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Verb
To lessen the courage or confidence of
To oppose by expressing disapproval
To persuade (someone) against an action
To let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty
To take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself
Make less strong or intense
Deflate someone's idea, feelings
To give force or effect toward
To hold an unfavorable opinion of
To snub and reject an offer or suggestion
To draw the attention or mind to something else
To cause to feel disgust
To hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time
Noun
Cowardliness
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Verb
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To lessen the courage or confidence 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
upset
disconcert
sadden
shake
disturb
perturb
subdue
weigh down
throw
oppress
faze
rattle
agitate
unsettle
sap
confound
enervate
terrify
terrorize
US
disquiet
knock sideways
weaken
discomfit
knock for six
desolate
bum out
throw cold water on
grieve
terrorise
UK
fluster
nonplus
discompose
burden
pour cold water on
knock the stuffing out of
mortify
panic
get down
browbeat
worry
chagrin
get to
undermine
bring down
startle
damp
make gloomy
make sad
make unhappy
annoy
take aback
weigh heavily on
horrify
shake up
irritate
spook
throw off balance
unhinge
give someone the blues
enfeeble
overwhelm
discomfort
discountenance
buffalo
embarrass
bewilder
ruffle
humble
perplex
hang over
shock
exasperate
harrow
ail
torment
shatter
debilitate
mystify
put someone off their stroke
deflate
bring low
baffle
affright
aggrieve
scare off
make someone fed up
alarum
anger
sour
discombobulate
disempower
make dejected
disincline
humiliate
jolt
dissatisfy
aggravate
devitalize
bug
surprise
haunt
floor
muddle
psych
thwart
embitter
distract
disillusion
puzzle
dumbfound
devastate
put into a flap
cause suffering to
concern
squash
make desolate
throw into a tizz
weary
abase
flatten
cloud
nark
put down
dull
flummox
harass
hack off
undo
cause someone to lose their composure
chasten
hurt
petrify
destroy
put the wind up
fright
make miserable
make your heart bleed
pain
turn one off
bring tears to your eyes
cast a gloom upon
scarify
dampen spirits
repel
disburb
astound
stiff
bulldoze
make blue
drag down
bring one down
scare to death
make blood run cold
strike terror into
chill to the bone
make teeth chatter
put into a funk
scare away
curdle the blood
dissuade
emasculate
consternate
make nervous
dispraise
impress
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
get someone down
demotivate
stand up to
make uneasy
make anxious
cast a shadow
destabilize
US
unbalance
lie
prey on
lie heavy on
blind someone with something
pressure
pressurize
US
blind
destabilise
UK
placate
stall
appease
deceive
make one's blood run cold
silly
make one's hair stand on end
scare the daylights out of
lower
break
suppress
subjugate
stifle
infuriate
psych someone out
pressurise
UK
squelch
smother
diminish
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
unglue
cripple
jumble
unzip
disorder
down
press
deplore
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
take the heart out of
madden
deaden
defeat
curb
overcome
quell
extinguish
overpower
torture
send up
blow out
blow up
take apart
make dispirited
make crestfallen
indispose
miff
bear down on
damp down
take steam out
wound
agonize
US
hagride
frazzle
distemper
paralyse
UK
exercise
flurry
fuss
derail
cast a gloom on
sting
plague
discommode
gnaw at
pester
stress
pother
disgruntle
disenchant
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
let down
freak out
envenom
wind up
throw a pall over
drain
drag
mock
slow
decrease
darken
debase
beat
degrade
mess up
fill with consternation
foul up
screw up
louse up
muck up
fob someone off
give the runaround
alienate
poison
antagonize
US
give someone a turn
run down
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
keep under
put the wind up someone
throw into a tizzy
give someone the hump
reduce to tears
throw into panic
debunk
belittle
snub
quash
scare stiff
scare witless
disaffect
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
freeze your blood
ruin
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 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
make bitter
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
spoil
blight
overturn
scotch
exacerbate
worsen
rankle
wreck
blast
torpedo
demolish
acidulate
estrange
antagonise
UK
bitter
venom
make rancorous
acerbate
check
baulk
UK
nix
banjax
foil
queer
dish
