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What is another word for
frustrate
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To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
To diminish the confidence or courage of
To come, or cause to come, to a stop or end
To put an end to something, typically by the use of force
To bother or cause distress in (someone)
To let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty
Put a spoke in somebody's wheel
To evade or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
To defy or frustrate
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
To decrease in feeling or strength
To adjust in order to make fair or equal
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To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
thwart
foil
block
check
stop
baffle
counter
defeat
disappoint
spoil
circumvent
forestall
bar
dash
nullify
balk
US
baulk
UK
crush
derail
hinder
impede
obstruct
quash
scotch
stymie
confront
fetter
hamper
snooker
stifle
beat
checkmate
cripple
discomfit
hamstring
hobble
inhibit
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
banjax
crool
foul up
put a stop to
scupper
annul
arrest
cancel
conquer
counteract
cramp
crimp
forbid
halt
lick
negate
obviate
outwit
overcome
preclude
prevent
prohibit
ruin
screw up
stump
do for
nip in the bud
hang up
hold up
put a brake on
put the kibosh on
put the lid on
cramp one's style
dash one's hope
stand in the way of
upset the applecart
give the run around
render null and void
curb
restrain
hold back
trammel
interfere with
retard
handicap
oppose
encumber
restrict
shackle
disrupt
delay
deter
handcuff
confound
undo
put paid to
throw a spanner in the works of
slow down
hog-tie
suppress
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
upset
cumber
manacle
interrupt
stave off
embarrass
put an end to
tie up
wreck
clog
repress
constrain
bridle
stall
head off
short-circuit
sabotage
quell
destroy
ward off
avert
mess up
smash
queer
fend off
stonewall
shatter
demolish
dish
resist
get in the way of
limit
devastate
mar
louse up
slow
disconcert
confuse
overturn
bork
get in the way
repel
avoid
curtail
elude
nobble
intercept
throw
faze
debar
end
subdue
rattle
clobber
smother
cross
crab
cut off
hold off
control
mystify
deflect
interfere
traverse
puzzle
flummox
annihilate
disturb
bilk
set back
withhold
rein in
withstand
defy
shut out
blight
hold in
impair
squelch
contravene
perplex
fight
put the stopper on
contain
bemuse
nix
make a mess of
put the mockers on
escape
bewilder
nonplus
repulse
play havoc with
interdict
buffalo
bamboozle
kill
reduce
befuddle
vex
bind
bring to an end
fight back
fuddle
addle
fox
discombobulate
blow a hole in
befog
muddle
put a spoke in someone's wheel
squash
entangle
bottle up
keep back
forfend
cool
damage
subvert
get
extinguish
rule out
undermine
put down
offset
buck
stay
invalidate
divert
pre-empt
vanquish
parry
dispatch
confine
do in
cruel
euchre
help
muffle
combat
blow
dispute
anticipate
abolish
master
challenge
sandbag
tame
rein
stem
obscure
chill
swallow
injure
upset the apple cart
cut short
make a hash of
chain
take down
cancel out
hold
brake
shake
rebuff
overthrow
gravel
maze
fluster
choke
disorient
put a damper on
choke back
pose
dumbfound
hold down
defend against
wilder
cork
bite back
bring to naught
fog
flabbergast
keep lid on
muddy
floor
keep in check
keep under control
get the better of
throw a spanner in the works
throw cold water on
keep at bay
put off
make someone scratch their head
pour cold water on
shut down
set someone thinking
shut off
keep off
deny
attack
evade
terminate
eradicate
dodge
duck
stamp out
crack down on
break
root
worst
eliminate
bollix
obliterate
threaten
sidestep
bypass
harm
negative
suspend
unsettle
disable
discourage
contest
scuttle
corner
dampen
inconvenience
skirt
decimate
duel
skin
be beyond
preempt
catch
juke
ditch
impugn
keep
triumph
rebut
strangle
give the slip
tie
silence
remit
bottleneck
govern
second-guess
muck up
best
straiten
take wind out of
regulate
intermit
complicate
weigh down
pause
conceal
trash
sink
overpower
countervail
steer clear of
submerge
gag
drive away
drive back
shelve
stupefy
hem in
be a hindrance to
refuse
botch
hide
throw monkey wrench in
surmount
upset one's apple cart
abrogate
debilitate
get ahead of
get in before
fight off
pocket
ward
force back
push back
run rings around
pull in
go against
beat back
turn aside
provide against
steal a march on
abate
render ineffective
keep in
beat off
stun
choke off
stem the flow of
pick off
drag one's feet
vitiate
dam
turn away
thrust back
turn back
stagger
overrule
obfuscate
beat someone to it
distract
put to flight
make ineffective
cork up
button up
snow
override
beat someone to the punch
beat someone to the draw
brush off
countercheck
close off
prevail over
see off
strive against
keep the lid on
go to one's head
redress
struggle against
mix up
be all Greek to
triumph over
blow one's mind
give a hard time
put up a fight against
wipe out
turn down
send packing
ruffle
win against
strangle at birth
countermove
finish something
finish off
act against
discontinue
disarrange
disorder
disorganize
get out of
convulse
shun
hit
spike
nip something in the bud
derange
turn upside-down
surpass
make an end of
bring to a close
stultify
circumnavigate
eschew
cause confusion in
throw into disarray
cause turmoil in
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
throw a curve
leash
exceed
gain
cease
bring an end to
miss
burden
muzzle
crash
freeze
stave
bury
blank
counterplot
inc
incapacitate
ravage
bite one's lip
prevent from making progress
tie one's hands
forefend
net
enmesh
ensnare
capture
put the damper on
be the end of
commandeer
pigeonhole
dead-end
dominate
beggar
heave-ho
snag
damp
saddle with
postpone
put the brakes on
take out of play
entrap
gainsay
contradict
disaffirm
save
let
topple
throw back
kick in the teeth
force away
promote
skip
gain control of
gain mastery over
get a grip on
tackle
detain
retardate
cheat
tether
dissuade
hang fire
box in
defer
protract
affect
disadvise
scare
be early
oppugn
war
put at risk
turn
veer
shunt
psych out
mull
get to
amaze
stumble
wonder
stir
profundicate
throw a spoke in the wheel of
abort
put on hold
shake off
shuffle off
influence
tamper
beat somebody to it
act in advance of
prepare for
be one step ahead of
head off at pass
prorogue
resolve
taboo
outlaw
bit
enjoin
counterbalance
beat down
cause setback
jam
incommode
trouble
discommode
conflict
take wind out of sails
put end to
break down
break up
give the run-around
run circles around
slow up
hold over
put back
back off
hold off on
bring to screeching halt
make late
bog down
prolong
put on back burner
turn off
talk out of
act like a wet blanket
intrude on
counterpoise
halt in its tracks
snafu
make a stand against
bring to an end to
cope with
battle against
