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What is another word for
neglect
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▲
Noun
The state of being uncared for
The act of not paying the proper care or attention to something
A failure to do something that is expected or required
Inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness
An act or judgment that is misguided or wrong
The state of not being used
An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct
Destruction or extinction
The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement
The state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect
Lack of action where some is expected or appropriate
The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned
Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse
A lack or shortage
Verb
To fail to care for or pay attention to
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
To actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.)
To fail to fulfill an obligation or payment
To procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
Oppose
Not make use of
To snub or make someone feel unwelcome
Feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
To reject someone and exclude them from one's inheritance
Omit
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▲
Noun
▲
The state of being uncared for
dilapidation
disrepair
desolation
seediness
abandonment
desuetude
deterioration
disuse
shabbiness
decay
collapse
ruin
decrepitude
poorliness
ropiness
roughness
destruction
waste
downfall
demolition
disintegration
dissolution
dereliction
wear and tear
ruination
sickness
illness
sickliness
ricketiness
degeneration
unrepair
disorder
rack and ruin
bad shape
bad condition
poor order
poor shape
untidiness
raggedness
scruffiness
grunginess
tattiness
more ❯
“The palace grounds, which had for long years past been allowed to sink into a sad state of
neglect
, had now become a mere jungle.”
Noun
▲
The act of not paying the proper care or attention to something
disregard
heedlessness
oversight
disdaining
ignoring
overlooking
slight
default
disdain
disregardance
disrespect
inadvertence
inconsideration
rebuff
scorn
scorning
slighting
spurning
thoughtlessness
coolness
desertion
inattention
indifference
indifference to
inattention to
failure to pay attention to
lack of care
oblivion
carelessness
unmindfulness
unconcern
contempt
brush-off
cold shoulder
contumacy
snub
rejection
spurn
unconsciousness
forgetfulness
insensibility
cold-shouldering
nirvana
insensibleness
Lethe
amnesia
abeyance
obliviousness
negligence
nonchalance
insouciance
casualness
complacence
disinterestedness
torpor
apathy
disinterest
incuriousness
incuriosity
forgetting
omitting
disfavor
US
neglecting
disfavour
UK
omission
lassitude
disesteem
lack of attention
lack of heed
lack of notice
non-observance
detachment
aloofness
coldness
callousness
impassivity
impassiveness
dispassionateness
equity
passionlessness
disregard for
obliviousness to
emotionlessness
uninvolvement with
apathy about
distance
nonchalance about
heedlessness of
unconcern about
unresponsiveness
uninvolvement in
objectivity
apathy towards
boredom with
poco-curantism
carelessness of
impartiality
lack of concern about
dismissiveness of
dispassion
unresponsiveness to
mindlessness of
neutrality
weariness of
isolationism
lack of interest in
alienation
lack
lack of interest
noninterference
uninterest
lethargy
immunity
inertia
listlessness
cold-bloodedness
stoicism
insensitivity
lack of feeling
lack of enthusiasm about
lack of sympathy
absence of feeling
more ❯
“The
neglect
of sound moral habits will result in negative social consequences.”
Noun
▲
A failure to do something that is expected or required
negligence
carelessness
failure
laxity
delinquency
dereliction
laxness
neglectfulness
oversight
remissness
slackness
shirking
unconcern
heedlessness
misprision
nonfeasance
culpa
default
inattention
irresponsibility
forgetfulness
omission
pretermission
slovenliness
dereliction of duty
non-fulfilment of duty
lack of concern
non-performance of duty
failure to take proper care
failure to take proper action
lack of proper care and attention
disregard
incaution
incautiousness
thoughtlessness
inattentiveness
sloppiness
inadvertence
unpreparedness
recklessness
indifference
inconsideration
lapse
absent-mindedness
complacency
improvidence
inadvertency
overlooking
indiscretion
lack
oscitation
rashness
shortcoming
imprudence
woolgathering
profligacy
extravagance
non-performance
nonperformance
unmindfulness
lack of care
nonobservance
laziness
daydreaming
preoccupation
inobservance
leniency
deficiency
evasion
misconduct
unprofessionalism
faithlessness
abdication
slip-up
non-fulfilment
non-observance
barratry
disregardfulness
impetuosity
ineptitude
inaccuracy
clumsiness
nonsuccess
sense of security
casualness
contributory negligence
abandonment
failing
preterition
skip
chasm
wastefulness
break
slip
error
blunder
breach
overlook
oblivion
haphazardness
inconsiderateness
nonchalance
imprecision
obliviousness
short-sightedness
faux pas
want
misdeed
offense
US
offence
UK
felony
misdemeanor
US
misbehaviour
UK
misdemeanour
UK
weakness
misbehavior
US
fault
prodigality
lavishness
waste
thriftlessness
shortsightedness
absence
dreaminess
absentmindedness
abstraction
foolishness
inaction
insensibleness
inadequacy
insufficiency
folly
failure to act
indifference to
obliviousness to
inattention to
criminal behavior
foolhardiness
inadvisability
temerity
impulsiveness
haste
unwariness
injudiciousness
bad judgment
wildness
spontaneity
wantonness
uninhibitedness
impulse
freedom
licentiousness
abandon
unrestraint
brashness
hastiness
forwardness
precipitation
temerariousness
daring
impertinence
presumption
boldness
effrontery
pluck
gullibility
impudence
intrepidity
brass
intrusiveness
assurance
overconfidence
hardihood
venturesomeness
rudeness
precipitancy
precipitateness
unguardedness
gall
credulity
more ❯
“He was filled with dread at having his ears filled with complaints of Frank's constant
neglect
in his duties.”
