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What is another word for
diminish
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To become smaller or less in amount, degree or intensity
To make smaller or less in amount, degree or intensity
To cause to seem less impressive or valuable
To go into decline
To provide assuagement or palliation to
Make or become shorter
To have a diminishing effect on
Make poor
Militate against
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
(
arithmetic
)
To remove or reduce
To near the end of a supply of something
To cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
To confine or keep within certain limits
To fluctuate from one condition, form, level or state to another
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Verb
▲
To become smaller or less in amount, degree or intensity
subside
wane
ebb
recede
moderate
decrease
lessen
reduce
drop
fade
slacken
taper
decline
remit
shrink
temper
weaken
abate
contract
dwindle
ease
fall
lower
pall
plummet
relent
sink
slump
attenuate
drain
plunge
abbreviate
blur
close
de-escalate
extenuate
minify
retrench
shrivel
trail
let up
slacken off
cool off
drop off
settle down
tail off
taper off
trail off
become smaller
die away
die down
die out
fade out
fall away
fall off
fizzle out
peter out
phase down
ratchet down
fade away
go downhill
make smaller
come to an end
drain away
grow smaller
hit the floor
go through the floor
disappear
wither
ease off
flag
grow less
vanish
evaporate
deteriorate
melt away
fail
go down
depreciate
soften
droop
degenerate
decay
slow down
downsize
relax
wind down
drop away
wear off
slack off
waste away
waste
depress
mitigate
go away
end
ease up
wilt
deplete
downscale
sag
nosedive
dip
grow faint
minimize
US
languish
become less
dissolve
dissipate
quell
alleviate
cease
get smaller
crumble
collapse
settle
devaluate
deflate
stop
terminate
minimise
UK
tire
die off
slow
curtail
check
devalue
curb
lighten
wear away
sap
disperse
quieten
withdraw
constrict
descend
calm
take a nosedive
dent
go
crash
get less
flop
dry up
calm down
rachet down
grow dim
faint
run low
narrow down
dim
run out
impair
trail away
knock down
narrow
debilitate
dull
enfeeble
limit
enervate
condense
restrain
lag
emaciate
devitalize
retire
pass
melt
give out
finish
regress
thin
halt
retrocede
slack
give way
fall short
die
wear down
become weaker
tumble
come to nothing
retrograde
fall back
slip
break down
clear
rebate
flow back
cave in
come to a halt
quiet
adulterate
tone down
retreat
desist
restrict
debase
fizzle
cheapen
lull
falter
shorten
quieten down
lose edge
exhaust
compress
pass away
grow weaker
erode
return
subdue
become weak
thin out
relapse
fall through
cripple
vitiate
decrement
totter
lose
slope
assuage
compact
straiten
lapse
evanesce
make less
cool
tighten
retrogress
dive
slake
bate
prostrate
constringe
hang
bend
dangle
back
draw to a close
pale
bow
nose-dive
retract
depart
take a header
go back
etiolate
fall down
go into a tailspin
come to a stop
be no more
break up
get lower
slide
make narrower
lean
become lower
draw back
turn down
wear out
get narrower
become narrower
slash
modify
cut down
tail away
release
minimalize
disengage
dispel
allay
relieve
lose strength
lose intensity
inhibit
clear up
flow away
mollify
rescind
shape
elongate
modulate
peter
be forgotten
decimate
run dry
wizen
mummify
succumb
minish
grow
denature
bridle
dampen
still
slim
wrinkle
pull out
back away
drop back
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
lose courage
incapacitate
make less active
gutter
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
blow over
move away
phase out
thin down
be gone
telescope
impoverish
tremble
limp
move back
come down
unlax
coast
numb
close out
go downwards
destroy
atrophy
amputate
cut
crop
clip
abridge
soft-pedal
become less intense
back off
move further off
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
dilute
pare down
sink lower
squeeze
level off
contain
deaden
mute
chill out
cool it
draw away
alloy
cut back
roll back
slack up
lose spirit
capsule
capsulize
disintegrate
elapse
discontinue
defuse
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
determine
expire
quit
conclude
give in
cease to be
exit
become obsolete
die away or out
die away or down
sap the strength of
stoop
hang down
become extinct
take the bite out
take the sting out
rarefy
disable
undermine
soothe
offset
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
be on the way out
bag
swag
loll
drape
seat
downgrade
break off
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
miscarry
cease to exist
disappear from the face of the earth
scale down
sling
slouch
suspend
lop
skid
founder
bulge
slow up
take in
lose ground
drag
backslide
crater
buckle
break
scale back
curve
flap
tire out
let down
become limp
become flaccid
scatter
water down
undervalue
step down
take the heat off
damp down
bow out
muddy up
bomb
hang loosely
fall unevenly
bust
mark down
lose value
be deficient
bleach
sicken
whiten
blanch
wan
write down
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
choke
cramp
strangle
take the edge off
lose significance
hit the dirt
tip over
go awry
write off
tauten
strangulate
focus
circumscribe
clench
tense
confine
pinch
go amiss
be wanting
be precipitated
be insufficient
tuck
astringe
become less dense
become less numerous
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
grow dull
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
become less in number
clear out
be inadequate
be found lacking
lose lustre
not come to ripeness
draw together
get thinner
draw in
more ❯
“The symptoms should gradually
diminish
as the body recovers from the treatment.”
