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What is another word for
discourage
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▲
Verb
To diminish the confidence or courage of
To oppose by expressing disapproval
To persuade (someone) against an action
Make less strong or intense
Keep at bay
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
To give force or effect toward
To hold or have a negative opinion of
(
fend off
)
To defend against or keep away
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in
Noun
Cowardliness
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▲
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
dishearten
daunt
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dispirit
unnerve
cow
depress
intimidate
unman
crush
dismay
dash
deject
deter
disappoint
cast down
chill
frustrate
overawe
make despondent
make downhearted
put off
abash
afflict
alarm
appal
UK
appall
US
awe
bother
bully
confuse
dampen
deprecate
disparage
distress
droop
frighten
irk
prostrate
repress
scare
trouble
try
vex
weigh
psych out
beat down
cause to lose heart
break one's heart
put a damper on
dampen someone's hopes
upset
sadden
disconcert
shake
perturb
oppress
disturb
weigh down
faze
throw
subdue
desolate
rattle
agitate
burden
unsettle
bum out
sap
enervate
terrify
terrorize
US
disquiet
chagrin
weaken
get down
discomfit
bring down
knock sideways
confound
throw cold water on
knock for six
discompose
fluster
panic
terrorise
UK
nonplus
ail
grieve
pour cold water on
knock the stuffing out of
aggrieve
mortify
browbeat
worry
get to
undermine
startle
make gloomy
make unhappy
make sad
give someone the blues
damp
bug
take aback
spook
shake up
annoy
horrify
throw off balance
unhinge
irritate
weigh heavily on
discomfort
enfeeble
overwhelm
shock
disillusion
humble
bewilder
discountenance
ruffle
exasperate
embarrass
buffalo
torment
perplex
affright
abase
embitter
debilitate
put someone off their stroke
deflate
bring low
alarum
harrow
mystify
anger
make someone fed up
hang over
sour
discombobulate
disempower
make dejected
disincline
humiliate
jolt
dissatisfy
aggravate
devitalize
surprise
floor
psych
distract
baffle
shatter
petrify
put into a flap
disenchant
concern
squash
weary
throw into a tizz
flatten
nark
put down
muddle
disgruntle
haunt
flummox
harass
reduce to tears
fright
hack off
dull
cause someone to lose their composure
puzzle
chasten
make desolate
hurt
dumbfound
put the wind up
make miserable
let down
pain
cast a gloom upon
bulldoze
scarify
repel
disburb
astound
stiff
turn one off
bring tears to your eyes
dampen spirits
cause suffering to
make blue
drag down
bring one down
scare to death
make blood run cold
strike terror into
chill to the bone
make teeth chatter
make your heart bleed
put into a funk
dash someone's hopes
scare away
break someone's spirit
curdle the blood
scare off
break someone's heart
dissuade
emasculate
consternate
make nervous
dispraise
thwart
cloud
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
demotivate
stand up to
cast a shadow
make uneasy
make anxious
lie
destabilize
US
unbalance
prey on
lie heavy on
pressure
pressurize
US
impress
get someone down
blind
destabilise
UK
lower
break
suppress
subjugate
stifle
infuriate
blind someone with something
make one's heart bleed
bring tears to one's eyes
dampen someone's spirit
disoblige
psych someone out
pressurise
UK
take someone's breath away
squelch
smother
diminish
devastate
make dispirited
make crestfallen
indispose
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
unglue
cripple
jumble
unzip
disorder
down
press
deplore
take the heart out of
madden
put off one's stroke
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
deaden
defeat
curb
overcome
quell
extinguish
overpower
torture
dash hopes
send up
blow out
blow up
take apart
throw into panic
scare stiff
scare witless
miff
bear down on
damp down
dash the hopes of
take steam out
wound
agonize
US
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
freeze your blood
shatter the illusions of
burst one's bubble
dampen the spirits of
hagride
frazzle
distemper
undo
paralyse
UK
exercise