Noun
▲
Inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness
inconsideration
rudeness
insolence
impoliteness
disrespect
impertinence
discourtesy
incivility
impudence
discourteousness
disrespectfulness
impertinency
inconsiderateness
ungraciousness
dis
diss
disregard
thoughtlessness
heedlessness
oversight
unkindness
carelessness
negligence
inattention
tactlessness
insensitivity
selfishness
unthoughtfulness
absent-mindedness
inattentiveness
foolishness
stupidity
recklessness
unmannerliness
bad manners
lip
cheek
boorishness
boldness
churlishness
sauce
uncouthness
backchat
sass
back talk
flippancy
audacity
effrontery
ill-manneredness
presumptuousness
brashness
ill-breeding
nerve
coarseness
mouth
brass
contumely
ill manners
lack of manners
lack of civility
ungentlemanly behaviour
gall
presumption
cheekiness
insubordination
brazenness
pertness
irreverence
chutzpah
front
contempt
face
neck
brusqueness
crassness
shamelessness
sassiness
curtness
offensiveness
freshness
cockiness
nerviness
malapertness
arrogance
brass neck
ill breeding
hardihood
unladylike behaviour
lack of respect
smart mouth
indelicacy
sauciness
loutishness
abruptness
immodesty
bumptiousness
temerity
profanation
inurbanity
wisecrack
brassiness
mouthiness
lese-majesty
dishonor
US
insolency
misrespect
sacrilege
unrespect
impiety
dishonour
UK
insolentness
come-back
lack of consideration
abuse
forwardness
insults
snash
bad-mouthing
contemptuousness
crust
hide
guff
uncivility
vulgarity
lack of politeness
lack of refinement
sharpness
bluntness
lack of social grace
abusiveness
larrup
barbarity
lack of tact
offhandedness
disdain
misbehaviour
UK
asperity
acrimony
irritability
intrusiveness
harshness
officiousness
misbehavior
US
thankless
displeasing
ill-favored
US
excluded
inhospitality
unwished-for
blackballed
uninvited
lousy
cold-heartedness
unsought
unpleasant
exceptionable
objectionable
distasteful
inhospitableness
disagreeable
obnoxious
unwelcomeness
repellent
unreceptiveness
inadmissible
unasked
unpopular
undesirable
rejected
ingratitude
unacceptable
unwanted
lack of diplomacy
ill-favoured
UK
shut out
excess baggage
not in the picture
left out in cold
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act or judgment that is misguided or wrong
mistake
error
blunder
oversight
slip
fault
gaffe
miscalculation
flaw
misjudgement
misjudgment
misunderstanding
fumble
misinterpretation
misreading
misstep
boner
misdeed
slight
stumble
clanger
gaff
inadvertence
snafu
aberration
bloomer
boob
flub
fallacy
lapse
misapprehension
slipup
underestimation
bungle
delusion
fail
howler
misreckoning
goof
misconception
misjudging
overestimation
confusion
fluff
illusion
miscue
muddle
blooper
misapplication
screwup
trip
boo-boo
false move
false step
faux pas
poor judgment
slip-up
error of judgment
inaccuracy
clinker
brick
bobble
solecism
indiscretion
defect
mix-up
failure
foul-up
botch
screw-up
impropriety
omission
miss
slip of the tongue
barry
thinko
lapsus calami
lapsus linguae
muff
mess
transgression
glitch
bloop
gaucherie
misconstruction
slip of the pen
Freudian slip
mishap
miscount
offence
UK
offense
US
bug
gremlin
breach of etiquette
accident
goof-up
crime
misestimate
erratum
misconstruing
floater
peccadillo
indecorum
misimpression
sin
mixup
misestimation
misknowledge
trespass
exception
incomprehension
familiarity
deviation
mess-up
delinquency
irregularity
botch-up
breach
tongue twister
confounding
breakdown
false impression
virus
distortion
abnormality
misdemeanour
UK
mishandling
shambles
felony
literal
commotion
err
misbelief
fiasco
misevaluation
negligence
debacle
flop
spoonerism
wrong
cockup
malfunction
hash
failing
anomaly
misconduct
eccentricity
aberrancy
bumble
fall
wrongdoing
misdemeanor
US
oddity
wrong impression
false reading
typo
obstruction
blip
catch
showstopper
limitation
rarity
imperfection
quirk
wrong idea
dumb move
departure
snarl-up
freak
rogue
muddle-up
poor decision
bad choice
whoops
pratfall
malapropism
flummox
bonehead play
foulup
misspeaking
own goal
slip up
mismanagement
inadvertency
flounder
shortcoming
improper act
drop
poor decision-making
absurdity
imprudence
hesitation
upset
misfielding
wreck
misperception
wrength
wrong move
bad
bad move
overestimate
foul up
screw up
snag
bad idea
break
bodge
incorrect sum
flub-up
carelessness
underestimate
overvaluation
undervaluation
blow
lapse of etiquette
social blunder
colossal blunder
false belief
poor choice
misstatement
sus linguae
inattention
bozo eruption
corrigendum
laxity
stupid mistake
blunder in etiquette
unfaithfulness
wrongness
impreciseness
unreliability
preterition
chasm
disregard
overlooking
blank
overlook
skip
pretermission
jumble
putting foot in mouth
botched job
dilemma
complication
dumb thing to do
typographical error
despisement
scorn
disdain
error of judgement
violation
tangle
upheaval
difficulty
trouble
quandary
dereliction
printer's error
hole
self-defeating action
vice
failure to notice
cacology
bungling
bas
hiccup
miscommunication
complexity
emergency
snarl
encumbrance
intricacy
struggle
misreading of the situation
chaos
fankle
disorder
turmoil
puzzle
awkwardness
involvement
brain fart
human error
wickedness
folly
mischief
mischievousness
misbehaviour
UK
mispronunciation
misuse
abuse
grammatical mistake
barbarism
misusage
turkey
bomb
lemon
bummer
frost
washout
clunker
bust
dud
fizzle
hastiness
ingenuousness
simple-mindedness
excitability
naivete
unseemliness
indiscreetness
stupidity
thoughtlessness
unthinkingness
misspeak
crudeness
misbehavior
US
balls-up
disaster
catastrophe
bad behaviour
malware
car crash
foolish mistake
want
default
loss
computer malfunction
hitch
blemish
problem
something wrong
computer glitch
misappreciation
dropping the ball
straying
happenstance
surprise
fluke
coincidence
peculiar turn of events
unusual occurrence
one-off
hazard
twist of fate
divergence
rambling
wandering
peculiarity
inconsistency
variation
oddment
digression
oddness
difference
unusualness
diversion
phenomenon
incongruity
curiosity
strangeness
weirdness
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of not being used
disuse
desuetude
abandonment
idleness
discontinuance
non-employment
cessation
decay
desertion
inactivity
non-use
obsolescence
nonuse
insuetude
inusitation
obsoleteness
unuse
lack of use
obsoletism
abeyance
discontinuation
Noun
▲
An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct
breach
infringement
violation
contravention
transgression
infraction
trespass
breaking
abuse
dereliction
disobedience
nonobservance
non-observance
delict
noncompliance
barratry
betrayal
defiance
delinquency
disregard
non-compliance with
failure to observe
flouting
non-compliance
contumacy
disobeying
invasion
impingement
obstruction
departure from
offense
US
lawbreaking
lapse
error
sin
crime
slip
nonfulfilment
offence
UK
faux pas
defying
ignoring
taking no notice of
paying no heed to
flying in the face of
lack of compliance with
break
rebelling against
waywardness
insubordination
recalcitrance
unruliness
mutiny
indiscipline
revolt
misconduct
rebellion
misbehaviour
UK
wilfulness
intractability
troublemaking
contrariness
disruptiveness
perverseness
willfulness
perversity