Verb
▲
To make smaller or less in amount, degree or intensity
reduce
cut
decrease
lessen
lower
curtail
weaken
prune
blunt
check
constrict
contract
curb
downscale
downsize
limit
narrow
restrict
shrink
abate
cut back
cut down
dent
deplete
erode
pare down
retrench
sap
undermine
disempower
ease
knock down
de-escalate
make weaker
drop
trim
slash
minimize
US
moderate
dwindle
scale down
minimise
UK
pare
slim down
temper
make cutbacks in
mark down
attenuate
axe
UK
ax
US
whittle down
bring down
taper
lighten
cut back on
salami-slice
decrement
depreciate
depress
mitigate
devalue
quell
devaluate
shorten
shave
clip
whittle away
degrade
wind down
step down
roll back
cheapen
rationalize
US
make reductions in
dilute
alleviate
impair
downgrade
discount
sink
break
rationalise
UK
tone down
abridge
tail off
take the edge off
write down
write off
miniaturize
US
miniaturise
UK
truncate
extenuate
restrain
lace
minify
ebb
couch
relax
decline
soften
delete
dial down
make less
undervalue
keep down
taper off
eliminate
drop off
take down
deduct
deflate
cut down on
debase
trim down
ease off
trim back
thin out
water down
phase down
phase out
ease up on
put down
discredit
ration
humble
belittle
cushion
slim
slenderize
subdue
stifle
economize on
damp down
dock
let up
whittle
turn down
slow
dip
round down
make fewer
abbreviate
thin
confine
remove
take off
omit
demote
get rid of
do away with
retrench on
ratchet down
reduce greatly
adulterate
lower in price
cut in price
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
extend
sophisticate
lower the price of
undersell
make cheaper
rein in
put on sale
cause to fall
invalidate
subtract
render worthless
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
soften the impact of
disgrade
demerit
drive down
refine
clarify
soften up
economize
US
economise
UK
edit
emaciate
spike
disperse
stretch
purify
subtilize
sublimate
cook
irrigate
water
expand
doctor
needle
scale back
rarefy
roll down
budget cut
trim away
tune down
weed out
wane
dry up
cast down
slacken
amortise
UK
peter out
slow down
tighten
qualify
amortize
US
make smaller
drain
close
more ❯
“Federalism is intended to
diminish
the power of the central state.”
Verb
▲
To cause to seem less impressive or valuable
belittle
denigrate
depreciate
devalue
decry
demean
deprecate
disparage
derogate
malign
revile
undervalue
vilify
vilipend
deride
dis
discount
dismiss
diss
insult
minimise
UK
minimize
US
rubbish
scorn
slate
slur
trash
underrate
asperse
cheapen
vituperate
abuse
dispraise
pan
poormouth
detract from
bad-mouth
dump on
poor-mouth
run down
write off
scoff at
slag off
talk down
trash-talk
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
have a go at
play down
pull apart
pull to pieces
put down
sling mud at
cry down
cut down to size
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
sneer at
speak badly of
speak ill of
tear down
kiss off
put away
trivialize
US
lessen
discredit
reduce
trivialise
UK
underestimate
downgrade
defame
knock
misprize
minify
make light of
detract
lower
criticize
US
pooh-pooh
degrade
criticise
UK
understate
slam
hold cheap
downplay
sell short
slight
gloss over
de-emphasize
brush aside
deflate
slander
drag through the mud
take down
disgrace
shrug off
underemphasize
roast
smear
traduce
debase
treat lightly
ridicule
soft-pedal
humiliate
humble
calumniate
disdain
sink
mudsling
pour scorn on
take to pieces
hit out at
make little of
condemn
attack
censure
mock
do down
set little store by
shame
underplay
rap
abase
dishonour
UK
pick holes in
undermine
weaken
rate too low
smirch
dishonor
US
chasten
foul
do an injustice to
not do justice to
devaluate
despise
take away from
take down a peg
blister
set no store by
rip
bash
ruin
disregard
destroy
spurn
flame
disesteem
contemn
laugh at
mortify
prostitute
cut rate
brush off
tear into
libel
besmirch
decrease
impugn
think little of
denounce
depress
blame
attenuate
stigmatize
US
blast
compromise
lambaste
reject
scorch
laugh off
stigmatise
UK
repudiate
mark down
discard
drop
bring down
give a bad name
poor mouth
corrupt
throw mud at
be wrong about
pervert
mar
damage
pooh pooh
debauch
deprave
bastardize
US
demoralize
US
deteriorate
profane
warp
vitiate
canker
subvert
shoot down
spoil
poison
look down on
opprobriate
think too little of
demoralise
UK
bastardise
UK
cast down
tone down
make nothing of
undersell
wreck
total
demolish
simplify
marginalise
UK
marginalize
US
play something down
subordinate
misjudge
put-down
break
squelch
squash
backbite
withdraw
blacken
question
sneer
revalue
devalorize
talk trash
demote
mistrust
sour grapes
criticize unfairly
write down
underrepresent
put hooks in
knock off
nose dive
object
disapprove
discommend
expostulate
frown
subtract from
crawl
spread lies about
underprize
underprice
minimalize
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
dwarf
abbreviate
abate
downcry
make fun of
berate
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
cut to the quick
blacken the character of
scandalise
UK
blacken the name of
scandalize
US
sully the reputation of
subjugate
bring low
make light
objectify
knock down
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
not go for
discountenance
fault
bad mouth
rip up
pillory
execrate
take dim view of
rail against
deplore
give black eye
clamor against
reprehend
anathematize
cavil at
inveigh against
reprobate
fulminate against
excoriate
carp at
bag
pummel
US
skewer
betray
animadvert
disapprove of
find fault with
hammer
banish
pummelled
UK
monster
complain
snipe at
hit
rail
drag down
demonize
US
demonise
UK
come down on
hold forth against
tear to shreds
decline
fall
abandon
do a number on
take swipe at
take away
throw stones at
set aside
dispel
forget
deny
shelve
sell out
miscalculate
lay aside
eradicate
to denigrate
find fault
take a dig at
tear to pieces
repulse
rally
scout
gibe
flout
taunt
have done with
relegate
gird
twit
jeer
scoff
be untrue to oneself
lose value
render worthless
beat down
lay into
miscarry
cast out
think no more of
speak evil of
throw brickbats at
pay no heed to
put out of your mind
laugh away
injure
taint
stain
not do justice
ignore
soil
tarnish