flurry
fuss
derail
cast a gloom on
sting
drain
plague
discommode
gnaw at
pester
stress
make someone jump out of their skin
make your hair stand on end
give someone goose pimples
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
chill someone to the marrow
scare someone out of their wits
get the wind up
put the fear of God into
scare the pants off
scare someone half to death
throw into a fright
give someone the heebie-jeebies
throw into a panic
make your blood run cold
scare the living daylights out of
throw into a blue funk
throw a pall over
pother
cast a pall over
shame
dump
agonise
UK
burn up
rile
make wretched
fret
rack
displease
cause anguish to
strain
break the heart of
gall
cut to the quick
drive crazy
make discontented
drive mad
paralyze
US
weird out
snafu
freak out
drag
darken
beat
run down
envenom
silly
wind up
knock the wind out of
mess up
fill with consternation
foul up
screw up
louse up
muck up
make one's blood run cold
make one's hair stand on end
scare the daylights out of
harsh one's mellow
alienate
poison
antagonize
US
give someone a turn
keep under
harsh someone's mellow
put the wind up someone
throw into a tizzy
give someone the hump
bring tears to someone's eyes
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
dampen someone's spirits
debunk
belittle
snub
destroy
quash
disaffect
knock down
let wind out of sails
puncture balloon
take down
take the wind out of somebody's sails
kick in the teeth
take down a peg or two
take the wind out of someone's sails
shoot down
cut down to size
let down easy
make bitter
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
exacerbate
worsen
rankle
disarm
stun
stupefy
acidulate
estrange
antagonise
UK
bitter
venom
make rancorous
acerbate
ride
uncalm
needle
throw off
bowl over
set back
give a turn
outrage
offend
provoke
sicken
scandalize
US
amaze
astonish
scandalise
UK
daze
disgust
hassle
stagger
nauseate
flabbergast
revolt
peeve
affront
insult
stir up
pique
derange
nettle
gravel
work up
chafe
benumb
tick off
jar
blow away
stop someone in their tracks
make someone scratch their head
excite
set someone back on their heels
badger
bemuse
disorient
put out
fuddle
addle
make someone's hair stand on end
befuddle
harry
pick on
move
get at
rock
catch off balance
traumatize
US
hector
dumfound
bedevil
leave open-mouthed
leave aghast
beset
balk
US
take by surprise
thunderstrike
make waves
strike dumb
traumatise
UK
electrify
persecute
numb
gross out
frighten the life out of
give offence to
cause to be at a stand
throw a curve
do someone's head in
baulk
UK
turn
bustle
rouse
stimulate
tyrannize
US
stump
arouse
mau-mau
strong-arm
curse
befog
disgrace
craze
dragoon
bludgeon
zing
despair
get
injure
affect
make fretful
egg on
make a scene
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
tyrannise
UK
mix up
turn on
beleaguer
nag
dazzle
knock out
frighten to death
give someone grief
make jump
give a hard time
put out of countenance
hurt somebody's feelings
cause anxiety to
scare silly
frighten someone out of their wits
send into a cold sweat
make someone's blood run cold
make someone shake in their shoes
scare the life out of
scare the hell out of
frighten the living daylights out of
push buttons
mess with someone's head
put someone off their stride
frighten out of your wits
take the wind out of your sails
knock for a loop
fill with terror
hurry
underwhelm
flutter
hustle
make uncomfortable
dehydrate
castrate
geld
desiccate
lobotomize
incite
inflame
quicken
galvanize
US
preoccupy
distress greatly
incommode
frenzy
cause disquiet to
transfix
tangle
occupy
unquiet
galvanise
UK
hinder
intrude
tire
interfere
complicate
make restless
unstring
boggle
put someone off
freeze
ferment
threaten
menace
dement
displace
rummage
disarray
disrupt
tax
immobilize
US
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
mess with one's head
ventilate
examine
blur
dizzy
paralyse with fear
surprize
occupy someone's thoughts
prey on someone's mind
besiege
put chill on
immobilise
UK
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
cause anxiety
upset apple cart
slight
tease
take one's breath away
