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What is another word for
repress
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To refrain from openly expressing or displaying
To press again
Hence, to check
To make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
To allay or make less intense
Try to forget
To make unclear or difficult to understand
To decrease in sensitivity
To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
To remove or alter parts considered offensive or unseemly
To diminish the confidence or courage of
To hold or maintain
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
(
in psychoanalytic theory
)
To divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
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Verb
▲
To refrain from openly expressing or displaying
suppress
stifle
control
check
curb
hold back
restrain
smother
swallow
muffle
silence
contain
inhibit
strangle
hold in
keep back
bite back
choke back
conceal
fight back
frustrate
gag
hide
master
overcome
pocket
sink
submerge
bottle up
overpower
rein in
block
bottle
chasten
collect
compose
cool
cork
gridlock
hinder
internalise
UK
internalize
US
keep under control
kill
limit
lock
quelch
rein
shush
button up
cork up
keep in check
black out
jam up
keep in
keep inside
simmer down
tie up
keep the lid on
keep under wraps
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
withhold
stop
restrict
subdue
cover up
keep secret
quash
veil
choke
keep a lid on
quench
suffocate
squelch
gulp back
hush up
constrain
hamper
impede
squash
prevent
hold down
extinguish
deaden
quell
shut in
cloak
bridle
interfere with
mask
dissemble
bury
garrotte
UK
garrote
US
resist
disguise
stamp out
put an stop to
put an end to
muzzle
bite one's lip
keep quiet about
keep dark
keep under your hat
draw a veil over
retain
fight
conquer
choke something back
deny
hold something in
corner
trap
collar
bring to naught
cramp
keep feeling inside oneself
coop up
box up
entrap
enclose
left out
hold off
bottle something up
crush
destroy
shut down
snuff
mute
shower
shroud
oppress
heap
keep a tight rein on
keep a rein on
put out
damp down
hold in check
put a lid on
strangulate
garotte
asphyxiate
camouflage
shelter
belie
regulate
shut up
throttle
burke
correct
adjust
harbour
UK
protect
ditch
harbor
US
adumbrate
reserve
paper over
hide from view
keep unknown
not tell
salt away
blot out
put out of the way
tuck away
keep mum about
keep cover
not give away
censor
beat off
repulse
get back at
oppose
defend yourself
retaliate
stave off
repel
fight off
push back
reply
ward off
defend
counter
put up a fight
riposte
sweep under the carpet
gloss over
keep quiet
sweep under the rug
sweep something under the rug
keep in the dark
sit on
sweep something under the carpet
more ❯
“She in her buttoned-up cheongsams and high heels, he in his sober-toned shantung suits and narrow ties - they
repress
themselves in the high style of their day and wear their restrictions as badges of honor.”
Verb
▲
To press again
crush
quell
subdue
quash
suppress
squash
abuse
extinguish
put down
squelch
stop
conquer
defeat
end
oppress
overpower
overwhelm
persecute
rout
silence
subjugate
trounce
vanquish
wrong
contain
maltreat
stamp out
slap down
snuff out
triumph over
clamp down on
crack down on
put an end to
put a stop to
trample underfoot
tyrannize over
gain control over
gain mastery over
nip in the bud
get the better of
rule with an iron hand
check
overcome
curb
beat
thwart
stifle
control
frustrate
annihilate
clobber
destroy
restrain
lick
master
inhibit
finish
demolish
dominate
quench
put the kibosh on
abolish
terminate
scotch
overthrow
best
wipe out
obstruct
impede
reduce
extirpate
hold back
arrest
halt
restrict
get rid of
kill
prevail over
foil
worst
bridle
bring someone to their knees
stuff
overturn
block
prevent
beat down
hinder
subject
bar
shut down
wipe the floor with
sit on
thrash
pacify
drub
tank
break
subordinate
own
surmount
be victorious over
bear down
eliminate
cut off
put the lid on
limit
put paid to
make mincemeat of
blow out of the water
smother
eradicate
hamper
tame
forestall
queer
hegemonize
murder
cream
whip
trash
stem
circumvent
bury
counter
hammer
stymie
total
massacre
humble
upset
scupper
choke
ruin
baulk
UK
skunk
gag
shush
get around
outwit
dam
balk
US
hold off
get over
retard
walk all over
shut out
muzzle
weed out
get a grip on
constrain
smash
torpedo
govern
derail
defeat utterly
beat hollow
pulverize
US
paste
pound
stagger
discontinue
keep in check
throw
clamp down
clog
cane
devastate
deaden
immobilize
US
crack down
trample
immobilise
UK
slaughter
flatten
triumph
blank
keep down
censor
nullify
slow
knock out
avert
avoid
dispatch
block out
overawe
rule
jam
slam
shellac
barricade
overmatch
undo
prohibit
snow under
gain a victory over
bottle
interrupt
checkmate
discomfit
confound
occlude
overmaster
close
render incapable
overbear
upend
get
wreck
shut off
pulverise
UK
obviate
debar
trample on
stave off
stand in the way of
counteract
interfere with
spoil
render helpless
render powerless
stall
block up
clog up
blockade
close up
baffle
hold in
do for
gain control of
defend against
ward off
head off
interdict
blow out
congest
stonewall
stop up
intercept
bung up
grind down
quieten
quiet
ice
still
hush
put the stopper on
keep lid on
trammel
give someone a drubbing
give someone a hiding
take to the cleaners
turn inside out
get under control
muffle
rise above
win against
bring to knees
dummy up
shut up
plug up
tongue-tie
do down
choke off
get control of
cork
deal with
scrunch
squish
stamp something out
crucify
solve
stultify
win a resounding victory over
subvert
censure
dismiss
reject
get tough on
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
manage
regulate
dish
direct
command
clot
confine
fetter
bring to an end
cripple
undermine
enfeeble
preclude
bring under control
defeat heavily
defeat easily
get tough
dry up
bottle up
tread
brake
gum up
come down on
tighten up on
keep under control
disable
cow
demoralise
UK
astonish
demoralize
US
render speechless
overrun
win
enslave
rule out
oppose
cramp
put out
clamp
spike
cut to pieces
knock for six
prostrate
floor
swamp
whelm
cope with
tread on
obliterate
drive underground
come down on like a ton of bricks
