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Verb
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To fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of
betray
desert
disappoint
drop
forsake
let fall
move down
sink
cheat
abandon
depress
disenchant
disillusion
dissatisfy
fail
fall short
leave in lurch
leave stranded
lower
pull down
take down
dismay
disgruntle
dishearten
displease
upset
dispirit
leave in trouble
leave helpless
leave high and dry
more ❯
Verb
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To deflate
deflate
drain
empty
flatten
puncture
collapse
void
exhaust
decrease
let the air out
empty the air out of
siphonUS
tap
force
drive
inject
send
draw
bleed
push
draftUS
raise
syphonUK
milk
transport
suck
expel
supply
pour
extract
withdraw
impel
draw off
bail out
drive out
propel
pump
elevate
force out
fill
draughtUK
thrust
Verb
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(of clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem
enlarge
expand
extend
lengthen
let out
undo
unfasten
unpin
Verb
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To betray someone that has one's trust
betray
double-cross
deceive
cheat
fail
denounce
inform against
sell out
shop
be disloyal to
finger
give away
inform on
abandon
backstab
be unfaithful to
break faith with
cross
grass on
job
play someone false
pool
turn traitor
two-time
delate
desert
dob in
forsake
jilt
peach on
rat on
sell the pass
shelf
split on
squeak on
squeal on
stitch up
be a Judas to
bluff
delude
dob on
grass
grass up
knife
mislead
pimp on
rat out
sneak on
trick
blow the whistle on
break with
do the dirty on
give someone a Judas kiss
be disloyal
be treacherous to
be unfaithful
bite the hand that feeds one
break faith
break promise
break trust
commit treason
deliver up
drop a dime on
drop the dime on
give up
hand over
play false
play Judas
sell down the river
take in
turn in
turn informer
blow the whistle
go back on
point the bone at
put the finger on
turn state's evidence
walk out on
bite the hand that feeds you
stab in the back
tell on
rat
sell someone out
sell one's soul
squeak
squeal
inculpate
incriminate
report
snitch
tell
blab
cuckold
nark
peach
victimizeUS
victimiseUK
take advantage of
play away
burn
be dishonest
step out
backbite
smear
slander
attack indirectly
dob
pimp
clype
talk
sneak
sing
fink
inform
spill the beans
tell the police about
tell tales about
tell the authorities about
turn King's evidence
turn Queen's evidence
more ❯
Verb
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Leave much to be desired
be unsatisfactory
disappoint
fall short
leave much to be desired
not be up to scratch
not make the grade
be lacking
be wanting
be deficient
fail
be insufficient
be inadequate
prove inadequate
fail to meet
fail to live up to
not come up to scratch
not be up to snuff
fail to reach
Verb
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Let the air out
let the air out
collapse
deflate
go down
puncture
shrink
flatten
void
exhaust
empty the air out of
decrease
empty
contract
Verb
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Fail to keep an appointment with
stand someone up
jilt
fail to meet
fail to keep a date with
fail to turn up for
fail to keep an appointment with
Verb
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To expose or reveal the true nature or character of
show up
debunk
expose
uncloak
undress
unmask
nail
uncover
belittle
convict
defeat
disclose
discover
discredit
embarrass
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
highlight
humiliate
indicate
invalidate
mortify
pinpoint
reveal
shame
unshroud
worst
lay bare
point up
score off
bring to light
put spotlight on
put to shame
make a fool of
put somebody to shame
show in bad light
more ❯
Verb
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To fill with alarm or depression
dismay
alarm
daunt
distress
frighten
horrify
scare
upset
appalUK
unnerve
bother
discompose
perturb
sadden
shake
shock
startle
concern
confound
discomfit
disconcert
discourage
dishearten
dispirit
disturb
unsettle
surprise
unman
dash
disappoint
discountenance
faze
panic
rattle
shake up
take aback
trouble
agitate
ail
alarum
chagrin
chill
demoraliseUK
demoralizeUS
derail
discomfort
disillusion
disquiet
distemper
distract
exercise
flurry
frazzle
frustrate
fuss
hagride
paralyseUK
psych
spook
terrify
undo
unhinge
vex
worry
affright
disenchant
disgruntle
pother
abash
appallUS
bewilder
depress
dumbfound
embarrass
flummox
fluster
freak out
mystify
nonplus
paralyzeUS
more ❯
Verb
▲
To completely destroy or devastate
pull down
demolish
raze
annihilate
cream
decimate
desolate
destroy
devastate
extinguish
level
nuke
pulveriseUK
pulverizeUS
ruin
shatter
smash
tear down
total
unbuild
vaporiseUK
vaporizeUS
waste
wrack
wreck
do in
rub out
bulldoze
destruct
dismantle
flatten
lower
remove
take down
tarnish
taint
thwart
compromise
bungle
foil
frustrate
flaw
fluff
hinder
stain
sully
muff
stymie
