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What is another word for
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Adjective
Stopping
Provisional
Restraining
Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose
Not supporting
Noun
The act of something that stops
Verb
Present participle for prevent the occurrence of
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
Present participle for to discourage or overwhelm
Present participle for keep at bay
Present participle for to seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
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Adjective
▲
Stopping
stopping
discouraging
hampering
impeding
deterrent
Adjective
▲
Provisional
restrictive
constricting
cramping
definitive
exclusive
hampering
holding back
obstructive
off-putting
preventive
provisional
restraining
restricting
selective
conditional
limiting
qualificatory
deterrent
constraining
warning
Adjective
▲
Restraining
withholding
restraining
confining
curbing
hindering
prohibiting
restrictive
Adjective
▲
Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose
dissuasive
discouraging
cautionary
dissuading
off-putting
warning
admonitory
disincentive
hindering
inhibitive
monitory
opposing
remonstrative
disheartening
disappointing
depressing
unpropitious
dispiriting
dampening
daunting
unfavourable
UK
unpromising
gloomy
demoralizing
US
inauspicious
repressing
bleak
oppressive
ominous
black
dismal
inopportune
depressive
dreary
dismaying
unfavorable
US
dejecting
disadvantageous
upsetting
demoralising
UK
not encouraging
not hopeful
inhibiting
deterrent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not supporting
unsupportive
unhelpful
contrary
disconfirming
invalidating
uncooperative
discouraging
dissuading
opposing
obstructive
unaccommodating
disobliging
awkward
not helpful
bloody-minded
unreasonable
unwilling
difficult
unamenable
unyielding
unbending
recalcitrant
unadaptable
cussed
wilful
inflexible
unresponsive
inconsiderate
stiff-necked
stubborn
bolshie
rock-ribbed
immovable
tiresome
thrawn
obstreperous
disobedient
troublesome
perverse
stroppy
obstinate
sticky
truculent
not cooperative
balky
annoying
vexatious
obdurate
intractable
uncompromising
trying
exasperating
pigheaded
refractory
froward
disagreeable
irrational
biased
headstrong
illogical
determined
strong-willed
blinkered
intransigent
mulish
opinionated
bull-headed
arbitrary
prejudiced
intolerant
not giving an inch
blocking
stalling
restrictive
inhibiting
delaying
self-centered
US
unobliging
unconstructive
hindering
unsympathetic
uncivil
discourteous
making difficulties
contrarious
frustrating
disruptive
unpleasant
unfriendly
uncongenial
rude
unamiable
ill-natured
belligerent
unpredictable
piggish
self-centred
UK
prickly
irritable
pesky
touchy
vexing
pervicacious
chippy
contumacious
renitent
complex
bulky
cramped
discommodious
incommodious
unmanageable
hard to handle
difficult to handle
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of something that stops
stopping
end
finish
ending
halt
discontinuance
suspension
pause
closing
check
halting
ceasing
wait
delay
block
desisting
hesitation
holding
remaining
terminating
discontinuation
cessation
termination
stoppage
stop
close
conclusion
shutdown
arrest
interruption
cease
closure
arrestment
cutoff
surcease
shutoff
expiration
stay
lapse
closedown
breaking off
offset
break
desistance
breather
standstill
intermission
recess
abeyance
interval
winding up
respite
rest
finishing
hiatus
downtime
dissolution
layoff
lull
break-off
period
cutting short
interlude
concluding
abandonment
finale
let-up
immobilization
US
wind-up
completion
finis
time-out
windup
wrap-up
immobilisation
UK
freeze
breathing space
curtailment
outcome
terminus
tie-up
time out
grinding halt
screaming halt
breath
separation
disjunction
adjournment
limit
desuetude
alternation
disruption
breakoff
folding
cloture
disbarment
disbandment
shutting
failure
holdup
discontinuing
breakdown
deadlock
stalemate
impasse
shutting down
closing down
obstruction
logjam
blockage
gridlock
standoff
letup
stagnation
inactivity
stand
Mexican standoff
cession
withdrawal