crool
wipe out
scupper
bilk
put paid to
wreak havoc with
balk
US
blow a hole in
bring to naught
circumvent
do for
put the kibosh on
disarm
stun
stupefy
ride
uncalm
needle
throw off
bowl over
set back
give a turn
offend
pique
persecute
bedevil
peeve
crucify
injure
beset
hassle
excruciate
affront
outrage
curse
anguish
harry
nag
chafe
provoke
nettle
put out
give someone grief
hound
tease
besiege
molest
martyr
lacerate
eat
tick off
disgust
get
wring
mither
badger
inflame
grate
rend
insult
slight
cause agony to
drive up the wall
affect
give someone a hard time
sear
smite
itch
spite
dog
cut
rub up the wrong way
pursue
pierce
stab
incense
enrage
damage
move
traumatize
US
give a hard time
get on your nerves
rankle with
rasp
frost
scar
gripe
cause pain to
abuse
suffer
traumatise
UK
eat at
devil
give offence to
burn
inflict anguish on
tax
cut up
wrong
grate on
hack you off
hurt someone's feelings
do in
give a bad time
gnaw
bite
harm
strike
ache
touch
drive bananas
sicken
inconvenience
make someone see red
get across
tear
gravel
excite
bruise
assail
rark
disrespect
diss
mutilate
visit
dis
maim
mangle
tire
be a pain in the neck
jar
disoblige
chivvy
rouse
turn off
stew
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
mourn
cause anguish
bleed
despoil
pick on
cause offense
attack
feel pain
dump on
tear to pieces
interrupt
beleaguer
be in pain
hurt one's feelings
stir up
drive round the bend
be on your back
breathe down someone's neck
go through the mill
be distressed
tear apart
tick someone off
mistreat
maltreat
squeeze
pinch
compress
cramp
grip
tear at
cause trouble to
take
preoccupy
test
occupy
repulse
nauseate
pick at
constrain
convulse
cause someone distress
prick
exhaust
stretch
cause suffering
be hurtful to
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
tear to shreds
force
fester
hurt deeply
ridicule
lampoon
ill-treat
impose on
intrude upon
chivy
sweat
fear
niggle
hit hard
be
keep after
be prey to
make someone scratch their head
bait
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
martyrize
brutalize
US
impale
grill
whip
brutalise
UK
heavy
inflict trauma
deeply upset
stir
infest
hector
be unwell
be the victim of
daze
derange
impede
bend someone's ear
cross
taunt
hinder
get on your wick
carp at
goad
nudge
bore
thumb nose at
get in your hair
be a nuisance to
thrill
cause pain
roil
ire
enflame
mad
be indisposed
be crook
complicate
amaze
arouse
intrude
get in the way
interfere
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
make waves
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
redden
be sick
be ill
be weak
make uncomfortable
flip out
tire out
wear out
eat away at
eat up
get one's goat
steam up
obsess
get your goat
stress out
zing
slur
be wrong with
feel unwell
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
rattle one's cage
noodge
jerk around
drive round the twist
heckle
drive someone up the wall
macerate
keep on at
foray
bullyrag
work on
rape
rifle
havoc
desecrate
gut
ransack
strip
waste
rob
plunder
loot
depredate
fleece
maraud
pillage
ravage
devour
spoliate
slap
give offence
put someone's back up
be disagreeable
hurt somebody's feelings
hack someone off
get someone's goat
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
be offensive
put someone's nose out of joint
be the matter with
inflict
wreak
befall
impose
sensitize
US
swell
lay waste
hurt the feelings of
sensitise
UK
descend on
avenge
descend upon
punish
force upon
bring down on
impair
disable
smash
abrade
mar
sorrow
deform
be at
mix up
put your back up
get your back up
strap
nit-pick
push
have a bad time
be miserable
be affected
be upset
experience hardship
go through a lot
endure agony
be wounded
feel wretched
be racked
be wretched
be in distress
be racked with pain
bloody
crab
disfigure
deface
vitiate
blemish
compromise
flaw
endamage
get in one's hair
get under one's skin
brood
incapacitate
mangulate
knacker
scathe
get at
ruminate
contemplate
writhe
muse
speculate
struggle
labour
UK
strive
distort
cross up
foul
prejudice
total
draw blood
contort
wax
do mischief to
batter
hack up
push buttons
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
upset oneself
dwell on
feel uneasy
be anxious
be worried
do a number on
make it tough for
be in anguish
pore on
wrestle
eat heart out
vacillate
exercise oneself
squirm
lament
puzzle over
torment yourself
be indecisive
sing the blues
labor
US
weigh up
take it badly
be in agony
stew over
chew over
mull over
wrestle with oneself
carry on
torture yourself
wince
be on one's case
more ❯
“I didn't let losing
discourage
me from trying again.”