flub
impede
fumble
besmirch
prevent
endamage
debase
stop
contaminate
goof up
dirty
bobble
crab
soil
smirch
foozle
mishandle
distort
obstruct
befoul
blot
scar
bloody
cross up
diminish
foul
mismanage
block
enfeeble
hamper
sap
bumble
make a muck of
boggle
dub
incapacitate
boot
disappoint
make a Horlicks of
circumvent
smear
cramp
crool
threaten
blacken
debilitate
baulkUK
disfeature
bollix up
balkUS
halt
discolorUS
discolourUK
denigrate
subdue
afflict
enervate
do badly
spot
neutralizeUS
torture
blunder
discredit
curb
confound
disorder
interfere with
forestall
hamstring
baffle
derail
muddy
confuse
throw a spanner in the works of
impoverish
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
neutraliseUK
abuse
counter
discomfit
contort
hold up
twist
attenuate
tar
adulterate
bruise
attack
rifle
inhibit
nip in the bud
restrain
misconduct
grime
begrime
smudge
belittle
prejudice
misgovern
misdirect
pervert
dishonourUK
cut
touch
shame
devalue
mix up
disturb
subjugate
bar
mark
shake up
checkmate
jumble
dishonorUS
deflect
counteract
outwit
put a damper on
crimp
blunt
gum up
muddle
wear away
make a nonsense of
drain
paralyseUK
restrict
humiliate
squelch
stifle
oppress
handicap
corrode
scorch
disparage
erode
scratch
paralyzeUS
debauch
humble
upend
bilk
reave
vilify
violate
disarrange
err
make impure
jeopardizeUS
rough up
spike
bring someone to their knees
darken
uglify
stand in the way of
knock out
drag through the mud
perturb
derange
bollix
retard
dampen
devitalize
pop
maul
tear
scuttle
misshape
scathe
lacerate
oppose
distress
fleece
mangulate
eat away
snooker
jeopardiseUK
minimizeUS
refute
derogate
harass
detract from
falsify
molest
decry
bend
muck
distain
bemire
gaum
mire
daub
wrench
fudge
immobilizeUS
defame
be detrimental to
skin
chasten
hash
outmanoeuvreUK
stigmatizeUS
repress
outmaneuverUS
prohibit
tip
purge
fail
trammel
prostitute
miscalculate
swamp
cross
ball up
cause detriment to
avoid
cancel out
doctor
ward off
render ineffective
stave off
get around
minimiseUK
arrest
reflect badly on
stigmatiseUK
bring into disrepute
shoot full of holes
unfit
put the stopper on
immobiliseUK
affect
trouble
stump
throw monkey wrench in
cut up
drag through the mire
scramble
buckle
put out
plague
curse
dispirit
dismiss
delay
squinch
screw
disprove
cloud
contradict
put at risk
malform
knock for six
emasculate
traumatizeUS
wreak havoc with
use up
fetter
discompose
smother
slow down
demoralizeUS
wither
gnarl
discomfort
dismay
shake
worst
vilipend
rattle
beset
bedevil
poor-mouth
maltreat
bad-mouth
deprave
do damage to
worsen
maladminister
shock
master
prevail over
tire
parry
best
miss
wrong
misuse
limit
frazzle
misrule
downgrade
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
knot
bypass
confute
rebut
skew
spread to
strike down
repel
demoraliseUK
slander
etiolate
hit
nobble
repulse
do harm to
manage badly
stab
make unattractive
overreach
offset
goof
cease
evade
dent
dodge
slash
prove wrong
persecute
decrease
wince
blotch
disempower
controvert
knacker
dislocate
mortify
mistreat
sidestep
detract
grieve
pain
devaluate
contravene
obviate
avert
whack
slur
puncture
run down
traumatiseUK
overlook
negative
whelm
overmaster
tweak
ding
divert
misemploy
be prejudicial to
mess
flounder
make ugly
misapply
malign
confront
hold back
unrail
tear apart
play merry hell with
skirt
make powerless
bang up
tamper with
seduce
circumnavigate
misconstrue
water down
duck
get out of
set back
calumniate
be a blot on the landscape
make useless
make a dog's dinner of
stall
disarm
handle roughly
drown
slam
censure
escape
pit
ditch
match
colorUS
cook
betray
put in a bad light
bring low
give the lie to
disqualify
besmear
reproach
deceive
outflank
cause suffering to
snow under
grind down
inactivate
get rid of
get the better of
put the mockers on
entrap
steer clear of
head off
drive a coach and horses through
cramp one's style
bring shame upon
unstrengthen
do a hatchet job on
phony up
poke full of holes
shoot
give a bad name
colourUK
undervalue
upset one's apple cart
hogtie
doctor up
hock
beat down
upset the apple cart
put a spoke in someone's wheel
take wind out of
kibosh
play off
unbrace
make a botch of
make unclean
alloy
muzzle
roll back
do mischief to
pinion
render incapable
make a pig's ear of
bring shame on
make a hash
lead astray
make unclear
muck something up
throw
make untidy
muddle up
unhorse
tag
make of no use or value
deflate
pauperize
submerge
abandon
chastise
speckle
endanger
manipulate
inconvenience
make a mess
make a mistake
rack
bleed
whittle
imperil
disfashion
detonate
stuff up
cast a pall over
cast a shadow over
slow
convulse
nick
botch up
decay
annoy
squander
be the ruination of
turn upside-down
take the edge off
take the shine off
bring to nought
displace
wear down
bow
rupture
cause confusion in
throw into disarray
cause turmoil in
douse
dishevel
put you off your stride
jack up
litter
clutter
rummage
miscarry
lose
make destitute
bleed dry
