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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 diminish or take credit from
To relieve or alleviate (a demand, desire or feeling)
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
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 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
ease off
go down
soften
flag
deteriorate
relax
grow less
vanish
evaporate
wither
melt away
depreciate
degenerate
nosedive
dip
fail
mitigate
droop
downsize
slow down
descend
ease up
crash
wind down
drop away
wear off
slack off
decay
dive
lighten
end
quell
deplete
alleviate
downscale
cease
tumble
go away
regress
grow faint
take a nosedive
minimize
US
waste away
become less
dissolve
slide
dim
dissipate
crumble
dull
stop
terminate
minimise
UK
calm
decrement
slow
curtail
calm down
rachet down
wear away
sag
get smaller
subdue
tone down
disperse
waste
nose-dive
settle
quieten
withdraw
devaluate
collapse
die off
deflate
dent
get less
restrain
slack
grow dim
run low
run out
slip
languish
curb
check
trail away
devalue
wilt
knock down
depress
go into a tailspin
quiet
pass
dry up
release
crater
finish
thin
halt
skid
give way
retrocede
fall short
die
narrow down
dilute
wear down
become weaker
come to nothing
dampen
modulate
clear
rebate
retrograde
come to a halt
adulterate
soft-pedal
take a dive
chill out
impair
desist
debase
fizzle
loosen
lull
condense
falter
shorten
quieten down
flop
give out
retire
lose edge
pass away
grow weaker
melt
become weak
thin out
relapse
constrict
fall through
cripple
vitiate
totter
lose
downturn
slope
assuage
decelerate
go
numb
lapse
evanesce
make less
cool
loose
still
slake
bate
deaden
fall back
fall steeply
fall sharply
take a header
backslide
break down
draw to a close
flow back
come to a stop
be no more
retrogress
break up
get lower
level off
drop rapidly
cave in
become lower
turn down
take the edge off
slash
play down
modify
cut down
tail away
minimalize
disengage
dispel
allay
relieve
narrow
lose strength
lose intensity
clear up
untighten
shade
sober
darken
deepen
cloud
flow away
mollify
rescind
shape
elongate
peter
be forgotten
decimate
run dry
minish
grow
denature
drop down
lag
emaciate
tire
slim
wrinkle
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
erode
gutter
make less active
take it easy
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
blow over
fall down
phase out
thin down
be gone
telescope
come down
compress
faint
impoverish
tremble
limp
sap
retreat
close out
go downwards
unlax
coast
devolve
atrophy
amputate
cut
crop
clip
abridge
limit
become less intense
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
pare down
sink lower
compact
enfeeble
contain
mute
go easy
alloy
drag
cheapen
buckle
squeeze
tighten
cool it
cut back
roll back
slack up
disintegrate
elapse
discontinue
defuse
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
lose spirit
determine
expire
quit
conclude
constringe
capsule
capsulize
give in
cease to be
exit
become obsolete
rarefy
disable
undermine
soothe
offset
debilitate
enervate
die away or out
die away or down
bow out
scrimp
pull out
return
back away
drop back
become extinct
take the bite out
take the sting out
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
be on the way out
lose value
blunt
move away
go back
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
break off
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
hit the dirt
tip over
miscarry
cease to exist
disappear from the face of the earth
back
retract
depart
move back
scale down
founder
anesthetize
US
anaesthetize
UK
water down
be precipitated
take in
lose ground
back off
move further off
scale back
let up on
lay off
take pressure off
scatter
step down
take the heat off
damp down
muddy up
pale
bomb
draw away
draw back
bust
be deficient
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
go awry
go amiss
be wanting
be insufficient
lose lustre
become less dense
become less numerous
grow dull
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
become less in number
clear out
be inadequate
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
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
moderate
trim
drop
slash
minimize
US
dwindle
temper
minimise
UK
restrain
mitigate
shorten
slim down
pare
soften
clip
scale down
tone down
attenuate
truncate
depress
abridge
alleviate
taper
lighten
mark down
palliate
quell
dock
impair
make cutbacks in
wind down
depreciate
decrement
discount
dull
axe
UK
whittle down
qualify
ax
US
inhibit
abbreviate
dilute
roll back
relax
bring down
hold back
dampen
cut back on
crop
slow
cut short
control
assuage
extenuate
take the edge off
condense
compress
degrade
salami-slice
syncopate
elide
devaluate
chop
lop
deflate
make smaller
tail off
shave
step down
allay
cheapen
rationalize
US
whittle away
ebb
halt
minify
make reductions in
devalue
downgrade
cut off
sink
make less
stop
break
dial down
rationalise
UK
confine
retard
ease off
regulate
tighten
contain
slacken
slow down
stifle
stay
rein in
cut down on
hinder
write down
write off
round down
cushion
synopsize
soothe
wane
deaden
miniaturize
US