chill
forfend
keep at bay
turn aside
stave
ward
fend off
keep off
cool
forbid
anticipate
quelch
strangle
keep inside
keep in
hold down
tyrannize
US
colonize
US
get out of
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
escape
bypass
evade
moderate
compel
enthrall
US
coerce
underyoke
force
bring to heel
force down
blow away
bear down on
blot out
circumnavigate
withhold
rule over
gain ascendancy over
tyrannise
UK
colonise
UK
enthral
UK
soften
steer clear of
sidestep
deflect
crimp
skirt
disrupt
put an stop to
bring to screeching halt
mellow
damp
suspend
lessen
diminish
hold sway
bring under the yoke
kick around
rein in
stump
ditch
take wind out of
take down
crash
juke
unsettle
staunch
hold sway over
reel back in
keep under thumb
tone down
plug
keep the lid on
curtail
seal
caulk
trim
take
keep a lid on
detain
retain
deny
waive
quieten down
override
zap
fill
close out
fill up
hold in check
close off
choke up
stanch
pack
stay
jam up
keep back
cease
mute
dumb
settle
wipe off map
succeed over
run rings around
put in their place
bring to their knees
lull
dull
clam
block off
bung
cut short
say nothing
make quiet
strike dumb
hush one's mouth
clam up
quiet down
hold one's tongue
pipe down
hush-hush
soft-pedal
refuse
hold off on
lay off
keep hold of
keep
stopper
neutralize
US
put on hold
refuse to pay
put on back burner
put on ice
put on the shelf
contravene
scuttle
snooker
invalidate
repel
deter
repulse
parry
rattle
nobble
dash
neutralise
UK
counterplot
disappoint
cross
put a spoke in someone's wheel
hold up
mess up
take wind out of sails
foul up
cause setback
screw up
put end to
put the mockers on
upset one's apple cart
louse up
overshadow
wax
prevail
drown
waste
bulldoze
stretch
shellack
dumbfound
put away
take out
take care of
bowl over
roll over
lay one out
get the upper hand over
marmalize
wallop
whomp
bomb
outdo
walk over
smoke
whup
whop
give someone a pasting
surpass
whap
tromp
outclass
sink
dust
skin
top
excel
outstrip
raze
blast
bring down
bust
better
shatter
decimate
exterminate
pommel
bring to ruin
do in
outplay
exceed
unseat
level
transcend
outshine
ravage
liquidate
vaporize
US
desolate
pip at the post
tear down
pull down
batter
rub out
vaporise
UK
flog
win over
put in the shade
spank
bash
strike
chasten
butcher
down
work over
slay
outperform
blight
impair
cap
sabotage
knock over
despoil
run rings round
eclipse
trump
lambaste
beat up
steamroll
outdistance
nix
be victorious
knock off
give a hiding
desecrate
overtop
nuke
outmatch
outgun
tower over
give a drubbing to
go one better than
wreak havoc on
knock down
dispirit
oust
depose
sap
weaken
displace
hide
topple
belt
bludgeon
maul
thump
thresh
steamroller
buffet
leather
hurdle
degrade
enervate
drop
pummel
US
baste
roll
slog
whale
humiliate
supplant
beat back
do
curry
get the upper hand
remove
punish
pummelled
UK
chastise
execute
muller
outrun
seize
dethrone
damage
defenestrate
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
mar
deck
take a stick to
tan
ruinate
blow
mow down
banjax
assassinate
botch
ravish
finish off
scourge
do better than
edge out
cruel
euchre
come out on top
remove from office
outrival
wrack
take it all
KO
capture
overtake
shame
lay waste
rough up
mangle
knock spots off
improve on
leave desolate
maim
mutilate
put to shame
do away with
leave in ruins
dispose of
bring about the downfall of
blow a hole in
bump off
sweep away
scatter
dispel
unbuild
outsmart
raze to the ground
turn something inside out
weather
survive
drive off
run circles around
shock
stun
render
outlive
mop up
take apart
larrup
hunt
knock the stuffing out of
engulf
devour
outfight
shoot down
demote
outrank
knock socks off
come out on top of
make a fool of
get one up on
gain the advantage over
erase
incapacitate
downgrade
disrate
uncrown
pass
outpace
shake off
overpass
improve upon
shoot ahead
drown out
make inaudible
put to rout
blow out of water
put to flight
clean up on
throw back in confusion
be the ruination of
impoverish
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
carry off
give the coup de grâce
take someone's life
move in for the kill
take off
put the skids under
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
be the ruin of
throw a spanner in the works of
seal the doom of
whack
eject
dwarf
upstage
submerge
abandon
whitewash
break down
smash down
wear down
edge
powder
root out
leave
tower above
gain the upper hand over
slap about
hose
usurp
unthrone
route
shipwreck
outhit
entrap
outjump
flax
outflank
ambush
loot
kill off
cancel
efface
expunge
swallow up
be head and shoulders above
be superior to
be a cut above
annex
US
be better than
ransack
plunder
sack
pillage
plow under
discharge
dislodge
defrock
unmake
deprive
send to the gas chambers
put to death
stick
torture
put to the sword
cut down
shoot ahead of
cause instability
nose out
dampen
sweep
wipe from the face of the earth
clean up
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
black out
annul
negate
abrogate
vitiate
benothing
abate
win a victory over
run roughshod over
disestablish
dissolve
discrown
gut
harry
take to cleaners
roll back
be louder than
bombard
occupy
depress
break the spirit
tip
remove from power
purge
tumble
bring low
rape
maraud
spoliate
shell
attack
invade
cannonade
havoc
depredate
pick apart
pwn
be successful
strafe
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
take the prize
prevail against
come first
gain mastery of
take the honours
win hands down
take the crown
drum out
appropriate
disorganize
strip
rob
break up
prey
wrest
dismantle
foray
pirate
consume
annexe
UK
wreak havoc
raid
forage
trouble
lower
ail
dishearten
deject
dismay
assault
take over
discourage
shake
sadden
devitalize
daunt
blitzkrieg
take control of
take possession of
barrage
perturb
chagrin
bother
weary
abase
distress
debilitate
hit
weigh down
bum out
cast down
damp down
injure
disfigure
dilapidate
defile
bodge
deface
poison
target
deplete
blitz
cast a pall over
put a damper on
make a mess of
reduce to nothing
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
lay in ruins
lather
defeat someone heavily
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
more ❯
“I think he finished repressing the Irish and was moving on to
repress
the Scots.”