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
cow
set a bad example
glitch up
defenestrate
lame
indispose
hack
throw a monkey wrench into
agonizeUS
burn out
put the skids under
crack down on
harsh
spend
maraud over
spray paint
brand
encumber
shackle
constrain
torpefy
remove from power
remove from office
be disadvantageous to
shrivel
sour
defend against
bring to a close
interdict
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
cost
anguish
wring
excruciate
besiege
sear
make misshapen
distort the shape of
demote
be the end of
engulf
disconcert
make unfit
render powerless
play mischief with
create chaos
shut out
stonewall
juke
keep lid on
hold off
be deleterious to
bridle
interrupt
dump on
strike at the foundations
knock off balance
aggrieve
pique
sting
have
craze
outsmart
outfox
bend out of shape
throw a curve
vex
hobble
disrate
root
traverse
double-cross
snafu
silence
dispossess
absorb
envelop
expend
blanket
dowse
lose strength
crumple
put a spanner in the works
radioactivate
do clumsily
mildew
dis
discount
trash-talk
diss
deprecate
curtail
throw away
exploit
mismanager
work against
make waves
score
pinch
scrape
discourage
chill
chagrin
abash
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
throw out
throw into chaos
crud up
turn topsy-turvy
hang up
render null and void
put a brake on
give the run around
forbid
dash one's hope
upset the applecart
preclude
tame
quelch
strangle
ice
chip away
harrow
agoniseUK
fatigue
deflower
draw blood
hack up
force down
bear down on
slap down
clamp down on
result in damage to
lead to the end of
disease
move
enthuse
misjudge
fall down
do something badly
misconjecture
pull a boner
miscompute
mend
stumble
patch
weary
drop the ball
bork
cumber
give the slip
cook someone's goose
disconfirm
debunk
belie
steal from
freeboot
reive
drag down
maculate
quench
moisten
choke
dampen down
cause agony to
be incompetent
be inefficient
impact
slit
slice
carve
cut about
separate
flay
overshadow
go against
manhandle
play out
draw down
decline
be untrue to oneself
lose value
sell out
render worthless
fall
appropriate
embezzle
trespass
arrogate
confiscate
invade
traduce
mark down
distemper
ail
concern
alarum
worry
exercise
fuss
disquiet
hagride
distract
unhinge
agitate
bother
flurry
alarm
misrepresent
misinterpret
taint with mildew
chop up
embarrass
make helpless
overtax
tax
spread among
jam
make foul
scuzz up
cry down
play down
kiss off
talk down
rubbish
knock
abort
go through
garble
cause instability
prevail
occur
suspend
write down
poop
tire out
make impotent
torch
prove false
badmouth
cast gloom over
deactivate
disenable
freeze
interfere
asperse
scandalizeUS
assail
libel
bully
disband
discontinue
make weary
wash out
overtire
wear out
blame
debar
intrude on
clamp
wheel-clamp
bring shame to
impinge
flog
wallop
steamroll
pan
muckrake
bump
revert
devalorize
take down a peg
demerit
declass
bench
brutalizeUS
assault
victimizeUS
lace
thin
dilute
deter
adjourn
combat
answer
fight
overbear
overmatch
cane
trim
pommel
whitewash
get
surmount
misrelate
misstate
profane
slant
impact on
impinge upon
rot
gnaw
rust
tie
render inoperative
prevent from working
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
make inoperative
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
rip up and down
blackguard
do a number on
give a black eye
rip
disrespect
speak ill of
bring discredit to
scandaliseUK
sling mud at
breathe on
blister
cast a gloom upon
slag off
deride
tar and feather
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
cast a slur on
bring a note of sadness to
spread scandal about
fling mud at
sling mud
run smear campaign
assassinate
whittle away
edge
outplay
triumph over
whomp
tan
powder
weird out
freak out
bleach
fade
strike at
tucker out
take it out of
fag out
disannul
rescind
void
vacate
axeUK
prorogue
null
repeal
conclude
outjump
ambush
route
outrun
outhit
lambaste
flax
sandbag
mine
dig
tunnel
wear
challenge
cause injury
roughhouse
bury
blank
counterplot
give a bad name to
make lose face
win against
combust
scald
take hold of
disconsider
expose
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
take rug out from under
knock bottom out of
pooh-pooh
reflect on
show up
mudsling
frown upon
cast aspersions on
disesteem
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
insult
bastardizeUS
mix
take to cleaners
take it all
edge out
give someone a hiding
pip at the post
run roughshod over
pwn
plow under
bear down
walk all over
work over
nose out
win a victory over
do down
scrap
wind up
disunite
resist
tackle
rebuff
dispute
cremate
carboniseUK
carbonizeUS
knock about
kick around
knock around
treat roughly
be violent toward
brutaliseUK
treat badly
beat up
do over
victimiseUK
ill-treat
mess over
bung up
dig out
hollow out
have an effect on
have an impact on
exert influence on
salt
animalize
veer
water
brainwash
change
outrage
alter
steer
fake
extend
sophisticate
clip one's wings
chip away at
queer the pitch of
split up