throw a monkey wrench into
wrack
have
impoverish
craze
unbuild
overreach
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
outsmart
raze
outfox
look away
turn from
shove aside
daze
cloud
put on brakes
put an stop to
surprise
balls up
still
throw off
cause to be at a stand
disorientate
set thinking
mess with one's head
make punchy
make someone's head spin
intoxicate
bring up short
throw off balance
bother
take aback
inebriate
ball up
compensate for
balance
work against
make waves
bring down
wreak havoc with
staunch
moderate
throw a monkey wrench in the works
rain on someone's parade
burst one's bubble
constrict
imprison
measure
incarcerate
intern
rule
play off
cook someone's goose
draw up
spike someone's guns
make up for
correct
queer someone's pitch
fetch up
pull up
keep a lid on
slacken pace
counterweigh
balance out
equalize
US
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
deprive
necessitate
gaol
UK
ban
close in
immure
concuss
shut in
shotgun
disallow
scar
bring to a standstill
void
play for time
disfigure
stain
be an antidote to
deactivate
square up
even up
counterweight
equalise
UK
defuse
lock up
rescind
repeal
afflict
taint
decay
reverse
cool off
monopolize
US
foresee
predict
forecast
envision
preoccupy
project
expect
throttle
retract
revoke
screen
quelch
compose
collect
bottle
lock
chasten
shush
gridlock
internalize
US
internalise
UK
put half nelson on
weaken
glitch up
monopolise
UK
countermand
keep under wraps
keep inside
simmer down
black out
jam up
hurt
disannul
vacate
dissolve
null
compromise
protest
sap
diminish
render invalid
monkey with
reluct
battle
enfeeble
remove
blackball
dump
fly in the face of
strike down
ding
break with
roll back
belie
turn thumbs down
disprove
disempower
eat away
whittle away
decline
reject
drag through the mud
emasculate
clip one's wings
chip away at
demoralise
UK
knock the bottom out of
queer the pitch of
demoralize
US
blunt
poke full of holes
attenuate
torpedo
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
mine
dig out
dig
soften
tunnel
dent
corrode
hollow out
wear
be hostile to
baulk at
object to
be in opposition to
dissent with
face down
lock horns with
speak out against
take on
set one's face against
fight against
rebel against
contend with
dig in one's heels
be in defiance of
take issue with
refuse to accept
take up arms against
stand up to
kick against
be anti
take a stand against
rout
subjugate
disown
dismiss
cut
kick
stand off
trounce
stuff
tank
overwhelm
knock down
stand up against
give cold shoulder to
drive off
force off
chase away
cast aside
keep away
keep at arm's length
humble
paste
thrash
pulverize
US
pound
hammer
drub
skunk
cane
cream
murder
overbear
overmatch
flatten
trim
take
slaughter
massacre
upend
slam
whip
shellac
total
own
pulverise
UK
overmaster
zap
give someone a drubbing
wipe off map
bring to knees
succeed over
blow out
make mincemeat of
rise above
get around
give someone a hiding
trample underfoot
turn inside out
be victorious over
walk all over
bring someone to their knees
put in their place
blow out of the water
do down
wipe the floor with
bring to their knees
take to the cleaners
astonish
astound
get at
strike dumb
throw for loop
boggle the mind of
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“Already, legal moves are under way to
frustrate
the plan, and these will be partly grounded on the historical significance of the site that has been chosen.”
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
annoy
discourage
anger
dishearten
exasperate
infuriate
depress
dispirit
vex
irritate
madden
aggravate
dissatisfy
embitter
irk
sour
bug
chill
daunt
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dismay
miff
unman
unnerve
nark
bother
disturb
drive crazy
drive mad
get to
hack off
make discontented
try
upset
wind up
give someone the hump
provoke
gall
rile
nettle
peeve
distress
ruffle
incense
pique
put out
needle
agitate
chafe
perturb
trouble
worry
rankle
grate
eat
hassle
deject
enrage
tick off
persecute
displease
get
antagonize
US
inflame
harass
discompose
burn up
make someone see red
pester
sap
rasp
spite
frost
rub up the wrong way
antagonise
UK
plague
torment
afflict
deter
offend
rattle
disquiet
bum out
hack you off
throw
cow
tease
harry
ride
dampen
gravel
gripe
itch
disconcert
get at
drive up the wall
get across
get on your nerves
discomfit
weaken
shake
crush
unsettle
nag
dash
abash
enervate
undermine
cast down
outrage
disappoint
chagrin
roil
tee off
psych out
give someone grief
fluster
turn off
put your back up
faze
make someone's hackles rise
make someone's blood boil
ruffle someone's feathers
get under someone's skin
get up someone's nose
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
torture
confound
intimidate
disaffect
exacerbate
beleaguer
enfeeble
badger
bedevil
unhinge
thwart
subdue
nonplus
alarm
pain
fret
put off
gnaw
damp
make downhearted
embarrass
disgust
throw off balance
disparage
drive to distraction
T-off
knock sideways
be at
get your back up
envenom
get in someone's hair
get on one's nerves
try someone's patience
get someone's dander up
knock the stuffing out of
get on someone's wick
pour cold water on
give a hard time
knock for six
throw cold water on
poison
alienate
disillusion
strain
beset
discountenance
psych
mortify
rack
disgruntle
disempower
perplex
dog
frighten
hurt
estrange
discombobulate
rark
make bitter
make resentful
molest
sadden
panic
excruciate
agonize
US
make angry
confuse
baffle
excite
make dejected
disincline
work up
agonise
UK
hump
take aback
hound
fire up
make your blood boil
get your goat
scare
get in your hair
drive round the bend
get on your wick
get your dander up
make waves
mither
bring low
bite
shake up
send into a rage
distract
rub the wrong way
wear out
try the patience of
wear on
get someone's hackles up
rattle someone's cage
get someone's goat
be a thorn in someone's flesh
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
be on the back of
be a pain in the neck
rankle with
give someone the blues
be a thorn in someone's side
get under one's skin
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
put a damper on
put someone's nose out of joint
drive bananas
disenchant
rouse
drive nuts
discommode
cloud
injure
discomfort
get someone's wick
bum
hack
wig
affront
insult
alien
wear
curse
harrow
set one's teeth on edge
get one's goat
stick in one's craw
stir up
flurry
scandalize
US
harm
wound
get someone
get on somebody's nerves
pick on
eat at
goad
cast a shadow
discontent
foil
jolt
disarm
startle
blight
oppress
assail
emasculate
tax
misplease
wing
repel
curdle
zing
disoblige
revolt
cool
sound
cap
stun
stupefy
anguish
besiege
test
devitalize
overawe
make cross
incommode
begrudge
crab
grudge
scandalise
UK
break
nudge
henpeck
make despondent
spook
uncalm
floor
buffalo
surprise
bewilder
deflate
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