bad behaviour
obstreperousness
balkiness
rebelliousness
awkwardness
mischievousness
frowardness
refractoriness
impishness
mischief
naughtiness
roguery
revolution
carryings-on
acting-up
stubbornness
insurgence
sabotage
intractableness
insubmission
strike
riot
sedition
lack of cooperation
breaking the rules
misbehavior
US
nonconformity
dissent
noncooperation
opposition
resistance
insurrection
insurgency
recalcitrancy
mutinousness
heresy
obstinacy
uprising
denial
uncontrollability
lawlessness
disorderliness
wildness
rising
fractiousness
subversion
obstinateness
unmanageability
contempt
objection
ungovernableness
untowardness
recusancy
uncontrollableness
indocility
insolence
boldness
rudeness
dissidence
nonacceptance
misdeed
impropriety
misdemeanor
US
incivility
transgressiveness
contumaciousness
rejection
confrontation
misdemeanour
UK
nonconformance
impulsiveness
bravado
temerity
audacity
challenge
nonconsent
discordance
recusance
veto
disaffection
provocation
acting up
affront
effrontery
lip
brazenness
impudence
impugnment
factiousness
sass
enjoinder
exception
nonconformism
negation
monkey business
outbreak
schism
apostasy
shenanigans
back talk
big talk
hot air
throwing of the gauntlet
wrongdoing
immorality
fault
failure
refusal
misdoing
ungovernability
subversiveness
obduracy
orneriness
imprudence
recklessness
assertiveness
heedlessness
impetuousness
uncooperativeness
nonfulfillment
unconformity
stump
call
muster
gas
summons
order
defy
dare
spite
cartel
guts
command
protest
riotousness
dissension
malfeasance
troublesomeness
pig-headedness
cantankerousness
incorrigibility
upheaval
shenanigan
mulishness
exceeding
overstepping
badness
misdeeds
pigheadedness
recidivism
unrest
disorderly conduct
scorn
daring
aggression
agitation
rabble-rousing
naughty act
truculence
disagreement
struggle
civil disobedience
bad manners
poor manners
cheek
cheekiness
incitement
fomentation
wickedness
ill-discipline
bad behavior
fooling around
rioting
inflaming
treason
rowdiness
carelessness
boisterousness
disloyalty
horseplay
coup
anarchy
putsch
disorder
incitement to riot
fomentation of discontent
despite
incitement to rebellion
civil disorder
refusal to obey orders
refusal to obey
more ❯
Noun
▲
Destruction or extinction
oblivion
limbo
nothingness
extinction
nihility
nullity
void
non-existence
vacuum
annihilation
eradication
obliteration
blackness
eclipse
emptiness
nonexistence
nothing
nowhere
blankness
blank
vacuity
space
vacancy
lack
voidness
empty space
black hole
naught
non-life
non-being
nonbeing
unknown
vacantness
barrenness
bareness
starkness
no man's land
Siberia
desertedness
desolation
desolateness
loneliness
gap
want
cavity
lacuna
chasm
hole
abyss
hiatus
gulf
hollowness
hollow
pit
blank space
open space
exhaustion
destitution
abysm
free space
deficiency
absence
vacuousness
waste
inanition
depletedness
omission
deep
ocean
depth
bottomless pit
openness
concavity
inanity
vaccum
rarefaction
shortcoming
negation
break
tabula rasa
expanse
sparseness
interval
opening
dearth
deprivation
supernova
depths
well
depletion
crevasse
great void
theoretical mass
unavailability
deep hole
bankruptcy
vacivity
nonappearance
default
dispossession
bottomless depth
more ❯
Noun
▲
The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement
nonfeasance
default
delinquency
dereliction
failure
misprision
negligence
oversight
abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse
decay
decline
defeat
deficiency
deficit
deterioration
downfall
failing
fiasco
flop
frustration
implosion
inadequacy
lemon
loser
loss
mess
misadventure
miscarriage
misstep
nonperformance
nonsuccess
omission
overthrow
rout
rupture
stalemate
stoppage
turkey
washout
wreck
false step
faux pas
lead balloon
sinking ship
total loss
flash in the pan
blunder
mistake
error
slip
clinker
debacle
frost
fault
clunker
dud
fizzle
bummer
miscue
disaster
catastrophe
mishap
miss
defect
want
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect
squalor
filth
dirt
dirtiness
foulness
wretchedness
decay
grime
sleaziness
slumminess
squalidness
filthiness
griminess
grubbiness
meanness
muck
muckiness
poverty
seediness
shabbiness
dinginess
nastiness
sordidness
vileness
crumminess
dilapidation
grunge
grunginess
insalubrity
repulsiveness
scruffiness
scuzziness
slovenliness
grottiness
rattiness
tackiness
destitution
impoverishment
indigence
poorness
starvation
uncleanliness
uncleanness
smuttiness
soilage
dustiness
blackness
dinge
pollution
defilement
offensiveness
rottenness
impurity
contamination
dregs
feculence
unwholesomeness
smut
contemptibleness
mire
tarnish
cruddiness
muddiness
messiness
disagreeableness
ugliness
unpleasantness
pettiness
insignificance
humbleness
insalubriousness
tawdriness
dismalness
unsavouriness
beggarliness
paltriness
murkiness
sloppiness
despicableness
dishonorableness
corruption
sinfulness
unworthiness
unchasteness
immorality
unsanitariness
infection
poisoning
dirtying
adulteration
radioactivation
spoliation
disease
pestilence
obscenity
indecency
vulgarity
crudity
pornography
impropriety
ribaldry
lewdness
grossness
porn
licentiousness
indelicacy
profanity
blueness
wantonness
impureness
salaciousness
bawdiness
coarseness
lasciviousness
raunch
raunchiness
crudeness
sludge
refuse
sewage
slime
garbage
crud
putrefaction
mud
rubbish
ordure
ooze
putrescence
trash
carrion
grot
dross
scum
gunk
soil
yuck
gunge
slush
debris
silt
waste
sediment
slop
putridity
sleaze
foul matter
mess
stain
goo
gloop
gook
dust
pollutant
soot
guck
slob
taint
smudge
foreign matter
goop
contaminant
grease
adulterant
clag
clay
glop
kak
mulch
film
ash
punk
stains
slab
gumbo
clart
dreck
scuz
plague
contagion
bits
befoulment
ground
earth
foreign body
loam
turf
topsoil
mold
US
clod
land
humus
marl
mould
UK
terra firma
dry land
more ❯
Noun
▲
Lack of action where some is expected or appropriate
inaction
inactivity
idleness
inertia
passivity
apathy
dormancy
indolence
laziness
sloth
torpor
disregard
inertness
lethargy
negligence
nonaction
non-intervention
quiescence
slothfulness
sluggishness
immobility
torpidity
acedia
deferral
deliquescence
depression
doldrums
ennui
fecklessness
lassitude
otiosity
quietude
stagnation
stasis
suspension
laissez-faire
dullness
languor
listlessness
slowness
hebetude
indifference
drowsiness
lifelessness
stupor
languidness
passiveness
disinterest
sleepiness
enervation
inactiveness
shiftlessness
unresponsiveness
impassivity
unconcern
fatigue
weariness
tiredness
phlegm
torpidness
nonparticipation
docility
impassiveness
inanition
heaviness
heedlessness
insouciance
stillness
somnolence
motionlessness
slumber
coma
supineness
unmindfulness
calm
leadenness
submissiveness
rest
sleep
unemployment
leisure
exhaustion
narcosis
accidie
repose
hibernation
doziness
droning
trifling
pottering
vegetating
loitering
laze
joblessness
lazing
slouch
truancy
loafing
dawdling
desuetude
disuse
stagnancy
inoperativeness
time-wasting
dilly-dallying
goof-off time
time to burn
own sweet time
time to kill
time on one's hands
weakness
unproductivity
status
lack of progress
quiet
numbness
neurasthenia
asthenia
anergia
lack of energy
passiven
dopeyness
deadness
vegetation
malaise
dilatoriness
frailty