Verb
▲
Hence, to check
dominate
intimidate
master
oppress
subjugate
crush
overcome
overpower
subject
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
domineer over
hold down
keep down
rule with an iron hand
rule with a rod of iron
suppress
subdue
keep under
ride roughshod over
persecute
domineer
browbeat
bully
enslave
coerce
torment
trample
treat harshly
grind down
trample underfoot
trample on
tyrannize over
lord it over
order about
order around
bring someone to their knees
dictate to
squelch
squash
keep in subjection
keep under one's thumb
keep in submission
have under one's thumb
throw one's weight around
boss about
throw one's weight about
give orders to
be overbearing
boss around
pull rank on
abuse
maltreat
wrong
ill-treat
overwhelm
hegemonize
scourge
exploit
annoy
encumber
plague
press
despotize
overload
force
distress
harry
smother
harass
hound
torture
saddle
outrage
strain
worry
handicap
vex
tax
beset
tyrranize
rule over
be cruel to
rule
ride
aggrieve
be brutal to
overthrow
put down
hold sway over
terrorize
US
victimize
US
put upon
pick on
walk all over
beat down
dictate
put screws to
weigh heavy upon
bring to heel
put the squeeze on
bring under the yoke
victimise
UK
terrorise
UK
push around
have someone under your thumb
keep someone under one's thumb
rule despotically
treat brutally
hector
pressurize
US
bulldoze
threaten
menace
boss
overbear
railroad
prevail
predominate
preponderate
reign
bluster
squeeze
swagger
henpeck
bend
pressurise
UK
strong-arm
lean on
push about
rule the roost
call the shots
run things
keep under thumb
be in the saddle
throw weight around
lead by the nose
use strong-arm tactics on
put the screws on
run the show
push the buttons
bend to one's will
kick around
in the driver's seat
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
tame
control
curb
restrain
check
bridle
contain
constrain
regulate
inhibit
govern
subdue
hold
suppress
measure
rule
keep
moderate
conquer
calm
overcome
mitigate
temper
lick
discipline
soften
pacify
mellow
mollify
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
gentle
humble
mute
cow
bust
reclaim
rein in
pull in
tone down
get the better of
water down
get a grip on
hold back
restrict
limit
hinder
stifle
smother
keep under control
keep in check
stop
prevent
impede
arrest
hold in
withhold
confine
cool
hamper
obstruct
halt
retard
keep a tight rein on
still
hold down
thwart
stymie
deter
trammel
block
stall
keep a lid on
hold up
slow down
keep back
quiet
foil
curtail
rein
bar
keep the lid on
fetter
interfere with
hog-tie
master
bottle up
compose
put a brake on
quell
cap
soothe
circumscribe
rein back
circumvent
handicap
frustrate
cramp
encumber
stay
shackle
put the brakes on
simmer down
discourage
hobble
delimit
clog
handcuff
avert
bite back
choke back
stave off
reduce
keep within bounds
hang up
nip in the bud
tie up
stem the flow of
lull
collect
allay
counter
muzzle
derail
relax
hamstring
set limits on
keep in line
impose limits on
cork
stem
muffle
oppose
dissuade
delay
gag
slow
baulk
UK
pause
detain
manacle
short-circuit
embarrass
prohibit
straiten
interrupt
leash
bit
debar
counteract
bind
soft-pedal
qualify
crimp
catch
fight back
keep in
keep down
put off
keep lid on
choke
cool down
bring to screeching halt
brake
clip someone's wings
put away
ward off
pull up
pin down
put a stop to
tie down
hem in
put an end to
throw a spanner in the works of
stand in the way of
balk
US
keep control of
keep something in check
keep on a string
put half nelson on
gain mastery over
gain control over
intercept
put straitjacket on
hold captive
throw monkey wrench in
drag feet
cramp someone's style
neutralize
US
cut short
terminate
squelch
swallow
staunch
bottleneck
modulate
repulse
put a spoke in someone's wheel
slacken pace
bring to a standstill
draw up
play for time
rebuff
neutralise
UK
checkmate
fetch up
forestall
palliate
mince
deaden
damp
break
temperate
defeat
evade
circumnavigate
nullify
play down
cool out
meet halfway
sidestep
skirt
defend against
head off
steer clear of
spoil
avoid
shut out
scupper
stonewall
postpone
retardate
discountenance
defer
protract
cripple
settle
re-collect
remit
shelve
prorogue
cumber
disfavor
US
disadvise
fend off
scare
pour cold water on
turn off
warn
indispose
disfavour
UK
deprecate
put a damper on
shake
divert
talk out of
throw cold water on
hold off
frighten
interfere
dampen
adjust
monitor
intermit
close off
make late
put back
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
back off
bog down
slow up
hold off on
choke off
prolong
set back
take down
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
hold over
placate
appease
harness
fix
bound
strangle
hold in check
rally
inspect
corner
recover
freeze
peg
demarcate
specify
ration
gaol
UK
jail
US
guide
impound
direct
imprison
kill
hogtie
entrammel
assuage
conciliate
propitiate
constrict
shrink
send up
inclose
keep within limits
come down on
shut in
put a ceiling on
demark
decrease
enclose
modify
encircle
shorten
narrow
contract
put on ice
surround
chain
delimitate
cut down on
prelimit
tether
define
diminish
damp down
sit on
box up
pull back
bring under control
have on a tight leash
crack down
lock up
put a limit on
silence
content
box in
button up
cut back
cool off
keep tight rein on
calm down
quieten
crush
disarm
ameliorate
quash
forbid
chasten
sandbag
ward
taboo
faze
put on brakes
put an stop to
interdict
outlaw
enjoin
put down
stroke
grease
dulcify
con
sweeten
square
relieve
pacificate
make peace with
smooth over
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
fix up
butter up
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
take the edge off
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
clear the air with
make peace
put the lid on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To allay or make less intense
quieten
soothe
assuage
allay
mollify
appease
ease
dull
mitigate
reduce
palliate
quell
moderate
settle
lull
lessen
temper
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
alleviate
subdue
deaden
blunt
stifle
abate
suppress
extinguish
dampen
quash
squelch
overcome
stop
subjugate
banish
dispel
rise above
choke off
cut off
quiet
calm
compose
diminish
pacify
check
cool
still
lullaby
salve
becalm
hush
placate
soften
balm
comfort
relax
restrain
rein
settle down
chill out
take the sting out
take the edge off
calm down
pipe down
dampen down
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
control
slacken
regulate
modulate
smother
solace
resolve
make up
reconcile
adjust
dispose
console
relieve
decrease
hold in
let up
simmer down
ease up
tune down
cushion
smooth
dismiss
dissipate
help
destroy
eliminate
lenify
lighten
take the bite out
drive away
pour oil on
put to rest
reduce something
tone down
make nice
play up to
cool out
square
drive off
chase away
silence
reassure
fall
cease
qualify
soft-pedal
stroke
rock to sleep
lay back
cool off
quiet down
ease off
take the edge
take it easy
put a lid on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Try to forget
block out
censor
deny
erase
forget
obscure
shut off
suppress
blank out
blot out
close
conceal
cover
hide
obstruct
screen
shroud
shut out
wipe out
mask
veil
cloak
shield
blanket
shadow
disguise
enshroud
camouflage
occult
curtain
cloud
eclipse
shade
adumbrate
mantle
paper over
belie
envelop
bury
overshadow
befog
secrete
keep out of sight
ensconce
cache
cover up
darken
shelter
dim
blur
shutter
fog
mist
haze
blacken
obliterate
blear
obfuscate
wrap
overcast
overcloud
stonewall
blind
umbrage
dislimn
cast a shadow over
keep hidden
becloud
bedim
stash
refuse
block off
tuck something away
fuzz up
extinguish
hem
wall off
sheathe
separate
shut in
gird
seclude
finesse
whitewash
drape
put up a front
canopy
beard
overlay
launder
protect
inumbrate
cast a shadow
shut out the light from
block off the light to