mollify
precis
miniaturise
UK
peter out
concentrate
edit
cramp
damp down
decline
couch
snip
straiten
close
modulate
undervalue
keep down
slim
ration
dam
taper off
stem
take down
drop off
deduct
telescope
block
eliminate
debase
circumscribe
staunch
blue pencil
trim back
trim down
choke
boil down
stanch
tighten up
play down
put in nutshell
put in a nutshell
shear
hamper
phase down
make narrower
phase out
put the brakes on
ease up on
modify
become smaller
get narrower
become narrower
put down
spare
euphemize
relieve
subside
foreshorten
tame
mute
damp
muffle
bridle
slenderize
wear away
wear down
calm
economize on
subdue
abstract
summarize
US
turn down
devitalize
digest
mince
make fewer
appease
slake
take the bite out
take the sting out
dip
let up
revise
whittle
lop off
thin
epitomize
US
top
grow smaller
sketch
outline
break off
waste away
reduce greatly
retrench on
ratchet down
demote
downplay
sum up
rein back
remit
restraint
adulterate
do away with
get rid of
epitomise
UK
summarise
UK
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
cut in price
lower in price
make light of
extend
lace
sophisticate
get to meat
put a restriction on
put a limit on
prevent
withstand
oppose
arrest
resist
give an abstract of
give a summary of
undersell
lower the price of
make cheaper
put on sale
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
slow up
water down
invalidate
soften the impact of
give a precis of
give a digest of
give a synopsis of
give an outline of
bring to a standstill
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
subtract
render worthless
remove
delete
omit
cause to fall
disgrade
demerit
drive down
thin out
soften up
take off
economize
US
delay
make shorter
economise
UK
detain
handicap
get shorter
excerpt
bob
take up
stunt
decelerate
impede
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
scale back
compact
strangle
turn up
keep back
mire
lag
retardate
tauten
strangulate
focus
clench
tense
collapse
constringe
pinch
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
quiet
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
reef
tuck
astringe
cut to the bone
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
make a long story short
fix
bound
cap
get smaller
specify
demarcate
dry up
amortise
UK
cast down
draw together
get thinner
narrow down
draw in
bind
send up
cool down
inclose
hang up
keep within limits
come down on
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
repress
keep within bounds
surround
delimitate
prelimit
define
bottle up
set limits on
shut in
keep under control
demark
clip someone's wings
put away
pin down
enclose
encircle
hem in
put on ice
hold down
chain
impose limits on
tether
constrain
delimit
amortize
US
drain
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
marginalise
UK
marginalize
US
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
discredit
downgrade
trivialise
UK
criticize
US
underestimate
knock
criticise
UK
lessen
understate
misprize
minify
degrade
make light of
defame
downplay
pooh-pooh
reduce
slight
slam
lower
ridicule
roast
de-emphasize
sell short
detract
slander
mock
humiliate
gloss over
disgrace
hold cheap
deflate
underemphasize
brush aside
humble
condemn
drag through the mud
shrug off
disdain
shame
take down
smear
calumniate
mudsling
pour scorn on
debase
hit out at
make little of
attack
take down a peg
censure
bash
traduce
treat lightly
set little store by
soft-pedal
abase
dishonor
US
underplay
rap
flame
smirch
dishonour
UK
chasten
mortify
sink
rate too low
foul
opprobriate
do an injustice to
take to pieces
not do justice to
tear into
contemn
set no store by
rip
do down
pick holes in
prostitute
shoot down
despise
besmirch
libel
impugn
think little of
denounce
blister
stigmatize
US
disregard
destroy
snub
blast
spurn
reject
lambaste
scorch
laugh off
laugh at
stigmatise
UK
compromise
poor mouth
corrupt
give a bad name
throw mud at
be wrong about
downcry
pervert
disesteem
pooh pooh
deteriorate
profane
warp
debauch
vitiate
canker
deprave
bastardize
US
demoralize
US
subvert
brush off
poison
look down on
think too little of
take a swipe at
demoralise
UK
bastardise
UK
cast down
tone down
make nothing of
undersell
simplify
play something down
wreck
ruin
total
demolish
subordinate
misjudge
squelch
squash
blacken
question
sneer
talk trash
mistrust
repudiate
sour grapes
criticize unfairly
crush
demote
gibe
gird
twit
jeer
scoff
taunt
underrepresent
depress
comment negatively
put hooks in
object
frown
disapprove
discommend
expostulate
spread lies about
berate
make fun of
blame
underprize
underprice
shoot full of holes
cut to the quick
blacken the name of
scandalize
US
sully the reputation of
blacken the character of
scandalise
UK
crawl
minimalize
miniaturise
UK
attenuate
abbreviate
miniaturize
US
abate
dwarf
discountenance
fault
objectify
betray
fail to appreciate
subjugate
bring down
bring low
set too little store by
make light
not go for
bag
pummel
US
skewer
clamor against
rip up
bad mouth
knock down
cut rate
devaluate
hammer
pillory
execrate
take dim view of
drag down
find fault with
monster
pummelled
UK
give black eye
sell out
rail against
deplore