sedentariness
quietness
fainéance
paralysis
oscitancy
immobilization
US
slacking
shirking
staticity
debility
emotionlessness
resignation
dolce far niente
prostration
skiving
remissness
slackness
immobilisation
UK
feebleness
faintness
burnout
frazzle
collapse
disinclination
faineancy
faineance
procrastination
indolency
laxity
disinclination to move
dreaminess
sluggardliness
jadedness
time on your hands
status quo
no change
lack of change
invisibility
inexpression
underdevelopment
potential
unconsciousness
expectancy
abeyancy
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned
abandonment
desertion
dereliction
forsaking
jilting
betrayal
stranding
jettison
leaving
relinquishment
renunciation
disuse
shunning
evacuation
dilapidation
decrepitude
deterioration
disrepair
ruin
rejection
desolation
rack and ruin
perfidy
defection
tergiversation
backsliding
recreancy
disaffection
absconding
flight
disloyalty
decamping
faithlessness
apostasy
recantation
treachery
treason
secession
estrangement
retreat
divorce
withdrawal
falseness
heresy
rebellion
dissent
recreance
unfaithfulness
deconversion
conversion
revolt
mutiny
renunciation of belief
abandonment of belief
sundering
separation
disownment
alienation
lack
parting
failure
failing
repudiation
severance
deficiency
changing sides
changing allegiances
escape
truancy
departure
bolting
flying
evasion
running away
fleeing
cowardice
defecting
retirement
departing
elusion
avoidance
disappearance
derelict
disavowing
marooning
castoff
resignation
disavowal
turning tail
abrogation
going absent without leave
falling away
going AWOL
going back on
taking French leave
running out on
Noun
▲
Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse
maltreatment
abuse
injury
mistreatment
bullying
harm
beating
ill-treatment
manhandling
mauling
mishandling
misuse
cruelty
damage
hurt
ill treatment
ill-usage
injustice
molestation
persecution
punishment
rough handling
torture
violation
bad treatment
ill usage
ill use
oppression
wrong
offense
US
offence
UK
ill-use
torment
harassment
violence
assault
wronging
malevolence
defilement
hitting
striking
spoiling
injuring
interference
assaulting
impairment
rough treatment
indecent assault
roughing up
beating up
doing over
wrongdoing
misdeed
exploitation
misconduct
unkindness
delinquency
debasement
perversion
sin
crime
fault
desecration
misapplication
misusage
misemployment
mismanagement
cruel treatment
maladministration
inhumane treatment
misgovernment
misrule
aggression
thrashing
battery
bashing
hammering
pounding
pummelling
UK
flogging
impugnment
lashing
thwacking
belting
lambasting
punching
battering
thumping
knocking
whacking
pummeled
US
embezzlement
squandering
waste
dissipation
misutilization
corruption
catachresis
solecism
fraud
distortion
profanation
malapropism
prostitution
fraudulent use
abusage
misappropriation
barbarism
wrong use
more ❯
Noun
▲
A lack or shortage
deficiency
shortage
deficit
dearth
insufficiency
scarcity
inadequacy
lack
scantiness
absence
paucity
scarceness
undersupply
deprivation
want
crunch
default
drought
famine
inadequateness
lacuna
pinch
poverty
shortfall
sparseness
drouth
exiguity
exiguousness
meagreness
need
privation
shortness
failure
insufficience
loss
destitution
scantness
impoverishment
penury
neediness
pauperism
indigence
meagerness
beggary
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
depletion
poorness
sparsity
pennilessness
penuriousness
hardship
destituteness
barrenness
starvation
insolvency
bankruptcy
debt
unavailability
curtailment
necessity
reduction
distress
shortcoming
leanness
tightness
defalcation
emptiness
rareness
defect
underage
weakness
aridity
limitedness
lapse
void
necessitousness
vacancy
rarity
restrictedness
difficulty
straits
underdevelopment
abjection
skimpiness
infrequency
pass
uncommonness
decline
needfulness
debilitation
non-existence
ruin
pauperization
vacuum
paltriness
gap
arrears
debit
indebtedness
slightness
decrease
omission
stringency
austerity
abridgment
US
slim pickings
pauperdom
abridgement
UK
enfeeblement
enervation
hand-to-mouth existence
reduced circumstances
straitened circumstances
red ink
in the hole
in the red
fewness
smallness
slenderness
vacuity
bareness
space
dehydration
parchedness
rainlessness
desiccation
exclusion
nonexistence
absenteeism
inaccessibility
extreme poverty
mendicity
dire poverty
inefficiency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
blank
underperformance
shrinking
shrinkage
slippage
retrenchment
extremity
discrepancy
dues
withdrawal
removal
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
exigency
being after
missing out on
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
diminishment
exhaustion
sacrifice
expense
cost
weakening
losings
devitalization
attenuation
lack of profit
ruination
degeneration
immiseration
deterioration
minus sum of money
suffering
disadvantage
oppression
detriment
financial distress
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fail to care for or pay attention to
overlook
disregard
ignore
discount
forget
abandon
bypass
overpass
shirk
skip
dismiss
forsake
avoid
contemn
defer
desert
discard
omit
pretermit
depreciate
elide
evade
miss
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
reject
scant
underestimate
leave undone
pass over
be lax about
gloss over
let pass
not attend to
pay no attention to
pay no heed to
pay no mind
set aside
skimp on
brush aside
brush off
fail to look after
leave alone
let go
let slide
lose sight of
not care for
procrastinate over
shrug off
take no notice of
think little of
be remiss about
not care
pass up
pay little attention to
slur over
tune out
turn a deaf ear to
turn your back on
be careless
be derelict
be indifferent
fail to care for
fail to provide for
live with
not trouble oneself
be irresponsible
be negligent
be remiss
laugh off
be remiss in
keep at arm's length
make light of
throw to the winds
trifle with
keep one's distance
fail to remember
look the other way
have nothing to do with
not remember
turn one's back on
slight
turn a blind eye to
fail
pass by
forfeit
forego
give up
leave out
leave
forgo
waive
whitewash
condone
excuse
fail to take advantage of
dispense with
wink at
blink at
paper over
surrender
blow
yield
decline
renounce
eschew
spurn
pass
unheed
remit
connive
unmind
lose out on
let slip
drop the ball
dodge
take no account of
gloze over
put aside
shut eyes to
do without
turn a blind eye
skip over
squander
shun
sidestep
escape
duck
relinquish
refuse
elude
turn down
drop
cede
shake
botch
forgive
pardon
lose
get around
run away from
let something slide
get out of
funk
duck-shove
weasel out of
wriggle out of
finesse
scape
cut
miss out on
quit
slough off
delay
minimize
US
cop out of
fail to take
fail to grasp
be oblivious to
sacrifice
duck out of
shuffle out of
turn back on
shelve
minimise
UK
push aside
fail to notice
let go of
put off
pooh-pooh
give something a miss
leave be
pass on
play down
trip up
fail to spot
hold off
write off
let ride
not choose
close the eyes to
waste
skirt
blow off
blank over
put behind you
erase from your mind
put out of your mind
deny oneself
cushion
lose track of
short-circuit
dance around
shy from