dropping
screeching halt
gap
paralysis
quitting
hiccup
discontinuity
interregnum
interstice
hiccough
parenthesis
interim
pausing
resolution
dormancy
intermezzo
doldrums
suspense
quiescence
spell
quiescency
latency
entr'acte
abeyancy
time
smoko
cancellation
UK
expiry
abortion
cesser
denouement
issue
curtains
cut-off
result
kiss-off
consequence
payoff
ballgame
breakup
effect
cancelation
US
consummation
breathing spell
cut-off point
culmination
capper
endgame
homestretch
mop-up
summing-up
end of the line
summing up
grand finale
upshot
omega
wane
final scene
summation
epilogue
UK
epilog
US
catastrophe
last act
last part
swan song
coup de grace
closing stages
remission
time off
lacuna
execution
fulfilment
UK
achievement
accomplishment
curtain
fulfillment
US
severance
hitch
disconnection
caesura
moratorium
blackout
hold-up
climax
wrap
lapse of time
coda
peroration
winding-up
determination
retirement
realization
US
realisation
UK
perfection
last word
bottom line
sign-off
suppression
leave
holiday
vacation
lessening
slackening
vacay
outro
eventuality
occlusion
dead stop
dead end
blow
stopping point
attainment
target
final thoughts
bitter end
brick wall
roadblock
full stop
disconnectedness
disjointedness
stopover
disturbance
obstacle
incoherence
beat
end result
final word
intrusion
hindrance
impediment
disunion
hush
silence
stillness
pausation
comma
cutout
lack of coherence
lack of unity
break off
happy hour
rest period
awkward moment
coffee break
rupture
disuniting
division
rift
split
breach
finalization
US
fruition
dénouement
death
liquidation
finalisation
UK
last stage
last
final stage
sewing up
final part
final act
polishing off
run-in
end of the road
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Verb
▲
Present participle for prevent the occurrence of
preventing
stopping
averting
checking
blocking
hindering
curbing
halting
impeding
intercepting
obstructing
restraining
arresting
balking
US
baulking
UK
foiling
forestalling
hampering
keeping
obviating
precluding
shutting out
staving off
staying
counteracting
damping
fending off
frustrating
heading off
inhibiting
thwarting
turning aside
warding off
debarring
helping
letting
pre-empting
prohibiting
putting a stop to
saving
chilling
chillin
cooling
dampening
disadvising
diverting
forfending
holding back
nipping in the bud
scaring
ruling out
turning off
talking out of
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
acting like a wet blanket
pouring cold water on
barring
restricting
retarding
stymieing
slowing down
interfering with
hamstringing
avoiding
holding up
handicapping
encumbering
fettering
circumventing
delaying
constraining
interdicting
forbidding
slowing
crippling
repressing
trammelling
trammeling
shackling
cutting off
deflecting
interrupting
suppressing
limiting
stonewalling
cramping
contravening
crimping
hobbling
stalling
clogging
withholding
handcuffing
hog-tying
tying up
putting a brake on
standing in the way of
throwing a spanner in the works of
disrupting
bridling
putting an end to
anticipating
detaining
derailing
interfering
preempting
muzzling
stifling
smothering
opposing
manacling
cumbering
holding
curtailing
baffling
embarrassing
warding
reining in
short-circuiting
keeping back
hanging up
shutting off
holding down
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
setting back
controlling
dissuading from
containing
eliminating
excluding
countering
subduing
scotching
braking
moderating
regulating
neutralizing
US
discouraging
scuppering
discomfiting
freezing
parrying
governing
rattling
taming
borking
second-guessing
fazing
measuring
ruling
neutralising
UK
gagging
keeping under control
confining
bitting
choking
keeping in check
picking off
slowing up
making late
getting in before
getting ahead of
choking back
putting paid to
holding in
bringing to screeching halt
keeping in
getting in the way
beating someone to the draw
closing off
shutting down
stealing a march on
stemming the flow of
providing against
keeping within bounds
screwing up
lousing up
boxing in
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
keeping the lid on
putting off
fouling up
defending against
