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What is another word for
pouring cold water on
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Present participle for to allay a situation that has escalated
Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
Present participle for to discourage or overwhelm
Present participle for to feel, or cause to feel, disheartened after learning the truth about something
Present participle for to prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
Present participle for to (attempt to) prevent something from happening
Present participle for to dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant
Present participle for to (attempt to) quell or put an end to
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Verb
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Present participle for to allay a situation that has escalated
throwing cold water on
cooling
lessening
allaying
assuaging
dampening
moderating
reducing
abating
diminishing
tempering
mollifying
settling
calming
controlling
mitigating
dampening down
taking the edge off
soothing
calming down
settling down
repressing
reining
chilling out
composing
restraining
suppressing
piping down
hushing
quieting
cooling it
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
disheartening
discouraging
daunting
dismaying
dispiriting
crushing
depressing
deterring
dejecting
casting down
dashing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
sapping
throwing
desolating
unmanning
unnerving
chilling
chillin
cowing
disappointing
enervating
frustrating
saddening
shaking
subduing
undermining
weakening
damping
dampening
disinclining
disparaging
humbling
humiliating
indisposing
making crestfallen
making dejected
making dispirited
making downhearted
weighing down
bringing down
getting down
knocking sideways
putting down
weighing heavily on
giving someone the blues
knocking for six
making someone fed up
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
knocking the stuffing out of
upsetting
grieving
oppressing
distressing
burdening
aggrieving
making sad
bumming out
casting a gloom upon
turning off
bringing tears to your eyes
dampening spirits
bringing low
castrating
gelding
petrifying
troubling
devitalizing
trying
afflicting
perturbing
lobotomizing
draining
harrowing
mortifying
wearying
tormenting
ailing
disturbing
haunting
desiccating
bugging
bothering
dehydrating
deadening
darkening
beating
dragging
debilitating
dulling
abasing
fazing
reducing to tears
running down
making unhappy
making gloomy
making despondent
beating down
causing suffering to
making desolate
keeping under
blanketing
clouding
hanging over
harshing someone's mellow
bearing down
breaking someone's heart
dashing hopes
stamping out
downing
pressing
paining
deploring
dragging down
making blue
putting into a funk
breaking one's heart
casting a gloom on
hurting
vexing
wounding
worrying
agonizing
US
stinging
annoying
harassing
agonising
UK
galling
irking
plaguing
irritating
fretting
getting to
making miserable
torturing
offending
cutting to the quick
displeasing
disconcerting
pestering
perplexing
burning up
gnawing at
agitating
affronting
stressing
concerning
discomposing
disquieting
straining
angering
miffing
making wretched
causing anguish to
peeving
discomforting
ticking off
outraging
riling
hurting somebody's feelings
exasperating
needling
chagrining
disgruntling
shocking
alarming
nagging
discombobulating
hassling
fussing
eating at
giving a hard time
discommoding
devastating
racking
moving
affecting
breaking the heart of
slighting
injuring
dissing
breaking
disgusting
ruffling
searing
narking
dogging
unsettling
disobliging
discomfiting
harrying
flustering
hacking off
discountenancing
inconveniencing
anguishing
rattling
sickening
unhinging
frazzling
derailing
flooring
distempering
flurrying
distracting
alaruming
hagriding
confounding
undoing
giving offence to
spooking
getting at
freaking out
picking on
weirding out
stirring up
making waves
throwing off balance
giving someone grief
flipping out
dashing the hopes of
piercing
shattering
subjugating
lowering
overwhelming
suppressing
abashing
cutting
hitting hard
insulting
besetting
taxing
overcoming
defeating
disrespecting
frightening
slapping
disillusioning
incommoding
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
damping down
bearing down on
horrifying
overcharging
getting
disenchanting
keying up
turning
incapacitating
bewildering
cramping
turning on
crazing
firing up
flipping
rocking the boat
laying up
pothering
egging on
getting someone
making a scene
getting on your wick
winding up
getting across
repulsing
chafing
repelling
excruciating
piquing
nauseating
nettling
jarring
casting a pall over
niggling
stewing
fearing
sweating
traumatizing
US
mourning
causing suffering
causing anguish
bleeding
causing sorrow
causing offense
lambasting
nagging at
puzzling
crucifying
knocking the wind out of
underwhelming
grinding
traumatising
UK
harshing one's mellow
causing trouble to