spring something on
strike with awe
cause wonder
blow someone's mind
render speechless
knock props out
make your flesh creep
strike fear into
scare the pants off of
throw into confusion
importune
test
victimize
US
touch
strike
make flip
work someone up
bug up
be
incense
tear
dun
goad
get in the way
anguish
hound
coerce
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
dump on
inflict trauma
hurt one's feelings
do in
deeply upset
hit like a ton of bricks
blackjack
bullyrag
bogart
suffer
be unwell
disrespect
diss
spite
make things hot for someone
inspire panic in
strike terror in
make it hot for someone
victimise
UK
put the frighteners on
nit-pick
strap
dog
prick
push
martyr
drive insane
dis
bluster
showboat
railroad
enforce
sweat out
be a great weight on
be indisposed
be crook
slur
weigh heavily on one's mind
give someone a hard time
send over the edge
inconvenience
be ill
be weak
be sick
be wrong with
feel pain
be in pain
feel unwell
be the matter with
make fearful
make afraid
chill someone's blood
give someone a fright
make someone's hair curl
cut up
eat at
boggle someone's mind
put one away
blow one's mind
discontent
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
be disagreeable
be an affront to
be offensive
give offence
rub up the wrong way
put someone's back up
rankle with
get someone's goat
tread on someone's toes
cause offense
hurt someone's feelings
put someone's nose out of joint
walk heavy
push around
lean on
do a number on
be on one's case
make it tough for
carp
cavil
roil
misplease
wing
enrage
curdle
cool
sound
cap
incapacitate
flip
cramp
niggle
fear
sweat
stew
pose
fox
fire up
flip out
quibble
nitpick
tee off
maze
get someone
get across
key up
lay up
flap
fidget
wilder
bamboozle
muddy
fog
set someone thinking
rock the boat
turn off
play dirty
turn on the heat
obfuscate
be agitated
take pains
be in a tizzy
be worried
metagrobolize
labour over
hack you off
be in a flap
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
boggle the mind
get on someone's wick
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a thing of
put your back up
knock the stuffing out of someone
be all Greek to
smear
calumniate
dishonor
US
backbite
revile
traduce
blackguard
blackball
lampoon
detract
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
asperse
dishonour
UK
vilify
denigrate
defame
decry
raise eyebrows amongst
malign
cause raised eyebrows
condemn
belie
slander
bad-mouth
libel
more ❯
Verb
▲
To oppose by expressing disapproval
prevent
inhibit
check
deter
curb
hinder
dissuade
stop
avert
obstruct
suppress
discountenance
control
deprecate
disadvise
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
divert
fend off
frighten
impede
indispose
interfere
oppose
put off
quiet
repress
restrain
scare
shake
stave off
ward off
warn
withhold
hold back
hold off
keep back
put a stop to
talk out of
throw cold water on
turn off
pour cold water on
put a damper on
halt
arrest
bar
hamper
frustrate
retard
constrain
bridle
thwart
foil
interfere with
stifle
block
smother
stall
hold up
slow down
reduce
rein in
prohibit
put a brake on
hold in
hold down
nip in the bud
stem the flow of
detach
remove
unaccustom
keep from
wean
disincline
advise against
caution against
urge not to
persuade not to
delay
stem
stay
limit
rein
pause
neutralize
US
catch
still
terminate
muffle
squelch
contain
swallow
interrupt
cut short
govern
bottleneck
moderate
staunch
hold
fight back
counteract
regulate
repulse
play for time
bottle up
choke
bite back
put a spoke in someone's wheel
rebuff
stand in the way of
choke back
pull in
circumvent
neutralise
UK
keep under control
slacken pace
brake
bring to a standstill
checkmate
keep in check
pull up
fetch up
keep a lid on
draw up
tame
cramp
slow
restrict
fetter
shackle
baulk
UK
encumber
trammel
clog
hog-tie
hobble
handicap
handcuff
manacle
quash
embarrass
short-circuit
stymie
debar
forbid
faze
bit
sandbag
ward
interdict
outlaw
taboo
tie up
enjoin
balk
US
put an end to
hang up
keep in
put on brakes
put an stop to
throw a spanner in the works of
more ❯
“House prices have stopped rising, which will
discourage
borrowings.”