shut out the light
block
benight
hinder
bemist
pettifog
put out of sight
encase
murk
obnubilate
plant
stow
tuck away
put in a hole
swathe
surround
enfold
squirrel
hide away
store
withhold
harbor
US
muffle
enclose
enwrap
color
US
harbour
UK
cocoon
dissemble
airbrush
dress up
paint
secure
encompass
put away
colour
UK
hush up
keep secret
embrace
guard
lap
embosom
embower
inclose
circumfuse
involve
bower
invest
enswathe
bosom
overspread
veneer
garble
spray
touch up
blend in
seal up
keep safe
put in store
blend
doctor
engulf
swaddle
misrepresent
coat
distort
falsify
gloss over
shut away
spraypaint
lock away
sugarcoat
muddle
varnish
ditch
muddy
confuse
stow away
wrap up
squirrel away
draw a veil over
keep dark
make unclear
muddy the waters
sweep something under the rug
sweep something under the carpet
submerge
immerse
palliate
encircle
varnish over
tuck
pall
clothe
stifle
carpet
overlie
pave
hold back
complicate
minimize
US
park
dissimulate
downplay
girdle
masquerade
smear
stash away
smother
minimise
UK
fuddle
tarnish
taint
besmear
give a false idea of
give a false account of
stain
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
keep under wraps
mix up
isolate
photoshop
front
paper over something
smuggle
crown
top
cap
circle
wallpaper
jumble
sequester
make light of
throw on makeup
press
envelope
grab
cinch
clinch
extend over
hole up
lock up
store away
deposit
put out of the way
make obscure
rattle
bear hug
board up
bush up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
sink
embed
keep in a hiding place
put in a hiding place
hide out
cup
warp
feign
extenuate
bluff
simulate
maintain
duck
save
accumulate
collect
reserve
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
affect
put on an act
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
keep a lid on
put on a front
sham
fake
be dishonest about
place secretly
soft-pedal
smudge
misinterpret
make up
fade
unfocus
spot
blot
miscolor
pervert
misstate
mislead
twist
wrap around
make inconspicuous
daze
dazzle
glare
blemish
discolour
UK
discolor
US
roll
contain
superimpose
coop
fence
become fuzzy
become dim
become less sharp
make indistinct
become vague
cloud over
make hazy
become hazy
make less distinct
make vague
become indistinct
put up a smokescreen
trump up
keep under your hat
put in the hole
put a spin on
settle
install
US
surface
glaze
lodge
laminate
plaster
wash
plate
nestle
establish
cake
bedaub
inlay
sheet
daub
entrench
face
encrust
spread
seat
confound
convolute
spread over
dip
brush
apply
incrust
enamel
crust
foil
perch
shut
position
roost
mire
mystify
fuzz
equivocate
befuddle
fix
set
situate
place
instal
UK
locate
station
curl up
dig in
snuggle up
muddy the waters of
cloud the issue
throw a veil over
throw up smoke screen
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make unclear or difficult to understand
obscure
blur
cloud
obfuscate
complicate
garble
muddle
conceal
confound
confuse
convolute
misrepresent
muddy
becloud
befog
distort
fuddle
hide
mire
mystify
befuddle
color
US
colour
UK
equivocate
falsify
fuzz
taint
tarnish
fuzz up
mix up
muddy the waters
muddy the waters of
cloud the issue
make unclear
throw a veil over
throw up smoke screen
fog
perplex
darken
discombobulate
puzzle
disorient
overshadow
flummox
bamboozle
addle
mist
dim
bedim
overcast
overcloud
shroud
haze
blear
shadow
blacken
dislimn
jumble
tangle
intricate
set hurdles
thwart
baffle
stupefy
bemuse
bewilder
beat
entangle
embroil
make difficulties
make indistinct
vex
gravel
maze
ravel
fox
buffalo
make vague
pose
make hazy
twist
make difficult
distract from
get
make more difficult
make complex
rattle
make obscure
eclipse
make a mess of
mislead
misinform
render uncertain
obnubilate
lead astray
muddy up
stump
nonplus
faze
throw
wilder
stumble
get to
put off
mull
amaze
disturb
make someone scratch their head
stir
profundicate
foil
flabbergast
frustrate
snow
distract
disconcert
set someone thinking
psych out
wonder
floor
dumbfound
embarrass
complex
sophisticate
complexify
involve
snarl up
smudge
elaborate
mess up
clog
interrelate
fold
impede
snafu
upset
interweave
foul up
make intricate
disorder
open can of worms
disarrange
add fuel to fire
make waves
screw up
combine
handicap
bedevil
make complicated
interfuse
infold
multiply
derange
render unintelligible
snag
muck up
fade
unfocus
mask
spot
smear
besmear
blot
shade
blind
stain
discolour
UK
daze
dazzle
glare
discolor
US
blemish
cloud over
become dim
become indistinct
become fuzzy
become less sharp
become hazy
become vague
make less distinct
discompose
muck
disorganize
muss
disrupt
clutter
bungle
botch
snarl
perturb
throw into disorder
ambiguate
scramble
disarray
rumple
shuffle
tousle
disjoint
dishevel
dislocate
misarrange
foul
jumble up
throw off
get into a tangle
muff
mix
stir up
fumble
mess
ruffle
blunder
spoil
louse up
exercise
worry
implicate
beset
thicken
encumber
concern
incriminate
baulk
UK
stun
astound
surprise
balk
US
astonish
throw off balance
catch off balance
inculpate
connect
enmesh
associate
cause to be at a stand
be all Greek to
mix you up
link
ensnare
rope in
draw in
wrap up in
stitch up
get into
bear on
compromise
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease in sensitivity
dull
numb
desensitise
UK
desensitize
US
deaden
blunt
suppress
benumb
dampen
diminish
impair
retard
stifle
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
weaken
depress
devitalize
incapacitate
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
reduce
sedate
stun
unnerve
daze
drug
narcotize
obtund
stultify
stupefy
torpefy
dullen
render insensitive
alleviate
lessen
damp
moderate
check
cushion
abate
mitigate
cauterize
US
palliate
decrease
ease
relieve
assuage
soothe
anaesthetize
UK
smother
subdue
dim
drown
injure
freeze
deprive
exhaust
destroy
frustrate
slow
anesthetize
US
consume
gas
quiet
tire
KO
etherize
cauterise
UK
dope
chloroform
get rid of
knock out
lay out
put an end to
take the edge off
put to sleep
put out of order
immobilize
US
chill
hebetate
immobilise
UK
harden
coarsen
shock
pacify
lull
disable
debilitate
cumber
petrify
render insensible
make less sensitive
make inactive
indurate
deprive of sensation
callous
befuddle
make powerless
render powerless
knock senseless
make callous
make insensitive
make unfeeling
harden someone's heart
knock unconscious
bore
make bored
bore rigid
bore stupid
put off
bore to death
more ❯
Verb
▲
To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
coerce
compel
constrain
dragoon
force
blackjack
browbeat
bulldoze
bully
drive
intimidate
oblige
press
pressure
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
railroad
bludgeon
brainwash
impel
impress
influence
make
muscle
obligate
push
sandbag
squeeze
strong-arm
threaten
act on
beset
bounce
concuss
cow
fast-talk
hinder
hustle
menace
press-gang
prevail on
put pressure on
restrict
shotgun
suppress
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
urge
use pressure on
work on
lean on
bring pressure to bear on
high pressure
put under an obligation
twist one's arm
force somebody's hand
put the screws on
put the squeeze on
twist somebody's arm
put the arm on
make an offer they can't refuse
goad
harass
persuade
hound
badger
induce
prod
steamroller
incite
hector
prompt
convince
nag
harry
encourage
require
spur
twist someone's arm
instigate
necessitate
pester
inveigle
cajole
sway
use strong-arm tactics on
tyrannize
US
coax
mau-mau
provoke
bogart
tempt
bullyrag
entice
motivate
cause
frighten
tyrannise
UK
stir
inspire
move
lure
egg on
trigger
enforce
domineer
propel
get
bind
put up to
oppress
rouse
win over
hassle
goose
nudge
bluster
torment
command
demand
push around
prevail upon
put the heat on
lead
exhort
persecute
talk into
incline
stimulate
whip
manipulate
turn on the heat
spur on
insist on
fire up
beguile
buffalo
convert