blank
not take into consideration
leave something undone
blink
pussyfoot around
tergiversate
skirt round
disbelieve
let go by
let something go downhill
avoid considering
close one's eyes to
not dwell on
miss out
concede
fritter away
expend
withgo
cold-shoulder
throw away
keep one's distance from
fend off
go around
shake off
give the slip to
lay low from
leave out of account
let off easy
send to Coventry
brush away
turn a deaf ear
connive at
undersell
dispel
doubt
steer clear of
give a miss
skim over
let something go to seed
cut out
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
pass something up
shirk from
blow it
fail to exploit
go over the head of
misheed
reschedule
exclude
never mind
stop thinking about
look through
let it go
take no notice
turn blind eye
pay no mind to
turn deaf ear
shut your eyes to
close your eyes to
not take into account
bury one's head in sand
antedate
resign
abjure
abdicate
put on hold
mothball
put on back burner
take a rain check on
hold off on
put on ice
give rain check
put on the back burner
precede
antecede
preexist
predate
disclaim
hand over
stay
hold up
disown
allow
remove
refrain from
grant
sign away
table
turn over
suspend
prorogue
renege
reserve
refrain
pay no attention
fail to see
let fall between the cracks
fail to observe
look past
leave out of consideration
leave unnoticed
slip up on
abstain from
go without
belittle
flout
trivialize
US
trivialise
UK
cock a snook at
scoff at
refuse to acknowledge
wave aside
think no more of
sweep aside
forget about
have no time for
shuffle off
body-swerve
not attend
shrink from
scrimshank
mislay
misplace
play truant from
creep
parry
dog
cheat
bludge
slide out of
fence
miscarry
muff
blunder
flub
avert
bob off
skive off
fail to seize
fall short of
fail at
lie down on job
snub
ostracize
US
give the cold shoulder
rebuff
ostracise
UK
repudiate
blackball
blacklist
freeze out
give someone the brush-off
coldshoulder
scorn
disdain
cast aside
banish
downplay
despise
excommunicate
cut someone cold
have done with
look right through
pay no heed
shut out
cut someone dead
disparage
boycott
disapprove
repulse
repel
nix
reprobate
knock back
give someone the go-by
give the cold shoulder to
negative
deselect
take no heed of
joke about
say no to
baulk at
put out of one's mind
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
throw out
balk at
leave out in the cold
leave behind
expel
look straight through
close your eyes
be oblivious
sail by
walk by
make a joke of
give somebody the cold shoulder
sweep something aside
leave well enough alone
refuse to have anything to do with
absolve yourself
laugh something off
tolerate
circumvent
debar
treat lightly
soft-pedal
wink
dissimulate
bilk
keep away from
keep clear of
leave in the cold
treat as unimportant
de-emphasize
circumnavigate
hack
stay away from
hide from
override
deal rapidly with
treat with contempt
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
trample on
withhold from
desist from
give the thumbs down to
not accept
not heed
not take advantage of
make allowances for
let someone off with
let something ride
deliberately ignore
ride roughshod over
pretend not to notice
sink
wash your hands of
close one's mind to
reckon without
work around
defy
deny
cancel
do away with
abolish
disrespect
scout
relegate
consign to oblivion
disobey
disesteem
vilipend
put to one side
fail to anticipate
dispose of
put a stop to
render needless
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
have contempt for
have no use for
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
put an end to
get rid of
knock something on the head
fail to take account of
discredit
elope
run away
abscond
flee
kiss off
put away
laugh away
run off
tell someone to get lost
negate
withdraw
turn deaf ear to
turn from
jib at
protest
hold out
turn away
refuse to receive
throw over
not budge on
demur
send off
send one's regrets
protest at
desist
demur at
hold back
draw the line at
say no
give thumbs down to
shake one's head
jilt
veto
abnegate
disfellowship
burn
unfollow
unfriend
put down
cast out
break with
cut off
give a wide berth to
swear off
give the elbow
kick someone in the teeth
leave off
give someone the big E
cut dead
give someone the air
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
more ❯
“Sam would sometimes
neglect
his hygiene by failing to bathe or change into clean clothes.”
Verb
▲
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
fail
abandon
desert
forsake
leave
betray
disregard
depart
ditch
reject
discard
relinquish
discount
jettison
dump
ignore
repeal
forget
renounce
abdicate
disclaim
quit
jilt
abort
disown
flee
revoke
screw
disavow
drop
maroon
escape
rescind
abscond from
abstain from
bail on
break with
cheat on
disappear from
escape from
flee from
fly from
refrain from
retire from
withdraw from
back out on
be disloyal to
be gone from
be unfaithful to
break up with
do away with
go away from
run away from
run out on
set out from
take oneself off from
turn your back on
walk out on
disillusion
disappoint
disenchant
fail to support
leave stranded
fall short of expectation
let someone down
stab in the back
leave in the lurch
leave high and dry
repudiate
shun
abjure
divorce oneself from
cast off
end relations with
give someone the big E
cast aside
have nothing more to do with
give up
wash your hands of
cut off
turn one's back on
give the elbow
bin off
throw over
give someone the push
give someone the air
vacate
exit
pull out of
evacuate
depart from
exit from
pull out
bail out
withdraw
step down from
move out of
back out of
get out of
absent oneself from
go from
decamp from
decamp
resign from
chuck
bow out of
drop out
walk away from
clear out
bow out
split
retire
disengage
take off from
move from
back out
go away
get out
opt out
walk away
step aside from
clear out from
pack in
bolt from
move out
move
go
strand
discontinue
clear
empty
scoot
embark
bail
abscond
scram
sally
resign
fly
disengage from
move out from
do a disappearing act
take your leave of
let go of
abstract oneself
part with
kiss goodbye
head out from
say goodbye to
leave hanging
set out
slip out
wriggle out
walk out of
stop participating in
back off
leave behind
go AWOL
drop out of
take off
walk out
cut out
opt out of
hightail
stir
wash hands of
hang out to dry
remove oneself
check out
run off from
part
run along from
check out from
call it quits
skip
end
stand down from
budge from
make a move from
go out of
shift from
brush off
bail from
break off with
finish
be done with
blow off
leave hastily
defect from
flit from
leave abruptly
demit
give something a miss
take the count
throw in the towel
call it a day
jack in
throw in the sponge
chuck in
make one's exit
orphan
pull
give up the ship
flake out
cop out
cut loose
let someone stew in their own juice
leg it
storm out
fly the coop
dispose of
chicken out
take a powder
take a walk
secede
pull back
absent oneself
stop participating
recede from
scratch from
detach yourself
detach
slip out from
vamoose from
make oneself scarce from
take a hike from
scram from
set off from
give the slip to
take leave from
clear off from
head off from
remove oneself from
break away from
take leave of