Verb
▲
To persuade (someone) against an action
deter
disincline
dissuade
dehort
put off
scare off
turn aside
warn off
advise against
talk out of
urge against
frighten
scare away
drive away
chase off
frighten away
prevent
intimidate
daunt
demoralize
US
dishearten
unnerve
inhibit
demoralise
UK
warn
hinder
frighten off
sway
change somebody's mind
turn against
put someone off
sidetrack
divert
stop
faze
prick
expostulate
exhort
counsel
remonstrate
disadvise
deprecate
thwart
derail
caution
persuade against
caution against
urge not to
turn off
throw off
argue out of
advise not to
lean on
expostulate against
persuade not to
chicken out
make anxious
make nervous
cry out against
make worried
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
throw a wet blanket on
more ❯
“A combination of persuasion and stiff fines may become necessary to
discourage
people from littering public places.”
Verb
▲
Make less strong or intense
dampen
dull
reduce
deaden
moderate
check
damp
diminish
lessen
blunt
chill
cool
decrease
stifle
calm
lower
muffle
restrain
smother
curb
damp down
deter
extinguish
mute
quench
suppress
temper
benumb
blanket
cauterise
UK
cauterize
US
dash
inhibit
limit
numb
overcome
quieten
silence
stamp out
still
tone down
allay
cloud
put a damper on
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
soften
subdue
mitigate
depress
abate
weaken
alleviate
assuage
ease
dishearten
dispirit
dismay
daunt
soothe
mollify
deject
demoralize
US
quell
relieve
demoralise
UK
cushion
dilute
hush
take the edge off
palliate
cast down
squelch
unnerve
sadden
crush
attenuate
shake
sap
frustrate
impair
paralyse
UK
settle
mask
quiet
soft-pedal
paralyze
US
muzzle
repress
unman
lighten
cow
oppress
stun
appease
stupefy
tranquilize
US
upset
distress
relax
deplete
anaesthetize
UK
gag
dwindle
downsize
undermine
debilitate
enervate
de-escalate
obtund
kill
bother
weigh down
anesthetize
US
tranquillize
UK
pipe down
desensitize
US
knock sideways
decrease the volume
devitalize
knock for six
knock the stuffing out of
freeze
daze
trouble
ail
perturb
lull
slake
bum out
abase
desensitise
UK
drop
downscale
desolate
slow
throw
disappoint
drown
absorb
mellow
beat down
buffer
afflict
dim
make downhearted
try
get down
keep it down
put the lid on
disparage
put an end to
give someone the blues
chill out
subjugate
minimize
US
curtail
degrade
darken
turn down
hebetate
erode
deflate
taper
humble
weary
wane
retard
burden
shrink
subside
incapacitate
dumb
dent
ebb
torpefy
drug
bolster
enfeeble
control
compose
minimise
UK
shush
buttress
cripple
aggrieve
render insensitive
make dejected
disincline
knock down
calm down
quash
peter out
gentle
wind down
shut up
lenify
take the sting out
ease off
tail off
bug
bring low
put damper on
overawe
faze
disturb
dampen down
knock out
cut off
choke off
bring down
make despondent
get rid of
psych out
make someone fed up
weigh heavily on
abash
detract from
defuse
shock
modulate
play down
cumber
placate
immobilize
US
pillow
settle down
rein
take the edge off sth
shade
sober
deepen
sedate
depreciate
cut
petrify
cast a shadow
stultify
narcotize
contract
decrement
gruntle
immobilise
UK
dullen
squash
make less intense
make dispirited
make crestfallen
humiliate
indispose
wreck
mar
ruin
deprive of sensation
soak up
cut back
wear away
roll back
cut down
wear down
cork up
bottle up
conceal
hide
cover
throw a pall over
put down
modify
help
satisfy
spoil
take the bite out
pacify
intimidate
fade
fill
surfeit
sweeten
narrow
shut down
decline
recede
harsh
grieve
slacken
relent
fall
sit down on
make nice
make smaller
make less
insulate
pad
seclude
guard
sink
put a stop to
pour oil on
mess up
knock the wind out of
harsh one's mellow
tame
discount
prune
clam
drain
haunt
mortify
torment
harrow
exhaust
etherize
chloroform
KO
injure
gas
deprive
destroy
consume
tire
dope
remit
pall
put off
disconcert
rattle
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
dry up
dummy up
cut short
close up
say nothing
cool it
strike dumb
tongue-tie
hush one's mouth
sit on
clam up
