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Verb
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
Present participle for to (attempt to) quell or put an end to
Present participle for to oppress or subjugate someone, or a group of people, through the use of force
Present participle for to defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
Present participle for to make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude
Present participle for to make unclear or difficult to understand
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in sensitivity
Present participle for to forget or put out of one's mind
Present participle for to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
Present participle for to hold or maintain
(
in psychoanalytic theory
)
Present participle for to divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
Adjective
That causes discouragement
That serves to suppress
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
suppressing
stifling
restraining
smothering
curbing
checking
containing
swallowing
controlling
strangling
concealing
inhibiting
muffling
sinking
hiding
submerging
silencing
gagging
pocketing
overpowering
frustrating
corking
shushing
blocking
bottling
internalising
UK
internalizing
US
holding back
keeping back
choking back
fighting back
bottling up
biting back
keeping in check
reining in
holding in
keeping under control
corking up
buttoning up
keeping the lid on
keeping in
keeping under wraps
blacking out
jamming up
keeping inside
withholding
bridling
covering up
keeping a lid on
keeping secret
hushing up
quenching
veiling
cloaking
dissembling
disguising
burying
holding down
restricting
gulping back
keeping quiet about
keeping dark
overcoming
stopping
quashing
deadening
constraining
masking
extinguishing
censoring
belying
harbouring
UK
harboring
US
reserving
biting one's lip
blotting out
papering over
putting a lid on
not telling
hiding from view
not giving away
keeping unknown
keeping mum about
keeping under your hat
drawing a veil over
keeping cover
mastering
fighting
resisting
conquering
denying
holding off
dampening
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
subduing
retaining
muzzling
protecting
stewing
drowning
suffocating
choking
blacklisting
quelling
squelching
cooling
composing
shutting in
killing
keeping a tight rein on
collecting
snuffing
holding in check
mulling over
keeping a rein on
simmering down
sweeping under the rug
keeping quiet
sweeping under the carpet
sitting on
keeping in the dark
glossing over
supervising communications
preventing publication
refusing transmission
putting the lid on
dropping the iron curtain
more ❯
“He was obliged to
repress
his true feelings, and to act as if he were not worthy to hold their shoes.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) quell or put an end to
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
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
curbing
thwarting
stifling
defeating
restraining
impeding
preventing
halting
obstructing
frustrating
destroying
terminating
holding back
blocking
foiling
putting the kibosh on
restricting
overpowering
abolishing
annihilating
controlling
scotching
quenching
barring
putting the lid on
overwhelming
stymieing
scuppering
hampering
getting rid of
wiping out
forestalling
retarding
vanquishing
interfering with
circumventing
shutting down
countering
beating
averting
baulking
UK
counteracting
subjugating
staving off
spoiling
putting paid to
balking
US
routing
warding off
oppressing
shutting out
clobbering
derailing
opposing
smothering
overturning
quelching
strangling
prohibiting
nullifying
ruining
choking
avoiding
finishing
sitting on
stalling
demolishing
constraining
holding off
stonewalling
extirpating
trammelling
trammeling
defending against
heading off
eliminating
deadening
muffling
burying
interrupting
containing
shushing
evading
subordinating
cutting off
gagging
withholding
circumnavigating
wrecking
reducing
crimping
skirting
sidestepping
snowing under
icing
standing in the way of
holding in
keeping down
doing for
steering clear of
bringing to an end
putting the stopper on
blotting out
overthrowing
eradicating
censoring
dominating
spiking
queering
discontinuing
clogging
staunching
curtailing
neutralizing
US
bottling
scuttling
dashing
treading
slowing
prostrating
whelming
flooring
devastating
overmastering
swamping
cracking down
bridling
jamming
barricading
closing up
breaking
obliterating
occluding
obviating
stuffing
closing
beating down
damming
trampling on
upsetting
cutting short
discouraging
intercepting
weeding out
quieting
outwitting
blocking up
blockading
clogging up
holding down