unglue
cripple
jumble
muddle
unzip
disorder
debilitate
appall
US
bully
repress
prostrate
awe
droop
deprecate
appal
UK
weigh
play dirty
cut to the quick
upset the apple cart
hang up
get even
cramp style
louse up
get up your nose
get under your skin
throw off
bowl over
give a turn
set back
put the wind up
push button
drive round the twist
heat up
egg on
cheese off
work on
send up
blow out
take steam out
blow up
take apart
dampen someone's hopes
cause to lose heart
break one's heart
beat down
craze
drain
exhaust
stretch
weary
stress
be on your back
ask for it
give someone the pip
tire
jaundice
empoison
hit where one lives
ire
enflame
mad
drive you crazy
inconvenience
entice
titillate
put someone's back up
raise someone's hackles
drive you out of your mind
possess
drive you off your head
drive you to distraction
make your hackles rise
drive out of mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
drive somebody up the wall
make livid
steam up
drive you round the bend
shatter
raise your hackles
umbrage
get your hackles up
worsen
crucify
make severe demands on
put a strain on
wring
tire out
martyr
make demands on
acidulate
bitter
venom
make rancorous
acerbate
fascinate
lure
bait
tempt
taunt
allure
intrigue
beguile
lead on
charm
tantalize
US
flirt with
tantalise
UK
make someone's mouth water
keep hanging
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
desolate
overwhelm
consternate
humble
weigh down
make dispirited
make crestfallen
humiliate
indispose
put down
bring down
get down
weigh heavily on
throw a pall over
make someone fed up
fuss
abrade
get in one's hair
grate on
mix up
give a bad time
concern
ail
devil
grieve
aggrieve
sting
hector
niggle
burden
chivvy
heckle
distemper
frazzle
exercise
gnaw at
pursue
freak out
weird out
derail
alarum
hagride
undo
heavy
shock
burn
importune
rag
horrify
sicken
haunt
keep after
make anxious
keep on at
rib
make uneasy
prick
chaff
go on at
eat away at
ridicule
chivy
affect
rattle one's cage
mock
browbeat
pother
cause suffering to
razz
nauseate
puzzle
get up somebody's nose
jar
press
slight
wrong
haze
lie heavy on
prod
smite
dun
jar on
empurple
obsess
get a rise out of
arouse
cause offense
drive you up the wall
abuse
victimize
US
josh
shame
bore
banter
cross
guy
terrorize
US
get across someone
quiz
interrupt
grind
victimise
UK
make somebody's hackles rise
breathe down someone's neck
fester
be offensive
grill
get under skin
disrespect
diss
dis
scold
nag at
terrorise
UK
rub you up the wrong way
tyrannize
US
eat up
get on nerves
be a nuisance to
give offence to
bend someone's ear
harp on at
rag on
tyrannise
UK
take the mickey out of
hurt someone's feelings
be on one's case
make uncomfortable
cause anxiety
take the piss out of
make blood boil
make miserable
make a monkey of
put on the spot
roast
stir
bluster
kid
gibe
deride
cramp
disrupt
satirize
US
attack
stew
jive
joke
rally
twit
criticize
US
brown off
grip
disgrace
cause trouble to
goose
intrude upon
raise hell
fun
chiack
impose on
criticise
UK
shuck
bullyrag
huff
smoke
jangle
try your patience
rot
intensify
try one's patience
sledge
slap
mistreat
beat
confront
make unhappy
intrude
hang over
give the business
coerce
demean
satirise
UK
enslave
push
laugh at
infest
preoccupy
put the squeeze on
jeer at
dumbfound
scoff at
flip out
make fun of
jibe at
poke fun at
mess with
barrage
ply
make jokes about
goof on
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
dominate
cause anxiety to
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
sling off at
make fretful
hurt somebody's feelings
interfere
complicate
put on
prey on someone's mind
have on
flout at
make self-conscious
cause anguish to
key up
turn on
poke borak at
dump on
put in a spot
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
put somebody's nose out of joint
make a scene
tyrannize over
make wretched
weigh on
consume
get somebody's back up
get on the wrong side of
ache
face
pinch
squeeze
compress
fool around
spur
chide
steam
make an enemy of somebody
tell off
get on the wrong side of somebody
rattle someone's chain
bristle
question
tweak
examine
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
stress out
scorn
push one's buttons
boil
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
excoriate
insist
remind
put your nose out of joint
kid around
devastate
cavil
impose upon
give someone hell
get on the nerves of
motivate
absorb
grab
attract
awake
quicken
ignite
interest
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
jerk around
cut
pressurize
US
run up the wrong way
repulse
make sore
lose one's temper
snit
pet
tiff
put somebody's back up
breath down someone's neck
pressurise
UK
make one see red
get on someone
get in the hair of
rile up
incite
drive insane
pick at
punish
bone
hunt
dragoon
expel
exile
irritate greatly
despair
cause to panic
tatter
erode
fray
rub one the wrong way
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
mess
occupy
start
damage
traumatize
US
scar
be in someone's way
unquiet
jar upon
grate upon
roust
be prey to
insist on
peck at
wear upon
turn
incapacitate
flip
bulldoze
wind somebody up
ruffle one's feathers
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
call names
set your teeth on edge
be a pest to
tear
arouse hostility in
find fault with
sweat
fear
scratch around
yap at
single out
scour
wear down
be like a red rag to a bull
rasp one's nerves
lean on
push someon's buttons
make restless
search high heaven
blackjack
muddy
foul
accost
encroach
terrify
put pressure on
obtrude
put someone out
daze
derange
resent
set someone's teeth on edge
be on someone's back
make nervous
be on one's back
bring pressure to bear on
put
lay up
put through wringer
bogart
impede
hinder
nit-pick
strap
be in someone's hair
get the knife into
stick the knife into
be the victim of
get on someone's back
thumb nose at
entangle
hamper
make fed up
rock the boat
amaze
astound
get in the way
work into lather
make someone scratch their head
occupy someone's thoughts
aggress
grind on
grind at
dispraise
slander
mess with someone's head
sweat out
be a great weight on
recur
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
rage
wear away
stump
furbelow
frill
flummox
fuddle
disaccord
disharmonize
lie heavily on
discord
traumatise
UK
set one off
do a number on
cut up
arouse anxiety in
push buttons
make it tough for
lose patience
snub
come back to
stay with
prey on
be a weight on one's mind
be ever present
set on
take a rise out of
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
mystify
disorientate
start on
prey on one's mind
rub somebody the wrong way
beleague
be bothered
rub somebody up the wrong way
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
be
lash at
slur
carp at
dampen spirits
bring one down
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
menace
make one's hackles rise
jump on one's case