holding off
forefending
commandeering
sparing
reprieving
freeing
preparing for
heading off at pass
keeping waiting
bottlenecking
removing
absolving
postponing
burdening
retardating
crabbing
resisting
keeping from
causing to wait
causing to stay
exempting
dispensing
deferring
protracting
pausing
intervening
foreclosing
interposing
shelving
remitting
proroguing
discharging
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
intermitting
prolonging
dissuading
quashing
disqualifying
shunting
turning
shoving aside
looking away
veering
turning from
putting back
holding off on
choking off
holding over
bogging down
taking down
backing off
outlawing
sandbagging
reducing
tabooing
enjoining
estopping
getting round
making unnecessary
obscuring
making impossible
discontinuing
quitting
making it impossible for
making impracticable
ceasing
making it impracticable for
strangulating
putting on brakes
putting an stop to
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
forecasting
foreseeing
projecting
preoccupying
predicting
monopolizing
US
expecting
envisioning
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
reining
corking
monopolising
UK
ruining
harnessing
leashing
bottling up
straitening
holding in check
scuttling
overturning
invalidating
snookering
reining back
putting away
tying down
gaoling
UK
circumscribing
killing
pulling in
having on a tight leash
guiding
cracking down
keeping down
bringing under control
delimiting
pinning down
locking up
hemming in
keeping in line
boxing up
hogtying
sitting on
hogtieing
impounding
imprisoning
stemming
pulling back
jailing
US
directing
squashing
nullifying
repelling
upsetting
confounding
nobbling
repulsing
checkmating
undoing
dashing
spoiling
outwitting
counterplotting
blanking
crossing
burying
doing for
disappointing
defeating
strangling
muffling
damming
pegging
disciplining
upsetting the applecart
beating down
messing up
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the kibosh on
putting the mockers on
putting the stopper on
causing setback
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
entrammelling
entrammeling
putting a limit on
cramping one's style
saddling with
giving a hard time
discounting
discarding
dismissing
cooling off
buttoning up
putting the brakes on
fighting back
cutting back
biting back
keeping tight rein on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping a lid on
keeping lid on
cooling down
excepting
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
disallowing
proscribing
revoking
canceling
US
suspending
cancelling
UK
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
banning
forgetting about
freezing out
bating
counting out
leaving out
lessening
diminishing
tempering
decreasing
softening
toning down
quelling
mitigating
swallowing
easing
lowering
abating
sinking
deadening
silencing
calming
damping down
modulating
weakening
squelching
stilling
lightening
mastering
allaying
contracting
muting
quieting
overcoming
ebbing
minimizing
US
quenching
corking up
submerging
shrinking
alleviating
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
minimising
UK
dulling
concealing
tapering
pocketing
stamping out
cutting down
assuaging
shutting in
soothing
mollifying
taking the edge off
extinguishing
playing down
overpowering
capping
slackening
blunting
cracking down on
settling
waning
cutting
enclosing
dropping
de-escalating
winding down
relieving
slashing
cushioning
modifying
dwindling
attenuating
adjusting
conquering
qualifying
composing
tailing off
clamping down on
licking
tranquilizing
US
hiding
shushing
declining
mellowing
easing off
depreciating
bounding
terminating
constricting
depressing
pacifying
tightening
palliating
fixing
simmering down
narrowing
petering out
drying up
quelching
diluting
dropping off
narrowing down
decrementing
managing
relaxing
crushing
shutting up
locking in
closing in
collecting
gulping back
rolling back
putting a lid on
beating
denying
subsiding
setting
staunching
wearing away
wearing down
abasing
degrading
trimming
caging
devaluating
monitoring
calming down
slacking off
falling off
letting up
catching
evading
placating
circumnavigating