quiet down
hold one's tongue
hush-hush
overwhelm
break
appall
US
bully
irk
scare
dampen someone's hopes
prostrate
awe
droop
cause to lose heart
deprecate
confuse
appal
UK
break one's heart
vex
weigh
alarm
frighten
drop away
let up
die down
die out
phase down
die away
rachet down
taper off
fall away
drop off
grow less
ratchet down
drain away
disempower
reduce the effect of
drag
beat
bring tears to someone's eyes
run down
make gloomy
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
turn one off
make someone's heart bleed
make sad
reduce to tears
bring tears to your eyes
cause suffering to
keep under
make desolate
make unhappy
dampen someone's spirits
make your heart bleed
hang over
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
cast a gloom upon
break someone's heart
lay out
send up
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
blow out
discountenance
unglue
take steam out
get to
jumble
blow up
muddle
unzip
disorder
nonplus
take apart
embarrass
unsettle
pare down
thin
put out of order
put to sleep
stop
dispel
banish
sate
defeat
chagrin
overpower
rise above
water down
disable
bear down on
cast a pall over
trim
slim down
mark down
restrict
qualify
scale down
extenuate
devalue
retrench
devaluate
pare
make cutbacks in
axe
UK
downgrade
shorten
whittle down
ax
US
hold back
cheapen
contain
ameliorate
salami-slice
clip
shave
comfort
step down
cut back on
write off
smooth
whitewash
hinder
stay
adjust
loosen
regulate
downplay
rationalize
US
write down
excuse
salve
let up on
minify
remove
constrict
slack
rationalise
UK
arrest
disintegrate
waste
slow down
loose
vary
deduct
take down
take off
change
cure
halt
make reductions in
ease up on
make light of
dam
stem
subtract
empty
block
release
bleed
couch
staunch
adulterate
economize on
stanch
dissipate
delay
crumble
eliminate
heal
dissolve
justify
debase
detain
untighten
handicap
vitiate
gloss over
trim back
trim down
devour
undervalue
decelerate
commute
deodorize
US
keep down
revise
tighten
impede
devalorize
dock
make weaker
obstruct
take
deemphasize
vindicate
disburden
facilitate
free
varnish
rebate
knock off
adapt
improve
cut down on
stall
nurse
explain away
deteriorate
succor
US
de-emphasize
cool out
hold up
set back
resolve
shift
hamper
prevent
decay
postpone
take away
gloze over
deodorise
UK
transmogrify
switch
revamp
alter
round down
doctor
keep back
interrupt
aid
assist
succour
UK
console
solace
scale back
rein in
mire
retardate
whittle away
ease up
phase out
break up
loiter
choke
waste away
tune down
interfere with
eat away
take a load off
balm
bog down
ration
scale something down
diffuse
spare
satiate
etiolate
address
whittle
euphemize
slenderize
blur
make fewer
restraint
gratify
dip
becalm
lullaby
rarefy
offset
dulcify
reduce the force of
miniaturize
US
foreshorten
rob
subvert
fall off
abbreviate
demote
extend
lace
sophisticate
nose dive
retrench on
reduce punishment
fix up
withstand
oppose
resist
treat
muddy up
miniaturise
UK
refresh
relaxed
reduce greatly
slim
invalidate
take pressure off
mince
make less strict
make less formal
take sting out
patch things up
worsen
take the heat off
stabilize
US
tenderize
US
melt
delete
confine
omit
admix
lay off
balance
attune
chop
crop
compress
lower in price
simmer down
hold in
reconcile
dispose
make up
attend
knead
bend
yield
thaw
mash
tenderise
UK
give
moisten
protect against
circumscribe
make conditional
condense
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
rescue
recover
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
demilitarize
US
lower in value
thin out
harmonize
US
constrain
cause to fall
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
brighten
lop off
lop
bring to a standstill
make lighter
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
add to
add reservations to
remedy
nourish
defend against
shield against
counteract
corrode
bridle
withdraw
cloak
concentrate
shear
economize
US
dismiss
soften up
set
tone
tune
fine tune
make reasonable
punctuate
economise
UK
make additions to
safeguard against