give one the business
prey on your mind
become bored
grate at
get on someone's case
disadvantage
have had enough
exhaust someone's patience
break in
fall upon
fall on
abase
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
chasten
put into a funk
threaten
hurt one's feelings
do in
tear to pieces
hurt the feelings of
start in on
scrape away
bite into
wear to shreds
put off his or her stride
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
set someone back on their heels
take the wind out of someone's sails
suffer
be unwell
throw into tizzy
give the needle
dishonour
UK
discredit
berate
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
be indisposed
be crook
turn one off
lose the affection of
belittle
degrade
gnaw away at
dishonor
US
put out of countenance
let down
throw into a tizzy
put in a hole
catch one short
reproach
revile
domineer
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
whip
brutalise
UK
inflict anguish on
lacerate
maim
martyrize
cause agony to
impale
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
meddle
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
be ill
be weak
be sick
be wrong with
feel pain
be in pain
hit a sour note
feel unwell
be the matter with
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
override
upbraid
mau-mau
strong-arm
give trouble
make someone go out of his way
make it tough
give someone bother
put to trouble
take down
make turbid
get one's comeuppance
make someone eat humble pie
put someone to shame
put to shame
take down a peg
take the wind out
strike
be autocratic
visit
take
buffet
fulminate
spout
rant
rave
smoulder
UK
ferment
brew
suppress
subjugate
maltreat
hegemonize
overpower
master
overcome
ill-treat
ulcerate
gather
ulcer
cause bitterness
cause annoyance
blister
canker
cause resentment
cause vexation
smolder
US
eat away at one's mind
gnaw at one's mind
exploit
subject
scourge
heighten
increase
compound
keep down
treat harshly
slang
magnify
make worse
amplify
augment
encumber
overload
saddle
be cruel to
grind down
bring under the yoke
tyrranize
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
smother
handicap
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
walk all over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
ride roughshod over
overthrow
trample
despotize
rule
force
put upon
bring to heel
grumble
complain
spoof
slam
snap
make matters worse
to make matters worse
go from bad to worse
rub salt in the wounds
feed the fire
add fuel to the flames
hit on
fan the flames
compound the problem
add insult to injury
impair
add fuel to the fire
add to
rub salt in a wound
push one's button
fan the flames of
mess around
pull someone's leg
swipe at
lead somebody on
pull somebody's leg
more ❯
“When you see these polls that show your popularity down a bit, it doesn't
frustrate
you?”
Verb
▲
To come, or cause to come, to a stop or end
halt
stop
end
cease
check
discontinue
quit
finish
terminate
arrest
block
conclude
curb
drop
impede
close
obstruct
interrupt
break
suspend
can
elapse
stall
bar
lapse
stay
hamper
determine
pass
expire
go
still
die
pause
catch
hobble
stem
belay
freeze
staunch
hesitate
falter
waver
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
balance
dither
scruple
stagger
teeter
vacillate
wabble
wobble
limp
stumble
whiffle
break off
leave off
break up
wind up
cut off
cut out
desist from
hold back
knock off
let up
dead-end
lay off
hold up
shut off
put a stop to
cut short
give over
pack in
bring to an end
wink out
put an end to
pack up
draw up
nip in the bud
pull up
come to an end
bring to a stop
come to a stop
be over
bring up
call it a day
bring to a standstill
come to a halt
close down
fetch up
pull the plug on
put the kibosh on
shilly-shally
come to a standstill
draw to a close
hang back
come to rest
bring to standstill
come to a close
draw to a stand
stand still
wiggle-waggle
stem the flow
be abandoned
be broken off
be suspended
blow the whistle on
hold at bay
put a cork in
put a sock in
hinder
inhibit
restrain
thwart
restrict
retard
trammel
stymie
fetter
limit
forestall
encumber
slow
shackle
baulk
UK
hamstring
derail
brake
shelve
stonewall
bridle
sabotage
bork
stand
fence
balk
US
interfere with
slow down
put off
put a brake on
shut down
stand in the way of
not move
stand off
peter out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put an end to something, typically by the use of force
quell
quash
suppress
subdue
crush
repress
extinguish
defeat
squash
end
squelch
check
destroy
stifle
curb
silence
overcome
beat
thwart
conquer
control
stop
demolish
terminate
abolish
annihilate
vanquish
quench
overpower
extirpate
finish
kill
queer
subjugate
overwhelm
rout
clobber
put down
snuff out
crack down on
put an end to
put a stop to
wipe out
stamp out
clamp down on
nip in the bud
get rid of
put the lid on
slap down
put the kibosh on
shut down
sit on
scotch
clamp down
crack down
overthrow
torpedo
deaden
trash
scrunch
squish
scupper
snow under
eliminate
put an stop to
bring to screeching halt
eradicate
get tough on
dish
take severe measures against
come down heavily on
take stern measures against
weed out
bring to an end
limit
restrain
restrict
put paid to
get tough
keep in check
trample on
keep under control
come down on
tighten up on
come down on like a ton of bricks
put out
triumph over
oppress
strangle
trounce
inhibit
blot out
dominate
break
trample
reduce
contain
gag
hold back
get the better of
shush
muffle
swallow
beat down
quelch
sink
pocket
submerge
hold in
smother
bring someone to their knees
choke back
banish
remove
exterminate
expunge
stamp something out
dismiss
reject
abuse
persecute
wrong
maltreat
tyrannize over
trample underfoot
gain mastery over
gain control over
rule with an iron hand
hinder
hamper
impede
wreck
swamp
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
floor
devastate
obliterate
ruin
prevent
constrain
ice
discontinue
cow
halt
arrest
interfere with
grind down
bottle
spike
overturn
stem
clamp
interrupt
bury
mute
drive underground
blow away
keep inside
block out
hold down
cut off
keep in
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
damp down
force down
bear down on
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
conceal
choke
suffocate
best
lick
master
hide
snuff
worst
surmount
bottle up
cork up
shower
bite one's lip
rein
fight back
simmer down
button up
hush up
keep back
keep the lid on
bite back
compose
shroud
cool
cork
collect
heap
thrash
dispatch
skunk
get
upend
overmatch
take
overbear
hammer
trim
subject
overrun
tame
pacify
humble
subordinate
drop
chasten
prevail over
win against
wipe the floor with
walk all over
make mincemeat of
get around
do down
bear down
gain ascendancy over
get the upper hand over
gain the upper hand over
get the upper hand
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bother or cause distress in (someone)
flurry
disturb