sully
harm
reflect badly on
besmear
impair
desensitize
US
brutalize
US
dehumanize
US
disconsider
reproach
expose
puncture
drag through the mire
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
bring into disrepute
shoot
bring into disfavour
dehumanise
UK
disbar
desensitise
UK
worsen
depose
bump
rule out
bemean
declass
cut down
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
brutalise
UK
snub
put in a bad light
show in a bad light
bring shame upon
reflect on
show up
frown upon
blow up
disclaim
disown
bring to naught
poke full of holes
take rug out from under
knock bottom out of
tell someone to get lost
cast aside
give someone the brush-off
cold-shoulder
look right through
give the cold shoulder to
sweep aside
poke fun at
treat with contempt
overlook
tease
rag
jeer at
lampoon
jibe at
satirize
US
take no notice of
poke mullock at
take the mickey out of
make sport of
take the piss out of
satirise
UK
pass over
neglect
refuse to acknowledge
sniff at
disrespect
rebuff
chaff
caricature
parody
pay no attention to
ride
rib
kid
banter
make a fool of
blink at
quiz
heap scorn on
look down upon
jolly
send up
cock a snook at
treat as unimportant
put aside
shun
high-hat
snoot
disbelieve
abhor
regard with contempt
sneeze at
overpass
whitewash
laugh to scorn
chill
jibe
cut
torment
josh
paper over
wink at
razz
stiff
fail
hold up to ridicule
make jokes about
jive
raz
takeoff
make a game of
fleer
give someone the go-by
laugh
unmask
knock back
mimic
jape
pull one's leg
rail at
travesty
make a laughing-stock
haze
needle
flout at
cartoon
freeze out
cut dead
rag on
turn a blind eye to
omit
give the cold shoulder
treat something lightly
wave aside
forget about
jest
cock a snook
defy
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
treat contemptuously
have no time for
disobey
be scornful about
boo
take no account of
give no credence to
doubt
take with a pinch of salt
wave something aside
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
have contempt for
have no use for
fleer at
scout at
brush something aside
dig at
show contempt
hold in disdain
frown on
turn your back on
steer clear of
blank
send to Coventry
thumb one's nose
look past
turn a deaf ear to
condone
forgive
remit
pardon
excuse
turn one's nose up at
look down one's nose at
look down at
burlesque
gloze over
affront
expose to ridicule
chiack
wind up
be sarcastic about
hold up to shame
goof on
make a monkey out of
make someone a laughing stock
sling off at
laugh out of court
stiff-arm
shake off
slap
outrage
wound
offend
make a joke of
never mind
treat disrespectfully
turn deaf ear to
give offence
show disrespect
give the brush
skip
show disrespect for
not give time of day
cool
upstage
hate
abominate
be contemptuous about
show contempt for
laugh something off
hold in contempt
be allergic to
look down nose at
look down your nose at
turn your nose up at
lout
more ❯
“Rian believed that his critics were merely trolls trying to
diminish
his masterpiece.”
Verb
▲
To go into decline
fail
decline
degenerate
deteriorate
fade
flag
regress
atrophy
retrograde
retrogress
collapse
depreciate
disimprove
ebb
spoil
droop
sicken
stagnate
wither
disintegrate
dwindle
fall
languish
waste
crumble
degrade
rot
slide
vitiate
debase
debilitate
sink
weaken
perish
sag
slip
slump
devolve
lag
lapse
wilt
go
worsen
decay
dilapidate
drop
emaciate
impair
putrefy
wane
become debilitated
go downhill
go backwards
become worse
fall apart
break down
waste away
get worse
wear away
go bad
grow worse
lose quality
break up
go to pot
be in decline
hit the skids
fall to pieces
go into decline
go to pieces
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
go down the toilet
descend
lessen
fall off
go down the tubes
decrease
grow weak
go to the dogs
recede
pine
pall
die
die out
shrink
faint
nosedive
melt away
fade away
lower
go to the pack
go to rack and ruin
contract
abate
slacken
backslide
dissolve
erode
go to seed
become dilapidated
run to seed
go down
become moribund
evaporate
disappear
taper off
peter out
fall into disrepair
be slipping away
shrivel
be neglected
be in extremis
be approaching death
come apart at the seams
have one foot in the grave
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
die away
weary
succumb
go from bad to worse
damage
take a turn for the worse
make something worse
take a nosedive
depress
corrode
die off
die down
ebb away
become emaciated
dry up
become shrunken
become enfeebled
shrivel up
want
long
desire
sigh
hunger
yearn
suspire
hanker
sorrow
grieve
snivel
teeter
ail
tucker
brood
wither away
despond
knock out
pine away
conk out
go soft
fizzle out
go into a decline
fag out
die on vine
eat your heart out over
relapse
moulder
UK
revert
molder
US
fall into decay
return
subside
go pear-shaped
corrupt
decompose
retreat
undermine
deprave
run down
retrocede
fragment
break
skid
turn
give way
go back
fold
be abandoned
be disregarded
be forgotten
be the worse for wear
cave in
flounder
go to ruin
plummet
bomb
self-destruct
thin
appear
arrive
spiral
decompensate
reduce
suffer
go down the tube
injure
adulterate
alloy
mar
drop in
turn up
show up
peak
mope
moon
dry
drop off
pervert
demoralise
UK
warp
debauch
demoralize
US
stain
lose it
come apart at seams
fall down
lose strength
be worse for wear
be impaired
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
crumb
tumble
smash
beat
desiccate
fade out
tail off
rot away
tumble down
constrict
wizen
deflate
blast
blight
become limp
come to dust
drift back
slip back
recidivate
sink back
oxidize
US
become marcescent
fall away
give up
give in
free-fall
fall back
tarnish
become stale
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
lose ground
turn back
throw back
move back
splinter
shatter
draw to a close
stale
oxidise
UK
rust
fracture
founder
go stale
crumble away
rupture
explode
become rusty
break apart
separate
mold
US
disrupt
foul
rive
bust
fester
dismember
shiver
disunite
blow up
crumple
disband
deliquesce
dismantle
sever
disorganize
disperse
breakdown
divide
fly apart
taint
fall to bits
disconnect
compost
blow apart
split
detach
mould
UK
go belly-up
come apart
wash out
wash away
take apart