close
close down
loose
collapse
axUS
fade out
discharge
resolve into
postpone
render void
sever
wind down
oppugn
respond to
battle
fend off
retort to
knock the bottom out of
punish
burden
terrorizeUS
excoriate
grimace
destroy by fire
burn up
reduce to ashes
burn to the ground
burn down
burn to a crisp
drive a nail into the coffin of
dope
gainsay
hit back at
knock off
take wind out of sails
cause setback
put end to
bump off
put away
mix with
denature
bastardiseUK
infiltrate
commingle
irrigate
plant
transfuse
amalgamate
thin out
intermix
shave
mingle
vie
backtalk
hit back
have bone to pick
respond
hold at bay
fly in the face of
take on
blow sky high
thumbs down
meet
contend with
argue against
defy
return
retaliate
counterwork
stand up to
put up a fight against
buck
have a negative effect on
have a negative impact on
terroriseUK
take off
carry off
take someone's life
trick
dupe
mislead
detour
shortcut
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
give the coup de grâce
administer the coup de grâce
hoodwink
outgeneral
end-run
beguile
elude
knock the stuffing out of
get past
shun
fool
get round
ensnare
find a way round
more ❯
Verb
▲
Humble
take down
abase
chasten
cheapen
debase
degrade
demean
discredit
disgrace
dishonourUK
dishonorUS
foul
humble
humiliate
lower
shame
sink
smirch
abash
crush
deflate
demolish
embarrass
mortify
pull down
take apart
take to bits
take to pieces
put down
belittle
pollute
contaminate
befoul
bestialize
bring discredit to
violate
speak ill of
infect
blotch
attack
lead astray
animalize
breathe on
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
adulterate
assail
muckrake
distort
deface
hurt
despoil
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
dirty
seduce
blacken the name of
dilute
embitter
waste
discolourUK
discolorUS
make degenerate
blaspheme
outrage
impugn
tar
bring dishonour to
influence
treat sacrilegiously
treat with disrespect
mess up
disfigure
misuse
prejudice
manipulate
deflower
ravish
envenom
slight
ravage
vandalizeUS
maculate
vandaliseUK
commit sacrilege
reflect negatively
curse
vituperate
muck up
sneer
make impure
speak badly of
pull to pieces
cast in a bad light
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
bias
twist
misapply
colourUK
flaw
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
alloy
bend
skew
sour
squander
sell
sacrifice
wreck
endamage
reduce in value
jaundice
badmouth
subordinate
bloody
crab
speckle
reduce in quality
rot
turn
blackguard
harden
blast
touch
deform
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
rap
undercut
sabotage
destabilizeUS
cross up
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
colorUS
corrode
spread lies about
put hooks in
tear into
rape
offend
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
defeat
ulcer
sore
scourge
fraternizeUS
fraterniseUK
lure
tempt
inveigle
fornicate
intrigue
case-harden
inure
molest
cut
overwhelm
smash
overpower
set a bad example
destabiliseUK
wound
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
incapacitate
suppress
coarsen
waste away
go bad
go to hell
live in the gutter
impoverish
extinguish
axeUK
slash
make callous
make unfeeling
alter
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
scuzz up
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
rout
enervate
put double whammy on
axUS
dip
slow
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanizeUS
mechaniseUK
imbrute
automatize
barbarize
rebuff
spurn
blaspheme against
make foul
keep down
be rude to
slap
cause offence to
ignore
sledge
miscall
shun
call someone names
begrime
grime
muddy
doctor
putrefy
cook
smudge
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
irritate
tease
flout
taunt
slang
gird
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
jeer
aggravate
give someone the cold-shoulder
provoke
scoff
bring to ruin
cause instability
lay waste to
commit sacrilege against
bring someone to their knees
interfere with
splash
get dirty
spatter
tinker with
fiddle with
tamper with
muck
gaum
mire
splatter
distain
bemire
daub
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Bend or hang downwards limply
droop
sag
sink
drop
slump
wilt
bend
dangle
fade
flag
bow
flop
hang
languish
wither
decay
decline
emaciate
fail
go
hang down
lag
stoop
weaken
diminish
drape
depress
faint
fall down
lean
lop
settle
sling
slouch
subside
suspend
tire
waste away
become flaccid
become limp
tire out
wear out
loll
incline
swag
depend
nod
trail
beetle
fold
bend downward
bend forward
be pendent
let droop
be loose
swing
shrivel
collapse
fall
dry
slip
wane
hunch
shrivel up
flump
plop oneself
plonk yourself
plonk oneself
hang out
hook up
falter
sit heavily
hang up
lounge
sprawl
let fall
place loosely
crouch
loaf
perish
be lazy
shrink
die
disintegrate
dry up
desiccate
flap
constrict
contract
deteriorate
wizen
deflate
blast
blight
become marcescent
tumble
flail
whip
beat
flutter
become stale
slide
lower oneself
plank oneself
plump oneself