upset
worry
perturb
bother
unsettle
agitate
discompose
distress
disquiet
alarm
concern
dismay
discomfort
distract
disconcert
fluster
fuss
unnerve
rattle
unhinge
distemper
ail
frazzle
ruffle
alarum
faze
undo
exercise
hagride
confuse
derail
perplex
discombobulate
bewilder
hassle
provoke
excite
hurry
bustle
flutter
hustle
quicken
freak out
weird out
confound
nonplus
discomfit
discountenance
abash
embarrass
puzzle
throw off balance
get to
shake
trouble
startle
surprise
take aback
panic
mortify
shake up
demoralize
US
throw
flummox
spook
psych
put off
demoralise
UK
mystify
foul up
heat
baffle
make nervous
disorient
unbalance
put on edge
muddle
flip
addle
craze
fuddle
catch off balance
hinder
gravel
bug
disarrange
balk
US
throw into a tizz
put into a flap
stir up
make waves
send into a spin
work up
put someone off
baulk
UK
take by surprise
psych out
put out of countenance
stop someone in their tracks
upset apple cart
put someone off their stroke
cause to be at a stand
make someone scratch their head
set someone back on their heels
put someone off their stride
horrify
scare
frighten
daunt
appal
UK
shock
sadden
discourage
dispirit
dishearten
unman
dash
disappoint
chill
disillusion
vex
paralyse
UK
terrify
chagrin
disenchant
affright
pother
disgruntle
appall
US
snafu
let down
paralyze
US
depress
terrorise
UK
dumbfound
terrorize
US
knock sideways
throw into a tizzy
mess up
knock for six
screw up
put the wind up someone
fill with consternation
louse up
give someone a turn
muck up
annoy
fret
irritate
harass
make anxious
pester
plague
irk
afflict
make uneasy
torment
needle
displease
stress
pain
harry
try
grieve
derange
sicken
gnaw at
hurt
burn up
give a hard time
nettle
chafe
rouse
bedevil
gall
beset
disorder
rack
oppress
arouse
curse
weigh down
strain
torture
aggrieve
badger
offend
cause anxiety to
lie heavy on
wound
anger
peeve
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
make fretful
miff
turn
turn on
give someone grief
push buttons
egg on
indispose
make a scene
get at
tick off
pick on
make uncomfortable
incite
inflame
frenzy
incommode
tax
stimulate
unquiet
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
make restless
tease
ferment
separate
unhitch
disconnect
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
detach
inconvenience
test
importune
persecute
cause anxiety
examine
ventilate
move
tear
goad
hector
dun
nark
rock the boat
get across
get on someone's wick
incapacitate
hack off
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone
lay up
flip out
cramp
bum out
fire up
key up
debilitate
floor
wind up
bug up
make flip
work someone up
sweat out
be a great weight on
weigh heavily on one's mind
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
drive insane
send over the edge
be
daze
suffer
affect
be unwell
amaze
pique
intrude
tire
outrage
astound
complicate
interfere
carp
anguish
hound
agonize
US
cavil
niggle
fear
be indisposed
be crook
injure
nag
stew
sweat
quibble
nitpick
get in the way
nit-pick
agonise
UK
strap
prick
push
dog
break
desolate
harrow
martyr
feel unwell
be sick
be ill
be wrong with
feel pain
be weak
be in pain
be the matter with
flap
fidget
cause anguish to
cause suffering to
eat at
arouse anxiety in
make it tough for
weigh on
make miserable
cut up
do a number on
be on one's case
make wretched
be agitated
take pains
be in a tizzy
be worried
destabilize
US
jolt
labour over
be in a flap
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
jumble
down
disorganize
rummage
disarray
disrupt
dement
displace
discommode
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
destabilise
UK
throw off
throw into confusion
pull the rug from under
pull the rug out from under
throw into disorder
throw into uproar
more ❯
Verb
▲
To let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty
fail
disappoint
dissatisfy
disgruntle
discontent
break one's word
break your word
let down
fail to satisfy
fall short of expectations
break one's promise to
dash someone's hopes
fall short of someone's expectations
displease
disaffect
cheat
disquiet
exasperate
not suffice
leave dissatisfied
not pass muster
not be good enough
give cause for complaint
Verb
▲
Put a spoke in somebody's wheel
put a spoke in somebody's wheel
cause havoc
foil
put a spanner in the works
put a wrench in the works
thwart
wreak havoc
Verb
▲
To evade or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
elude
escape
evade
avoid
dodge
duck
flee
lose
circumvent
scape
shake
shirk
shun
eschew
outrun
ditch
double
finesse
fly
foil
outwit
shuck
shy
thwart
body-swerve
escape from
run from
get around
shake off
get away
get away from
give the slip
slip away from
give the slip to
run around
steer clear of
give somebody the slip
run away from
stay shy of
throw off the scent
weasel out of
give the runaround
shuffle out of
slip through the net
be beyond someone
slip through someone's fingers
sidestep
skirt
bypass
leave behind
bilk
beat
shortcut
get out of
cheat
throw off
baffle
get rid of
miss
outdistance
go around
duck-shove
outstrip
find a way round
fend off
defeat
funk
parry
skirt round
outmanoeuvre
UK
wriggle out of
outmaneuver
US
rid oneself of
cop out of
keep clear of
stay away from
fight shy of
give a wide berth to
get shot of
tergiversate
balk
US
skip
baulk
UK
pussyfoot
slip
cut
skive off
get round
break away from
defy
clear
confound
spurn
ignore
trick
drop
fudge
skive
neglect
burke
juke
hide from
outflank
dance around
be beyond
decline
keep one's distance from
dispense with
shy from
weasel
pussyfoot around
shrink from
stymie
shuffle off
have nothing to do with
slide out of
turn your back on
pay no attention to
duck out of
back out of
sneak away
slip out
find a way out of
end-run
stay clear of
slip through the net of
give someone a wide berth
slough off
throw someone off
shake someone off
abuse
deceive
outpace
wriggle
remove
dislodge
unburden
circumnavigate
get ahead of
rid
sneak away from
skulk
overcome
check
prevent
snub
jouk
brush off
skip out on
give a wide berth
keep out of the way of
put the move on
find a way around
get past
disregard
overlook
discount
keep at arm's length
goldbrick
malinger
lead on a merry chase
escape the clutches of
keep distance
stump
extricate oneself from
turn one's back on
pull out of
cold-shoulder
get clear of
get free from
duck out of the way of
swerve away from
get out of the way of
be oblivious to
pay no heed to
lay low from
pay no mind
unmind
turn back on
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
take no notice of
puzzle
keep away from
surpass
challenge
hedge
shirk from
equivocate
waffle
repel
exceed
withstand
forget
cut someone dead
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the cold shoulder to
cut someone cold
not attend
scrimshank
let slide
beggar
leave undone
play truant from
quit
creep
skimp on
dog
bludge
fence
lose sight of
not attend to
bob off
be lax about