turn to dust
be smashed to smithereens
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide assuagement or palliation to
allay
ease
relieve
alleviate
reduce
assuage
calm
soothe
dull
lessen
mitigate
moderate
mollify
soften
blunt
decrease
palliate
abate
check
cushion
quell
quiet
relax
smooth
compose
deaden
dispel
lull
temper
appease
banish
dismiss
dissipate
help
subdue
destroy
eliminate
lenify
pacify
repress
chase away
drive away
drive off
lighten
put to rest
square
take the edge off
tone down
cool out
make nice
reduce something
play up to
pour oil on
take the bite out
take the sting out
weaken
dampen
stifle
restrain
lower
suppress
curb
attenuate
still
dilute
cool
smother
quieten
modify
muffle
damp
qualify
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
silence
quench
slacken
satisfy
control
placate
sweeten
numb
settle
slake
damp down
depress
benumb
extenuate
restrict
gentle
mute
impair
inhibit
buffer
curtail
deplete
slow
retard
hush
hold back
comfort
sate
dwindle
minimize
US
limit
contain
mellow
paralyse
UK
overcome
extinguish
minimise
UK
paralyze
US
put a damper on
sap
ameliorate
stop
gratify
de-escalate
fulfil
UK
downsize
loosen
devitalize
modulate
absorb
indulge
soft-pedal
chill out
debilitate
dim
calm down
play down
cripple
crush
cauterize
US
squelch
incapacitate
anaesthetize
UK
stay
release
unnerve
hinder
throw cold water on
obtund
put an end to
cut down
wind down
anesthetize
US
cauterise
UK
fulfill
US
let up on
pour cold water on
subside
satiate
degrade
salve
excuse
erode
remit
halt
quash
desensitize
US
dent
drop
downscale
meet
disencumber
unburden
kill
fill
ruin
vary
free
unload
thin
content
settle down
mask
handicap
neutralize
US
dam
make less
squash
discourage
enervate
stem
whiten
disable
quiet down
vindicate
moisten
tire
knock down
block
quieten down
wreck
pad
patch things up
etiolate
staunch
loose
pipe down
prevent
ease off
undermine
stanch
drain
exhaust
blanket
disburden
empty
change
regulate
torpefy
neutralise
UK
cloud
arrest
clear
stun
cut back
turn down
desensitise
UK
enfeeble
dampen down
stupefy
take a load off
get rid of
knock out
drown
cut off
rein in
keep in check
dulcify
surfeit
rein
fix up
address
improve
take sting out
diffuse
revise
serve
put a stop to
lullaby
disempower
narrow
becalm
spare
taper
depreciate
cut
make weaker
slack
untighten
make smaller
gruntle
shrink
wane
contract
decrement
stroke
reassure
balm
fall
cease
conciliate
restraint
euphemize
tame
discount
prune
propitiate
lay off
take pressure off
water down
provide for
shade
sober
darken
deepen
commute
ebb
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
rock to sleep
lay back
cool off
hebetate
bring to a standstill
withstand
oppose
resist
insulate
buttress
bolster
seclude
guard
sedate
take it easy
take the edge
protect against
wear away
roll back
peter out
wear down
reconcile
glut
gorge
pare down
shush
dumb
make less strict
make less formal
ease up on
put a lid on
disarm
reduce the force of
daze
stultify
narcotize
drug
tenderize
US
melt
reduce the effect of
defend against
shield against
let up
die down
grow less
humour
UK
win over
tail off
make lighter
safeguard against
knead
bend
yield
dissolve
thaw
disintegrate
relent
mash
tenderise
UK
give
make peace with
do
humor
US
render insensitive
dullen
chill
mince
cork up
shut up
put the lid on
keep it down
bottle up
muzzle
gag
decrease the volume
put damper on
stabilize
US
immobilize
US
prostrate
indispose
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
exculpate
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
varnish
deflate
adapt
meet halfway
be enough
deter
resolve
demilitarise
UK
save
rescue
recover
stabilise
UK
defuse
demilitarize
US
become tender
levitate
take
remove
upraise
uplight
facilitate
shift
jettison
eradicate
brighten
make matters up
mar
cure
counteract
fatigue
waste
dash
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
constrain
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
solace
circumscribe
make conditional
accede to somebody's demands
bridle
stamp out
liss
interrupt
spoil
add a rider to
add to
alter
add reservations to
make additions to
aid
break up
assist
emasculate
make feeble
unhinge
knacker
make weak
shatter
lay low
put on a Band-Aid
govern
master
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
delay
bring respite to
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat
lick
detain
bring an end to
make bearable
mess up
harsh
do in
immobilise
UK
wear out
put down
keep a lid on
clamp down on
crack down on
keep the lid on
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
take load off
dispirit
stunt
decelerate
impede
discharge
make something bearable
bankrupt
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
overwhelm
trouble
ail
break
dishearten
demoralize
US
deject
subjugate
dismay
bring aid
bring aid to
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
justify
impoverish
upset
shake
sadden
oppress
daunt
interfere with
back-water
loiter
hit the brakes
lose speed
postpone
procrastinate
embog
slow down
choke
reef
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
defend
liberate
fade
explain
explain away
whitewash
deodorize
US
humble
perturb
defeat
chagrin
bother
weary
abase
distress
overpower
rid
off-load
unpack
unlade
divest
pale
weigh down
demoralise
UK
cast a pall over
bum out
bear down on
cast down
beat down
make allowances for
gloze over
deodorise
UK
put out of order
frustrate
come up with an explanation for
etherize
chloroform
make a case for
KO
gloss over
put to sleep
injure
freeze
give an explanation for
make allowances
gas
deprive
consume
make excuses for
lay out
downplay
discolor
US
dope
unchain
dump
absolve from
excuse from
disembarrass
take a load off your mind
pauperize
bleach
bring to ruin
liquidate
bring down
wipe out
decolorize
tarnish
decolor
faint
blanch
achromatize
blench
decolour
make destitute
decimate
bleed dry
ruinate
clean out
become washed out
wash out
grow dim
become lighter
become colorless
grow pale
lose luster
become paler
make pale
go white
evanish
lose brightness
discolour
UK
grow dull
lose color