advise
bring
bribe
insist
suborn
actuate
prick
exact
order
plague
blackmail
bring round
impose
sic
pick on
tighten the screws on
fix
ramrod
key up
have someone do something
prejudice
steer
control
terrify
scare
counsel
bother
direct
finagle
subjugate
rally
incentivize
US
overbear
sell
dispose
overawe
claim
occasion
worry
chivvy
animate
arouse
talk
despotize
turn
steamroll
corrupt
boss around
boss about
ask
incentivise
UK
restrain
draw
call for
excite
challenge
enjoin
implore
argue
tease
heckle
bait
square
reason
wheedle
bring pressure to bear upon
spark
invigorate
US
solicit
ride
importune
affright
spook
rowel
sound
galvanize
US
embolden
breathe down someone's neck
affect
beseech
awe
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
work over
come at
ride roughshod over
dragoon into
have
buy
besiege
dictate
appall
US
appal
UK
expect
entreat
bring around
pay off
browbeat into
make necessary
turn the screws on
get round
impose on
buy off
put the frighteners on
bring someone round
soap
seduce
nobble
push for
crack down
bring pressure upon
shanghai
put the chill on
grease the palm
get at
scare the bejesus out of
inhibit
chase
compress
commit
constrict
condense
squash
lean
egg
heavy
astrict
indebt
bias
kick
assail
bend
change
root
politick
gain
mobilize
US
leave someone no option
dog
will
subdue
daunt
castigate
dominate
irritate
swagger
inflame
sting
poison
bring over
needle
effect
trouble
vex
alter
foment
predispose
condition
determine
mobilise
UK
enthuse
pressurize into
coerce into
unnerve
twist arm
roust
lash
titillate
make indebted
tighten the screw on
turn the screw on
ruffle
ride roughshod
bludgeon into
bully into
walk heavy
high-pressure
terrorize into
intimidate into
orient
lord it over
put heat on
budge
admonish
promote
commandeer
extort
beg
work up
charm
elicit
impassion
advocate
expedite
flatter
put through the wringer
inspirit
activate
energize
US
evoke
steel
push about
inspan
leave someone no option but to
throw weight around
invoke
wrest
exert
mistreat
taunt
annoy
antagonize
US
chivy
recommend
hearten
impact
exhilarate
uplift
empower
vitalize
blarney
scare off
antagonise
UK
make compulsory
force upon
bring force to bear on
hold a gun to someone's head
adjure
court
worm
strike
incentify
refresh
energise
UK
help
petrify
sweet-talk
soft-soap
speed up
try to persuade
alarm
overcome
put the screws to
charge
railroad into
blandish
palaver
foist
pour it on
warrant
smooth-talk
stir up
pump up
suggest to
use duress on
burden
conscript
use force on
urge by force
choke
apply
obtrude
contract
steamroller into
hint to
cheer on
whip up
pep up
boost up
kowtow
banter
con
snow
oil
shock
panic
scarify
horrify
fright
victimize
US
alarum
startle
exert force on
bulldoze into
turn on
involve
sell on
exert influence on
bear down on
appeal to
go to town on
bear down
pin down
put the bite on
entail
bear hard on
put screws to
put squeeze on
butter up
lay it on
soften up
spread it on
sweeten up
reward
exploit
jockey
play
strike terror into
upset
strike terror in
dismay
victimise
UK
procure
propagandize
US
enlist
proselytize
US
work
scare to death
put the fear of God into
fill with terror
make things hot for someone
inspire panic in
make it hot for someone
frighten out of your wits
proselyte
propagandise
UK
proselytise
UK
swing
need
take
want
bear
mean
work upon
give someone a backhander
lubricate
pervert
tip
sweeten the pot
take care of
approach
rig
tamper
get to
grease palm
influence by gifts
give an inducement to
do business
make a deal
keep someone sweet
oil the palm of
give someone a sweetener
oil palm
buy back
sugar
secure someone's support
oil someone's hand
talk round
pull strings with
behoove
US
crave
postulate
talk someone into
wheedle someone into
argue into
colour
UK
plead with
turn on to
press someone into
pressurize someone into
convert to
cause to believe
reason someone into
pressure someone into
lead to do
behove
UK
be grounds for
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
touch
cut any ice with
bring to senses
prod someone into
lead to believe
wear down
spirit up
win argument
gain confidence of
sell one on
prove to
leave no choice but to
seek
press for
requisition
color
US
emphasize to
set
instil in
instil
UK
drum into
establish
stress to
inculcate
inculcate in
instill
US
stress
act upon
request
ride herd on
bring home to
drive into
ingrain in
knock into
din into
clamour for
appeal for
pray for
arrogate
clamor for
beg for
stipulate for
apply for
pester for
hit up
supplicate
hold out for
nag for
sue for
summon
impetrate
lay claim to
whistle for
quest
inquire about
badger for
bay for
petition for
ask for
bring home
get into head
fix deeply in someone's mind
establish in someone's mind
drive home
leave in no doubt
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
chasten
humble
humiliate
subdue
cow
curb
squash
tame
abase
cheapen
debase
deflate
degrade
demean
discipline
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
flatten
foul
lower
mortify
restrain
shame
sink
smirch
soften
afflict
check
bring down
bring low
take down
put down
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
devalue
embarrass
belittle
crush
abash
bemean
denigrate
cast down
own
take down a peg
corrupt
tarnish
shoot down
debauch
smear
show up
disparage
prostitute
make someone eat crow
quash
pervert
vitiate
subvert
taint
deteriorate
deprave
chagrin
warp
bastardize
US
poison
discomfit
lessen
profane
reduce
downgrade
canker
diminish
snub
blot
bastardise
UK
reproach
tear down
make a fool of
drag through the mud
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
defame
sully
blemish
slander
stigmatize
US
stoop
demote
demoralize
US
descend
blacken
derogate
besmear
drag down
demoralise
UK
defile
cause to lose face
censure
stigmatise
UK
lower the status of
run down
reflect badly on
bring into disrepute
make ashamed
bring shame to
settle someone's hash
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
harm
stain
damage
break
subjugate
besmirch
undermine
disconcert
expose
slur
injure
slam
pan
destroy
mudsling
attaint
libel
disfavor
US
pull down
ridicule
disfavour
UK
reduce the status of
drag through the mire
bring shame upon
give a bad name
put in a bad light
get the better of
have the last laugh on
show in a bad light
bring shame on
blame
deign
condescend
floor
depress
crawl
demolish
brand
scandalize
US
disconsider
disoblige
cast a slur
spot
mar
control
disregard
deride
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
mock
brutalize
US
spoil
weaken
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
let down
take apart
dump on
depreciate
dehumanise
UK
decry
desensitise
UK
detract
brutalise
UK
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
betray
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
minimize
US
undervalue
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
put away
strike dumb
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
minimise
UK
take to bits
take to pieces
make lose face
cut down
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
dispirit
succumb
sell out
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
deny
suppress
be untrue to oneself
beat down
abandon one's principles
force to eat humble pie
discourage
dismay
dishearten
punish
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
debunk
dash
blister
wither
rip
discountenance
knock down
puncture balloon
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
let down easy
get under control
knock the stuffing out of
kick in the teeth
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of somebody's sails
play down
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
cripple
debilitate
devaluate
vilify
malign
calumniate
soil
insult
compromise
disesteem
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