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
hamstring
derail
cumber
shut down
postpone
defer
detain
freeze
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
stonewall
forestall
bork
shelve
baffle
confine
cripple
bring up
set back
foul up
put back
slow up
crimp
hold over
close off
shut off
get in the way of
sabotage
decelerate
suspend
circumscribe
delimit
prorogue
fix
hesitate
scupper
cork
discomfit
straiten
retardate
cut off
remit
intermit
drag one's feet
hold in check
get in the way
screw up
keep within bounds
tie down
hem in
back off
bog down
choke off
take down
cramp one's style
bring to screeching halt
keep the lid on
end
disrupt
protract
rattle
dam
bind
entangle
chain
disconcert
prolong
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
can
make late
hold off on
knock off
demarcate
adjourn
give a hard time
saddle with
cap
bound
bring to an end
mothball
pigeonhole
table
reschedule
obscure
screen
cover
mask
shield
hide
constrict
peg
close
stopper
crab
throttle
fill
plug
complicate
discontinue
tarry
dither
quibble
equivocate
prevaricate
stand
fence
set
demark
specify
prescribe
weigh down
monkey with
respite
girdle
delimitate
define
stand over
place a limit on
not move
stand still
stand off
peter out
buy time
put on ice
keep within limits
keep a tight rein on
mark off
draw the line on
do later
put off the evil day
lay on the table
continue
put off the evil hour
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
put over
put in abeyance
carry over
put on the back burner
hold in abeyance
avoid the issue
take one's time
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
counter
defeat
spoil
disappoint
nullify
dash
scotch
crush
confront
snooker
beat
crool
banjax
cancel
overcome
stump
negate
lick
ruin
obviate
preclude
conquer
annul
outwit
slacken
do for
render null and void
upset the applecart
dash one's hope
give the run around
put the lid on
put the kibosh on
lessen
down
decrease
loaf
falter
mire
dawdle
flag
loiter
poke
bog
let up
subdue
muzzle
dampen
leash
measure
rule
keep
curtail
harness
gaol
UK
jail
US
gag
rein back
guide
impound
direct
imprison
cool
kill
hogtie
keep down
sit on
box up
put away
pin down
pull back
crack down
lock up
keep in line
bring under control
have on a tight leash
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
▲
To let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty
fail
disappoint
cheat
dissatisfy
upset
anger
con
exploit
fool
trick
annoy
dispirit
finagle
disaffect
disconcert
dumbfound
shaft
vex
delude
disgruntle
swindle
defraud
disillusion
flimflam
shortchange
depress
displease
fleece
hoodwink
deceive
dishearten
sadden
aggrieve
dismay
dupe
mislead
burn
disenchant
disquiet
irritate
chagrin
discontent
exasperate
frustrate
victimise
UK
victimize
US
break one's word
break your word
do the dirty on
double-cross
let down
short-change
two-time
break faith with
fail to satisfy
fall short of expectations
play someone false
dash
circumvent
torment
baulk
UK
miscarry
embitter
bungle
abort
balk
US
founder
tease
dash the hopes of
fall short
bum out
fall flat
dampen the spirits of
stand up
not show
put out
shatter the illusions of
ruin prospects
cast down
dash hopes
fall short of
come to nothing
bring to naught
fall down on
leave in the lurch
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself
fend
forestall
pre-empt
prevent
repulse
arrest
balk
US
baulk
UK
block
check
curb
halt
head off
hold off
intercept
keep off
stave off
stop
ward off
avert
bulwark
cover
defend
deflect
divert
dodge
fence
fight off
foil
forfend
guard
guard against
keep
parry
protect
repel
resist
safeguard
screen
secure
shield
thwart
ward
defend oneself against
duck
escape
evade
hold back
oppose
skirt round
turn aside
keep at bay
put a stop to
stand up for
fend off
keep away
protect against
defend against
rebuff
reject
rebut
deter
avoid
spurn
beat off
drive back
refuse
keep at a distance
snub
keep at arm's length
rebuke
hold at bay
obstruct
hinder
impede
inhibit
restrict
put an end to
shut out
counter
obviate
prohibit
frustrate
counteract
retard
restrain
repress