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make or become shorter
shorten
abbreviate
abridge
curtail
cut
decrease
dock
reduce
trim
lessen
truncate
condense
contract
shrink
compress
prune
clip
precis
synopsize
crop
cut down
elide
make shorter
syncopate
downsize
dwindle
bob
chop
cut back
cut short
edit
excerpt
get shorter
lop
minimise
UK
minimize
US
pare down
retrench
slash
snip
take up
telescope
blue pencil
boil down
turn up
cut to the bone
put in a nutshell
make a long story short
slim down
concentrate
pare
narrow
limit
restrict
shear
round down
cut off
put in nutshell
foreshorten
slim
constrict
top
deflate
lop off
whittle down
shave
waste away
abstract
summarize
US
tighten
digest
curb
epitomize
US
minify
restrain
tighten up
cramp
inhibit
control
halt
outline
sketch
break off
rein in
stop
sum up
rein back
hold back
roll back
epitomise
UK
summarise
UK
put a restriction on
put the brakes on
put a limit on
get to meat
give a summary of
give an abstract of
give a precis of
give an outline of
give a digest of
give a synopsis of
recapitulate
recap
encapsulate
give the main points of
brief
reprise
précis
wrap up
give a rundown of
give the gist of
review
summate
describe
capsulize
delineate
indicate
run through
go over
run down
make a summary of
give a thumbnail sketch of
capture
compact
express
record
draft
US
characterize
US
adumbrate
draught
UK
characterise
UK
touch on
skeleton
give a rough idea
give a rough idea of
lay out
tell about
skeletonize
give a quick rundown on
make an outline of
rehash
compile
skim
sum
inventory
cipher
US
retrograde
cypher
UK
give an precis of
rough out
chalk out
give a resume of
go through the main points of
map out
block out
trace out
give a brief idea of
give main points
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a diminishing effect on
impair
damage
harm
mar
spoil
reduce
injure
undermine
vitiate
weaken
blunt
decrease
hinder
lessen
worsen
debilitate
deteriorate
compromise
enervate
enfeeble
blemish
bloody
break
crab
cripple
deface
disable
disfigure
endamage
flaw
hurt
impede
threaten
blight
cheapen
debase
destroy
devaluate
devalue
ding
disqualify
invalidate
prejudice
queer
ruin
tarnish
total
tweak
unfit
cross up
foul up
lose strength
make useless
mess up
rough up
put the kibosh on
sap
erode
subvert
sabotage
wear away
corrode
eat away
consume
shake
disrupt
destabilize
US
wreck
destabilise
UK
chip away at
emasculate
crush
use up
abrade
crumble
wound
eat into
fret
thwart
foil
torpedo
dissolve
scour
weather
wear
interfere with
decay
waste
have a bad effect on
wear down
do harm to
eat away at
waste away
gnaw away at
dim
whittle
pull the rug out from under
undo
demolish
have a negative effect on
minimize
US
undercut
minimise
UK
detract
demean
belittle
curb
check
limit
chip away
jeopardize
US
disturb
impoverish
ravage
annihilate
afflict
devitalize
incapacitate
dismantle
depress
corrupt
taint
trash
infringe
encroach on
shock
scorch
blast
wither
batter
smash
shatter
inconvenience
jeopardise
UK
screw up
detract from
shake up
take out
smash up
louse up
muck up
be detrimental to
cause detriment to
wreak havoc on
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
place a limit on
eat
gnaw
rasp
disintegrate
rub
scrape
scratch
fray
nibble
devour
rot
frazzle
grind
use
corrade
gall
chafe
scrape away
botch
whittle away
disempower
rub away
grind down
bite
bite at
dent
sandbag
mine
dig
demoralise
UK
frustrate
soften
attenuate
tunnel
demoralize
US
challenge
dwindle
shrink
fade
bother
overwork
grind away
overuse
crumble away
rub down
decline
scuff
wash away
graze
tax
jade
break up
drag through the mud
dig out
hollow out
become worn
bite into
go to seed
become threadbare
cut down
gnaw away
wear through
scrape off
be worthless
wear thin
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
knock the bottom out of
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make poor
impoverish
deplete
drain
exhaust
sap
weaken
empty
bleed
enervate
reduce
deprive
suck dry
use up
wear out
expend
consume
spend
squander
waste
finish
milk
absorb
use
burn
devour
utilize
US
dissipate
attenuate
slash
draw
utilise
UK
draw down
get through
go through
eat up
run through
dry up
fritter away
dig into
run down
wash up
empty out
make use of
pay out
burn through
employ
frivol away
have recourse to
take last of
bleed dry
put to use
throw away
blow through
avail oneself of
swallow up
run out
finish up
run up
decrease
evacuate
lessen
lower
bankrupt
play out
slim down
pare down
undermine
cut back
blow
strain
dry
finish off
divert
squeeze
fleece
dispatch
clean out
throw
fritter
dispose of
frivol
wanton
void
eat
dispel
disperse
siphon
US
syphon
UK
break
bust
fiddle
trifle
tap
catheterize
lavish
draw off
burn out
misuse
misspend
take up
filter off
get rid of
pump out
free from
get last drop
lose
splurge
misapply
ebb
misemploy
waste away
fiddle away
trifle away
burn up
gamble away
run dry
be wasteful with
pour down the drain
throw around like confetti
spend recklessly
spend like water
more ❯
Verb
▲
Militate against
count against
backfire
counter
detract
hurt
militate against
oppose
reverse
weigh against
Verb
▲
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
lag
delay
linger
dawdle
loiter
dally
trail
idle
saunter
straggle
tarry
hang back
shilly-shally
crawl
creep
decrease
diddle
dillydally
dilly-dally
dither
drag
drop
fail
fall back
fall behind
flag
lallygag
lollygag
mope
poke
drag behind
ebb
slacken
trail behind
wane
falter
hobble
inch
jelly
limp
lounge
move slowly
plod
procrastinate
retard
shuffle
slouch
slow
stagger
stay
tail
tool
trudge
bring up the rear
not keep pace
be behind
drop back
drop behind
fall off
inch along
put off
slow up
drag one's feet
lose strength
get no place fast
drag your feet
pause
lag behind
hang about
stall
amble
wait
hesitate
mark time
hang around
take your time
drift
hang fire
vacillate
take one's time
wander
meander
nose
snail
waste time
ramble
ooze
temporize
US
traipse
kill time
putter
temporise
UK
hover
halt
fritter away
creak along
fool around
hang out
stay put
hold back
play for time
hold off
remain
loll
lose ground
loaf
bide
stray
mosey
roam
sag
toddle
rove
while away time