plump yourself
drop down
slacken
hang loosely
wiggle
toss
topple
teeter
stagger
totter
jerk
quiver
wave
flounder
hang limply
fall limply
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cover completely with water
submerse
deluge
drown
engulf
flood
gulf
inundate
overflow
overwhelm
submerge
swamp
bore
capsize
couch
decline
demit
depress
descend
dig
disappear
drill
drive
droop
drop
ebb
excavate
fall
flounder
founder
lay
lower
overturn
plummet
plunge
ram
regress
run
sag
scuttle
set
settle
shipwreck
slope
slump
stab
stick
stoop
subside
thrust
wreck
bring down
cast down
cave in
force down
go down
put down
tip over
touch bottom
go to the bottom
trickle
exude
seep
ooze
dribble
spew
well up
course
roll
ripple
swell
teem
emit
drip
percolate
emerge
come over
sweep over
well forth
sputter
gurgle
brim
tumble
emanate
disembogue
overspill
rise
regurgitate
whirl
leak out
spill out
bleed
spring
burst
glide
sweat
proceed
weep
strain
filter
swirl
pitch
drift
leach
stem
slip
escape
seethe
arise
transude
perspire
exudate
run out
egress
steam
move
slide
pass
circulate
swarm
storm
erupt
blaze
burst its banks
release
mount
undulate
climb
tower
empty
bowl
extravasate
excrete
filtrate
progress
abound
drizzle
babble
coast
breeze
cruise
bubble
rush forward
vomit
heave
disgorge
emit liquid
come out of
give out
give off
overflow with
pullulate
purl
splash
sail
continue
whisk
smooth along
go along
throw up
spit up
transpire
be filled
fill up
fill to capacity
permeate
infuse
spring up
pervade
suffuse
result
come out
follow
imbue
appear
vent
birth
originate
macerate
charge
sodden
load
imbrue
spread out
be transmitted
eventuate
gush forth
be emitted
seep out
come forth
ooze out
upspring
come
seep forth
flow out
derive from
gush out
flow forth
ooze forth
procreate
reproduce
leaven
transfuse
inoculate
implant
produce
conceive
more ❯
Verb
▲
Spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
loaf
idle
laze
loll
lounge
dally
dawdle
hang about
be idle
bum
chill
dillydally
drone
footle
lazy
skive
waste time
do nothing
kill time
bum around
dream
drift
evade
fritter away time
goldbrick
goof off
hack around
hang around
hang round
kick around
kick back
lie
loiter
malinger
mooch
piddle
relax
saunter
shirk
slack
stall
stroll
take things easy
trifle
vegetate
veg out
mooch about
mooch around
be inactive
be indolent
be slothful
be unoccupied
fool around
fritter away
hang out
knock around
lie around
lounge around
pass time
sit around
slow down
stand around
twiddle thumbs
while away the time
take it easy
while away hours
not lift a finger
sink
collapse
be recumbent
subside
extend
straddle
drape
be prone
be prostrate
lie spread-eagle
flump
fall
be supine
plonk oneself
plop oneself
spread
crumple
spread-eagle
retire
sit heavily
siesta
stretch oneself out
be stretched out
turn in
plonk yourself
heel
cant
tip
list
slope
cover
tilt back
drape yourself
extend over
stretch over
fall back
drape oneself over
decline
crash
plunge
plummet
drop
slide
tumble
decrease
slip
nosedive
go down
fall steeply
lurch
fall off
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
topple
blight
go to ruin
pitch
reach new low
take a nosedive
go downhill
keel over
cave in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move something to a lower level
lower
drop
ground
demit
detrude
lay
throw
couch
submerge
haul down
let fall
let sink
bring low
cast down
hand down
move down
pull down
push down
set down
take down
make lower
throw down
dip
move downwards
Verb
▲
To take down or apart
strike
dismantle
disassemble
dismount
lower
demount
bring down
pull down
take apart
take down
break down
knock down
dismember
raze
demolish
strip
destroy
deconstruct
flatten
bulldoze
undo
tear down
sever
rend
mutilate
divide
dissect
dislocate
disjoint
anatomize
shatter
smash
devastate
pulverizeUS
pulveriseUK
waste
total
extinguish
desolate
cream
crush
nuke
vaporizeUS
lay waste
break
trash
do in
vaporiseUK
ravage
separate
rub out
torpedo
gut
blow up
obliterate
dilapidate
quell
blow to bits
wipe out
trounce
defeat
overcome
destruct
snuff out
quash
spoil
topple
crash
bomb
damage
overthrow
undermine
scourge
prostrate
sink
blow to pieces
maraud
spoliate
desecrate
impair
wipe off the map
take out
assemble
leave in ruins
remove
disintegrate
fragment
unjoin
pick to pieces
take something apart
pull something down
pull something apart
disaggregate
tear something down
nullify
conquer
rip down
devour
subdue
down
drop
floor
unrobe
knock over
mow
mow down
ground
sabotage
pick apart
vandalizeUS
bowl down
bowl over
lay waste to
lay low
upset
deface
mangle
mar
reorganizeUS
reverse
loot
blight
vitiate
dash
injure
shipwreck
sack
pillage
ransack
plunder
efface
batter
smash up
vandaliseUK
scupper
despoil
douse
dynamite
blast
scotch
harry
run onto the rocks
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
reduce to rubble
pile up
crack up
tear up
wrack up
write off
dash to pieces
smite
cruel
take
explode
rape
ravish
depredate
havoc