be untrue to oneself
abandon one's principles
beat down
inveigh against
reprehend
reprobate
fulminate against
excoriate
carp at
anathematize
cavil at
disapprove of
animadvert
demonise
UK
demonize
US
complain
snipe at
hit
rail
sully
hold forth against
come down on
tear to shreds
lay into
tarnish
mark down
do a number on
take swipe at
take away
throw stones at
stain
ignore
miscalculate
speak evil of
throw brickbats at
taint
to denigrate
find fault
take a dig at
tear to pieces
miscarry
reproach
soil
besmear
injure
expose
disclaim
disown
discard
not do justice
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
bring into disrepute
harm
damage
mar
ruin the reputation of
bring shame upon
put in a bad light
destroy someone's credibility
drag through the mire
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
show in a bad light
show up
blacken someone's name
reflect badly on
brutalize
US
spoil
weaken
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
undermine
tell someone to get lost
dehumanise
UK
bemean
desensitise
UK
cut down
lower the status of
bring shame to
brutalise
UK
cast aside
look right through
give someone the brush-off
give the cold shoulder to
sweep aside
cold-shoulder
savage
castigate
crucify
assail
reprove
disrespect
reprimand
chastise
objurgate
slash
jump on
scathe
rate
give a black eye
arraign
cut up
rebuke
defile
give a bad press to
fling mud at
blot
flay
chide
lace into
slag
maul
vituperate against
nitpick about
cast a slur on
lambast
dress down
bring discredit to
muckrake
spread scandal about
admonish
spot
sledge
take to task
animadvert on
befoul
lampoon
give some stick to
bring shame on
offend
give flak to
potshot
blotch
affront
belabor
US
pick to pieces
haul over the coals
upbraid
breathe on
scold
carpet
backbite
run smear campaign
belabour
UK
rip up and down
tar and feather
bawl out
chew out
carp
tear off a strip
flout
lecture
denunciate
sniff at
caricature
burlesque
treat with contempt
jeer at
embarrass
badmouth
remonstrate with
outrage
poke fun at
ream out
give someone a bad press
give someone a roasting
misrepresent
give someone a rocket
give someone a rollicking
cane
ream
rag
bollock
judge
bag on
satirize
US
find lacking
nag at
nit-pick
cavil
tell lies about
nitpick over
satirise
UK
call down
give a talking-to
wound
give someone hell
hold in contempt
tongue-lash
read the riot act
rap over the knuckles
tear a strip off
give someone a bollocking
blacken the reputation of
conduct a smear campaign against
slap
backstab
curse
tear apart
harangue
skin
scout
sneeze at
rollick
tease
belie
abhor
rally
trim
travesty
rag on
pass strictures upon
sail into
run a smear campaign against
pick at
look down upon
hold up to ridicule
throw shade
jest
give a rocket
rake over the coals
sully someone's reputation
take apart
tell off
give something a battering
lay down the law
drag someone's name through the mud
look down one's nose at
brand
criticize severely
shun
hurt
back-bite
frown on
nag
nitpick
clobber
complain about
slug
zap
villainize
fustigate
lash
refute
defy
miscall
heap scorn on
laugh
slang
object to
zing
jibe at
regard with contempt
prejudice
high-hat
snoot
blemish
baste
rebuff
keelhaul
wig
score
row
jaw
get at
be rude to
fleer
swipe
dump
grin
crack
leer
take exception to
be contemptuous about
cock a snook at
skin alive
call names
snigger
discipline
sling mud
hate
send up
give offence to
remonstrate
take the piss out of
blackguard
write false reports about
give something a bad press
call someone names
pull up
spread tales about
show contempt for
mark wrong
rail at
tick off
drag name through mud
turn up one's nose
slap someone's wrist
give someone a mouthful
give someone a telling-off
give someone what for
give someone a dressing-down
pitch into
give someone some stick
give someone an earful
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
give someone a row
give someone a rating
give someone a wigging
drag someone's name through the mire
quip at
rant at
rank out
be critical of
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
hoot
speak of with disfavour
get angry with
gossip
lie
spite
gossip about
animadvert upon
have a pop at
condescend
harsh
disvalue
mistreat
caluminate
voodoo
dig
cuss
jinx
lie about
deign
persecute
oppress
ride
hose
cast slur on
put zingers on
slog
fluff
argue with
assault verbally
snipe
blow off
cuss out
swear at
shout at
disagree with
pass judgment
hold in disdain
moan about
grouse about
whine about
grouch about
quibble about
carp about
pile in
weigh into
give someone bondi
drag through mud
blacken someone's reputation
rake
start on
start in
put a whammy on
accuse
lesson
jawbone
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
bring under fire
annoy
take on
provoke
knock off
write down
exprobate
incriminate
slap on the wrist
read out
ostracise
UK
look askance
get after
pick apart
ostracize
US
cut to bits
desecrate
attaint
own
bellyache about
gripe about
whinge about
beef about
jive
aggravate
snicker
smile
cock a snook
give bad press
call to task
point the finger at
express disapproval of
lay on
give the devil
rap someone over the knuckles
jump down one's throat