lying heavy on
preying on
pushing the buttons of
interrupting
taking the heart out of
hurting the feelings of
dumping on
shaking up
doing in
tearing to pieces
embittering
sticking it to
giving it to
dishing it out
dishing out
causing discomfort to
causing concern to
hacking you off
making uncomfortable
giving a bad time
preying on your mind
driving up the wall
making anxious
making uneasy
thumbing nose at
shattering the illusions of
taking the wind out of your sails
dampening the spirits of
letting down
softening
touching
cursing
hounding
pushing
strapping
tantalising
UK
exercising
tantalizing
US
martyring
nit-picking
pricking
arousing sympathy
arousing pity
tugging at the heart
tugging at your heartstrings
pushing buttons
cutting up
weighing on
arousing anxiety in
doing a number on
making it tough for
chastening
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Verb
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Present participle for to discourage or overwhelm
daunting
discouraging
disheartening
dismaying
dispiriting
abashing
deterring
dejecting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconcerting
distressing
fazing
overwhelming
throwing
consternating
discombobulating
discomposing
disquieting
frustrating
perturbing
unsettling
discomfiting
panicking
rattling
sapping
thwarting
unnerving
upsetting
baffling
chilling
chillin
confounding
alarming
unmanning
putting off
shaking up
taking aback
throwing off balance
putting into a flap
putting someone off their stroke
throwing cold water on
throwing into a tizz
causing someone to lose their composure
Verb
▲
Present participle for to feel, or cause to feel, disheartened after learning the truth about something
disillusioning
disappointing
disheartening
embittering
dissatisfying
disenchanting
underwhelming
letting down
throwing cold water on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
disappointing
frustrating
foiling
thwarting
baffling
baulking
UK
defeating
dashing
hampering
hindering
obstructing
balking
US
impeding
stymieing
interfering with
nipping in the bud
putting a damper on
putting the damper on
throwing cold water on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
prohibiting
forbidding
banning
outlawing
interdicting
proscribing
barring
disallowing
vetoing
enjoining
embargoing
restraining
tabooing
criminalising
UK
criminalizing
US
debarring
blocking
corking
excluding
forfending
freezing
halting
inhibiting
killing
making illegal
nixing
ruling out
spiking
stymieing
zinging
bottling up
boxing in
hanging up
holding up
jamming up
locking up
placing an embargo on
putting down
shutting out
tying up
keeping lid on
putting half nelson on
throwing cold water on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) prevent something from happening
discouraging
stopping
preventing
curbing
restraining
hindering
obstructing
impeding
inhibiting
suppressing
checking
repressing
controlling
withholding
averting
diverting
indisposing
opposing
quieting
shaking
holding back
interfering with
keeping back
fending off
putting off
staving off
warding off
holding off
putting a stop to
throwing cold water on
turning off
putting a damper on
dissuading
disadvising
deterring
scaring off
talking out of
cautioning against
acting like a wet blanket
warning against
barring
delaying
thwarting
retarding
stemming
foiling
limiting
frustrating
reining
hampering
stifling
pausing
neutralizing
US
bridling
swallowing
interrupting
containing
muffling
constraining
squelching
cutting short
blocking
terminating
reducing
smothering
fighting back
staunching
bottlenecking
holding
moderating
counteracting
governing
standing in the way of
choking
circumventing
nipping in the bud
braking
bottling up
checkmating
taming
slackening pace
keeping a lid on
stemming the flow of
keeping in check
slowing down
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting a brake on
playing for time
holding down
biting back
regulating
pulling in
repulsing
reining in
choking back
bringing to a standstill
holding in
keeping under control
rebuffing
neutralising
UK
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant
waving aside
dismissing
rejecting
discounting
disregarding
ignoring
rebuffing
repudiating
setting aside
spurning
brushing aside
putting aside
shrugging off
playing down
pooh-poohing
treating with contempt
throwing cold water on
putting out of your mind
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) quell or put an end to
repressing
quelling
subduing
quashing
squashing
suppressing
crushing
squelching
extinguishing
arresting
silencing
inhibiting
stemming
stopping
checking
ending
hindering
limiting
conquering
killing
overcoming
throttling
putting down
cracking down on
snuffing out
putting an end to
reining in
blocking out
putting a stop to
putting out
clamping down on
stamping out
slapping down
nipping in the bud
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
throwing cold water on
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