clipping
getting a grip on
gaining mastery over
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
skirting
sidestepping
minifying
marking off
putting the lid on
pulling up
bringing down
bringing to a standstill
steering clear of
tapering off
marking down
making smaller
becoming smaller
slumping
destroying
fading
humbling
immuring
degenerating
wasting
decaying
drooping
demarcating
incarcerating
cowing
corralling
balancing
deflating
chilling out
shortening
adapting
abridging
abbreviating
subjugating
defining
vanquishing
interning
concentrating
truncating
stanching
cooping up
recovering
withstanding
ending
dying down
losing edge
running low
deteriorating
withering
shriveling
US
crumbling
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
compressing
docking
chastening
demarking
delimitating
wrecking
throttling
besting
fencing in
immobilizing
US
eliding
focussing
focusing
setting limits on
imposing limits on
surmounting
syncopating
hushing
covering up
downsizing
mortifying
dispatching
keeping secret
immobilising
UK
deemphasizing
dominating
downplaying
compacting
girdling
eroding
collapsing
pinching
constringing
impairing
triumphing over
bringing to a halt
condensing
revising
cutting short
walling in
putting half nelson on
downscaling
putting down
scaling down
paring
altering
drawing up
tensing
tautening
clenching
extenuating
fetching up
getting under control
tucking
astringing
putting damper on
making less intense
biting one's lip
downgrading
retrenching
couching
prevailing over
dialing down
axing
becoming narrower
de-emphasizing
bringing to an end
gaining control of
winning against
trimming down
trimming back
making cutbacks in
paring down
making narrower
drawing in
talking down
stepping down
making light of
drawing together
dimming
coming down hard on
re-collecting
gulping
squeezing
cornering
lulling
inspecting
rallying
fighting
rationing
drowning
censoring
gaining control over
keeping control of
clouding
sobering
darkening
shading
deepening
stultifying
constipating
rebating
draining
keeping a rein on
keeping on a string
shaving
depleting
keeping feeling inside oneself
acting against
internalizing
US
bottling
internalising
UK
lapsing
getting out of
mincing
breaking
capsulizing
telescoping
capsuling
escaping
bypassing
idling
temperating
bringing up
sidetracking
scrubbing
bracing
whittling down
rounding down
benumbing
icing
quietening
tongue-tying
numbing
economizing
US
economising
UK
keeping at bay
keeping off
staving
tailing away
piping down
settling down
dampening down
bringing into line
specifying
prescribing
marring
receding
falling
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
knocking off
setting a limit on
putting a ceiling on
laying down the law to someone
making reasonable
relenting
plummetting
plunging
plummeting
overmatching
hegemonizing
cauterizing
US
decelerating
stunting
bringing an end to
punishing
crashing
juking
ditching
unsettling
stumping
taking wind out of
snuffing out
overbearing
upending
getting
commanding
keeping under wraps
concussing
depriving
shotgunning
necessitating
rebuffing
denting
keeping inside
jamming up
blacking out
cooling out
meeting halfway
placing a limit on
dummying up
palling
bringing to a stop
sealing in
sealing up
girding
skunking
worsting
getting over
cauterising
UK
amortising
UK
casting down
delineating
surrounding
bringing to a screeching halt
tiing one's hands
keeping within limits
making less
running down
amortizing
US
administering
draining away
ratcheting down
dying away
phasing down
falling away
dying out
becoming less
blurring
growing smaller
growing less
lagging
miring
slapping down
slackening pace
getting around
quietening down
harshing
overlooking
methodizing
penning
drawing the line on
environing
encircling
encompassing
doing down
loitering
embogging
reefing
procrastinating
systematizing
US
organizing
US
smoothing
stabilizing
US
clobbering
petering
mewing
reconciling
allocating
prelimiting
outlining
playing for time
gentling
legislating
policing
administrating
attuning
determining
deciding
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
stabilising
UK
smoothing out
demilitarising