destroy someone's credibility
detract from
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
pollute
befoul
bestialize
asperse
abuse
contaminate
knock
rubbish
bad-mouth
slag off
traduce
ruin
bring discredit to
blotch
speak ill of
attack
trash
infect
breathe on
discount
impair
deprecate
assail
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
muckrake
animalize
dismiss
revile
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
lead astray
trivialize
US
distort
violate
deface
scorn
minify
diss
dis
vilipend
adulterate
trivialise
UK
blight
trash-talk
poor-mouth
roast
dirty
cry down
write off
hurt
blacken the name of
dilute
make degenerate
embitter
prejudice
underrate
waste
discolor
US
despoil
criticize
US
discolour
UK
marginalize
US
outrage
blaspheme
slate
scorch
tar
criticise
UK
marginalise
UK
impugn
bring dishonour to
pour scorn on
sneer at
mark down
pull apart
influence
mess up
kiss off
talk down
have a go at
treat with disrespect
misuse
disfigure
decrease
underestimate
bust
condemn
attenuate
understate
manipulate
treat lightly
annoy
disrate
dispraise
bash
affront
ravage
laugh off
laugh at
slight
misprize
vandalize
US
scoff at
do down
maculate
hold cheap
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandalise
UK
commit sacrilege
muck up
make light of
reflect negatively
curse
vituperate
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
seduce
twist
flaw
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
bend
skew
misapply
colour
UK
bias
alloy
wreck
endamage
squander
sell
sacrifice
turn
badmouth
subordinate
jaundice
worsen
reduce in value
bloody
crab
speckle
devalorize
sour
lower in rank
rot
disdain
color
US
lower in status
reduce in quality
blackguard
harden
blast
touch
go bad
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
go to hell
relegate
live in the gutter
rap
sneer
deform
undercut
sabotage
destabilize
US
cross up
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
corrode
envenom
spread lies about
declass
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
put hooks in
tear into
cut
offend
ulcer
sore
scourge
bump
set back
revert
provoke
case-harden
inure
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
nose dive
aggravate
drop
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
wound
defeat
coarsen
waste away
axe
UK
slash
taunt
overwhelm
smash
enfeeble
overpower
ax
US
dip
slow
make callous
make unfeeling
slap
alter
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
disappoint
tease
incapacitate
sap
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
keep down
put double whammy on
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanize
US
mechanise
UK
imbrute
automatize
barbarize
impoverish
extinguish
blaspheme against
write down
faze
fluster
rattle
displease
nonplus
vex
irritate
begrime
grime
muddy
doctor
putrefy
cook
horrify
appal
UK
rout
enervate
sledge
smudge
miscall
scuzz up
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
appall
US
put someone to shame
lay waste to
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
commit sacrilege against
worry
make foul
be rude to
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
call someone names
interfere with
splash
get dirty
spatter
bring to ruin
cause instability
tinker with
fiddle with
make impure
tamper with
muck
gaum
mire
splatter
distain
bemire
daub
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
bring someone to their knees
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove or alter parts considered offensive or unseemly
censor
bowdlerise
UK
bowdlerize
US
cut
expurgate
blue-pencil
delete
edit
examine
inspect
clean up
launder
redact
red-pencil
sanitise
UK
sanitize
US
unpublish
abridge
amend
blacklist
bleach
bleep
conceal
control
cork
criticise
UK
criticize
US
decontaminate
excise
exscind
gag
narrow
oversee
purge
purify
remove
restrain
restrict
review
revile
squelch
sterilise
UK
sterilize
US
stifle
suppress
withhold
delete parts of
make acceptable
make changes to
make cuts in
black out
prevent publication
refuse transmission
scissor out
strike out
supervise communications
drop the iron curtain
put the lid on
emasculate
make presentable
make palatable
water down
cleanse
make deletions in
make cuts to
lustrate
screen
squash
blip
scrub
blue pencil
bleep out
wash
clean
dry-clean
tub
rinse
valet
wash and press
do the washing
do the laundry
wash and iron
disinfect
bathe
deterge
scour
clarify
refine
depurgate
GI
restore
turn out
rinse out
make clean
fumigate
depurate
disinfest
antiseptize
neutralize
US
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
make safe
neutralise
UK
make sterile
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
discourage
dishearten
daunt
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dispirit
unnerve
cow
depress
intimidate
unman
crush
dismay
dash
deject
deter
disappoint
cast down
chill
frustrate
overawe
make despondent
make downhearted
put off
abash
afflict
alarm
appal
UK
appall
US
awe
bother
bully
confuse
dampen
deprecate
disparage
distress
droop
frighten
irk
prostrate
scare
trouble
try
vex
weigh
psych out
beat down
cause to lose heart
break one's heart
put a damper on
dampen someone's hopes
upset
sadden
disconcert
shake
perturb
oppress
disturb
weigh down
faze
throw
subdue
desolate
rattle
agitate
burden
unsettle
bum out
sap
enervate
terrify
terrorize
US
disquiet
chagrin
weaken
get down
discomfit
bring down
knock sideways
confound
throw cold water on
knock for six
discompose
fluster
panic
terrorise
UK
nonplus
ail
grieve
pour cold water on
knock the stuffing out of
aggrieve
mortify
browbeat
worry
get to
undermine
startle
make gloomy
make unhappy
make sad
give someone the blues
damp
bug
take aback
spook
shake up
annoy
horrify
throw off balance
unhinge
irritate
weigh heavily on
discomfort
enfeeble
overwhelm
shock
disillusion
humble
bewilder
discountenance
ruffle
exasperate
embarrass
buffalo
torment
perplex
affright
abase
embitter
debilitate
put someone off their stroke
deflate
bring low
alarum
harrow
mystify
anger
make someone fed up
hang over
sour
discombobulate
disempower
make dejected
disincline
humiliate
jolt
dissatisfy
aggravate
devitalize
surprise
floor
psych
distract
baffle
shatter
petrify
put into a flap
disenchant
concern
squash
weary
throw into a tizz
flatten
nark
put down
muddle
disgruntle
haunt
flummox
harass
reduce to tears
fright
hack off
dull
cause someone to lose their composure
puzzle
chasten
make desolate
hurt
dumbfound
put the wind up
make miserable
let down
pain
cast a gloom upon
bulldoze
scarify
repel
disburb
astound
stiff
turn one off
bring tears to your eyes
dampen spirits
cause suffering to
make blue
drag down
bring one down
scare to death
make blood run cold
strike terror into
chill to the bone
make teeth chatter
make your heart bleed
put into a funk
dash someone's hopes
scare away
break someone's spirit
curdle the blood
scare off
break someone's heart
dissuade
emasculate
consternate
make nervous
dispraise
thwart
cloud
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
demotivate
stand up to
cast a shadow
make uneasy
make anxious
lie
destabilize
US
unbalance
prey on
lie heavy on
pressure
pressurize
US
impress
get someone down
blind
destabilise
UK
lower
break
suppress
subjugate
stifle
infuriate
blind someone with something
make one's heart bleed
bring tears to one's eyes
dampen someone's spirit
disoblige
psych someone out
pressurise
UK
take someone's breath away
squelch
smother
diminish
devastate
make dispirited
make crestfallen
indispose
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
unglue
cripple
jumble
unzip
disorder
down
press
deplore
take the heart out of
madden
put off one's stroke
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
deaden
defeat
curb
overcome
quell
extinguish
overpower
torture
dash hopes
send up
blow out