leave desolate
balls up
make a mess of
foul up
make a hash of
blow sky-high
mess up
banjax
put the lid on
put the kibosh on
louse up
muck up
put out
smother
reorganiseUK
unmake
blow a hole in
bring to naught
screw up
do for
play havoc with
prey
wrest
trample
overwhelm
disorganize
disrupt
wreak havoc on
exterminate
foray
sweep away
pirate
seize
consume
stamp out
capture
wreak havoc
raid
overrun
rob
forage
suppress
check
end
blanket
dowse
squelch
stifle
choke
put down
moisten
kill
quench
dampen down
dampen
crack
wolf
reduce to ruins
wax
beat
throw down
gobble up
wipe off map
tear to pieces
put in toilet
wipe off the face of the earth
more ❯
Verb
▲
To relax or be at ease
rest
relax
doze
idle
nap
sleep
laze
repose
snooze
lounge
unbend
drowse
pause
unwind
flop
luxuriate
slumber
slump
chill
loll
bask
loaf
catnap
outspan
kip
slack
slacken
zizz
lie down
cool off
de-stress
kick back
lie by
sit back
sit down
slack off
take a breather
take a rest
take five
take it easy
be at ease
be at leisure
be calm
chill out
ease off
ease up
have a rest
mellow out
put feet up
refresh oneself
refresh yourself
slow down
stretch out
veg out
wind down
be comfortable
do nothing
nod off
stand down
take a nap
take life easy
take your ease
get some kip
get some shut-eye
go to bed
have a kip
have a nap
have a snooze
have forty winks
put one's feet up
put your feet up
settle back
take a siesta
catch some Zs
have a siesta
have a spell
lie still
snatch forty winks
go out like a light
rest in the arms of Morpheus
lie around
kill time
waste time
sink
sag
collapse
pass time
potter
droop
mooch
malinger
bum around
be inactive
be unoccupied
lounge about
fritter away time
fritter away
loll around
fool around
languish
subside
twiddle your thumbs
stagnate
skive
trifle
stall
goldbrick
hunch
extend
straddle
drape
lollygag
bend
mooch about
mooch around
loaf about
loaf around
loll about
laze about
while away the time
lie spread-eagle
be idle
flump
saunter
fall
drift
fritter
moulderUK
degenerate
slummock
deteriorate
molderUS
slouch about
slouch around
twiddle thumbs
be slothful
be indolent
knock around
stand around
decay
plonk oneself
plop oneself
while away hours
bat around
bat about
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
not lift a finger
go to seed
sit on one's hands
consume time
idle away the hours
mark time
mess around
kick your heels
straggle
ramble
trail
spread
crumple
vacillate
hang
exist
fritter time away
amble
wander
stooge
moon
spread-eagle
piddle
stroll
take things easy
shirk
evade
bat
meander
weaken
do nothing in particular
remain
stay
haunt
hover
wait
linger
frequent
futz
sit heavily
twiddle one's thumbs
go to pot
be inert
while
plonk yourself
bludge
mess about
fiddle around
while away
bob off
sit back and do nothing
cover
stoop
drape yourself
extend over
stretch over
fall back
crouch
bow
wilt
veg
be lazy
piddle around
while away the hours
piddle about
fool away
decline
plunge
plummet
drop
slide
tumble
decrease
slip
nosedive
go down
fall steeply
lurch
fall off
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
topple
blight
go to ruin
pitch
reach new low
take a nosedive
go downhill
keel over
cave in
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being disappointed by something or someone
disappointed
disenchanted
disillusioned
dissatisfied
frustrated
saddened
thwarted
upset
undeceived
indifferent
cynical
disabused
worldly-wise
sophisticated
mondaine
disenthralled
knowing
disentranced
worldly
embittered
blasé
out of love
enlightened
discouraged
downcast
shattered
world-weary
sour
negative
debunked
more ❯
“He was let down by the mediocrity of the movie.”
Adjective
▲
Reduced
deflated
collapsed
drained
emptied
exhausted
flattened
punctured
reduced
sagging
shrunk
squashed
burst
contracted
empty
shrunken
kaput
ruptured
depressurized
pierced
decompressed
flat
blown out
empty of air
Adjective
▲
Having lost confidence or hope
discouraged
daunted
demoralisedUK
demoralizedUS
dismayed
dispirited
pessimistic
crestfallen
deflated
despondent
disappointed
disconsolate
disheartened
downcast
dashed
deterred
low-spirited
put off
cast down
cowed
crushed
dejected
depressed
fed up
gloomy
glum
intimidated
unconfident
unenthused
unenthusiastic
beat
beat-down
blue
caved-in
chap-fallen
come-apart
down
downbeat
down-in-mouth
heartsick
heartsore
hopeless
low
melancholy
sad
having lost heart
lacking in confidence
lacking in enthusiasm
lost momentum
with cold feet
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
gone to pieces
in a funk
in blue funk
in the dumps
sick as a parrot
sullen
grief-stricken
funereal
solemn
depressing
comfortless
depressive
anguished
morbid
black
in low spirits
saturnine
grieving
lonely
elegiacal
drear
sepulchral
cold
grayUS
cheesed off
tenebrous
greyUK
dire
godforsaken
lonesome
abject
dour
rueful
afflicted
tenebrific
brassed off
dreich
in the doldrums
devastated
plutonian
darkening
chill
Cimmerian
defeatist
murky
dispiriting
subdued
sunless