UK
taking the heat
rescuing
resolving
padding
defusing
demilitarizing
US
clearing the air
reclaiming
busting
standardizing
US
coordinating
harmonizing
US
letting down flaps
hitting the brakes
encasing
including
housing
encaging
enveloping
inclosing
hedging
closeting
swaying
supervising
understating
marking out
nailing down
replying
riposting
fighting off
defending
defending yourself
putting up a fight
retaliating
beating off
conditioning
forming
influencing
dictating
superintending
tuning
varying
toning
watering down
humiliating
pounding
shaping
affecting
moulding
UK
overseeing
stewarding
shaking
indisposing
underrating
suffocating
underplaying
underlying
touching
presiding over
undervaluing
whitewashing
inflecting
mewing up
hemming
underemphasizing
predisposing
shepherding
disposing
acting on
working on
molding
US
inclining
keeping an eye on
keeping tabs on
fencing
impacting on
exerting influence on
trivializing
US
standardising
UK
organising
UK
pacing
systematising
UK
tweaking
transmogrifying
changing
fine-tuning
revamping
harmonising
UK
shifting
amending
switching
being a factor in
having an effect on
cinching
devaluing
fouling
discrediting
shaming
disgracing
smirching
dishonoring
US
cheapening
demeaning
debasing
flattening
isolating
snuffing
having an impact on
cropping
trivialising
UK
afflicting
lopping
chopping
clamping down
glossing over
tightening up on
taking severe measures against
taking stern measures against
getting tough on
centreing
shrugging off
making nothing of
coming down heavily on
localizing
US
centring
localising
UK
pinpointing
making little of
getting tough
setting little store by
coming down on like a ton of bricks
coming down on
detracting from
centering
setting no store by
putting out of action
bringing low
dishonouring
UK
palisading
hushing up
giving little weight to
dumbing down
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
attaching little importance to
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
putting in one's place
cutting down to size
picketing
getting smaller
getting narrower
getting thinner
tightening up
slimming down
boiling down
putting a restriction on
breaking off
stopping from spreading
hedging in
railing in
penning in
more ❯
“Police officers will also make regular checks to
deter
the sale and use of drugs in discos and pubs.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
discouraging
dissuading
inhibiting
hindering
putting off
scaring off
talking out of
cautioning against
warning against
disinclining
preventing
advisingagainst
disadvising
warning off
dehorting
stopping
persuading not to
urging not to
urging against
persuading against
turning aside
arguing out of
advising not to
detaching
discountenancing
disfavoring
removing
halting
disfavouring
frightening off
swaying
weaning
changing somebody's mind
turning against
diverting
sidetracking
deprecating
counselling
UK
counseling
US
derailing
remonstrating against
throwing off
turning off
crying out against
leaning on
expostulating against
more ❯
“Some, however, doubt that a minimum five-year jail term will
deter
hardened criminals.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
disheartening
discouraging
daunting
dismaying
dispiriting
crushing
depressing
dejecting
casting down
dashing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
sapping
throwing
desolating
unmanning
unnerving
chilling
chillin
cowing
disappointing
enervating
frustrating
saddening
shaking
subduing
undermining
weakening
damping
dampening
disinclining
disparaging
humbling
humiliating
indisposing
making crestfallen
making dejected
making dispirited
making downhearted
weighing down
bringing down
getting down
knocking sideways
putting down
weighing heavily on
giving someone the blues
knocking for six
making someone fed up
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
knocking the stuffing out of
pouring cold water on
throwing a pall over
clouding
bringing low
casting a shadow
castrating
gelding
petrifying
devitalizing
lobotomizing
desiccating
dehydrating
deadening
blanketing
stamping out
upsetting
disconcerting
oppressing
disturbing
debilitating