become tender
govern
master
disguise
liss
rehabilitate
make better
monkey around with
drive away
chase away
put to rest
square
drive off
add a rider to
inflect
lick
take from
disencumber
levitate
upraise
uplight
jettison
eradicate
unload
unburden
eat
gnaw
camouflage
bring respite to
expend
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat
abrade
bring an end to
bring aid to
make bearable
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
slap down
snuff out
keep in check
debit
abstract
reduce something
clog
brake
amend
fine-tune
strike off
harmonise
UK
tweak
airbrush
spend
amortise
UK
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
exculpate
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
give a lower profile
give little weight to
attach little importance to
talk down
think nothing of
encumber
play up to
amortize
US
evacuate
use up
quieten down
clamp down on
crack down on
withhold
minus
allow
bate
varnish over
cover up
paper over
defer
close
weather
defend
reduce weight
throw out
pour out
budget cut
roll down
trim away
milk
keep a lid on
keep the lid on
nip in the bud
slow up
hamstring
cheer
forward
disengage
simplify
meliorate
promote
speed
expedite
lift
further
reduce by
take out
decrease by
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
explain
nibble
rot
fret
put back
put on a Band-Aid
scrape away
draw back
paper over the cracks
trammel
burn
make excuses for
run interference for
clear the way
speed up
make easier
attend to
open the door
scour
grind down
eat away at
bite
bite at
hang up
close off
down
hesitate
loaf
back off
falter
crimp
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
baulk
UK
bog
balk
US
baffle
bring to screeching halt
shut off
dawdle
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works of
flag
poke
fetter
stunt
suck dry
impoverish
bankrupt
chip away at
eat into
gnaw away at
make allowances for
make a case for
give an explanation for
make allowances
finish
draw down
draw
squander
play out
lag
come up with an explanation for
procrastinate
embog
reef
wash up
eat up
dig into
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
keep waiting
anchor it
more ❯
Verb
▲
Keep at bay
fend off
avert
avoid
deflect
deter
fight off
hold off
keep away
rebuff
rebut
reject
repel
repulse
resist
spurn
ward off
keep at bay
beat off
drive back
hold at bay
keep at a distance
keep at arm's length
keep off
parry
rebuke
refuse
snub
stave off
turn aside
protect against
defend against
decline
cut
slight
repudiate
dismiss
cold-shoulder
ignore
disdain
turn down
deny
check
stiff-arm
push back
chide
disregard
put off
send away
snout
give someone the go-by
neglect
tell off
give the brush
brush off
cut dead
put down
oppose
pass up
lash out at
not hear of
disallow
give the cold shoulder
look right through
cross
tell someone where to get off
put in one's place
freeze out
reprove
give someone the brush-off
knock back
shun
scorn
ostracize
US
pass
disapprove
reprobate
balk at
nix
send to Coventry
ostracise
UK
coldshoulder
negative
deselect
treat with contempt
hold back
brush aside
stiff
blank
high-hat
throw out
exclude
say no
turn away
renounce
discount
scout
sneer at
scoff at
throw over
demur
misprize
sniff at
say no to
negate
baulk at
not accept
pooh-pooh
look past
turn back
look down on
send packing
turn your back on
deride
forgo
desist
abjure
belittle
mock
give somebody the cold shoulder
play down
pass on
ridicule
contemn
jilt
demur at
wave aside
abstain from
snoot
refrain from
shy from
disown
drive away
foil
cool
force back
withhold from
desist from
make light of
treat disrespectfully
frustrate
beat back
set aside
send one's regrets
shake one's head
thrust back
act cool
take no notice of
hold in contempt
turn up your nose at
put to flight
kick in the teeth
steer clear of
see off
not give time of day
give the bum's rush
turn deaf ear to
turn one's back on
turn nose up at
sneeze at
look down upon
give the cold shoulder to
shrug off
veto
look straight through
turn on
reluct
turn against
give a pain