bar
nip in the bud
stonewall
circumvent
derail
stymie
preclude
defeat
rule out
circumnavigate
nullify
hamper
steer clear of
crimp
sidestep
interdict
skirt
limit
keep lid on
trammel
stall
scupper
spoil
debar
baffle
stave
cool
chill
cork
dam
interrupt
forbid
anticipate
save
desist
discontinue
cease
keep from happening
put to flight
beat back
send packing
chase away
cramp
get around
get out of
beat
put paid to
bypass
stand in the way of
scotch
overturn
interfere with
bring to a close
disrupt
crash
wreck
put the stopper on
take down
unrail
upset
stump
do for
ditch
hold up
take wind out of
ruin
outwit
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
forefend
more ❯
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
mitigate
abate
subdue
alleviate
assuage
ease
weaken
mollify
soothe
hush
relieve
cushion
dilute
take the edge off
quell
palliate
quiet
attenuate
soft-pedal
squelch
muzzle
depress
impair
paralyse
UK
mask
settle
paralyze
US
gag
lighten
stun
stupefy
decrease the volume
relax
appease
deplete
anaesthetize
UK
tranquillize
UK
dwindle
downsize
repress
de-escalate
obtund
kill
anesthetize
US
tranquilize
US
pipe down
desensitize
US
keep it down
freeze
daze
lull
dumb
slake
desensitise
UK
drop
downscale
shush
slow
drown
absorb
mellow
buffer
dim
shut up
put the lid on
put an end to
chill out
minimize
US
curtail
degrade
turn down
hebetate
erode
taper
wane
retard
shrink
subside
incapacitate
unnerve
dent
ebb
torpefy
drug
bolster
control
compose
quash
minimise
UK
buttress
clam
overawe
hush-hush
tongue-tie
render insensitive
calm down
knock down
settle down
peter out
gentle
wind down
lenify
take the sting out
ease off
tail off
put damper on
dampen down
knock out
get rid of
dry up
sit on
dummy up
quiet down
cut short
close up
choke off
hold one's tongue
say nothing
cool it
cut off
strike dumb
hush one's mouth
detract from
defuse
shock
play down
modulate
cumber
placate
immobilize
US
pillow
rein
take the edge off sth
sober
shade
darken
deepen
cut
depreciate
petrify
devitalize
sedate
stop
subjugate
contract
decrement
stultify
narcotize
gruntle
immobilise
UK
rise above
banish
dispel
make less intense
dullen
deprive of sensation
soak up
roll back
cut down
cut back
wear away
wear down
deflate
squash
cover
conceal
hide
take the bite out
bottle up
cork up
wreck
ruin
mar
fade
narrow
shut down
decline
recede
spoil
slacken
fall
relent
sit down on
make less
make smaller
insulate
pad
seclude
guard
sink
tame
discount
prune
modify
help
satisfy
harsh
pall
remit
pacify
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
die away
rachet down
taper off
fall away
drop away
drop off
let up
die down
die out
grow less
ratchet down
drain away
phase down
sweeten
fill
surfeit
reduce the effect of
sap
mess up
injure
exhaust
frustrate
gas
etherize
chloroform
deprive
destroy
consume
tire
KO
dope
pare down
thin
make nice
clam up
sate
put a stop to
pour oil on
lay out
water down
put out of order
put to sleep
enfeeble
disable
debilitate
cripple
undermine
fall off
qualify
slump
ease up
plummet
extenuate
slack off
fade away
ameliorate
come to an end
slack
loosen
go down
flag
grow smaller
plunge
wither
close
slacken off
comfort
smooth
become smaller
release
dissolve
regulate
disappear
loose
drain
clip
scale down
shrivel
droop
melt away
slow down
trail
waste away
let up on
descend
terminate
shorten
adjust
get less
melt
downplay
minify
die off
vanish
fail
pare
deteriorate
nosedive
devaluate
lapse
degenerate
decay
devalue
mark down
crumble
bring down
trail off
get smaller
cease
vary
trim
bate
whitewash
dip
de-emphasize
wilt
disintegrate
improve
change
blur
disengage
restrict
evanesce
become weaker
shave
facilitate
disburden
free
cool off
cure
evaporate
aid
make cutbacks in
assist
go downhill
make light of
fade out
become less
run low
take a nosedive
slim down
excuse
euphemize
quieten down
untighten
revise
desist
balance
adapt
vindicate
disempower
withdraw
finish
commute
revamp
transmogrify
switch
break
collapse
alter
slope
axe
UK
couch
downgrade
halt
end
dulcify
thin out
disperse
retire
deemphasize
crash
gloss over
square