cut and run from
run away
void
bail out from
make vacant
make empty
clear from
eject from
pull out from
run for the hills
skidaddle
retreat from
displace
pack up
surrender
abnegate
yield
waive
forgo
cease
cede
forego
spurn
refuse
disinherit
avoid
shirk
disgorge
hand over
bag it
deliver up
quitclaim
turn down
forswear
pull the plug
bag
flit
vamoose
disappear
defect
emigrate
elope
cut
vanish
migrate
issue
run off
take a hike
go forth
say one's goodbyes
pack your bags
make tracks
take French leave
take leave
head out
up sticks
make off
do a bunk from
hook it
take one's leave of
say one's farewells
push off
say goodbye
ride off
shove off
pack one's bags
sling one's hook
give the slip
start
make oneself scarce
clear off
bog off
cut and run
break away
sling your hook
slope off from
do a bunk
take yourself off from
step down
beat it
come away
run along
more ❯
Verb
▲
To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
ill-use
abuse
maltreat
mistreat
misuse
mishandle
manhandle
bully
brutalise
UK
brutalize
US
hurt
harm
oppress
torment
harass
misemploy
prostitute
spoil
taint
batter
dissipate
exhaust
overburden
overtax
overwork
squander
waste
ill-treat
kick around
mess over
knock about
treat badly
take apart
be cruel to
injure
damage
maul
molest
victimize
US
handle roughly
victimise
UK
knock around
harry
wrong
hit
beat
strike
torture
dump on
treat roughly
persecute
rough up
do over
beat up
wound
roughhouse
pick on
afflict
tyrannize
US
harrow
martyr
paw
agonize
US
assault
punish
outrage
tyrannise
UK
agonise
UK
shake up
mess up
bung up
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
do an injustice to
put down
be violent toward
domineer
intimidate
browbeat
trample on
exploit
insult
rack
violate
plague
excruciate
dishonour
UK
distress
ride roughshod over
terrorize
US
threaten
hound
anguish
attack
crucify
fondle
dishonor
US
total
grope
bash
terrorise
UK
aggrieve
offend against
take advantage of
cut up
slap around
interfere with
push around
do a disservice to
work over
treat harshly
touch up
cause pain to
do the dirty on
boss about
boss around
tread on
pull
push
kick about
bulldoze
lean on
hustle
shove
jostle
mar
scourge
ruin
roust
pain
mangle
handle
bundle
push someone around
backbite
wax
rip
chop
trash
rape
profane
pervert
misapply
be detrimental to
assail
bang up
do wrong
corrupt
desecrate
hunt
worry
mortify
mismanage
misappropriate
blow
give black eye
feel
thrash
ravish
do an injury to
besiege
beset
curse
bedevil
pursue
give the shaft
trouble
go through
run through
sexually abuse
sexually assault
beat the living daylights out of
bash up
duff up
beat up on
goose
misrepresent
malign
feel up
give someone the works
put on the rack
discriminate against
manipulate
humiliate
spite
cause agony to
cause suffering to
inflict anguish on
handle clumsily
scare
subjugate
tyrranize
menace
defame
dominate
overbear
cow
antagonize
US
provoke
belittle
mock
taunt
vilify
slander
cheat
impugn
denigrate
libel
discredit
overwhelm
overpower
hector
frighten
handicap
deride
abase
aggravate
offend
trespass
push about
walk all over
play the heavy with
be brutal to
martyrize
antagonise
UK
impose on
do wrong to
do injury to
bad mouth
treat unfairly
unfairly disadvantage
impose upon
sin against
step on the toes of
kick in the teeth
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
put at an unfair disadvantage
make someone suffer
give no quarter
go for jugular
lay a bad trip on
hit where one lives
bloody
traumatize
US
traumatise
UK
disserve
incommode
inconvenience
discommode
cross up
lash out at
cause injury to
do violence to
lay a finger on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.)
infringe
break
contravene
disobey
transgress
violate
breach
flout
defy
disregard
overstep
ignore
infract
exceed
borrow
crash
encroach
entrench
go beyond
impose
intrude
kick against
lift
meddle
obtrude
offend
pirate
presume
steal
trespass
commit a breach of
fail to observe
ride roughshod over
fail to comply with
fly in the face of
take no notice of
cock a snook at
resist
rebel
rebel against
mock
oppose
go against
baulk
UK
insurrect
revolution
mutiny
evade
decline
revolutionize
US
misbehave
counteract
object
balk
US
withstand
revolutionise
UK
dare
recalcitrate
strike
shirk
riot
differ
disagree
challenge
revolt
desert
not mind
be remiss
set at naught
pay no heed to
not listen
break rules
not heed
set aside
run riot
refuse to comply
dig your heels in
break the rules
refuse to obey
rise in arms
fly in face of
pay no attention to
take law into own hands
go counter to
fracture
traduce
fight
dissent
rise up
spurn
transgress against
be insubordinate
run amok
contradict
scorn
repudiate
remonstrate
despise
slight
renounce
denounce
combat
buck
come out against
deride
disdain
ridicule
protest
outrage
gibe
insult
demonstrate
encroach upon
rampage
take to the streets
be in breach of
disagree with
intrench
bypass
veto
thumb one's nose at
renege on
agitate
fall foul of
violate law
kick over the traces
be at odds with
refuse to accept the authority of
campaign
arise
take no account of
leave out
thwart
cross
rock the boat
secede
drop out
overturn
turn against
opt out
get out of line
upset
break with
make waves
hinder
refute
stage a rebellion
take up arms
rise up in arms
mount a rebellion
gainsay
interfere with
negate
interpose
exclude
disaffirm
conflict with
abjure
impugn
traverse
reject
offend against
interfere
stir up trouble
go on rampage
stage
mount the barricades
rise
sacrilege
sin
err
contaminate
trample on
not comply with
tamper with
face
confront
disobey authority
oppose authority
resist authority
beard
brave
defy authority
rise against
go on strike
take part in an uprising
refuse to obey orders
take part in an insurrection
kick over
snub
disparage
disrespect
outface
disesteem
fail
vilipend
taunt
outbrave
brazen
breast
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
contemn
jeer
have contempt for
pooh-pooh
brush off
refuse to acknowledge
have no use for
sneer
scoff
repulse
stick
venture
meet head-on
provoke
outdare
take on
front
scout
affront
gird
quip
call someone's bluff
stand up to
make my day
square up to
hurl defiance at
hang tough
treat with contempt
put up a fight against
stick fast
take a stand against
take one on
hold out against
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
sneer at
poke fun at
gibe at
set one's face against
make a fool of
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
take the piss out of
show contempt for
thumb nose at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fail to fulfill an obligation or payment
default
backslide
backtrack
bilk
dodge
evade
rat
renege
welsh
levant
welch
defraud
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
duck
fail
repudiate
shirk
skate
skip
stiff
swindle
back out
fall behind
not pay
fail to honour
fail to pay
duck out
go into arrears
leave town
let lapse
meet under arch
run out on
skip out on
put on the cuff
see in the alley
break one's word
Verb
▲
To procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
slack
idle
shirk
flag
relax
skive
bludge
dodge
doss
be inactive
be indolent
waste time
be lazy
bob off
goof off
take it easy
bunk off
lounge about