turn your nose up at
delay
obstruct
evade
look straight through someone
defeat
pretend not to see
overlook
skip
refuse admittance to
give somebody the run-around
fight back
make unwelcome
turn up one's nose
miss
heave-ho
overthrow
stall
filibuster
not heed
set back
force away
throw back
pour cold water on
put aside
put out of one's mind
throw cold water on
withdraw
protest
give the thumbs down to
not take advantage of
not budge on
turn from
send off
jib at
dispense with
not care for
hold out
protest at
not buy
draw the line at
refuse to receive
give thumbs down to
fight
show disrespect
show disrespect for
blink at
confront
stonewall
kick
prevent
duel
dispute
stand off
traverse
drive off
wipe
slam-dunk
make little of
undermine
knock down
force off
give cold shoulder to
stand up against
chase away
cast aside
humiliate
insult
disparage
despise
express contempt
affront
pour scorn on
dis
flout
disrespect
diss
humble
mortify
shame
be scornful about
be above
jeer at
heap scorn on
laugh at
be contemptuous about
abandon
spit on
revile
refute
gibe
piss over
confute
abhor
hate
sneer
piss on
defy
scoff
trash
taunt
hold up to scorn
desert
scratch
offend
swank
slur
chill
ice
duck
scold
snob
upstage
censure
boycott
burr
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
discard
forbear
cock a snook at
run down
consider beneath you
forsake
disavow
ice out
curl your lip at
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
turn back on
make fun of
show contempt for
spit in the eye of
retract
recant
reverse
forswear
give the brushoff
look coldly upon
eschew
rescind
revoke
give someone a slap in the face
put the chill on
give up
cast off
disprofess
keep someone at arm's length
look right through someone
dishonor
US
rat
turn
default
disinherit
tergiversate
banish
flush
oust
dishonour
UK
cast
defect
apostatize
tergiverse
shed
lay aside
cut off
disacknowledge
dump
have no more truck with
wash one's hands of
wash your hands of
be against
break with
have nothing more to do with
fly in the face of
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
more ❯
Verb
▲
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
puncture
humble
disillusion
flatten
deflate
demolish
destroy
discredit
disprove
erode
prick
reduce
reverse
ruin
undermine
cut short
explode
shoot down
blow sky high
knock bottom out
put an end to
knock props from under
poke full of holes
shoot full of holes
take wind out of sails
take down a peg
Verb
▲
To give force or effect toward
militate
counter
foil
hinder
oppose
prejudice
resist
affect
count
influence
inspire
weigh
work
cancel out
go against
tend to prevent
work against
act on
operate against
tell against
be detrimental to
be disadvantageous to
have an effect on
Verb
▲
To hold or have a negative opinion of
frown on
disapprove of
dislike
be against
object to
condemn
discountenance
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
find unacceptable
indicate disapproval of
oppose
show disapproval of
view with disfavour
view with dislike
frown upon
look askance at
take exception to
think wrong
not take kindly to
not think much of
take a dim view of
have a low opinion of
disapprove
deprecate
disesteem
discommend
object
frown
show displeasure
repudiate
challenge
spurn
tsk-tsk
mislike
reprove
veto
resist
tut-tut over
not go for
not stand for
tut about
dispute
tut over
put down
count me out
hold no brief for
tut-tut about
deplore
censure
denounce
criticize
US
abhor
knock
decry
slam
execrate
despise
detest
not believe in
criticise
UK
frown at
excoriate
cane
hammer
be offended by
be shocked by
be scandalized by
rubbish
slate
blast
bad-mouth
slash
inveigh against
reprobate
rail against
derogate
asperse
animadvert on
pull to pieces
slag off
pull apart
protest against
hit out at
vituperate against
blame
reproach
not support
disparage
rebuke
animadvert
zing
express a poor opinion of
reprehend
negate
detract
expostulate
remonstrate against
dispraise
pan
remonstrate
chastise
be hostile towards
raise an
pass on
find fault with