cloudy
drab
weary
mourning
piteous
sorrowing
grieved
humorlessUS
humourlessUK
negative
pained
grave
pathetic
mopey
oppressive
broken
aggrieved
tormented
bereaved
disheartening
sulky
tragic
weepy
bitter
down-hearted
annoyed
agonizedUS
heartrending
sober
suffering
agonisedUK
sapped
shaken
piqued
pitiful
peeved
dim
dingy
cynical
pensive
distraught
distressing
painful
listless
in despair
emotional
defeated
unwelcoming
austere
desperate
heartbreaking
irritated
saddening
all torn up
singing the blues
uncomfortable
with a long face
sick at heart
put out
moping
earnest
flat
lamentable
dolesome
Eeyorish
bored
grievous
surly
exasperated
dolent
plangent
sunk in gloom
mopish
sunk
brooding
tired
dejecting
unnerved
draggy
in tears
down-and-out
pitiable
thrown
narked
sick
enervated
stony-faced
shattered
fatalistic
gloom-ridden
angry
bereft
ticked off
teed off
browned off
peed off
drearisome
uninviting
sour
foreboding
helpless
bewailing
bemoaning
wailing
aching
ruthful
calamitous
heavy
sedate
overwhelmed
resigned
harrowing
heart-rending
serious
suspicious
distrustful
inhospitable
bare
stark
broody
bummed-out
vexed
discouraging
bearish
doubting
in grief
in doldrums
wounded
plagued
alarmist
crabbed
bland
unfortunate
bowed down
clinical
impersonal
colorlessUS
languid
lacklustreUK
unsmiling
wintryUS
jarring
winteryUK
institutional
lacklusterUS
lifeless
languorous
colourlessUK
uninspiring
blah
boring
undermined
drained
given to looking on the black side
abashed
poor
shamefaced
unhopeful
devitalized
worried
cross
sheepish
humbled
apathetic
concerned
anxious
jaded
tortured
hacked off
disquieted
funeral
deploring
wearied
discombobulated
uptight
huffy
unamused
sobersided
bugged
shook
blasé
regrettable
antsy
ill-humouredUK
hapless
down-in-the-mouth
traumatizedUS
adust
resentful
churlish
browbeaten
dirge-like
deplorable
stern
unconsolable
sore
shook up
angst-ridden
ill-humoredUS
discontent
weighty
severe
glowering
in sorrow
in mourning
sick and tired
tear-jerking
down in dumps
full of sorrow
bad-tempered
po-faced
traumatisedUK
staid
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
long-suffering
frowning
ugly
taciturn
persecuted
sourpuss
muted
ill-tempered
triste
crabby
deep
no-nonsense
poker-faced
shadowy
in a huff
unexciting
uninteresting
blue funk
monotonous
macabre
without hope
humdrum
stricken
impaired
cursed
without energy
unmanned
burned
contused
empty
taken aback
sinister
sorry for oneself
very sad
unoptimistic
prostrated
atrabilious
clouded
dampened
drooping
sagging
dirgeful
horrible
ominous
lowered
bowed
suicidal
torn-up
griefstricken
weakened
off
sluggish
heart-sick
lovesick
misanthropic
afflicting
dirgelike
mortified
remorseful
depressant
threnodic
cringing
guilty
lost
atrocious
woful
troubling
affecting
reflective
lorn
forgotten
homeless
forsaken
abandoned
down in mouth
overcome
pining
luckless
frantic
dolorific
afflictive
guilty-looking
furtive
unfavorableUS
unfavourableUK
companionless
friendless
destitute
uncared-for
doubtful
sorry for yourself
uncommunicative
strained
prostrate with grief
horrified
forbidding
acheronian
doomed
racked
ailing
phlegmatic
unresponsive
ashamed
embarrassed
sneaking
dragging
solitary
defenselessUS
defencelessUK
fruitless
alone
uneasy
unmitigable
have the blahs
unable to be comforted
unable to be consoled
no-win
strabilious
shot-down
poignant
worthless
feeling down
full of gloom
crying
cowering
humiliated
conscience-stricken
having the blahs
having blue devils
languished
up the creek
beside oneself with grief
can't win
demoralizingUS
difficult
distressful
demoralisingUK
dreadful
upsetting
disappointing
overpowered
crippled
agitated
discomposed
ruffled
not a prayer
in the soup
sobbing
excruciating
shocking
traumatic
troublesome
terrible
crushing
feeling low
harassed
wrecked
discountenanced
flustered
aflutter
whimpering
snivellingUK
offended
indignant
affronted
close to tears
at end of one's rope
at the end of your tether
haunted
spooked
harrowed
moving
agonizingUS
unpleasant
discomposing
agonisingUK
vexatious
bummed
powerless
downtrodden
wronged
nettled
riled
blubbering
maudlin
tamed
jumpy
unglued
larmoyant
horrific
appalling
derisible
frightful
horrifying
mortifying
heart-wrenching
malcontent
injured
harmed
snivelingUS
on the verge of tears
dishonouredUK
ruined
strung out
ill-used
steamed
worrying
harsh
easily moved
hard done by
in high dudgeon
victimisedUK
victimizedUS
mentally defeated
licked
dishonoredUS
bored by
horrid
surfeited
sated
satiated
in a stew
racked with suffering
in a tizzy
racked with pain
surfeited by
weary of
distressed by
glutted by
surfeited with
jaded with
jaded by
satiated by
in floods of tears
with tears in your eyes
pouting
petulant
chilly
glutted with
not best pleased
scowling
fractious
have had it up to here with
have had enough
have had a basinful of
have had something up to here
mumpish
perverse
pouty
chippy
grouchy
aloof
up to here
withdrawn
irritable
mardy
out of humour