mortifying
distressing
deflating
grieving
harrowing
haunting
burdening
making sad
making unhappy
making gloomy
making despondent
bumming out
bringing tears to your eyes
causing suffering to
hanging over
breaking someone's heart
dashing hopes
enfeebling
rattling
disempowering
disorganizing
unzipping
jumbling
disarranging
unglueing
ungluing
muddling
abashing
discountenancing
unsettling
disordering
nonplussing
embarrassing
snarling
crippling
sending up
taking apart
getting to
blowing out
blowing up
psyching out
taking steam out
chastening
squashing
chagrining
flattening
troubling
snubbing
belittling
debunking
quashing
destroying
trying
afflicting
perturbing
draining
wearying
tormenting
ailing
aggrieving
shooting down
puncturing balloon
taking down a peg or two
letting down easy
taking down
knocking down
cutting down to size
taking the wind out of your sails
letting wind out of sails
bugging
bothering
darkening
beating
dragging
dulling
abasing
fazing
reducing to tears
running down
casting a gloom upon
turning off
beating down
making desolate
keeping under
harshing someone's mellow
bearing down
dampening spirits
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discourage or overwhelm
daunting
discouraging
disheartening
dismaying
dispiriting
abashing
dejecting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconcerting
distressing
fazing
overwhelming
throwing
consternating
discombobulating
discomposing
disquieting
frustrating
perturbing
unsettling
discomfiting
panicking
rattling
sapping
thwarting
unnerving
upsetting
baffling
chilling
chillin
confounding
alarming
unmanning
putting off
shaking up
taking aback
throwing off balance
putting into a flap
putting someone off their stroke
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
throwing into a tizz
causing someone to lose their composure
frightening
intimidating
scaring
terrifying
appalling
terrorizing
US
awing
aweing
cowing
terrorising
UK
browbeating
scaring off
agitating
horrifying
shocking
scaring away
flustering
startling
affrighting
spooking
frighting
alaruming
disturbing
scarifying
scaring to death
bullying
subduing
confusing
petrifying
demotivating
nonplussing
overawing
ruffling
shaking
perplexing
discomforting
bothering
bulldozing
worrying
repelling
stiffing
unhinging
astounding
psyching out
striking terror into
mystifying
curdling the blood
making teeth chatter
scaring the bejesus out of
chilling to the bone
making one's blood run cold
making one's hair stand on end
making someone jump out of their skin
driving away
frightening away
chasing off
warning off
buffaloing
impressing
blinding someone with something
taking your breath away
dissuading
embarrassing
discountenancing
throwing into panic
mortifying
scaring stiff
scaring witless
surprising
filling with fear
freezing your blood
giving someone goose pimples
getting the wind up
throwing into a panic
making one's flesh creep
giving one the creeps
putting the fear of God into
throwing into a fright
putting the wind up
chilling to the marrow
giving someone the heebie-jeebies
scaring the pants off
annoying
throwing into a blue funk
scaring someone out of their wits
scaring the living daylights out of
scaring someone half to death
puzzling
vexing
dumbfounding
flabbergasting
muddling
irritating
springing on
staggering
springing
giving someone a jolt
giving someone a fright
giving a turn
making jump
giving a shock
bewildering
scaring the daylights out of
making anxious
troubling
making uneasy
destabilizing
US
unbalancing
jolting
flummoxing
destabilising
UK
blinding
pulling the rug from under
pulling the rug out from under
distracting
flurrying
ailing
flooring
concerning
getting to
bemusing
bugging
stumping
irking
graveling
gravelling
frazzling
fussing
undoing
addling
stupefying
stunning
foxing
beating
distempering
befuddling
harassing
exercising
fuddling
hagriding
derailing
getting
hassling
plaguing
bamboozling
amazing
mazing
fretting
wildering
afflicting
freaking out
weirding out
posing
making someone scratch their head
astonishing
tormenting
disorienting
fogging
befogging
causing to be at a stand
chagrining
saddening
depressing