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
fend off
)
To defend against or keep away
fend
prevent
block
check
curb
forestall
halt
oppose
repel
repulse
resist
arrest
avert
bulwark
defend
deflect
divert
dodge
fence
foil
forfend
guard
intercept
stop
thwart
balk
US
baulk
UK
escape
evade
parry
screen
cover
duck
keep
ward
head off
hold off
fend off
hold back
keep off
protect against
safeguard against
secure against
shield against
stave off
ward off
defend oneself against
fight off
guard against
skirt round
keep at bay
turn aside
keep at arm's length
put a stop to
stand up for
pre-empt
protect
safeguard
secure
shield
avoid
circumvent
hinder
sidestep
steer clear of
get around
bypass
get out of
prohibit
frustrate
skirt
impede
nullify
counteract
shun
interfere with
stall
delay
refrain from
restrain from
stay away
skip
stay away from
withstand
desist
forbear
shirk
skip out on
elude
shy from
steer clear
shrink from
abstain from
pass up
abstain
preclude
control
shake off
withhold from
decline
desist from
provide
keep from
counterbalance
break the habit of
refuse
eschew
leave off
help
give up
cease
do without
kick
negate
make up for
shake
neutralise
UK
forbear from
deny yourself
forgo
offset
deter
obviate
checkmate
forbid
renounce
neutralize
US
anticipate
compensate for
field
cramp
counter
derail
stymie
defeat
fight shy of
fence off
answer evasively
beat
put paid to
stand in the way of
inhibit
circumnavigate
scotch
overturn
obstruct
defend against
put an end to
restrict
bring to a close
crimp
retard
interdict
limit
restrain
disrupt
repress
crash
keep lid on
trammel
wreck
bar
put the stopper on
shut out
take down
upset
scupper
stump
nip in the bud
do for
ditch
hold up
take wind out of
ruin
stonewall
outwit
juke
spoil
put the kibosh on
unsettle
more ❯
Verb
▲
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
divert
detract
distract
sidetrack
abstract
deflect
shift
draw
lead away
call off
circumlocute
detach
deter
disadvise
disengage
dissuade
disturb
offlead
stall
throw off
draw away
put off
attract attention
catch flies
get around
turn away
bend the rules
lead astray
be a distraction
send on a wild-goose chase
turn aside
avert
head off
mislead
unbalance
call away
cause to lose concentration
digress
divagate
get off the subject
stray from the subject
stray from the point
deviate from the topic
get off the point
wander
get sidetracked
go off at a tangent
get off the track
go off on a tangent
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in
turn off
disgust
nauseate
repel
repulse
revolt
sicken
gross out
put off
alienate
bore
deter
disenchant
disinterest
displease
irritate
offend
lose one's interest
make one sick
be repugnant to
turn your stomach
make shudder
upset
reluct
be repulsive to
make someone want to throw up
horrify
turn one's stomach
make sick
make someone feel sick
be distasteful to
fill with loathing
shock
disturb
bother
cause to feel nauseous
be offensive to
be extremely distasteful to
make someone's skin crawl
give you the creeps
make someone's flesh creep
cause offence to
give someone the creeps
make someone's gorge rise
make you heave
put someone off
make someone's stomach rise
be disagreeable to
be displeasing to
turn someone off
turn someone's stomach
crawl
pain
make flesh crawl
make your flesh creep
turn stomach
appal
UK
outrage
squick
appall
US
afflict
make someone feel nauseous
affect
turn
make your gorge rise
derange
unhinge
disorder
unsettle
pall
abominate
irk
pique
surfeit
insult
cause aversion
be repulsive
cloy on
offend morals of
make you sick
put you off
gross you out
make you shudder
turn you off
make you feel sick
give a pain in neck
give someone the heebie-jeebies
leave someone cold
scare
discompose
haunt
terrify
frighten
undo
unbalance
freak out
make someone's blood run cold
more ❯
Noun
▲
Cowardliness
cowardliness
“He added that fares will be clearly posted on each vehicle in order to prevent confusion and
discourage
mischievous behavior of drivers.”
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