uncooperative
fretful
ornery
obstinate
sourpussed
sulking
querulous
unsociable
stroppy
gruff
mean
in a bad mood
having a fit of the sulks
in a mood
in the sulks
in a strop
passive
insipid
weak
limp
meek
characterless
irresolute
feeble
submissive
torpid
unmoved
spineless
unimpassioned
wooden
languishing
dry
vapid
uninspired
passionless
lackadaisical
bloodless
mopy
desiccated
anaemicUK
slothful
cowardly
tame
gutless
dopey
inanimate
indecisive
unconcerned
indifferent
drippy
anemicUS
wishy-washy
flat tire
lacking in vitality
more ❯
Noun
▲
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure
failure
catastrophe
fiasco
defeat
disaster
abortion
debacle
flop
blunder
lemon
washout
botch
calamity
collapse
let-down
clinker
dud
fizzle
foul-up
hash
letdown
wreck
bankruptcy
bomb
breakdown
bummer
bungle
bust
clunker
fail
failing
misadventure
miss
misstep
tragedy
crash
frustration
loss
mess
miscarriage
mishap
nonsuccess
shipwreck
trouble
turkey
cropper
frost
implosion
misfortune
nonachievement
nonperformance
rout
snafu
stalemate
balls-up
screw-up
damp squib
dead duck
dead loss
false step
faux pas
lead balloon
sinking ship
total loss
vain attempt
flash in the pan
kick in the teeth
error
mistake
accident
mischance
slip
reversal
adversity
difficulty
trial
casualty
ruination
cockup
lapse
omission
problem
fumble
contretemps
fault
woe
knock
tribulation
ill
unsuccessfulness
bad luck
reverse of fortune
stroke of bad luck
smash
thwarting
bungling
mismanagement
perversion
fizzer
mix-up
aborting
screwup
embarrassment
insufficiency
malfunction
miscarriages
interruption
route
pig's ear
farce
spontaneous abortion
still birth
oversight
miscue
slip-up
neglect
want
default
defect
delinquency
flounder
dumb thing to do
issue
infelicity
rear-ender
crack-up
pileup
hazard
fender-bender
smashup
stack-up
wrack-up
collision
ill-fortune
total
fluke
evil fortune
evil chance
destruction
overthrow
miscommunication
unfortunate incident
cataclysm
bad break
vanquishing
unseating
conquest
deposition
toppling
ousting
ill fortune
debasement
overturn
end
annihilation
elimination
disgrace
shame
death
ill luck
Waterloo
humiliation
nemesis
labefaction
stumble
trip
bane
grief
destroyer
miscalculation
visitation
flaw
doom
subversion
loss of power
bad omen
last straw
final straw
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Noun
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A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
anticlimax
bathos
comedown
disappointment
disillusionment
letdown
let-down
non-event
decline
deflation
descent
drop
slump
washout
damp squib
ineffective conclusion
not what it was cracked up to be
reversal
setback
frustration
bringdown
dissatisfaction
dismay
disgruntlement
bummer
discouragement
chagrin
balkUS
failure
flop
blow
baulkUK
bitter pill
Noun
▲
An act of disloyalty
sellout
apostasy
betrayal
co-optation
co-option
disloyalty
giveaway
deception
dishonesty
double-crossing
double-dealing
duplicity
falseness
perfidy
treachery
treason
trickery
unfaithfulness
double cross
Judas kiss
let-down
stab in the back
faithlessness
perfidiousness
backstabbing
infidelity
sell-out
treacherousness
double-cross
two-timing
fraud
deceit
deceitfulness
traitorousness
fickleness
sedition
untrustworthiness
cheating
disaffection
doubt
disbelief
skepticismUS
hanky-panky
scepticismUK
back-stabbing
guile
two-facedness
artifice
dissimulation
underhandedness
recreancy
cunning
crookedness
fraudulence
craftiness
craft
hypocrisy
dissembling
wiliness
chicanery
foxiness
deceptiveness
dupery
crookery
cozenage
cunningness
guilefulness
fakery
high treason
dirty pool
dirty trick
dirty work
dirty dealing
subversion
corruption
scam
dodge
flimflam
whitewash
fake
spoof
bunco
gyp
racket
grift
adultery
mendacity
lying
put-on
seditiousness
deviousness
sharp practice
fast shuffle
sweet talk
skin game
shell game
jiggery-pokery
falsehood
monkeyshines
knavery
management
codology
funny business
monkey business
lese majesty
mutiny
lese-majesty
lèse majesté
rebellion
revolt
revolutionary
crime
con
trick
swindle
unreliability
dissidence
seditious act
hollow-heartedness
untrueness
violation
swindling
cuckoldry
unchastity
subversive activity
affair
extramarital relations
unfairness
unjustness
subterfuge
skulduggery
improbity
amour
liaison
misconduct
intrigue
shadiness
shenanigans
betrayal of trust
extramarital sex
fornication
breaking of faith
fooling around
playing around
lewdness
knavishness
twoness
one-upmanship
dualism
duality
dissemblance
skullduggery
playing the field
hoodwinking
duping
dirty tricks
artfulness
bluff
slyness
stab in back
bluffing
insincerity
obfuscation
legerdemain
pretenceUK
a bit on the side
kidology
beguilement
hokum
blarney
prevarication
trickiness
snow job
untruth
fast one
boondoggle
defraudation
disinformation
equivocation
imposition
pretenseUS
sophism
dirt
circumvention
juggling
trumpery
chicane
fourberie
foul play
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