cool out
abbreviate
retrench
sag
ax
US
tumble
regress
shift
come to a stop
resolve
take down
trim back
trim down
languish
dive
salve
step down
retrograde
go
cheapen
fix up
shape
put down
waste
ease up on
grow faint
cut back on
nose-dive
solace
console
go through the floor
take a load off
hit the floor
fall short
break up
become lower
clear the way
cheer
doctor
meliorate
promote
attend to
open the door
further
run interference for
nurse
forward
speed up
simplify
make easier
speed
expedite
lift
spare
ration
satiate
address
restraint
gratify
diffuse
dock
grow
condense
coast
unlax
slim
wrinkle
atrophy
incline downwards
slant down
ally
frost
infrigidate
freshen
slope down
tilt downwards
mince
rescind
trail away
elongate
lose edge
narrow down
stay
refresh
relaxed
flow away
make weaker
patch things up
take sting out
cut down on
make fewer
tenderize
US
round down
whittle down
admix
reduce punishment
become less intense
telescope
attune
come down
undervalue
demote
slip
give way
give in
become weak
reduce greatly
yield
tenderise
UK
give
moisten
knead
bend
thaw
mash
crop
amputate
phase out
thin down
harmonize
US
hold back
put at rest
close out
be on the way out
stretch
broaden
go downwards
write off
get lower
cause to fall
write down
retreat
make reductions in
fizzle out
arrange
fall down
conciliate
propitiate
draw to a close
circumscribe
make conditional
contain
retrench on
salami-slice
fine tune
make reasonable
dismiss
dissipate
slack up
put behind one
make less formal
make less strict
tone
set
tune
take pressure off
adulterate
become tender
eliminate
level off
relapse
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
add reservations to
add to
order
organize
US
die away or out
die away or down
monkey around with
content
protect against
open
totter
skid
lose
lace
extend
sophisticate
drive away
drive off
chase away
put to rest
perish
inflect
stabilize
US
backslide
crater
drag
buckle
make additions to
retrocede
lay off
lag
emaciate
dematerialize
fly
flee
flop
debase
invalidate
defend against
shield against
soften the impact of
make lighter
go into a tailspin
fold up
tip over
break down
be precipitated
decrease in value
cave in
decline in price
hit the dirt
take a header
lose value
bow out
fall back
pull out
back away
return
drop back
add a rider to
reduce something
brighten
amend
fine-tune
tweak
harmonise
UK
prettify
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
white
dissemble
varnish
veil
condone
exculpate
sugarcoat
etiolate
crush
disarm
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
demilitarize
US
demilitarise
UK
rescue
recover
design
becalm
plan
frame
construct
lullaby
counteract
play up to
retrogress
move away
go back
safeguard against
give a lower profile
attach little importance to
think nothing of
give little weight to
talk down
chasten
deliquesce
grow feeble
rarefy
tucker out
clear
fold
grow dim
die on vine
evanish
poop out
vanish into thin air
fag out
become less loud
become unimportant
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
reduce the force of
con
pacificate
stroke
grease
liss
interrupt
retract
back
depart
move back
form
concoct
quick fix
apologize for
hush up
disencumber
empty
levitate
remove
upraise
jettison
eradicate
unload
unburden
take
uplight
prevent
bring aid to
make bearable
bring an end to
make something bearable
bring respite to
bring aid
take load off
make peace with
free up
move further off
back off
pass
soften up
butter up
make peace
smooth over
restore harmony to
impose peace upon
lay back
work out
set out
simmer down
reconcile
map out
put together
make up
marshall
US
hold in
marshal
UK
dispose
tune down
balm
organise
UK
justify
go away
flow back
draw away
draw back
put on a Band-Aid
clear the air with
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
kiss and make up
bury the hatchet
defend
elapse
discontinue
clear the air
smooth out
take the heat
quit
determine
expire
conclude
reduce weight
throw out
put off
pour out
deodorize
US
explain
explain away
underplay
understate
underemphasize
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