snap someone's head off
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
go for the jugular
think wrong
be against
not support
look down at
pronounce
punish
proscribe
name
adjudge
frame
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
cause to lose face
lose face
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
gibe at
be contemptuous of
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
misbid
misrespect
chaff
upset
shock
disgust
chill
abominate
look down nose at
be allergic to
look down your nose at
turn up one's nose at
sound off about
look askance at
not believe in
be hostile to
argue against
take issue with
jibe
torment
throw shade at
horrify
appal
UK
point finger at
let have it
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
rib
banter
quiz
razz
jolly
kid
lout
talk something down
disobey
fail
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
oppose
negate
be hostile towards
label
send up the river
lay at one's door
raise an
sicken
nauseate
repel
revolt
irritate
disoblige
make sport of
flout at
poke mullock at
turn one's nose up at
treat contemptuously
make jokes about
pass on
displease
appall
US
thumb one's nose
mark
have no use for
have contempt for
refuse to acknowledge
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
blacken someone's character
tarnish someone's name
taint someone's name
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
soil someone's name
blackball
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
dismay
take the mickey out of
characterize
US
designate
classify
class
stamp
tag
curl one's lip
cause offence to
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt someone's feelings
characterise
UK
mark out
step on one's toes
mimic
be above
be scornful about
threap
caution
spit on
refuse
piss over
renounce
confute
avoid
piss on
recriminate
strumpet
blaspheme
plaster
imitate
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
objurate
spoof
do
preach
consider beneath you
turn down
cast a slur upon
ape
copy
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
turn back on
curl your lip at
spit in the eye of
turn up your nose at
turn nose up at
give someone a caning
send someone away with a flea in their ear
go on at
put on the mat
take someone to task
take to the woodshed
slap down
keep after
yell at
bring someone to book
have someone on the carpet
let someone have it
blow up
light into
take off
put on
impersonate
parody
twist
sheik
US
mime
distort
do a takeoff of
joke
take the mickey
sheikh
UK
do an impression of
exaggerate
blacken name
scourge
defame someone's character
lash into
more ❯
“Rian believed that his critics were merely trolls trying to
diminish
his masterpiece.”
Verb
▲
To diminish or take credit from
detract
decry
derogate
deprecate
belittle
discredit
denigrate
depreciate
minimise
UK
minimize
US
discount
undervalue
underrate
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
defame
cheapen
devalue
knock
vilipend
lessen
reduce
lower
minify
undermine
weaken
devaluate
decrease
misprize
blister
disesteem
backbite
withdraw
pooh-pooh
play down
write off
make light of
hold cheap
soft-pedal
laugh at
brush aside
gloss over
cut rate
take away from
subtract from
degrade
sink
downgrade
depress
attenuate
break
mark down
humble
demean
detract from
devalorize
nose dive
run down
write down
underestimate
disparage
deride
scorn
slate
pan
rubbish
slam
scoff at
bad-mouth
treat lightly
sneer at
do down
slag off
pull apart
have a go at
hit out at
do a hatchet job on
pick holes in
take to pieces
drag through the mud
look down one's nose at
ridicule
dismiss
mock
slur
asperse
bash
pour scorn on
laugh off
cast aspersions on
traduce
deflate
debase
sell short
put down
cry down
knock off
take down
bring down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To relieve or alleviate (a demand, desire or feeling)
quench
relieve
dull
blunt
reduce
lessen
allay
assuage
deaden
mitigate
quell
check
sate
damp
still
alleviate
decrease
slake
attenuate
lighten
lower
stifle
cool
smother
overcome
suppress
extinguish
curb
take the edge off
moderate
soften
temper
ease
soothe
mollify
abate
palliate
subdue
dampen
tone down
weaken
calm
cushion
quiet
muffle
quieten
appease
help
lenify
lull
dilute
silence
benumb
pacify
relax
repress
modify
numb
tranquilize
US
damp down
tranquillize
UK
restrain
settle
placate
compose
sweeten
sap
buffer
debilitate
devitalize
mute
hush
depress
control
paralyse
UK
gentle
put a damper on
paralyze
US
comfort
take the sting out
satisfy
enervate
inhibit
exhaust
tire
smooth
cauterize
US
impair
crush
absorb
extenuate
incapacitate
squelch
enfeeble
unnerve
qualify
cripple
mellow
ameliorate
cauterise
UK
throw cold water on
deplete
pour cold water on
obtund
put an end to
pour oil on
discourage
prostrate
ruin
desensitize
US
contain
squash
blanket
waste
slacken
wreck
quash
retard
mask
drain
disable
etiolate
dispel
keep in check
torpefy
salve
stun
thin
undermine
anaesthetize
UK
stupefy
kill
soft-pedal
destroy
knock out
take the bite out
take a load off
pad
anesthetize
US
desensitise
UK
chill out
let up on
drown
get rid of
make nice
settle down
pipe down