be remiss about
be forgotten by
take back road
depart from
deviate from
go around the barn
wink at
blink at
pay little attention to
lie down on job
welsh
renege
shrink
demur
cop out
hem and haw
tergiverse
put off
tap dance
lay low
beat around the bush
worm one's way out of
dance around an issue
forgo
renounce
abjure
forswear
relinquish
abandon
repudiate
sacrifice
forsake
reject
disavow
flinch
deny
disclaim
disdain
kick
abstain
refrain from
abnegate
abdicate
back away
jib at
quail at
shy away
hang back
baulk at
boggle at
draw back
turn away
give something a miss
refrain
gainsay
disaffirm
short-circuit
give up
abstain from
swear off
renege on
not touch
let well enough alone
have no truck with
shy away from
pack in
jack in
stop
recoil from
desist
forbear
pass over
dismiss
keep
curb
keep from
hold off
omit
hold back
leave alone
fake
keep off
avert
desert
resist
block
arrest
refuse
withhold
ward off
overpass
cease
do without
stave off
head off
withhold from
slur over
gloss over
pass up
leave off
shut eyes to
brush aside
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
shrug off
avoid dealing with
leapfrog
hack
balk at
deke
have no part of
turn away from
give the cold shoulder
work around
free yourself of
put to one side
shed
put away
put behind you
swerve
elope
run away
abscond
rationalize
US
backpedal
withdraw
excuse
revoke
wuss out
recoil
run off
back down
back off
weasel out
get out
use pretext
have alibi
rationalise
UK
back out
take fright
flinch from
turn tail
stall
fake out
forego
chicken out of
go without
restrain
bridle
belay
fob off
sheer
sit out
pass
fast
stay neutral
fence-sit
have done with
starve
sit on one's hands
give the go by
take the cure
cut out
constrain
not take sides
inhibit
break off
resist the temptation to
lay off
decline to
restrain oneself
stop oneself
restrain yourself
go easy
give over
hold off on
sham
bluff
refuse to contemplate
pretermit
contemn
defer
discard
loaf
fail to care for
keep one's distance
underestimate
laugh off
set aside
trifle with
be irresponsible
not remember
elide
think little of
be indifferent
be negligent
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
fail to remember
not care
be derelict
throw to the winds
be remiss in
let go
scant
not care for
be remiss
make light of
let pass
fail to look after
procrastinate over
be careless
live with
stay away
restrain from
steer clear
preclude
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
misheed
whitewash
repulse
halt
oppose
forestall
feign illness
fake illness
break the habit of
neutralise
UK
help
forbear from
let it go
take no notice
gloze over
leave be
exclude
look through
turn blind eye
paper over
pay no mind to
turn a blind eye
bury one's head in sand
fail to notice
connive
never mind
slight
close your eyes to
turn deaf ear
not take into account
push aside
shut your eyes to
intercept
deflect
forfend
bulwark
defend
guard
divert
discourage
screen
interfere with
make up for
nullify
obviate
impede
counterbalance
prohibit
hinder
negate
neutralize
US
counteract
anticipate
be AWOL
put it on
pretend to be ill
take a sickie
play hooky
pretend to be an invalid
bunk off
swing the lead
feign
manipulate
steer
cover
ward
fend
desist from
deny yourself
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
stand up for
defend oneself against
keep at bay
pre-empt
turn aside
fight off
put a stop to
guard against
protect against
more ❯
Verb
▲
To defy or frustrate
mock
disappoint
cheat
deceive
defeat
defy
foil
fool
mislead
belie
delude
disobey
dupe
elude
rebel against
thwart
beguile
betray
challenge
double-cross
juggle
let down
sell out
Verb
▲
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
bilk
cheat
do
con
defraud
fleece
sting
deceive
rook
skin
swindle
bamboozle
diddle
stiff
trick
cozen
gyp
rip off
screw
euchre
exploit
fool
mislead
sucker
swizzle
dupe
gull
hoodwink
mulct
shaft
beat
bleed
bunco
chisel
chouse
clip
double-cross
fiddle
finagle
flimflam
gaff
hornswoggle
hose
hustle
nobble
pluck
ream
short
shortchange
skunk
snooker
squeeze
stick
thimblerig
victimise
UK
victimize
US
sharp
stitch up
circumvent
disappoint
do in
foil
overreach
ruin
shake down
snow
thwart
put one over on
sell a pup
take in
take to the cleaners
do the dirty on
sell a pup to
pull a swifty on
take advantage of
do someone in the eye
take for a ride
pull a fast one on
hoax
scam
delude
burn
beguile
string along
have
bluff
humbug
misguide
misinform
spoof
have on
suck in
outwit
fake out
buffalo
gammon
juggle
catch
sandbag
milk
chicane
entrap
gouge
rob
steal
lead up the garden path
kid
sell
inveigle
betray
pull a fast one
do a number on
embezzle
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
overcharge
gazump
give someone a bum steer
goldbrick
illude
sell a bill of goods to
lead on
rush
rope in
fudge
short-change
seduce
ensnare
double-deal
do out of
take someone for a ride
pull one's leg
swizz
set up
extort
take
balk
US
manipulate
plunder
screw over
outfox
jerk around
sell down the river
jive
beat out of
fake
take someone in
pull the wool over someone's eyes
baulk
UK
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
wring
soak
caboodle
despoil
outsmart
wheedle
shuck
pilfer
trim
lure
give the shaft
suck dry
jockey
gip
put one over on someone
trap
use
disinform
pull a fast one on someone
wangle
run a game on
sell a bill of goods
catch out
distort
lie
lie to
take to cleaners
put on
deprive
pull something
pull fast one
lead one down the garden path
pull wool over eyes
pull the wool over one's eyes
dodge
duck
weasel
fraud
cop out
worm one's way out of
slip out
beat around the bush
rip-off
sell out
stab in the back
extract
jiggle
pull something funny
stack the cards
stretch the rules
hit below the belt
bend the rules
penalise
UK
punish
penalize
US
fine
forfeit
grift
wrest
expel
force
wrench
pigeon
dispossess
filch
blackmail
cajole
coax
pauperize
impoverish
make a fool of
play
welsh
abuse
heist
frame
bilk of
befool
strong-arm
put the screws to
outthink
fox
outslick
stump
play dirty
suck the life out of
sweet-talk
baffle
dust
sell someone down the river
prey on
bleed dry
lead somebody down the garden path
fix
flam
four-flush
lead down the garden path
be sold a pup
take to the cleaner's
do number on
sucker into
throw
throw dust in someone's eyes
get the better of
pull someone's leg
make a sucker of
contrive
sway
tear from
play for a fool
pull wool over
double deal
hocus-pocus
have someone on
hook
falsify
cuckold
impress
bleed someone of something
cross
impose upon
take for
play away
cross up
step out
bias
lirt
blench
rogue
belirt
crib
con out of
play joke on
take for ride
misdirect
outplay
gaslight
misstate
prevaricate
rook out of
steal someone blind
doublespeak
misrepresent
fast talk
take out
give bum steer
break the rules
propagandize
US
pervert
entice
bunk
tempt
fabricate
pull wires
play games