interdicting
repulsing
checkmating
regulating
choking off
neutralising
UK
congesting
stopping up
bunging up
treading on
grinding down
keeping lid on
keeping back
bottling up
braking
fending off
messing up
blowing away
plugging up
bringing someone to their knees
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
forcing down
bearing down on
muzzling
scrunching
trashing
squishing
censuring
cramping
torpedoing
rejecting
dismissing
dishing
getting out of
impairing
suffocating
escaping
bypassing
clotting
confining
exterminating
clamping down
settling
dumbing
expunging
clamming
abating
dulling
deflecting
disrupting
stultifying
crippling
gumming up
bringing to screeching halt
banishing
removing
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
taking down
ditching
stumping
nixing
delaying
fettering
muting
reining
pausing
putting a lid on
swallowing
drying up
stilling
corking
hushing
shutting up
dummying up
quietening
tongue-tying
bringing to a stop
bringing to a halt
bottlenecking
fighting back
moderating
holding
governing
damping down
rebuffing
taming
choking back
forfending
putting a brake on
pulling in
slackening pace
stemming the flow of
keeping in check
playing for time
biting back
bringing to a standstill
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
slowing down
plugging
precluding
anticipating
staving
sealing
caulking
keeping off
turning aside
keeping at bay
ruling out
filling up
filling
closing out
cowing
trampling
clamping
shaking
indisposing
diverting
staying
stanching
closing off
shutting off
packing
choking up
jamming up
blocking off
bunging
putting the squeeze on
bringing to heel
bringing under the yoke
stoppering
contravening
invalidating
snookering
debarring
putting off
putting a damper on
turning off
triumphing over
driving underground
repelling
baffling
discomfiting
confounding
deterring
keeping in
keeping inside
putting lid on
bringing to naught
putting kibosh on
nobbling
undoing
parrying
rattling
counterplotting
blanking
crossing
disappointing
upsetting the applecart
holding up
screwing up
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
lousing up
putting end to
putting the mockers on
fouling up
causing setback
erasing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
liquidating
axing
effacing
rubbing out
rooting out
cleaning up
sweeping away
blacking out
doing away with
zapping
deleting
razing
excising
taking out
finishing off
decimating
wasting
doing in
totalling
totaling
dispatching
scrubbing
annulling
abrogating
smashing
dissolving
giving the chop
washing out
offing
wiping from the face of the earth
wiping off the map
cutting out
wiping off the face of the earth
repealing
rescinding
voiding
revoking
negating
disannulling
desolating
scrapping
vitiating
massacring
slaughtering
knocking off
scratching
shooting down
dispensing with
uprooting
bluing pencil
gutting
shattering
vacating
countermanding
nulling
pulverizing
US
retracting
vaporizing
US
nuking
wracking
creaming
repudiating
discarding
crosses out
cutting
butchering
knocking out
blanking out
scoring out
knocking something on the head
trimming
sinking
removing all traces of
vaporising
UK
setting aside
pulverising
UK
exsecting
pulling down
tearing down
striking out
KO'ing
striking down
inking out
rolling back
breaking off
kayoing
wiping off
wiping
scrubbing out
purging
reversing
benothinging
recalling
vetoing
mastering
getting shot of
driving out
casting out
phasing out
calling all bets off
declaring null and void
rendering null and void
reneging
forgetting it
cancelling out
casting aside
rendering invalid
canceling out
rebutting
marking out
levelling
UK
obscuring
ravaging
destroying root and branch
rubbing off
blowing to bits
leveling
US
taking apart
wiping off face of earth
covering
blowing sky-high
licking
dropping
withdrawing
besting
coming down hard on
surmounting
prevailing over
gaining control of
winning against
getting a grip on
strangling at birth
dumping
executing
polishing off
cutting down
croaking
ending the life of
giving someone the works
topping
taking the life of
sending to the gas chambers
sending to kingdom come
stiffing
whacking
bumping off
slaying
doing to death
putting to the sword
ethnically cleansing
mowing down
scragging
terminating with extreme prejudice
murdering
putting to death
smoking
assassinating
subverting
junking
jettisoning
disestablishing
chopping
deracinating
calling off
shedding
superseding
throwing out
closing down
dismantling
aborting
expurgating
blue-penciling
blue-pencilling
exscinding
scissoring out
bowdlerizing
US
slashing
editing out
laundering
lopping off
editing
crossing through
striking
amputating
deleing
eliding
bowdlerising
UK
scratching out
cutting up