die
blue-pencil
gloze over
make excuses for
deodorise
UK
wind up
dead-end
break off
run out
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
make allowances for
make allowances
make a case for
give an explanation for
make nothing of
make little of
shrug off
go easy
amortise
UK
cast down
amortize
US
tighten
set no store by
put on the soft pedal
set little store by
come up with an explanation for
more ❯
Verb
▲
Deflate someone's idea, feelings
puncture
humble
disillusion
flatten
deflate
discredit
disprove
explode
blow sky high
knock bottom out
knock props from under
poke full of holes
shoot full of holes
take wind out of sails
take down a peg
refute
invalidate
confute
belie
quash
expose
negate
rebut
contradict
debunk
controvert
challenge
shoot down
blow sky-high
knock the bottom out of
shoot down in flames
give the lie to
drive a coach and horses through
confound
falsify
disconfirm
bust
call into question
show in its true light
prove to be false
repudiate
deny
gainsay
erupt
ridicule
demolish
flame
negative
burst forth
discard
blaze up
blow up
nullify
break out
flare up
prove impossible
put paid to
pick holes in
cut down to size
prove wrong
blow out of the water
more ❯
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 an unfavorable 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
despise
detest
not believe in
frown at
criticize
US
abhor
execrate
knock
slam
decry
not support
criticise
UK
have a problem with
excoriate
be offended by
be shocked by
be scandalized by
cane
hammer
rubbish
slate
blast
bad-mouth
slash
inveigh against
reprobate
rail against
derogate
asperse
slag off
pull apart
protest against
vituperate against
animadvert on
pull to pieces
hit out at
argue against
demur against
argue with
be in defiance of
demur about
disagree with
go against
be anti
refute
take issue with
speak against
dissent from
disagree
blame
loathe
reproach
disparage
rebuke
animadvert
zing
express a poor opinion of
be displeased with
reprehend
negate
detract
expostulate
remonstrate against
dispraise
pan
remonstrate
be dissatisfied with
chastise
be hostile towards
have a poor opinion of
raise an
pass on
find fault with
take dim view of
not hold with
look down on
have a down on
look down your nose at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To snub and reject an offer or suggestion
rebuff
decline
refuse
reject
spurn
cut
slight
snub
repudiate
repulse
cold-shoulder
disdain
dismiss
ignore
repel
turn down
check
deny
resist
stiff-arm
brush off
snout
chide
cross
cut dead
disallow
disregard
freeze out
neglect
oppose
put down
rebuke
reprove
knock back
look right through
beat off
fend off
give someone the brush-off
hold off
pass up
push back
put off
send away
stave off
tell off
ward off
give someone the go-by
give the brush
keep at bay
lash out at
not hear of
give the cold shoulder
keep at a distance
keep at arm's length
put in one's place
tell someone where to get off
shun
scorn
pass
disapprove
avoid
reprobate
nix
rebut
ostracize
US
balk at
negative
deselect
send to Coventry
ostracise
UK
throw out
coldshoulder
treat with contempt
turn away
hold back
discount
brush aside
keep off
high-hat
stiff
blank
say no to
throw over
exclude
keep away
fight off
pooh-pooh
deter
say no
drive back
renounce
despise
contemn
belittle
scout
disown
flout
sniff at
misprize
demur
scoff
cool
baulk at
negate
not accept
look down on
kick in the teeth
look past
turn back
insult
send packing
parry
turn your back on
forgo
deride
desist
abjure
affront
jilt
mock
pass on
disparage
sneer at
scoff at
dis
disrespect
diss
give somebody the cold shoulder
treat disrespectfully
offend
play down
snoot
ridicule
demur at
skip
abstain from
slur
chill
upstage
refrain from
shy from
sneer
make light of
withhold from
desist from
flush
dump
drive away
foil
sneeze at
take no notice of
force back
frustrate
beat back
hold in contempt
shrug off
set aside
act cool
thrust back
look down upon
turn up your nose at
turn one's back on
put to flight
turn deaf ear to
steer clear of
veto
see off
not give time of day
give the cold shoulder to