dampen down
satiate
indulge
fulfil
UK
gratify
address
improve
loosen
diffuse
chill
fulfill
US
fill
surfeit
sicken
remit
disempower
put a stop to
calm down
rein
fix up
take sting out
dulcify
patch things up
gruntle
deter
make weaker
sedate
limit
dash
water down
make less strict
make less formal
ease up on
daze
stultify
narcotize
drug
stamp out
shush
dumb
insulate
buttress
bolster
seclude
guard
reduce the effect of
hebetate
commute
defend against
shield against
safeguard against
protect against
cloud
lullaby
render insensitive
dullen
excuse
reduce the force of
becalm
cork up
shut up
put the lid on
keep it down
bottle up
muzzle
gag
decrease the volume
turn down
put damper on
immobilize
US
indispose
deflate
bridle
constrain
rock to sleep
take it easy
stroke
reassure
balm
quiet down
ease off
take the edge
lay back
cool off
fall
cease
put a lid on
mar
fatigue
handicap
master
govern
spoil
stabilize
US
emasculate
make feeble
unhinge
knacker
make weak
shatter
lay low
arrest
lick
make lighter
dismiss
dissipate
banish
mess up
harsh
resolve
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
smooth out
rescue
recover
clear the air
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
defuse
take the heat
demilitarize
US
quieten down
put down
keep a lid on
clamp down on
crack down on
keep the lid on
hold in check
get under control
nip in the bud
slap down
rein in
hold back
snuff out
eliminate
do in
immobilise
UK
wear out
brighten
reduce something
drive away
play up to
chase away
put to rest
cool out
square
drive off
cure
counteract
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
vary
solace
reduce weight
disburden
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
remove
upraise
uplight
change
facilitate
shift
put off
throw out
free
pour out
jettison
eradicate
cut down
bankrupt
unload
make less
unburden
stop
liss
interrupt
bring an end to
prevent
bring aid to
make bearable
aid
break up
make something bearable
bring respite to
bring aid
take load off
assist
dispirit
impoverish
overwhelm
trouble
ail
break
dishearten
demoralize
US
deject
subjugate
dismay
upset
shake
sadden
oppress
daunt
put out of order
dim
frustrate
etherize
chloroform
KO
put to sleep
injure
freeze
slow
gas
deprive
consume
lay out
dope
pauperize
humble
perturb
defeat
chagrin
bother
weary
abase
distress
overpower
weigh down
demoralise
UK
cast a pall over
bum out
bear down on
cast down
beat down
bring to ruin
liquidate
bring down
wipe out
make destitute
decimate
bleed dry
ruinate
clean out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
languish
fade
flag
weaken
decline
decay
wilt
wither
fail
sink
deteriorate
droop
dwindle
sag
ebb
lag
emaciate
go
rot
waste
molder
US
moulder
UK
sicken
faint
pine
tucker
hunger
long
hanker
yearn
ail
brood
despond
teeter
go downhill
waste away
grow weak
wither away
fade away
fizzle out
go to pieces
knock out
fag out
go into a decline
conk out
go soft
die on vine
degenerate
wane
slump
crumble
retrograde
regress
worsen
atrophy
devolve
lessen
collapse
slide
slip
disintegrate
drop
hit the skids
go down the toilet
depreciate
descend
get worse
break down
fall off
go to pot
fall
go down the tubes
retrogress
spoil
degrade
disimprove
lapse
become worse
grow worse
melt away
go to the dogs
shrink
debilitate
evaporate
disappear
recede
decrease
die
succumb
pall
impair
become debilitated
fall apart
nosedive
go bad
depress
lower
die out
dry up
fall to pieces
go to the pack
go to rack and ruin
ebb away
abate
contract
shrivel
erode
slacken
backslide
taper off
peter out
dissolve
go from bad to worse
damage
take a turn for the worse
make something worse
take a nosedive
corrode
die away
weary
be neglected
become emaciated
reach depths
pejorate
hit rock bottom
fall into disrepair
go to seed
become dilapidated
run to seed
come apart at the seams
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be at death's door
be on one's last legs
be on one's deathbed
be breathing one's last
be giving up the ghost
be slipping away
be about to die
be in extremis
be approaching death
die off
die down
become shrunken
become enfeebled
shrivel up
melt
grow less
wizen
mummify
lose courage
cave in
give out
bend
dangle
flop
hang
bow
stoop
hang down
drape
subside
settle
lop
lean
tire
sling
suspend
slouch
fall down
become limp
become flaccid
stagnate
tire out
let down
wear out
vitiate
debase
perish
putrefy
dilapidate
go backwards
wear away
lose quality
break up
be in decline
go into decline
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
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
subvert
erode
sabotage
wear away
shake
disrupt
destabilize
US
eat away
wreck
corrode
destabilise
UK
consume
chip away at
emasculate
crush
wound
eat into
incapacitate
foil
thwart
devitalize
torpedo
depress
soften
wither
interfere with
have a bad effect on
waste
do harm to
use up
dim
whittle
pull the rug out from under
undo
demolish
tire
have a negative effect on
undercut
minimise
UK
minimize
US
detract
demean
belittle
exhaust
curb
limit
check
chip away
jeopardize
US
prostrate
etiolate
disturb
impoverish
ravage
annihilate
afflict
dismantle
trash
corrupt
taint