traik
trifle
shamble
go slowly
waver
filibuster
rest
defer
postpone
stop
walk slowly
hang
lodge
be slow
potter around
potter about
hang round
adjourn
not keep up
potter round
horse around
warm a chair
sit around
drag your heels
be dilatory
wait around
goof off
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
hang on
play a waiting game
be indecisive
hum and haw
stroll
slack
be left behind
shirk
follow
schlepp along
stonewall
be long
be tardy
totter
drag oneself
mooch
skulk
potter
tag along
drag yourself
slough
dabble
lurk
drag along
tag along behind
buy time
diddle-daddle
limp along
draggle
demur
teeter
wabble
pass time
fritter time away
poke along
creep along
become tedious
stagnate
boondoggle
scruple
wobble
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
prolong
protract
haver
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
swither
goldbrick
cool
sit on one's butt
fool with
while away
trifle with
be quiescent
appear to pass slowly
be delayed
encounter difficulty
slow down
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
play games with
fool about
go on too long
go on and on
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
take a raincheck
be undecided
suspend action
let slide
remit
shelve
goof around
stop over
lose time
hold up
put over
lay over
hold over
range
hold the phone
dangle
droop
put on hold
put back
hold off on
put on ice
leave to another time
suspend
prorogue
reschedule
put on the back burner
stand
abide
straddle
hang down
err
scramble
spread
maunder
stick
dwell
settle
reside
await
keep on
perch
endure
remain behind
nest
sweat it out
put down roots
continue
outstay
squat
sit tight
bunk
hold the fort
establish yourself
be left
stick around
stay out
stay behind
roost
establish oneself
hold on
be late
be strung out
poke around
string out
obstruct
pass the time
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
not hurry
discontinue
cease
resist
be leisurely
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
take too long
kick about
kick around
refrain from
adopt Fabian tactics
put something off
take no action
proceed in a leisurely fashion
avoid doing something
keep from doing something
prevent
block
hinder
speechify
sojourn
speak at length
employ delaying tactics
talk at length
bivouac
live
inhabit
cling
speak on and on
talk on and on
stay over
make camp
stay on
look forward
lie in wait
be patient
lie low
hold your horses
sit up for
keep shirt on
hold one's breath
stand by
wait on
hold your fire
kick your heels
bide one's time
cool your heels
save it
sweat it
stay up for
hang onto your hat
cool it
bide your time
hold everything
wait in the wings
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
arithmetic
)
To remove or reduce
subtract
deduct
remove
minus
abstract
debit
dock
take
withdraw
abate
decrease
detract
discount
unadd
withhold
take away
take from
take off
knock off
take out
draw back
allow
lessen
bate
reduce
rebate
reduce by
decrease by
roll back
cut back
write off
Verb
▲
To near the end of a supply of something
run low
dwindle
become depleted
get less
become exhausted
be short
be tight
be used up
be in short supply
Verb
▲
To cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
dwarf
outshine
overshadow
cap
exceed
outclass
outdo
outstrip
shame
surpass
top
transcend
trump
eclipse
extinguish
minimise
UK
minimize
US
outrival
tower above
put to shame
put in the shade
beat
upstage
excel
better
be a cut above
outvie
be head and shoulders above
outdistance
leave standing
be superior to
tower over
walk away from
defeat
outperform
outgun
outmatch
overtop
run rings round
be better than
run circles around
run rings around
leave behind
outrun
outplay
dominate
best
overtake
leave
get the better of
go one better
do better than
go one better than
outrank
trounce
outmanoeuvre
UK
out-think
outpace
pass
lead
outmaneuver
US
tower
surmount
rise above
be one up on
make look pale by comparison
run rings around someone
overwhelm
overpower
overrun
outstep
outhussle
own
put something to shame
leave something standing
put something in the shade
improve upon
go beyond
obliterate
shade
win the race
preponderate
rule over
throw into the shade
have command over
leave in the shade
overcome
outsmart
outjockey
outfox
cream
bulldoze
cook
down
lick
trash
snow
bury
gain on
fake out
get ahead of
do in
draw away from
shoot ahead
shake off
get further ahead of
score points off
pull a fast one
blow out of water
crush
wipe the floor with
rout
triumph over
win against
vanquish
conquer
subdue
knock spots off
thrash
clobber
prevail over
master
improve on
stuff
blow out of the water
drub
dispatch
overmatch
upend
skunk
stop
slaughter
take
outwit
be greater than
beat hollow
worst
overthrow
undo
hammer
subjugate
outgo
overbear
get
whip
get around
make mincemeat of
overstep
tank
demolish
outflank
shellac
override
crucify
triumph
outthink
smash
walk over
shoot ahead of
take to the cleaners
stand above
be a class above
blow away
be on another level
stand head and shoulders above
destroy
rank
outweigh
paste
murder
predominate
trim
quash
be more than
outreach
win
annihilate
knock over
distance
be victorious over
be victorious
blow out
go above
walk all over
do down
be master of
take precedence
bypass
outride
outgallop
head
take over
crown
break
stand out
knock off
unseat
outcompete
finesse
undermine
transform
overpass
wallop
pulverize
US
pound
overreach
fox
outslick
be at the front of
massacre
marmalize
flatten
be first in
be superior
leave in the dust
lose
be ahead of
be over
outguess
con
escape
catch somebody napping
call somebody's bluff
steal a march on somebody
widen the gap
humiliate
overdo
out-distance
overtax
pulverise
UK
whitewash
put someone in the shade
gain the advantage over
be more than a match for
get one over on
get the upper hand over
kill
run faster than
be larger than
wax
defeat utterly
scoop
break record
go by
have advantage
slam
throw off
elude
get away from
flee
quell
get upper hand
give a drubbing to
have it all over
have a jump on
turn inside out
suppress
take in
curb
weather
survive
floor
devastate
shock
oppress
throw
stun
reduce
outlive
prevail