turn nose up at
look straight through
turn on
avert
deflect
reluct
turn aside
hold at bay
overlook
miss
turn against
not heed
give a pain
humiliate
delay
obstruct
evade
freeze someone out
defeat
drop
air
refuse admittance to
give somebody the run-around
fight back
look straight through someone
pretend not to see
make unwelcome
turn up one's nose
give the thumbs down to
not take advantage of
heave-ho
overthrow
stall
filibuster
set back
force away
throw back
pass by
steer clear
wave something aside
humble
mortify
shame
withdraw
pour cold water on
put aside
throw cold water on
protest
scratch
swank
ice
duck
scold
snob
censure
boycott
burr
turn your nose up at
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
ice out
wipe
slam-dunk
wave aside
make little of
undermine
fight
give the brushoff
look coldly upon
pour scorn on
confront
give someone a slap in the face
put the chill on
be scornful about
be above
jeer at
heap scorn on
laugh at
be contemptuous about
stonewall
express contempt
spit on
revile
refute
gibe
piss over
confute
abhor
hate
piss on
defy
trash
taunt
kick
prevent
duel
dispute
stand off
traverse
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
drive off
cock a snook at
run down
consider beneath you
knock down
force off
give cold shoulder to
stand up against
chase away
cast aside
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
hold up to scorn
forbear
eschew
abandon
desert
discard
forsake
disavow
retract
recant
reverse
forswear
rescind
revoke
give up
cast off
disprofess
slap
outrage
wound
dishonor
US
rat
turn
default
disinherit
tergiversate
banish
oust
dishonour
UK
cast
defect
apostatize
tergiverse
lay aside
cut off
disacknowledge
refuse to take advantage of
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
fail
omit
give offence
show disrespect
show disrespect for
blink at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To draw the attention or mind 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
confuse
disconcert
fluster
head off
block
stop
parry
put somebody off his or her stride
fend off
stave off
trouble
agitate
torment
confound
madden
amuse
bewilder
puzzle
entertain
perplex
occupy
beguile
engross
discompose
derange
mislead
absorb
harass
addle
frenzy
unbalance
engage
befuddle
mix up
call away
cause to lose concentration
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to feel disgust
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 someone want to throw up
make shudder
upset
reluct
be repulsive to
make sick
horrify
turn one's stomach
make someone feel sick
be distasteful to
make someone sick
fill with loathing
shock
disturb
bother
cause to feel nauseous
be offensive to
be extremely distasteful to
make you feel sick
give you the creeps
cause offence to
give someone the creeps
make you heave
put someone off
cause to feel sick
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
give a pain in neck
give someone the heebie-jeebies
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time
freeze
fix
suspend
hold
peg
check
curb
limit
restrict
cap
confine
control
set
stop
discontinue
regulate
shelve
arrest
dampen
depress
dishearten
halt
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
inhibit
mothball
cut short
hold down
keep down
break off
hold up
stop in your tracks
restrain
constrain
bridle
govern
hinder
trammel
hamper
bottle up
contain
tame
fetter
rein in
measure
keep
rule
keep within bounds
pull in
keep the lid on
keep a tight rein on
cork up
shut in
circumscribe
demarcate
delimit
bound
bar
constrict
terminate
cramp
suppress
repress
specify
prescribe
demark
straiten
subdue
delimitate
cork
girdle
define
impede
retard
hold back
muzzle
discipline
hold in
smother
stifle
hem in
hold in check
place a limit on
tie down
silence
moderate
bite back
muffle
swallow
fight back
gag
strangle
keep back
mark off
put a brake on
keep within limits
draw the line on
keep under control
deter
keep in check
choke back
bit
refrain
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Cowardliness
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