slack off
sit back and do nothing
lounge
laze
loaf
bum
loiter
goldbrick
loll
dawdle
lazy
dally
vegetate
chill
dillydally
footle
drone
hang about
kick back
veg out
kick around
hack around
hang around
hang out
malinger
lounge around
kill time
do nothing
bum around
hang round
sit around
fritter away
fool around
slow down
lie
slouch
stall
trifle
bask
laze around
loaf about
loll about
loll around
loaf around
lie around
be slothful
fritter away time
knock around
mooch around
stand around
be unoccupied
not lift a finger
while away hours
pass time
mooch about
mark time
twiddle thumbs
unwind
daydream
veg
creep
flop
slump
sprawl
lie about
languish
piddle around
fool away
piddle about
while away the hours
stagnate
lie down on job
recline
rest
fritter
while
repose
sit
degenerate
slummock
moulder
UK
potter
lollygag
lean
luxuriate
molder
US
stretch oneself
outspan
drape oneself
fanny about
bat back and forth
lay on one's oars
slouch about
bat about
slouch around
kick one's heels
sit back
go to seed
rest on one's oars
while away
laze about
bat around
kick your heels
slacken
hang loose
lie back
lean back
scrimshank
skulk
wag
gold-brick
be remiss
be negligent
skive off
play truant
play hookey
dodge the column
swing the lead
play the wag
evade one's duty
drift
mooch
saunter
stroll
piddle
evade
dream
shirk one's duties
take things easy
let down
while away the time
be idle
dilly-dally
linger
mope
tarry
putter
delay
mess around
lag
horse around
drag
diddle
crawl
procrastinate
poke
lallygag
shilly-shally
fiddle around
goof around
wait
moon
bat
potter around
futz
twiddle your thumbs
put off
mess about
drag your feet
trail
amble
fiddle
droop
straggle
stay
vacillate
decline
plod
dither
stooge
pause
come to a halt
fiddle about
act the fool
play around
grind to a halt
muck about
clown
take your time
get no place fast
do nothing much
deteriorate
fribble
wander
doodle
stand still
decay
play
fool about
fritter time away
hesitate
hibernate
hover
be slow
shuffle
stagger
putter around
monkey around
falter
potter about
hang fire
fall behind
while away time
be inert
potter round
beat the meat
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
not keep pace
sit on one's hands
consume time
idle away the hours
amuse oneself
chill out
lie dormant
drag one's feet
take one's time
spin one's wheels
fart around
lag behind
exist
weaken
hang
meander
remain
haunt
frequent
make yourself at home
go to pot
do nothing in particular
chillax
twiddle
lark
twiddle one's thumbs
be long
be tardy
be dilatory
stooge around
mosey
shamble
ramble
halt
go slowly
slough
dabble
lurk
traipse
temporize
US
stonewall
take a breather
put your feet up
take five
take a break
puddle
mosey around
temporise
UK
totter
filibuster
put off doing something
stay put
use delaying tactics
let the grass grow under one's feet
hang on
play for time
play a waiting game
hold back
be indecisive
wait around
hum and haw
buy time
futz around
rust
rot
fall
fester
trammel
become stagnant
stultify
constipate
be sluggish
stifle
hang back
fall back
decrease
drop
fail
diminish
lie fallow
not move
go stale
go bad
go rancid
go off
wane
trail behind
drag behind
ebb
slow
retard
tail
inch
hobble
trudge
tool
move slowly
limp
jelly
toddle
diddle-daddle
bring up the rear
fall off
inch along
drop behind
be behind
drop back
slow up
shlep along
scrounge around
lose strength
warm a chair
sit on one's butt
more ❯
Verb
▲
Oppose
not support
aid
assist
encourage
oppose
undermine
abandon
comfort
contradict
Verb
▲
Not make use of
not use
disuse
disapply
disemploy
ignore
misapply
misuse
Verb
▲
To snub or make someone feel unwelcome
give the cold shoulder
shun
dismiss
snub
rebuff
spurn
ignore
reject
repudiate
slight
disdain
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
blank
disregard
snout
cut
decline
refuse
cold-shoulder
brush off
freeze out
look past
look right through
give someone the brush-off
steer clear of
turn down
cut dead
make unwelcome
send to Coventry
stiff-arm
act cool
put down
turn up one's nose
tell someone where to get off
knock back
give someone the go-by
give the brush
pass up
scorn
repulse
coldshoulder
look right through someone
rebuke
drive away
shut out
turn one's back on
hand someone the frozen mitt
beat off
discourage
put off
keep at a distance
deny
oppose
not hear of
disallow
fend off
keep at arm's length
stave off
repel
keep at bay
push back
chide
send away
hold off
resist
check
tell off
lash out at
ward off
cross
put in one's place
reprove
humiliate
insult
body-swerve
give the bum's rush
stay shy of
stay clear of
keep clear of
have no part of
bilk
fight shy of
keep away from
not touch
have nothing to do with
balk at
recoil from
give the runaround
ditch
turn back on
turn away from
have no part in
leave alone
shy from
palm off
give a wide berth to
shrink from
give a wide berth
shy away from
stand aloof from
avoid
keep your distance from
shake off
affront
stiff
scratch
give someone a slap in the face
offend
humble
put the chill on
scold
snob
cool
swank
give the brushoff
scout
slur
chill
ice
look coldly upon
high-hat
not give time of day
duck
upstage
shame
ice out
censure
treat disrespectfully
keep someone at arm's length
take no notice of
boycott
kick in the teeth
misprize
mortify
burr
rebut
pass
disapprove
reprobate
nix
negative
deselect
treat with contempt
hold back
keep off
brush aside
throw out
exclude
keep away
fight off
deter
say no
turn away
drive back
renounce
discount
sneer at
scoff at
throw over
demur
sniff at
say no to
negate
baulk at
not accept
pooh-pooh
turn back
look down on
send packing
parry
turn your back on
deride
forgo
desist
abjure
belittle
mock
give somebody the cold shoulder
play down
pass on
ridicule
contemn
jilt
demur at
wave aside
abstain from
snoot
refrain from
disown
foil
force back
withhold from
desist from
make light of
frustrate
beat back
set aside
send one's regrets
shake one's head
thrust back
hold in contempt
turn up your nose at
put to flight
see off
turn deaf ear to
turn nose up at
sneeze at
look down upon
give the cold shoulder to
shrug off
veto
look straight through
turn on
avert
deflect
reluct
turn aside
hold at bay
turn against
give a pain
turn your nose up at
delay
obstruct
evade
look straight through someone
defeat
pretend not to see
overlook
skip
refuse admittance to
give somebody the run-around
fight back
miss
heave-ho
overthrow
stall
filibuster
not heed
set back
force away
throw back
pour cold water on
put aside
put out of one's mind
throw cold water on
withdraw
protest
give the thumbs down to
not take advantage of
not budge on
turn from
send off
jib at
dispense with
not care for
hold out
protest at
not buy
draw the line at
refuse to receive
give thumbs down to
fight
show disrespect
show disrespect for
blink at
confront
stonewall
kick
prevent
duel
dispute
stand off
traverse
drive off
wipe
slam-dunk
make little of
undermine
knock down
force off
give cold shoulder to
stand up against
chase away
cast aside
disparage
despise
express contempt
pour scorn on
dis
flout
disrespect
diss
be scornful about
be above
jeer at
heap scorn on
laugh at
be contemptuous about
abandon
spit on
revile
refute
gibe
piss over
confute
abhor
hate
sneer
piss on