drown
hurdle
render
get one up on
make a fool of
give a hiding
wipe out
win over
hose
knock out
gain a victory over
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
shut out
see off
pip at the post
knock socks off
come out on top of
grind down
bring someone to their knees
come out on top
bring to their knees
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To confine or keep within certain limits
restrict
limit
confine
regulate
circumscribe
bound
cap
contain
control
fix
hamper
moderate
curb
demarcate
ration
specify
bind
chain
constrain
constrict
contract
decrease
define
delimit
delimitate
demark
encircle
enclose
hold down
inclose
inhibit
modify
narrow
prelimit
qualify
reduce
repress
restrain
shorten
shrink
surround
temper
tether
impose limits on
set limits on
bottle up
clip someone's wings
cool down
cut down on
hang up
hold back
keep under control
keep within bounds
pin down
put away
send up
shut in
come down on
hem in
keep within limits
put on ice
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
check
hinder
stop
impede
obstruct
prevent
suppress
block
hold
retard
arrest
halt
trammel
bridle
bar
interfere with
prohibit
stifle
thwart
slow
fetter
hold up
slow down
keep in check
stymie
stall
clog
interdict
curtail
stay
shackle
subdue
cramp
put an end to
hold in
smother
rein in
debar
detain
tame
keep back
delay
baulk
UK
lock up
cork
handicap
ban
balk
US
straiten
still
keep
lessen
frustrate
hog-tie
choke
measure
shut down
govern
imprison
preclude
forbid
hamstring
cool
cut off
put a brake on
gag
put a stop to
pull in
encumber
interrupt
stem
disallow
terminate
quell
intern
immure
deter
proscribe
jail
US
foil
forestall
freeze
withhold
coop up
stonewall
gaol
UK
keep the lid on
outlaw
close in
crimp
modulate
fence
enjoin
dam
muffle
impound
shut out
muzzle
leash
postpone
avert
deny
rule out
hobble
keep down
box up
mitigate
monitor
tie up
hold off
pen
slow up
squelch
peg
silence
stave off
shut off
cage
nip in the bud
hedge
keep lid on
coop
ward off
ease
set
circumvent
tie
counter
close
blockade
suspend
rule
quash
quiet
derail
strangle
rein
oppose
entrammel
squash
defer
choke back
extinguish
put the brakes on
tone down
shelve
set back
defeat
catch
delineate
brake
simmer down
intercept
crack down
abate
avoid
lock in
soften
counteract
compose
mark out
forfend
defend against
lower
pull up
corner
staunch
end
head off
calm
throw a spanner in the works of
encompass
concentrate
trap
decelerate
stanch
collect
veto
corral
environ
slacken
swallow
wall
exclude
mure
tie down
quench
embargo
wrap
make illegal
manacle
retardate
deaden
bit
focus
incarcerate
eliminate
handcuff
remit
girdle
clamp down on
censor
discontinue
mark off
deprive
kill
blackball
establish
prorogue
keep an eye on
cumber
stop up
close out
ward
mew
cripple
obviate
drop
scrub
box in
skirt
draw up
fetch up
bring up
close off
adjust
put back
bog down
block off
shut up
wall in
stand in the way of
choke off
stamp out
put off
put half nelson on
get in the way of
bring to screeching halt
take down
put the kibosh on
adapt
hold over
let up
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
boycott
settle
weaken
rail
prescribe
circle
fasten
stunt
cover
crush
damp down
soothe
ostracize
US
yoke
guide
encase
direct
destroy
necessitate
clamp down
crack down on
keep a lid on
secure
compel
estop
mute
keep in line
discourage
relax
finish
reject
hogtie
hold in check
set the limits
jam
barricade
pocket
submerge
sink
ostracise
UK
dampen
occlude
embarrass
short-circuit
stuff
indenture
coerce
mire
depress
block up
scotch
mothball
beat
enslave
loiter
determine
congest
pound
clog up
overpower
close up
criminalize
US
abolish
adjourn
evade
stopper
bung up
fight back
bite back
pause
suffocate
cut back
fence in
keep in
immobilize
US
shush
immobilise
UK
cool off
plug up
taboo
intermit
nullify
circumnavigate
put an stop to
hem
disrupt
oppress
nix
hesitate
quieten
fend off
hold captive
ice
wind down
deflect
mew up
hedge in
criminalise
UK
sidestep
bring to a standstill
play down
button up
stem the flow of
break off
cut short
tongue-tie
cancel
baffle
steer clear of
bring to a close
spoil
scupper
put inside
declare illegal
cork up
keep under lock and key
fence off
bring to an end
back off
take tough action
lace
truss
fix together
lash
join
let
crib
clot
implant
induct
imbue
insert
veil
enfold
include
enshroud
impair
revise
blacklist
come down hard on
dissuade from
relieve
set a limit on
withstand
resist
mark
blunt
dull
idle
devitalize
sap
gum up
cover up
entrap
left out
keep feeling inside oneself
bring to naught
collar
keep secret
contravene
fix on
zero in
center on
US
gain control over
gain mastery over
deflate
gimp
forbid to
describe
clarify
garrote/garrotte
outline
restraint
conceal
sabotage
spike
dawdle
down
loaf
falter
bog
flag
poke
cramp one's style
put a crimp in
dummy up
dry up
hush
pigeonhole
reschedule
table
get around
get out of
chill
keep at bay
turn aside
stave
keep off
anticipate
oblige
forefend
confront
accost
waylay
hide
declare taboo
escape
bypass
put paid to
ring
envelop
discipline
snuff
bring to a screeching halt
tie one's hands
protract
require
engage
make
force
give the thumbs down to
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
nail down
except
overturn
bork
put out
hush up
heap
shower
shroud
make impossible
pacify
border
encage
edge
compass
fringe
refuse
impel
obligate
allay
prolong
respite
dither
prevaricate
quibble
equivocate
stand
tarry
quelch
sidetrack
brace
can
embrace
flank
gird
house
closet
wreathe
line
palliate
subjugate
override
exile
wreck
unrail
stump
juke
put the stopper on
ditch
take wind out of
upset
outwit
crash
ruin
do for
unsettle
manage
refrain
abstain
cook
concuss
shotgun
mince
mellow
break
damp
dismiss
stand over
engird
dissuade
temperate
dominate
put a limit on
dishearten
administer
no-platform
overthrow
put off the evil day
lay on the table
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
continue
carry over
put over
put in abeyance
do later
put off the evil hour
put in cold storage
hold in abeyance
cordon off
seal off
knock off
hold off on
make late
freeze out
methodize
overlook