putting a line through
Xing out
more ❯
“Their government has chosen to isolate them, stunt their economic growth, and
repress
their ability to speak freely.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to oppress or subjugate someone, or a group of people, through the use of force
dominating
oppressing
subjugating
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
persecuting
crushing
intimidating
subjecting
abusing
mastering
maltreating
overcoming
overpowering
wronging
keeping down
holding down
tyrannizing over
domineering over
ruling with an iron hand
ruling with a rod of iron
suppressing
subduing
treating harshly
victimizing
US
plaguing
tormenting
domineering
browbeating
bullying
victimising
UK
ill-treating
harassing
riding roughshod over
trampling on
mistreating
overwhelming
subordinating
torturing
enslaving
terrorizing
US
keeping under
terrorising
UK
bringing someone to their knees
lording it over
pushing around
ordering about
ordering around
keeping under thumb
dictating to
trampling underfoot
punishing
harrying
excruciating
controlling
crucifying
distressing
aggrieving
chastening
squashing
squelching
coercing
dictating
keeping in submission
keeping in subjection
trampling
throwing your weight around
bossing around
pulling rank on
giving orders to
bossing about
grinding down
ruling despotically
treating brutally
having someone under your thumb
conquering
hounding
menacing
threatening
brutalizing
US
ruling
steamrollering
brutalising
UK
putting down
holding sway over
gaining mastery over
gaining control of
gaining ascendancy over
ruling over
walking all over
rendering helpless
weighing heavy upon
beating down
bringing to heel
rendering powerless
rendering incapable
straining
putting screws to
despotizing
vexing
annoying
overthrowing
besetting
riding
handicapping
pressing
picking on
scourging
encumbering
taxing
outraging
worrying
exploiting
putting upon
forcing
saddling
hegemonizing
more ❯
“Horrendous weapons of war were used to kill and
repress
the people as they struggled to determine their own destiny.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength
overpowering
subduing
conquering
defeating
beating
vanquishing
subjugating
trouncing
besting
mastering
routing
licking
quashing
suppressing
overthrowing
thrashing
quelling
clobbering
worsting
drubbing
creaming
stuffing
dominating
murdering
owning
whipping
tanking
subjecting
controlling
smashing
breaking
reducing
pacifying
burying
totalling
totaling
hegemonizing
overturning
subordinating
overshadowing
throwing
upsetting
trashing
waxing
prevailing
finishing
wasting
torpedoing
bulldozing
staggering
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
blanking
dumbfounding
overawing
shellacking
stretching
triumphing over
prevailing over
getting the better of
wiping the floor with
making mincemeat of
bringing someone to their knees
knocking out
putting away
blowing out of the water
gaining mastery over
beating down
bearing down
taking out
gaining a victory over
taking care of
gaining control over
rendering incapable
bowling over
rendering helpless
rendering powerless
rolling over
shutting off
laying out
getting the upper hand over
overcoming
surmounting
skunking
curbing
getting over
crushing
getting a grip on
overwhelming
hammering
annihilating
destroying
pasting
demolishing
slaughtering
pounding
pulverizing
US
flattening
massacring
humbling
taming
caning
slamming
bridling
dispatching
pulverising
UK
stopping
overmatching
overbearing
upending
getting
putting down
blowing out
walking all over
taking to the cleaners
winning against
giving someone a drubbing
giving someone a hiding
getting around
rising above
doing down
getting control of
dealing with
checking
restraining
solving
managing
regulating
governing
commanding
ruling
directing
bringing under control
getting under control
gaining control of
triumphing
undoing
thwarting
trimming
checkmating
foiling
taking
outwitting
circumventing
frustrating
discomfiting
confounding
zapping
overriding
overmastering
crucifying
coping with
undermining
disabling
keeping down
enfeebling
crippling
succeeding over
trampling
subverting
bringing to knees
running rings around
putting someone in their place
wiping off the map
trampling underfoot
shutting down
beating hollow
defeating utterly
winning a resounding victory over
marmalizing
wallopping
walloping
whomping
pommelling
pommeling
pipping at the post
blowing away
flooring
flogging
skinning
outplaying
smoking
smothering
whupping
lambasting
swamping
whopping
whapping
tromping
dusting
bombing
wiping out
working over
walking over
running rings round
snowing under
outclassing
busting
outmaneuvering
US
outmanoeuvring
UK
outrunning
