
destitution
snag
puzzle
slap in the face
blow to one's pride
kick in the teeth
self-abasement
smack in the face
mental pain
touché
brush-off
fever
clunkiness
uncomfortableness
hot seat
awkward situation
faux pas
hot water
boo boo
huff
twit
sweat
commotion
egg on face
state
distressed state
nervous state
puzzlement
state of agitation
tiz-woz
state of panic
state of anxiety
mystification
bafflement
wonder
wonderment
befuddlement
uncertainty
befuddling
muddle
perplexing
stupefaction
bamboozlement
shock
daze
astonishment
bemusement
discomfiting
confounding
confusedness
bewilderedness
unsettling
fog
whirl
upsetting
mixup
dumbfounding
obscuring
blurring
surprise
tangling
turbulence
addling
maze
misperception
cluttering
pother
misunderstanding
head-scratching
stirring up
fear
fright
horror
dread
terror
fearfulness
jitteriness
unrest
blue funk
foreboding
heebie-jeebies
scare
alarum
trepidity
angst
amazement
willies
shakes
collywobbles
creeps
butterflies
abdabs
jumpiness
care
anxiousness
worriment
concernment
excitement
jitters
nervosity
solicitude
disruption
agita
twitchiness
funk
hassle
ferment
cold feet
cold sweat
stupor
hysteria
muddlement
awe
dumbfoundedness
quaking
incomprehension
questioning
disillusionment
trembling
nerviness
clamour
UK
upheaval
outcry
stimulation
cluelessness
seizure
shiver
discouragement
disenchantment
jim-jams
yips
habdabs
misgivings
arousal
obfuscation
fear and trembling
heart attack
downer
blues
bummer
dumps
sadness
depression
hesitation
palpitation
emotion
incitement
tumult
mixing
rocking
clamor
US
a cold sweat
a blue funk
screaming abdabs
the blahs
tizzy, tizz
nervous excitement
Joe Blakes
goose bumps
screaming habdabs
bother
restiveness
harassment
irritation
derangement
anger
fretfulness
grief
hurt
grievance
disarray
torment
shake-up
reversion
destruction
letdown
queasiness
dislocation
activity
insomnia
movement
unquietness
instability
fermentation
tenseness
impatience
hurry
fidgetiness
problem
turn-up
subversion
unsettledness
transience
worriedness
fitfulness
hurry-scurry
inconstancy
nerves
ailment
restlessness
excitability
ants
antsiness
Sturm und Drang
ants in your pants
tremors
cravenness
butterflies in the stomach
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
destruction
dislocation
letdown
queasiness
reversion
problem
subversion
tizzy
turn-up
nuisance
difficulty
aggravation
trial
exasperation
awkwardness
uneasiness
fuss
disadvantage
drawback
pain
unfitness
unwieldiness
hindrance
cumbersomeness
untimeliness
unsuitableness
troublesomeness
stew
headache
irritant
pest
unhandiness
peeve
botheration
bothersomeness
frustration
bugbear
irk
ruffle
thorn
aggro
rub
embarrassment
uphill
hair shirt
discomfort
downside
incommodiousness
incommodity
stress
uncomfortableness
self-consciousness
handicap
liability
minus
negative
debit
strike
disbenefit
misfortune
thorn in your flesh
struggle
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
trials and tribulations
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
problems
concern
anxiety
unease
nuisance value
unpleasantness
tiresomeness
incommode
inopportuneness
put out
strain
irksomeness
pains
bulkiness
snag
effort
hang-up
danger
hardship
exertion
dilemma
labour
UK
bustle
infuriation
provocation
pip
labor
US
teasing
strife
gall
painfulness
ado
affliction
pet peeve
puzzle
ghost
clumsiness
heaviness
tribulation
self-hatred
self-punishment
self-flagellation
gripe
unhappiness
bind
woe
deep trouble
dire straits
hot water
predicament
mess
lack of comfort
drag
chip on your shoulder
cause of distress
sore point
downer
bummer
issues
fizzle
ungainliness
bad news
fair cow
task
peskiness
pestiferousness
vexatiousness
row
pitfall
old one-two
bitter pill
sorrow
scrape
delicacy
difficultness
provokingness
risk
peril
laboriousness
strenuousness
arduousness
struggling
ticklishness
discomfiture
stickiness
setback
toil
pressure
hazardousness
unmanageability
perilousness
chanciness
dolour
hangup
travails
perplexingness
edginess
tension
nervousness
thorniness
jam
imbroglio
weight
mental burden
to-do
exigency
bafflement
clunkiness
riskiness
interruption
stirring
interference
ruffling
annoyingness
roiling
importunity
intrusion
convulsion
bedevilment
harrying
distraction
whisking
work
pestering
molestation
bugging
bothering
thought
care
stirring up
churning up
expenditure
rigor
US
sweat
attention
rigour
UK
hitch
flurry
while
elbow grease
more ❯
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