avoid the issue
take one's time
buy time
stand still
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
stand off
peter out
drag one's feet
not move
faze
sandbag
enthral
UK
set apart
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
demur
throttle
shy
stumble
outvote
systematize
US
organize
US
shut out of
count out
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
harness
meet halfway
cool out
soft-pedal
tie hand and foot
reconcile
allocate
isolate
keep tight rein on
eradicate
tyrannize
US
police
administrate
legislate
black
rein back
put the lid on
tape up
seal somebody's lips
narrow down
bind over
bind up
centre on
UK
get tough on
put on brakes
put lock on
spurn
rebuff
plug
banish
center
US
centre
UK
localise
UK
stop in your tracks
pinpoint
localize
US
lag
exploit
disenfranchise
persecute
hegemonize
enchain
coordinate
standardize
US
stake out
take severe measures against
rout
take stern measures against
put down
overcome
weed out
come down heavily on
place a limit on
disqualify
seal
caulk
pull back
sit on
supervise
procrastinate
reef
embog
extirpate
annihilate
get rid of
demolish
bethrall
enthrall
US
beslave
disfranchise
subject
capture
decrement
bring under control
illegalize
curse
balance
superintend
block out
fill up
fill
protect
draw the line on
re-collect
master
clobber
wipe out
oversee
steward
have on a tight leash
declare ineligible
choke up
pack
jam up
minimize
US
taper
depreciate
downsize
downscale
defend
sell into slavery
tyrannise
UK
condemn to slavery
preside over
get tough
back-water
lose speed
cut down
keep waiting
lose steam
anchor it
vary
close down
place an embargo on
pass by
ice out
pass up
officially forbid
guard
bung
keep tabs on
lighten
tighten up on
condemn to servitude
knock back
throw out
keep under thumb
reduce to slavery
get hooks into
put in irons
give the thumbs down
subject to forced labour
turn down
tranquillize
UK
rally
tranquilize
US
lull
recover
inspect
hit the brakes
let down flaps
systematise
UK
pace
standardise
UK
organise
UK
stop from spreading
bottle
come down on like a ton of bricks
conclude
assuage
make conditional
phase out
step down
de-escalate
minimise
UK
tail off
whittle down
separate
add reservations to
change
add to
alter
screen
bulwark
safeguard
shield
pen in
fortify
fend
cease
make additions to
jug
commit
budget
conserve
kettle
rail in
send to prison
hold prisoner
put in prison
wind up
axe
UK
complete
abort
add a rider to
save
separate off
lapse
expire
slough
book
send down
take into custody
bastille
railroad
elapse
dead-end
round out
quit
pass
round off
die
go
wrap up
put into detention
put in chains
clap in irons
bring
belay
throw book at
put behind bars
throw in jail
put under lock and key
send up the river
bang up
take away
scratch
achieve
result
bring to a conclusion
prorogate
annul
come to an end
ultimate
desist
ax
US
run out
issue
dissolve
lay off
break up
leave off
wink out
recess
let go
perfect
pull the plug on
bring to an untimely end
limit to a fixed amount
restrict the consumption of
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To fluctuate from one condition, form, level or state to another
change
fluctuate
vacillate
vary
veer
deviate
differ
morph
mutate
seesaw
snap
teeter
waver
better
deteriorate
reverse
turn around
divert
worsen
yo-yo
shift
oscillate
alter
swing
alternate
see-saw
shilly-shally
hesitate
blow hot and cold
dither
sway
equivocate
rise and fall
go up and down
hem and haw
undulate
stagger
ebb and flow
waffle
be indecisive
run hot and cold
vibrate
wave
haver
wobble
be unsteady
be irresolute
hover
swither
be undecided
balance
halt
scruple
dilly-dally
flicker
come and go
reel
rock
shillyshally
pause
hedge
hum and haw
hang back
be unable to decide
be unable to make up your mind
pussyfoot around
sit on the fence
chop and change
think twice
depend
go back and forth
transform
turn
digress
displace
stall
tremble
dally
prevaricate
flip-flop
tergiversate
quiver
palter
trim
get cold feet
shudder
whiffle waffle
deliberate
beat around the bush
change one's mind
rotate
falter
interchange
intersperse
be doubtful
temporize
US
take turns
be unsure
be uncertain
substitute
be staggered
be interspersed
relieve
follow
wabble
fence-straddle
dillydally
whiffle
boggle
straddle
act in sequence
occur in turn
occur in rotation
work in sequence
temporise
UK
follow one another
act reciprocally
move between
fill in for
follow in turn
take it in turns
change mind
keep changing your mind
flutter
be unstable
swivel
lurch
librate
pivot
pitch
wiggle
toss
roll
whirl
waltz
waddle
totter
teeter-totter
ripple
waggle
dangle
switch
thrash
wag
pendulate
palpitate
fishtail
move backward and forward
move to and fro
move back and forth
go from one extreme to the other
delay
procrastinate
be in two minds
dawdle
be ambivalent
be hesitant
tarry
linger
waste time
wait
demur
doubt
trifle
defer
hold off
loiter
be on the horns of a dilemma
play a waiting game
wobble about
be on the fence
will and will not
faff about
dodge
tumble
break
potter
hang about
hang around
mess around
bobble
quaver
um and ah
kill time
drag your heels
move slowly
mark time
while away time
be tentative
have doubts
stumble
be divided
stutter
stammer
fumble
balk
US
feel uncertain
wonder about
ponder
shrink
stop
pussyfoot
hang
mammer
swerve
baulk
UK
debate
be reluctant
be unwilling
shrink from
weigh
flounder
have second thoughts
be disinclined
be in a quandary
be in a dilemma
lack conviction
be sceptical
think something unlikely
be dubious
harbour reservations about
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
express suspicions about
have doubts about
have reservations about
feel uneasy about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
think about
hold back
have qualms
shy away
pull back
sit on fence
adjourn
prolong
retard
postpone
protract
cool
goldbrick
lag
poke
drag
stay
put off
play for time
suspend action
kick the can down the road
let slide
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
postpone action
drag your feet
be dilatory
defer action
drag one's feet
take a raincheck
hang fire
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