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
pull strings
mousetrap
entangle
enmesh
propagandise
UK
bait
impose on
lead astray
cover up
double-talk
give wrong information to
send on a wild goose chase
throw off the scent
put on the wrong track
put on an act
lead up garden path
wrong steer
play trick on
put up smoke screen
put on false front
bait and switch
give the wrong impression
hack
machinate
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
rig
finesse
affect
engineer
influence
doctor
mastermind
cook
game
interfere with
fiddle with
boodle
loot
find a loophole in
tinker with
fudge with
crowd
exploit a loophole in
swag
graft
tamper with
decoy
juke
allure
confuse
defeat
bewilder
two-time
equivocate
solicit
persuade
induce
let down
outjockey
pretend
outdo
belie
steer
steal a march on
outguess
top
outgeneral
fib
goose
worst
jip
cap
pull somebody's leg
corrupt
mistreat
exaggerate
perjure
palter
stretch the truth
end run
figure out
be economical with the truth
trump up
play false
be disloyal to
break faith with
be unfaithful to
joke
fail
soft-soap
woo
play games with
snare
trifle with
play with
play a trick on
mock
twist
banter
jolly
feign
alter
slant
garble
butter up
out-think
dissimulate
warp
change
dissemble
invent
misreport
misinterpret
massage
misrelate
bend
color
US
colour
UK
talk into
forswear
run rings round
tell stories
tell a lie
depart from the truth
make up a story
bear false witness
commit perjury
not tell the truth
fake it
tell untruths
be cleverer than
make rings round
invent a story
put a spin on
phony up
promote
forswear yourself
tell a terminological inexactitude
put one over
mess around
impose
troll
make a monkey of
make somebody look an idiot
do someone dirty
lead off
deke
tease
pull in
slip something over on
defy
sham
flirt
trifle
dally
toy
coquet
enchant
entrance
charm
attract
blag
wanton
elude
rebel against
disobey
outperform
wind up
hypnotize
US
bewitch
dazzle
blind
mesmerize
US
captivate
spellbind
put something over on
trip up
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
win over
pass off
psych out
play a practical joke on
challenge
give the runaround
cuck
send on a wild-goose chase
best
overcome
make a fool of somebody
catfish
play-act
toy with
dally with
hypnotise
UK
mesmerise
UK
shave
fit up
go one better than
put someone up to something
cuckoldize
make use of
lay a trap for
lie under oath
swear falsely
play for a sucker
string someone along
fascinate
distract
toll
ensorcell
tout
shill
wile
speak with forked tongue
create fiction
plant
shovel
concoct
tell a fib
make up
tell a little white lie
backstab
horn
put horns on
hornify
split
come on
egg one on
draw
edge
manage
work
negotiate
ease
invite
pull
ingratiate
net
play fast and loose with
bribe
yuck
yuk
jest
jape
fun
josh
quip
gag
wisecrack
chaff
capture
prejudice
pressure
press
spin
disguise
skew
come on to
sweep off one's feet
rag
ridicule
bother
bag
immesh
implicate
embroil
mesh
ensnarl
entoil
tangle
wind
melt
decline
curve
writhe
slump
angle
gnarl
put one on
collapse
deteriorate
knot
take out of context
quote out of context
crush
whitewash
sag
make out like
deviate
misconstrue
blandish
flatter
land
blarney
involve
catch up
betrap
benet
forge
patronise
UK
capitalize on
misuse
profit from
step on
walk all over
treat lightly
play on
take liberties with
cash in on
maltreat
ill-use
leverage
trade on
control
target
patronize
US
play someone for a sucker
use for one's own ends
palaver
make sport of
poke fun at
make fun of
yank somebody's chain
counterfeit
urge
get round
bootlick
soften
stroke
tantalize
US
oil
prevail on
push
brownnose
soap
reel in
lay for
box in
set a trap for
misspeak
tantalise
UK
adulterate
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
tell an untruth
tell a falsehood
embroider
debase
rub the right way
work over
make up to
suck up to
play up to
get next to
get around
lay it on thick
build up
spread it on
hand a line
work on
sweeten up
argue into
apple polish
be untruthful
concoct a story
not speak the truth
break promise
forswear oneself
say something untrue
perjure oneself
be forsworn
embellish
vitiate
BS
frame someone
perjure yourself
lie through one's teeth
make believe
lack candor
put up a front
tell a white lie
contravene
salt
dress up
misquote
traverse
gloss
deacon
contort
frame up
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Verb
▲
To decrease in feeling or strength
deaden
dull
blunt
numb
reduce
suppress
weaken
alleviate
diminish
damp
lessen
stifle
abate
benumb
check
cushion
dampen
mitigate
moderate
assuage
cauterise
UK
cauterize
US
decrease
ease
impair
palliate
paralyse
UK
relieve
soothe
anaesthetize
UK
smother
subdue
anesthetize
US
chloroform
consume
depress
deprive
destroy
dim
dope
drown
etherize
exhaust
freeze
gas
incapacitate
injure
KO
paralyze
US
quiet
repress
retard
slow
stun
stupefy
tire
unnerve
get rid of
knock out
lay out
put an end to
put to sleep
take the edge off
put out of order
soften
allay
temper
tone down
mollify
lighten
daze
desensitize
US
calm
attenuate
quell
lull
obtund
pacify
desensitise
UK
dilute
help
still
hebetate
appease
relax
lenify
immobilize
US
torpefy
disable
debilitate
tranquilize
US
lower
muffle
quieten
placate
sedate
cool
immobilise
UK
tranquillize
UK
mute
chill
take the bite out
take the sting out
drug
minimize
US
curtail
degrade
quench
stultify
render insensitive
erode
slake
smooth
extenuate
deplete
curb
control
petrify
de-escalate
modify
restrain
dwindle
downsize
cripple
sweeten
tame
minimise
UK
enfeeble
wind down
soft-pedal
cool out
pour oil on
shock
put out
put under
cumber
render insensible
make less sensitive
make inactive
remit
devitalize
narcotize
silence
mask
commute
dullen
make powerless
render powerless
damp down
excuse
kill
reduce the force of
befuddle
cut
taper
depreciate
indurate
blur
shrink
wane
contract
subside
decrement
compose
dispel
let up on
lay off
take pressure off
deprive of sensation
dissipate
banish
dismiss
callous
harden
ebb
knock senseless
bore
muddy up
eliminate
put to rest
drive away
square
drive off
chase away
roll back
cut down
cut back
wear away
peter out
wear down
regulate
knock unconscious
narrow
coarsen
reduce something
make nice
ease off
tail off
play up to
slacken
ameliorate
modulate
restrict
constrain
make less
make smaller
address
improve
hold in
dent
drop
discount
downscale
prune
sap
mince
mellow
break
make bored
temperate
thin
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
play down
keep under control
meet halfway
keep in check
sate
knock down
bore rigid
bore stupid
water down
pare down
undermine
hamstring
prostrate
put off
bore to death
appall
US
palsy
transfix
bemuse
close
stop dead
halt
make inert
shut down
make nerveless
daunt
bring to grinding halt
nonplus
arrest
appal
UK
astound
disarm
demolish
lame
put a damper on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To adjust in order to make fair or equal