blow up
take apart
throw into panic
scare stiff
scare witless
miff
bear down on
damp down
dash the hopes of
take steam out
wound
agonize
US
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
freeze your blood
shatter the illusions of
burst one's bubble
dampen the spirits of
hagride
frazzle
distemper
undo
paralyse
UK
exercise
flurry
fuss
derail
cast a gloom on
sting
drain
plague
discommode
gnaw at
pester
stress
make someone jump out of their skin
make your hair stand on end
give someone goose pimples
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
chill someone to the marrow
scare someone out of their wits
get the wind up
put the fear of God into
scare the pants off
scare someone half to death
throw into a fright
give someone the heebie-jeebies
throw into a panic
make your blood run cold
scare the living daylights out of
throw into a blue funk
throw a pall over
pother
cast a pall over
shame
dump
agonise
UK
burn up
rile
make wretched
fret
rack
displease
cause anguish to
strain
break the heart of
gall
cut to the quick
drive crazy
make discontented
drive mad
paralyze
US
weird out
snafu
freak out
drag
darken
beat
run down
envenom
silly
wind up
knock the wind out of
mess up
fill with consternation
foul up
screw up
louse up
muck up
make one's blood run cold
make one's hair stand on end
scare the daylights out of
harsh one's mellow
alienate
poison
antagonize
US
give someone a turn
keep under
harsh someone's mellow
put the wind up someone
throw into a tizzy
give someone the hump
bring tears to someone's eyes
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
dampen someone's spirits
debunk
belittle
snub
destroy
quash
disaffect
knock down
let wind out of sails
puncture balloon
take down
take the wind out of somebody's sails
kick in the teeth
take down a peg or two
take the wind out of someone's sails
shoot down
cut down to size
let down easy
make bitter
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
exacerbate
worsen
rankle
disarm
stun
stupefy
acidulate
estrange
antagonise
UK
bitter
venom
make rancorous
acerbate
ride
uncalm
needle
throw off
bowl over
set back
give a turn
outrage
offend
provoke
sicken
scandalize
US
amaze
astonish
scandalise
UK
daze
disgust
hassle
stagger
nauseate
flabbergast
revolt
peeve
affront
insult
stir up
pique
derange
nettle
gravel
work up
chafe
benumb
tick off
jar
blow away
excite
stop someone in their tracks
make someone scratch their head
set someone back on their heels
badger
bemuse
disorient
put out
fuddle
addle
make someone's hair stand on end
befuddle
harry
pick on
move
get at
rock
catch off balance
traumatize
US
hector
dumfound
bedevil
leave open-mouthed
leave aghast
beset
balk
US
take by surprise
thunderstrike
make waves
strike dumb
traumatise
UK
electrify
persecute
numb
gross out
frighten the life out of
give offence to
cause to be at a stand
throw a curve
do someone's head in
bustle
baulk
UK
turn
rouse
tyrannize
US
stump
arouse
mau-mau
strong-arm
curse
befog
disgrace
craze
dragoon
bludgeon
zing
despair
get
injure
affect
make fretful
egg on
make a scene
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
tyrannise
UK
mix up
turn on
beleaguer
nag
dazzle
knock out
frighten to death
give someone grief
make jump
give a hard time
put out of countenance
hurt somebody's feelings
cause anxiety to
scare silly
frighten someone out of their wits
send into a cold sweat
make someone's blood run cold
make someone shake in their shoes
scare the life out of
scare the hell out of
frighten the living daylights out of
push buttons
mess with someone's head
put someone off their stride
frighten out of your wits
take the wind out of your sails
knock for a loop
fill with terror
underwhelm
make uncomfortable
dehydrate
castrate
geld
desiccate
lobotomize
incite
inflame
preoccupy
distress greatly
hurry
incommode
frenzy
flutter
cause disquiet to
transfix
hustle
tangle
quicken
occupy
unquiet
stimulate
intrude
tire
interfere
complicate
hinder
make restless
unstring
boggle
put someone off
freeze
ferment
threaten
menace
dement
displace
rummage
disarray
disrupt
tax
immobilize
US
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
mess with one's head
cause anxiety
ventilate
examine
blur
dizzy
paralyse with fear
surprize
occupy someone's thoughts
prey on someone's mind
besiege
put chill on
immobilise
UK
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
upset apple cart
slight
tease
take one's breath away
spring something on
strike with awe
cause wonder
blow someone's mind
render speechless
knock props out
make your flesh creep
strike fear into
scare the pants off of
get in the way
throw into confusion
importune
test
victimize
US
touch
strike
make flip
work someone up
bug up
be
incense
tear
dun
goad
anguish
hound
coerce
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
dump on
inflict trauma
hurt one's feelings
do in
deeply upset
hit like a ton of bricks
blackjack
bullyrag
bogart
suffer
be unwell
disrespect
diss
spite
make things hot for someone
inspire panic in
strike terror in
make it hot for someone
victimise
UK
put the frighteners on
nit-pick
strap
dog
prick
push
martyr
drive insane
dis
bluster
showboat
railroad
enforce
inconvenience
sweat out
be a great weight on
be indisposed
be crook
slur
weigh heavily on one's mind
give someone a hard time
send over the edge
be ill
be weak
be sick
be wrong with
feel pain
be in pain
feel unwell
be the matter with
make fearful
make afraid
chill someone's blood
give someone a fright
make someone's hair curl
cut up
eat at
boggle someone's mind
put one away
blow one's mind
discontent
carp
cavil
incapacitate
flip
cramp
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
niggle
be disagreeable
be an affront to
be offensive
give offence
rub up the wrong way
put someone's back up
rankle with
get someone's goat
tread on someone's toes
cause offense
hurt someone's feelings
put someone's nose out of joint
walk heavy
push around
lean on
fear
do a number on
be on one's case
make it tough for
sweat
stew
fire up
flip out
roil
misplease
wing
enrage
curdle
cool
sound
cap
quibble
nitpick
get someone
get across
key up
lay up
pose
fox
flap
fidget
tee off
rock the boat
maze
be agitated
wilder
bamboozle
muddy
fog
set someone thinking
take pains
turn off
play dirty
turn on the heat
be in a tizzy
be worried
obfuscate
labour over
be in a flap
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
get on someone's wick
metagrobolize
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
hack you off
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a thing of
boggle the mind
put your back up
knock the stuffing out of someone
be all Greek to
smear
calumniate
dishonor
US
backbite
revile
traduce
blackguard
blackball
lampoon
detract
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
asperse
dishonour
UK
vilify
denigrate
defame
decry
raise eyebrows amongst
malign
cause raised eyebrows
condemn
belie
slander
bad-mouth
libel
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hold or maintain
keep
retain
reserve
save
store
accumulate
amass
garner
hoard
collect
hold
possess
stockpile
withhold
cache
shelve
stash
conceal
file
heap
hide
stifle
hold back
hold fast to
hold on to
keep hold of
keep in reserve
keep possession of
pile up
put aside
put by
retain possession of
save up
set aside
stash away
store up
cling to
hang onto
hang on to
hold in
hold onto
keep for oneself
lay aside
lay down
set something by
keep to yourself
not part with
retain in one's possession
put away
stow away
squirrel away
preserve
gather
stow
treasure
salt away
lay away
lay up
conserve
lay by
earmark
dedicate
deposit
lay in
squirrel
secure
buy up
put to one side
devote
allocate
maintain
heap up
keep back
scrimp
put aside for rainy day
sock away
stock
put down
build up
stock up
consecrate
hide away
acquire