pestering
oppressing
aggrieving
needling
dazing
muddying
throwing off
agonizing
US
stirring up
grieving
displeasing
setting someone thinking
obfuscating
catching off balance
trying
agonising
UK
mixing up
exciting
offending
burning up
knocking sideways
angering
knocking for six
burdening
giving a hard time
provoking
humiliating
shaming
harrying
miffing
hurting
sickening
peeving
straining
making uncomfortable
bowling over
outraging
exasperating
weighing down
gnawing at
torturing
blowing your mind
disgusting
paining
stressing
besetting
galling
wounding
nettling
making nervous
working up
pothering
putting out of countenance
putting someone off their stride
ticking off
blowing away
setting someone back on their heels
making waves
going to your head
riling
beleaguering
discommoding
rocking
affronting
affecting
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
aggravating
disgruntling
dumfounding
crushing
thunderstriking
putting out
disappointing
surprizing
teasing
chafing
disorientating
niggling
desolating
harrowing
bringing up short
rattling one's cage
crazing
taking by surprise
stymieing
piquing
abasing
causing anxiety to
striking dumb
leaving open-mouthed
lying heavy on
making unhappy
eating at
picking on
hurting somebody's feelings
giving someone grief
getting at
stinging
hurrying
bustling
racking
stirring
anguishing
moving
scandalizing
US
haunting
disrupting
balking
US
demeaning
disarranging
baulking
UK
rousing
eluding
persecuting
making self-conscious
interrupting
nauseating
badgering
dazzling
dashing
tearing
narking
stimulating
stopping someone in their tracks
letting down
flipping
scandalising
UK
hounding
making punchy
intoxicating
inebriating
ridiculing
nagging
putting down
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
leaving aghast
arousing
fouling up
dogging
throwing into tizzy
knocking out
dampening
winding up
getting across
hacking off
indisposing
turning off
nagging at
screwing up
weighing heavily on
weighing on
throwing into a tizzy
giving a bad time
balling up
turning on
pushing buttons
egging on
debilitating
boggling the mind of
making your head spin
flipping out
causing concern to
causing suffering to
bumming out
grossing out
casting down
messing with one's head
cutting to the quick
causing discomfort to
knocking the stuffing out of
driving up the wall
making a scene
wringing
heating
insulting
revolting
disordering
sticking it to
confusticating
making fretful
inciting
inflaming
worsting
putting on edge
fluttering
hustling
confuscating
snowing
dizzying
quickening
inconveniencing
defeating
fearing
stewing
sweating
boggling the mind
paralysing
UK
disillusioning
catching unawares
delighting
throwing for loop
disenchanting
causing anxiety
grinding
devastating
turning
incapacitating
cramping
paralyzing
US
snafuing
sending into a spin
fermenting
keying up
rocking the boat
laying up
getting on your wick
firing up
getting someone
cursing
knocking for a loop
hacking you off
preying on your mind
disobliging
repulsing
excruciating
jarring
slighting
possessing
uncalming
taking the wind out of your sails
injuring
examining
ventilating
thickening
complicating
involving
tangling
lousing up
filling with consternation
messing up
mucking up
pushing
strapping
martyring
pricking
breaking
nit-picking
jumbling
entangling
encumbering
deflating
humbling
mourning
causing suffering
causing anguish
bleeding
causing sorrow
causing offense
lambasting
making miserable
doing a number on
arousing anxiety in
causing anguish to
making wretched
making it tough for
cutting up
bringing down
mucking
raveling
US
ravelling
UK
stumbling
niggling at
knocking the wind out of
harshing one's mellow
bugging up
making flip
pushing the buttons of
thumbing nose at
giving offence to
cutting
eating
grating
frosting
rasping
itching
spiting
griping
discrediting
dishonouring
UK
mixing you up
making awkward
making ashamed
owning
showing up
degrading
disgracing
belittling
snarling up
muddying the waters
taxing
furbelowing
blustering
wearing
frilling
abrading
dishonoring
US
numbing
wearying
draining
conquering
besotting
dementing
despairing
besieging
taunting
hanging up