sap one's strength
wear out
sap the strength of
infringe
encroach on
batter
shock
scorch
smash
blast
shatter
inconvenience
take out
jeopardise
UK
smash up
screw up
detract from
shake up
louse up
muck up
be detrimental to
cause detriment to
wreak havoc on
crumble
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
place a limit on
eat
gnaw
abrade
disintegrate
weather
dissolve
decay
fret
nibble
devour
rot
scrape away
botch
disempower
whittle away
scour
bite at
grind down
eat away at
bite
wear down
dent
sandbag
wear
mine
dig
demoralise
UK
frustrate
demoralize
US
attenuate
challenge
tunnel
gnaw away at
break up
waste away
drag through the mud
hollow out
dig out
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
mutilate
mangle
maim
wrench
twist
sprain
rick
crick
deform
strain
distort
pull
bruise
blot
defile
sully
scar
vandalize
US
tear
devastate
lame
paralyse
UK
vandalise
UK
scratch
disfeature
turn
upset
stain
paralyze
US
hamstring
pollute
poison
disgrace
scathe
cramp
infect
mangulate
besmirch
crool
smirch
lacerate
touch
shame
uglify
dislocate
indispose
contort
cut
despoil
play havoc with
immobilize
US
wrong
unstrengthen
immobilise
UK
knock out
jar
traumatize
US
maul
abuse
degrade
warp
contaminate
discredit
influence
gut
affect
soil
scotch
scupper
discolour
UK
discolor
US
hack
burn
crack
dismember
dishonour
UK
knacker
blacken
dirty
stretch
dishonor
US
knock
brand
traumatise
UK
hog-tie
hamper
blow
desecrate
cut up
squash
do in
hack up
do damage to
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
restrict
play merry hell with
stab
put a damper on
torpefy
be deleterious to
lay up
inactivate
disenable
drive a nail into the coffin of
throw monkey wrench in
be a blot on the landscape
kibosh
unbrace
make unattractive
make ugly
muzzle
shoot down
pinion
render incapable
hogtie
hock
handicap
disarm
molest
shiver
disserve
endanger
annoy
kink
befoul
imperil
obliterate
bend
pervert
blotch
speckle
tag
bodge
cost
dilapidate
misshape
lower
depreciate
water down
make a mess of
disfashion
put at risk
clip wings
mayhem
massacre
gimp
castrate
truncate
sour
color
US
colour
UK
butcher
mark
hospitalize
US
make powerless
make unfit
spike
render powerless
rack
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
shrink
trouble
pull down
impact
overcome
result in damage to
lead to the end of
strike
plunder
depredate
sack
pillage
desolate
spoliate
perturb
dislodge
take the edge off
take apart
bankrupt
occur
prevail
put out of joint
invalid
hospitalise
UK
score
pinch
scrape
beat
slash
overwhelm
adulterate
expurgate
censor
bowdlerize
US
impinge
stifle
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
amputate
cut to pieces
tear limb from limb
bowdlerise
UK
hash up
tear apart
put on the sick list
strike down
spread to
strike at
take hold of
attack
smear
pique
aggrieve
foul
grieve
torture
pain
wax
torment
distress
sting
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
rain on someone's parade
stigmatize
US
halt
overexert
raze
stop
jam
maltreat
split
rust
draw blood
do mischief to
weary
deactivate
freeze
bleach
fade
drain
fatigue
cause injury
bang up
tamper with
clamp
wheel-clamp
defame
encumber
extenuate
eviscerate
tie
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
arrest
darken
slander
stigmatise
UK
deprave
tar
make feeble
confine to a wheelchair
make weak
confine to bed
render infirm
lay low
malign
cast a slur
slur
libel
blot one's copybook
give a bad name
denigrate
disparage
censure
besmear
asperse
scandalize
US
muckrake
disrespect
mortify
dishearten
scandalise
UK
bring shame upon
drag through the mire
bring discredit to
sling mud at
fling mud at
bring shame on
deflate
dispirit
chagrin
deject
abash
flatten
discourage
dump
psych out
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
strain
dry
guzzle
burn up
blow
void
disperse
eat
dispel
gobble
squeeze
fleece
siphon
US
syphon
UK
bust
break
tap
divert
catheterize
draw off
burn out
filter off
take up
get rid of
free from
pump out
get last drop
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
hang around
take your time
drift
hang fire
vacillate
mark time
take one's time
wander
meander
nose
snail
waste time
ramble
ooze
temporize
US
kill time
putter
temporise
UK
hover
halt
fritter away
fool around
creak along
hang out
stay put
hold back
play for time
hold off
remain
loll
lose ground
loaf
bide
stray
mosey
roam
toddle
rove
traik
while away time
trifle
traipse
go slowly
waver
filibuster
rest
defer
postpone
stop
walk slowly
lodge
be slow
potter around
potter about
hang round
not keep up
adjourn
potter round
horse around
warm a chair
sit around
drag your heels
be dilatory
wait around
goof off
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
hang on
play a waiting game
be indecisive
hum and haw
stroll
slack
be left behind
shirk
follow
schlepp along
be long
be tardy
stonewall
mooch
skulk
drag oneself
shamble
slough
dabble
lurk
totter
potter
tag along
drag yourself
drag along
tag along behind
diddle-daddle
buy time
pass time
let the grass grow under one's feet
demur
teeter
wabble
fritter time away
poke along
draggle
boondoggle
scruple
wobble