defy
scoff
trash
taunt
hold up to scorn
desert
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
discard
forbear
cock a snook at
run down
consider beneath you
forsake
disavow
curl your lip at
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
make fun of
show contempt for
spit in the eye of
retract
recant
reverse
forswear
eschew
rescind
revoke
give up
cast off
disprofess
dishonor
US
rat
turn
default
disinherit
tergiversate
banish
flush
oust
dishonour
UK
cast
defect
apostatize
tergiverse
shed
lay aside
cut off
disacknowledge
dump
have no more truck with
wash one's hands of
wash your hands of
be against
break with
have nothing more to do with
fly in the face of
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
more ❯
Verb
▲
Feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
despise
loathe
detest
abhor
abominate
execrate
hate
disdain
scorn
deride
spurn
revile
slight
contemn
deplore
dislike
feel contempt for
mock
shrink from
shun
undervalue
disrelish
find intolerable
regard with contempt
be repelled by
eschew
jeer at
look down on
misprize
reject
renounce
repudiate
scoff at
sneer at
snub
heap scorn on
pour scorn on
feel contempt
not be able to bear
not be able to stand
not be able to stomach
put down
wipe out
have a down on
have no use for
look down nose at
be allergic to
disparage
belittle
dis
disfavor
US
regard with disgust
disfavour
UK
diss
recoil from
shudder at
disapprove
have it in for
disrespect
deprecate
have an aversion to
pooh-pooh
treat with contempt
mislike
condemn
vilipend
feel aversion to
sniff at
decry
disregard
dismiss
look down upon
resent
discount
refuse
reprove
high-hat
snoot
ridicule
flout
object to
scout
sneer
disesteem
be unable to abide
be unable to bear
frown on
show contempt for
hold in contempt
be unable to stomach
derogate
minimize
US
oppose
make fun of
trash
not take kindly to
not appreciate
depreciate
diminish
bad-mouth
poor-mouth
dislike greatly
feel aversion towards
can't stand
feel repugnance towards
feel disgust for
don't like
hold in disdain
regard with repugnance
feel hostility to
insult
run down
feel revulsion to
play down
minimise
UK
discredit
taunt
laugh at
defy
discountenance
be down on
be contemptuous about
pan
gibe
be scornful about
turn down
disapprove of
rag
antipathize
mind
scoff
regret
tsk-tsk
be averse to
take exception to
frown upon
treat contemptuously
jibe at
avoid
have no liking for
hold in disfavour
poke fun at
regard with distaste
not endure
make light of
lose interest in
be turned off to
take a dim view of
bear malice toward
have no stomach for
grossed out on
not care for
have hard feelings
have no taste for
make faces at
tut about
tut-tut over
turn your nose up at
look down one's nose at
tut-tut about
tut over
feel hostile to
feel repelled by
feel hostile towards
feel revulsion towards
bear a grudge against
feel malice to
be revolted
be repulsed
be revolted by
treat as inferior
be contemptuous of
be snobbish to
revolt
decline
look down at
not feel like
sneeze at
walk over
find disgusting
denounce
be grossed out by
feel repugnance
have a strong aversion to
can't bear
offend
vilify
affront
dislike intensely
outrage
wound
distaste
find unacceptable
have aversion to
trash-talk
denigrate
thumb one's nose at
ignore
disobey
fail
excoriate
anathematize
turn one's nose up at
be displeased with
be dissatisfied with
be hostile to
feel distaste for
slap
slam
down on
feel animosity to
feel hostility towards
feel disgust towards
take dim view of
have a poor opinion of
have a problem with
feel aversion toward
feel repugnance toward
feel hostility toward
curse
imprecate
slur
have contempt for
brush off
refuse to acknowledge
pillory
accurse
objurgate
rag on
cut down
make jokes about
cry down
dump on
kiss off
talk down
write off
rebuff
chill
be above
spit on
refute
piss over
confute
piss on
knock
tease
jeer
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
cheapen
twit
cock a snook at
consider beneath you
look down your nose at
slag off
curl your lip at
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
turn back on
spit in the eye of
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
shame
turn nose up at
turn up your nose at
turn up one's nose at
rally
ride
disbelieve
laugh to scorn
boo
humiliate
condescend
detract
poke mullock at
fleer at
scout at
underrate
deign
dig at
make a fool of
show contempt
underestimate
make sport of
take the mickey out of
bite one's thumb at
take the piss out of
demoralise
UK
demean
demoralize
US
knock down
cast down
take down
cut down to size
understate
de-emphasize
underemphasize
lessen
misjudge
reduce
downgrade
trivialize
US
minify
downplay
set no store by
trivialise
UK
hold cheap
sell short
set little store by
rate too low
think too little of
not do justice to
gloss over
brush aside
do an injustice to
shrug off
disagree with
find repellent
find distasteful
be unable to stand
be unable to tolerate
have no taste
criticize
US
criticise
UK
deflate
lampoon
satirize
US
gird
roast
detract from
malign
satirise
UK
treat lightly
hold up to ridicule
laugh
torment
defame
traduce
chaff
marginalize
US
rubbish
slate
slander
crack
fleer
caricature
jest
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
grin
leer
snigger
rib
make little of
rap
smear
abuse
calumniate
asperse
quiz
lout
do down
flame
gibe at
cold-shoulder
marginalise
UK
take to pieces
pull apart
quip at
rank out
hit out at
pick holes in
drag through the mud
have a go at
do a hatchet job on
give Bronx cheer
turn up one's nose
snicker
smile
cut
stiff
humble
dispraise
censure
attack
fault
curl one's lip
clamor against
wipe
wave aside
undermine
slam-dunk
lambaste
find fault with
take down a peg
stiff-arm
object
rip
discommend
expostulate
mudsling
frown
think little of
express contempt
poor mouth
not go for
provoke
hold up to scorn
disclaim
disown
discard
jive
heckle
needle
goad
hassle
guy
bait
haze
give someone the brush-off
cast aside
tell someone to get lost
look right through
give the cold shoulder to
sweep aside
get at
sledge
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
turn up your nose
reproach
swipe at
dig
upbraid
tantalize
US
jab
bother
tantalise
UK
twitter
curl one's lip at
skewer
jibe
banter
razz
jolly
kid
impugn
libel
blast
shoot down
degrade
flout at
lower
scorch
bash
vituperate
pull to pieces
do a number on
laugh off
tear down
speak ill of
cast aspersions on
put hooks in
speak badly of
tear into
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reject someone and exclude them from one's inheritance
disinherit
disown
reject
renounce
repudiate
divest
oust
bereave
disaffiliate
exclude
deprive
dispossess
evict
exheridate
cut out
cast aside
cast off
cut off
leave penniless
cut off without a cent
cut off without a penny
have nothing more to do with
cut out of will
Verb
▲
Omit
elide
blue-pencil
cancel
dele
delete
kill
cross out
edit out
ignore
merge
omit
scratch out
strike out
stroke out
suppress
x out
leave out
pass over
run together
put a line through
blot out
erase
remove
expunge
cut
scrub
take out
X-out
wipe out
black out
efface
obliterate
eliminate
cut out
annul
edit
scratch
destroy
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