taking the wind out
making someone eat humble pie
getting one's comeuppance
taking down a peg
putting to shame
taking down
making someone fed up
casting a gloom upon
dragging
damping
beating down
harshing someone's mellow
running down
getting down
making gloomy
enervating
darkening
giving someone the blues
hanging over
making sad
reducing to tears
making desolate
making despondent
bringing tears to your eyes
dampening spirits
bearing down
breaking someone's heart
dashing hopes
dulling
keeping under
baiting
jeering
catching one short
testing
importuning
making a monkey of
putting on the spot
putting in a spot
putting in a hole
knocking senseless
hitting like a ton of bricks
barracking
booing
hectoring
goading
dunning
shouting down
hissing
hazing
riding
sweating out
influencing
gibing
chivying
dissing
inspiring
jibing at
shouting at
heckling
shouting catcalls at
butting in
making game of
striking
grabbing
touching
overcoming
galvanizing
US
swaying
reaching
impacting
overpowering
telling on
feeling admiration
scoring
cutting a figure
slaying
carrying
enforcing
making an impression on
showing off
making a hit
galvanising
UK
leaving a mark on
making an impression
killing
grandstanding
registering
making splash
pushing around
feeling respect
electrifying
thrilling
enthusing
having an impact on
hindering
upsetting the applecart
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for keep at bay
fending off
averting
avoiding
deflecting
discouraging
fighting off
holding off
keeping away
rebuffing
rebutting
rejecting
repelling
repulsing
resisting
spurning
warding off
keeping at bay
beating off
driving back
holding at bay
keeping at a distance
keeping at arm's length
keeping off
parrying
rebuking
refusing
snubbing
staving off
turning aside
checking
foiling
driving away
forcing back
frustrating
beating back
thrusting back
turning away
turning back
putting to flight
seeing off
sending packing
holding back
brushing off
putting down
defeating
fighting back
nixing
overthrowing
heave-hoing
forcing away
setting back
throwing back
fighting
declining
opposing
confronting
disowning
preventing
traversing
dueling
US
cooling
dismissing
duelling
UK
disputing
kicking
standing off
cutting
driving off
casting aside
turning down
knocking down
forcing off
chasing away
giving cold shoulder to
standing up against
blocking
stopping
defending
fencing
cold-shouldering
defending against
giving someone the brush-off
protecting against
giving the cold shoulder
guarding
screening
bulwarking
slighting
forfending
repudiating
keeping
warding
ignoring
disdaining
countering
fending
stiff-arming
snouting
freezing out
cutting dead
knocking back
sending away
drawing away
shielding against
safeguarding against
giving the brush
giving someone the go-by
telling someone where to get off
defending oneself against
guarding against
hindering
delaying
glancing
intercepting
obstructing
heading off
rebounding
standing up for
sidetracking
redirecting
glancing off
scorning
contemning
jilting
balking at
looking down on
giving the bum's rush
turning your nose up at
sneering at
scoffing at
sneezing at
treating with contempt
holding in contempt
refusing admittance to
denying
neglecting
crossing
disregarding
reproving
disallowing
chiding
protecting
shielding
safeguarding
forestalling
precluding
eluding
shirking
bypassing
anticipating
shunning
securing
telling off
putting off
passing up
covering
lashing out at
not hearing of
putting in one's place
putting up a fight
controlling
bottling up
containing
suppressing
concealing
repressing
retaliating
curbing
riposting
replying
restraining
defending yourself
shielding yourself from
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
denying access
guarding
blocking
obstructing
defending
impeding
blockading
shutting in
barring
barricading
shutting off
sealing
blocking off
cutting off
walling off
closing up
closing off
closing
damming
trammelling
trammeling
walling
fencing
walling up
screening
stonewalling
cordoning off
bricking up
stopping
fortifying
bolting
securing
locking
strengthening
fastening
latching
protecting
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