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
prolong
protract
haver
sit on one's butt
fool with
while away
trifle with
swither
goldbrick
cool
limp along
creep along
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
play games with
fool about
appear to pass slowly
slow down
go on too long
go on and on
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
take a raincheck
be undecided
suspend action
let slide
drag one's heels
go at a snail's pace
become tedious
remit
shelve
range
goof around
stop over
lose time
dangle
droop
sag
hold up
put over
lay over
hold over
hold the phone
straddle
hang down
err
scramble
spread
maunder
put on hold
put back
hold off on
put on ice
leave to another time
suspend
prorogue
reschedule
put on the back burner
stand
abide
be late
be strung out
poke around
stick
dwell
settle
hang
reside
await
string out
keep on
perch
endure
remain behind
nest
sweat it out
put down roots
continue
outstay
squat
sit tight
bunk
hold the fort
establish yourself
be left
stick around
stay out
stay behind
roost
establish oneself
hold on
fluctuate
think twice
equivocate
oscillate
hedge
gain time
pussyfoot around
prevaricate
blow hot and cold
tergiversate
obstruct
deliberate
beat about the bush
cease
sit on the fence
discontinue
yo-yo
be irresolute
flounder
be uncertain
balk
US
shillyshally
get cold feet
baulk
UK
desist
balance
be unsure
pass the time
take a breather
let up
take a break
stop briefly
hem and haw
take ten
call time
have a breather
take five
hold your horses
hold your fire
bide one's time
see-saw
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
resist
be evasive
be ambivalent
palter
fiddle about
fritter away time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
burn daylight
piddle
adopt Fabian tactics
be in two minds
faff about
prevent
block
avoid committing oneself
use dilatory tactics
kick around
kick about
hinder
distract
divert
stall for time
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
put something on the back burner
employ delaying tactics
tumble
tremble
surcease
refrain
take too long
be leisurely
proceed in a leisurely fashion
not hurry
refrain from
lurch
roll
quaver
sway
bobble
reel
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
put something off
take no action
avoid doing something
sojourn
change one's mind
break
keep from doing something
hold one's horses
bivouac
live
inhabit
cling
interrupt
break off
stay over
make camp
stay on
pull up
sideline
shake
take a breath
reflect
look forward
lie in wait
be patient
lie low
keep shirt on
hold one's breath
save it
sweat it
hang onto your hat
cool it
hold everything
wait in the wings
sit up for
twiddle one's thumbs
stand by
wait on
kick your heels
cool your heels
stay up for
bide your time
alternate
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
stop what you're doing
doubt
boggle
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
be doubtful
be hesitant
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
arithmetic
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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
eliminate
lower
lop
cut
slash
record
charge
mark down
knock down
strike 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
conquer
vanquish
subdue
triumph over
win against
crush
prevail over
thrash
improve on
wipe the floor with
master
clobber
dispatch
skunk
overmatch
upend
stop
take
rout
knock spots off
worst
drub
hammer
get
overbear
whip
overstep
stuff
outwit
get around
trim
be greater than
make mincemeat of
blow out of the water
override
outgo
overthrow
quash
demolish
slaughter
shellac
subjugate
crucify
triumph
overshoot
bypass
walk over
outflank
blow away
beat hollow
be more than
take to the cleaners
do down
paste
undo
destroy
murder
outreach
break
overdo
smash
kill
overpass
leave in the dust
overhaul
throw
hurdle
shoot ahead of
be victorious over
walk all over
head
outcompete
humiliate
rank
outweigh
quell
tank
be at the front of
predominate
smother
be ahead of
wallop
widen the gap
overreach
win
go above
wax
distance
marmalize
be victorious
go by
get one over on
get one up on
make a fool of
knock over
stand above
be a class above
prevail
win over
move ahead of
trample over
gain a victory over
be on another level
gain the advantage over
stand head and shoulders above
bring someone to their knees
blow out
be master of
take precedence
outthink
put somebody's nose out of joint
crown
overcount
outman
rival
lose
take over
be first in
outgallop
nullify
transform
finesse
undermine
knock off
unseat
slam
gain an advantage over
have the edge over
be superior
swamp
be more numerous than
exceed in quantity
cut across
dismantle
pick apart
catch somebody napping
call somebody's bluff
put someone in the shade
be more than a match for
get the upper hand over
be over
give a hiding
wipe out
scoop
break down
steal a march on somebody
out-distance
overtax
suppress
outnumber
have the last laugh on
be larger than
curb
weather
survive
floor
devastate
shock
oppress
stun
reduce
outlive
drown
render
break record
have advantage
annihilate
flatten
get upper hand
knock out
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