redress
correct
amend
rectify
reform
remedy
repair
square
adjust
right
balance
ease
ameliorate
better
cure
fix
harmonise
UK
harmonize
US
heal
improve
make right
put right
regulate
relieve
retrieve
set right
compensate for
deal with
mend
resolve
settle
sort out
annul
cancel
change
compensate
counteract
countercheck
make good
negate
negative
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
put to rights
recalibrate
recompense
restore
revise
vindicate
even up
make amends for
patch up
recompense for
balance out
dial back
even out
level out
make amends
make reparation
make reparation for
make restitution
make restitution for
pay for
restore the balance
turn around
pay one's dues
turn things around
make up for
turn over new leaf
straighten out
redeem
offset
counterbalance
counterpoise
countervail
make better
emend
cancel out
fix up
nullify
atone for
set to rights
solve
put in order
outweigh
alter
atone
expiate
shape up
debug
modify
doctor
help
rework
reconstruct
requite
upgrade
remodel
revamp
clean up
counterweigh
refine
repay
scrub
overhaul
indemnify
edit
reimburse
rewrite
redraft
red-pencil
adapt
enhance
recondition
equilibrize
reconcile
set straight
fiddle with
reward
tweak
do penance
replace
pick up
advance
touch up
square up
make up
pay
invalidate
appease
renew
reword
retouch
launder
straighten
raise
boost
equalize
US
reorganise
UK
polish
reorganize
US
review
meliorate
remunerate
reinforce
convert
tailor
clear up
arrange
tune
propitiate
go over
obviate
emendate
transform
promote
elevate
perfect
enrich
refund
rearrange
order
rejig
make over
mitigate
renovate
restitute
reshape
straighten up
reenforce
set the record straight
clean up act
vary
fashion
readjust
remit
make good for
recast
equalise
UK
attend to
pay the price
relinquish
see to
take care of
fine-tune
make recompense for
make recompense
honor a claim
redeem oneself
make repayment
set off
pay the penalty
pay back
make redress for
work on
give back
save
put something to rights
return
avenge
patch
redress the balance
go straight
do justice
forgive
absolve
excuse
purge
aid
benefit
clean up one's act
rejuvenate
redevelop
charge
equipoise
counterpose
equal
account
undo
square things
do penance for
be equivalent
allow for
revitalize
US
revivify
comp
satisfy
answer
contravene
halt
counter
reduce
go against
stabilize
US
cross
respond
lessen
stabilise
UK
counterwork
buck
resurrect
overcompensate
rebrand
redraw
remaster
pay money to
make amends to
make reparation to
make restitution to
recoup
become better
make improvements to
step up
apologise
UK
apologize
US
revitalise
UK
doctor up
re-create
make redress
be an antidote to
override
deactivate
defeat
subdue
overrule
overcome
make ineffective
abrogate
conquer
defuse
wipe out
counterweight
render ineffective
say sorry
absolve oneself
take one's medicine
appreciate
assuage
hone
amplify
forward
remediate
brush up
smarten up
fortify
strengthen
uplift
beef up
augment
build on
progress
smarten
transcend
lift
excel
change for the better
improve on
increase
further
rescript
customize
US
set
revolutionize
US
redesign
temper
affect
alternate
remould
UK
reorientate
diversify
reshuffle
reorient
rejigger
reconfigure
modulate
remix
make alterations to
shuffle
rehash
become different
reorder
redo
revolutionise
UK
mould
UK
tamper
retool
make innovations
reconstitute
moderate
refashion
restyle
mold
US
make adjustments to
warp
remake
remold
US
regenerate
permute
morph
freshen up
translate
commute
make different
tamper with
shape
accommodate
conform
calibrate
reclaim
fit
normalize
US
condition
prepare
treat
iron out
jigger
align
coordinate
attune
put
organize
US
turn
maneuver
US
transition
make ready
handle
optimise
UK
administer
optimize
US
metamorphose
act with
manoeuvre
UK
manage
concoct
act on
work
effect
process
perform on
do over
pay dues
normalise
UK
sharpen
twiddle
quadrate
focus
troubleshoot
sort
grade
organise
UK
tighten
suit
customise
UK
bring into line
put in working order
tune up
tailor-make
make conform
get with it
rebuild
rehabilitate
find a solution to
work out
update
find an answer to
service
smooth over
refurbish
unravel
compose
refit
clarify
rephrase
develop
copy-edit
find the solution to
get to the bottom of
disentangle
do up
untangle
modernize
US
modernise
UK
thrash out
hammer out
redact
censor
fathom
crack
turn the corner
alleviate
mellow
unscramble
reinstate
recover
permutate
reestablish
tidy up
figure out
rehab
furbish
revive
suss out
maintain
work through
set up
reanimate
bring back
reach an agreement about
put an end to
re-establish
bring up to date
put on the right track
realign
manipulate
reacclimate
methodize
rise
heighten
square away
subedit
conciliate
regularize
US
cultivate
purify
recuperate
qualify
expurgate
bowdlerize
US
unsnarl
bowdlerise
UK
make perfect
make strides
perk up
take off
regularise
UK
reinstall
bring to an end
diagnose
delouse
facilitate
bolster
bring around
reinvigorate
fettle
explain
retread
get working
face-lift
end
redecorate
fine
vitalize
stimulate
sustain
transmute
transfigure
remove
eliminate
put back together
restore to working order
synchronize
US
spruce up
bring something up to code
brighten up
re-equip
make fit for use
bring into the twenty-first century
make as good as new
gauge
UK
measure
standardize
US
sew up
remove errors
tip the scales
equiponderate
mutate
throw light on
work the bugs out of
rescue
refresh
salvage
spruce
transmogrify
evolve
do away with
be the answer to
be the solution to
allay
contain
relax
control
quell
extinguish
synchronise
UK
programme
UK
collimate
program
US
transubstantiate
diverge
transpose
alchemize
vamp up
standardise
UK
gage
US
decipher
check
get into shape
breathe new life into
give a new look to
metamorphosize
shift
palliate
mollify
extenuate
calm
cool
break
turn the tables
denature
stir up
change completely
sing different tune
switch over
switch
interchange
shift gears
cook
transfer
turn upside down
soften
condense
decode
unriddle
smooth
assemble
cut
brainstorm
divine
lick
unlock
annotate
shorten
abridge
puzzle out
realise
UK
realize
US
get
approve
think out
dope out
find the answer to
riddle out
clean up your act
pull your socks up
get your act together
turn over a new leaf
get it together
analyse
UK
trim
draft
US
finish
splice
publish
assign
strike out
boil down
prepare for publication
draught
UK
analyze
US
check over
report
delete
fly speck
compile
write over
discard
blue-pencil
style
excise
feature
butcher
massage
prescribe
proofread
get right
make out
determine a solution to
pan out
make a dent
decide on
find the key to
get around
find out
get to the bottom
hit upon
restructure
bring up to code
more ❯
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frustrated
frustrated by
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frumpy
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