husband
set by
give up to
stock up on
scare up
rack up
run up
tot up
round up
draw together
put away for a rainy day
scrape together
load up on
have
sustain
not sell
retain use of
bottle
hive
regulate
stack up
pack
load
archive
retain ownership of
not give away
keep on hand
build up stocks
defer
bank
spare
keep out
economize
US
put aside for a rainy day
put by for a rainy day
tuck away
economise
UK
file away
pick up
clean up
designate
tag
label
assign
appropriate
flag
mark
set apart
hypothecate
identify
allocate to
tab
allot to
name
slot
allot
pledge to
commit to
devote to
give over to
mark down
mark out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
chasten
castigate
chastise
correct
discipline
penalise
UK
penalize
US
punish
admonish
afflict
berate
censure
chide
exprobate
objurgate
rebuke
reprehend
reprimand
reproach
reprove
scold
scourge
soften
subjugate
suppress
tongue-lash
try
upbraid
call down
fulminate against
take to task
have on the carpet
rake over the coals
carpet
lecture
criticize
US
lambaste
remonstrate with
tell off
criticise
UK
give someone a dressing-down
dress down
tick off
bawl out
chew out
haul over the coals
give a talking-to
read the riot act
blast
lay into
give someone a roasting
lambast
give someone a rocket
rag
rate
monster
baste
keelhaul
bollock
trim
pull up
ream out
rap over the knuckles
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
rail against
rail at
give someone a caning
give someone hell
give someone a rollicking
have a go at
give someone a mouthful
let someone have it
give someone what for
give someone a wigging
give someone a bollocking
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
give someone a row
rap
wig
row
ream
take someone to task
blame
nag
tear into
rant at
come down on
pitch into
lace into
slap down
hammer
flay
score
jaw
put down
put on the mat
give someone some stick
jump on
blow up
excoriate
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
find fault with
bring someone to book
chew someone out
lay down the law
slap someone's wrist
send someone away with a flea in their ear
attack
abuse
slate
vituperate
condemn
rail
caution
bring to book
visit
blow up at
throw the book at
lean on
light into
yell at
come down on like a ton of bricks
give a rocket
slap someone on the wrist
rap someone over the knuckles
call to account
arraign
exprobrate
recompense
take disciplinary action against
spank
skelp
ferule
denounce
revile
warn
reprobate
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vilify
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cavil
recriminate
taunt
adjure
counsel
advise
climb all over
put on the carpet
asperse
objurate
expostulate
speak
preach
mete out punishment to
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be hard on
rag on
teach someone a lesson
tear down
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pick on
talk to
tear a strip off
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
rap on knuckles
slap on wrist
strongly criticize
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give someone stick
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give a piece of one's mind
go on at
have someone on the carpet
take to the woodshed
keep after
slam
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bash
flame
diss
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lash
assail
scathe
belabor
US
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cane
whip
blister
scorch
beat
thrash
flog
scarify
drub
belabour
UK
slap on the wrist
rap someone the knuckles
jump down one's throat
drag over the coals
criticize severely
lay out
harangue
slag off
knock
pillory
pan
inveigh against
bag
roast
rubbish
bad-mouth
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deprecate
fault
slag
dispraise
dis
skin
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malign
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anathematize
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lesson
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monish
rant
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disapprove of
maul
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derogate
express disapproval of
ostracise
UK
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US
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get after
tear apart
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kick up a fuss about
take issue with
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reprimand severely
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pull someone up
lash out
lampoon
rap someone's knuckles
moralise
UK
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US
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cudgel
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deride
strike
smother
hit
satirize
US
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fry
zap
oppose
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chew
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UK
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twit
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rake over coals
reject
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dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
attask
tear someone a new one
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have words
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ding
notice
glue
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charge
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criticize hatefully
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backbite
contemn
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carp on
sound off
go after
jack up
sit on
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pick holes in
take down
stigmatize
US
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take somebody to task
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find fault
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get on
burn one's ears
tax
have your knife in
bag on
give a bad press to
vituperate against
stigmatise
UK
run something down
impeach
show up
indict
charge with
call to task
point the finger at
read out
look askance
pick apart
give the devil
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
argue with
rage
make a protest to
thunder against
rage against
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remonstrate about
challenge
curse
frame
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depreciate
belittle
name
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storm
object
make a fuss about
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object to
raise objections to
vociferate
kick
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
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kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
take great exception to
protest against
bluster
huff
send up
put away
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
let have it
speak out
send up the river
lay at one's door
make a stand
menace
intimidate
take a stand
vociferate about
mouth off about
animadvert upon
rant and rave
swear at
discourse
orate
address
talk
perorate
descant
expatiate
mouth off
exhort
earbash
pontificate to
sermonize to
spout to
soapbox
declaim to
stump
accost
apostrophize
spiel
sermonize
US
preach to
hold forth to
sermonise
UK
buttonhole
spout at
spiel to
deliver a tirade to
speechify to
preachify to
sound off to
get on a soapbox
hold forth
give a lecture to
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To divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
sublimate
channel
transfer
divert
redirect
control
convert
purify
refine
transmute
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