whomp
have it all over
have a jump on
knock socks off
come out on top of
grind down
smoke
come out on top
whup
clear
pound
whop
cross
undertake
spank
strike
whap
dust
go past
go faster than
get past
pull ahead of
endure
get over
resist
bomb
pulverize
US
massacre
tromp
cope with
make one's way over
pass over
make one's way round
vault
make it past
over
make it over
climb
crest
leap
make one's way past
get through
negotiate
make it round
deal with
be unstoppable by
slap about
skin
blast
steamroller
settle
pulverise
UK
defeat utterly
give someone a drubbing
mop up
give someone a pasting
snow under
put away
win a resounding victory over
take apart
turn inside out
loom
rise
hose
mount
rear
soar
spearhead
pip at the post
front
ascend
overlook
bring to their knees
precede
leave in one's wake
blaze a trail
put in proportion
be ahead
come first
be the forerunner
separate oneself
trail-blaze
be out in front
break away from the pack
be in front
have an advantage
be in the lead
take the lead
get the jump on
go out in front
put a distance between
be at the head of
be first
overhang
reach high
look over
look down
extend above
stand high
be above
hang over
more ❯
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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
swing
alternate
alter
sway
see-saw
shilly-shally
rise and fall
go up and down
blow hot and cold
wobble
dither
equivocate
ebb and flow
waffle
hem and haw
undulate
hesitate
hover
haver
be unsteady
be irresolute
come and go
swither
be undecided
balance
stagger
halt
scruple
dilly-dally
shillyshally
be indecisive
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
run hot and cold
think twice
depend
go back and forth
pivot
switch
flicker
prevaricate
flip-flop
transform
stall
tremble
dally
turn
digress
displace
tergiversate
quiver
move backward and forward
move to and fro
move back and forth
palter
trim
get cold feet
shudder
whiffle waffle
deliberate
go from one extreme to the other
beat around the bush
change one's mind
rotate
interchange
intersperse
take turns
substitute
be staggered
be interspersed
relieve
follow
totter
vibrate
flutter
wave
act in sequence
occur in turn
occur in rotation
work in sequence
follow one another
act reciprocally
move between
fill in for
follow in turn
take it in turns
be unstable
falter
be doubtful
temporize
US
be unsure
be uncertain
wabble
reel
fence-straddle
rock
dillydally
whiffle
boggle
straddle
temporise
UK
change mind
keep changing your mind
shake
quaver
delay
dawdle
quake
shiver
stumble
flap
lurch
procrastinate
wag
ripple
agitate
move
judder
jiggle
convulse
stir
jerk
jolt
tremor
jounce
dodder
twitch
pulsate
flounder
faff about
be ambivalent
joggle
bucket
linger
roll
careen
wiggle
palpitate
be in two minds
ruffle
mess about
weave
demur
waggle
be hesitant
twitter
faff around
flail
pitch
heave
tarry
waddle
jar
thresh
billow
wigwag
flit
thrash
waste time
blow
fly
shimmy
have doubts
hold off
move up and down
quave
teeter-totter
wait
doubt
quail
defer
flop
trifle
bat
swish
waft
twirl
swirl
mammer
toddle
shamble
hobble
hold back
lag
sweep
whirl
twist
flick
flitter
bob
flow
stream
pulse
shy away
whip
loiter
jog
shake like a leaf
hang fire
drag your heels
drag your feet
play a waiting game
wobble about
trill
warble
spasm
be on the fence
will and will not
thrill
beat
throb
dodge
swell
surge
start
move unsteadily
jitter
drift
toss
mess around
hang about
hang around
potter
be on the horns of a dilemma
stot
flinch
note
wave rapidly
um and ah
shuffle
have misgivings
second-guessing oneself
doubt yourself
doubt oneself
plunge
pitchpole
list
topple
dangle
walk unsteadily
straggle
commove
succuss
flaunt
bump
churn
tremble precariously
mark time
let the grass grow under one's feet
while away time
kill time
move slowly
roll about
push and pull
move backwards and forwards
stir up
set in motion
put in motion
hirple
doddle
walk haltingly
move falteringly
stay back
walk with difficulty
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
be tentative
plod
lumber
be divided
move side to side
move from side to side
wave to and fro
trudge
limp
blunder
feel uncertain
wonder about
swerve
second-guessing yourself
bumble
curl
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
wind
titubate
adjourn
retard
prolong
postpone
protract
struggle
mumble
goldbrick
cool
poke
have reservations about
have doubts about
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
have one's doubts about
feel uneasy about
catch the wind
stay
drag
stammer
sprauchle
stutter
pussyfoot
go around
feel giddy
stop
put off
balk
US
flog
break
wallow
move clumsily
sputter
blunder about
ponder
hang
debate
weigh
kick the can down the road
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
postpone action
defer action
drag one's feet
take a raincheck
play for time
suspend action
let slide
drag one's heels
be dilatory
baulk
UK
speak haltingly
fumble for words
trip over your tongue
speak falteringly
stumble over your words
swing backwards and forwards
swing back and forth
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
more ❯
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