decking
tanning
edging out
killing
KO'ing
bashing
giving someone a pasting
beating up
outdoing
surpassing
outstripping
excelling
whacking
steamrolling
ruining
whitewashing
sinking
dropping
slaying
edging
decimating
obliterating
ambushing
outflanking
butchering
routeing
overrunning
entrapping
outhitting
outjumping
shipwrecking
winning
plowing under
hiding
belting
nosing out
bludgeoning
thumping
mauling
battering
spanking
threshing
running roughshod over
winning a victory over
finishing off
putting paid to
mowing down
taking it all
leathering
buffeting
buffetting
putting an end to
bringing to ruin
taking to cleaners
rolling back
rolling
slogging
pummelling
UK
basting
pummeling
whaling
doing
currying
roughing up
punishing
messing up
pwning
picking apart
chastening
chastising
putting in the shade
bunging up
striking down
taking a stick to
mullering
giving a drubbing to
razing to the ground
larruping
larrupping
knocking off
shooting down
unseating
outfighting
blasting
taking down
exceeding
topping
driving off
shutting out
eclipsing
transcending
putting to flight
beating back
cutting to pieces
throwing back in confusion
blowing out of water
putting to rout
cleaning up on
outshining
bettering
downing
weathering
surviving
devastating
capping
outperforming
stunning
hurdling
shocking
rendering
outliving
trumping
overtopping
winning over
outmatching
outgunning
outrivaling
overtaking
outdistancing
towering over
outrivalling
hosing
knocking over
knocking spots off
improving on
grinding down
coming out on top of
doing better than
shooting ahead of
going one better than
coming out on top
lathering
defeating heavily
fixing one's wagon
wiping off the mat
cooking one's goose
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
inhibiting
hindering
impeding
curbing
checking
restraining
hampering
obstructing
restricting
trammelling
trammeling
handicapping
encumbering
blocking
stymieing
cramping
thwarting
fettering
retarding
preventing
constraining
stifling
suppressing
frustrating
shackling
foiling
hobbling
clogging
bridling
barring
handcuffing
smothering
manacling
slowing
embarrassing
balking
US
baulking
UK
stalling
prohibiting
reducing
averting
interdicting
debarring
forbidding
outlawing
sandbagging
enjoining
fazing
warding
holding back
interfering with
holding up
hog-tying
short-circuiting
slowing down
tying up
reining in
hanging up
holding in
holding down
putting a brake on
keeping in
throwing a spanner in the works
stemming the flow of
putting on brakes
hamstringing
confining
holding
limiting
straitening
leashing
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
postponing
retardating
arresting
detaining
derailing
deferring
protracting
interrupting
halting
withholding
pausing
crippling
cumbering
deterring
remitting
stopping
crimping
proroguing
shelving
choking
intermitting
braking
prolonging
delaying
staving off
standing in the way of
keeping back
closing off
holding over
putting back
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
bogging down
taking down
slowing up
shutting down
making late
bringing to screeching halt
backing off
getting in the way of
shutting off
putting off
choking off
holding off on
setting back
tying
borking
curtailing
forestalling
tethering
binding
fastening
stonewalling
sabotaging
circumscribing
constricting
burdening
disadvantaging
securing
getting in the way
weighing down
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
controlling
weakening
regulating
suspending
moderating
staying
capping
interfering
impairing
crabbing
sidelining
throttling
delimiting
obscuring
screening
petering out
standing off
complicating
setting limits on
imposing limits on
baffling
entangling
preventing from making progress
inconveniencing
disrupting
taking out
giving disadvantage
debilitating
putting out of commission
catching
chaining
capturing
ensnaring
enmeshing
netting
monkeying with
snagging
keeping within the limits of
narrowing down
cramping one's style
dragging your feet
hemming in
tiing one's hands
wronging
enfettering
enchaining
treating harshly
inflicting a handicap on
doing a disservice to
telling against
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
treating unfavourably
giving a disadvantage to
entrammeling
entrammelling
putting a leash on
putting a lead on
hitching up
hitching
lashing
strapping
trussing
cinching
tiing together
harnessing
collaring
roping
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
taming
controlling
curbing
restraining
checking
bridling
containing
constraining
regulating
inhibiting
governing
subduing
holding
suppressing
measuring
ruling
keeping
moderating
conquering
calming
overcoming
mitigating
tempering
licking
disciplining
softening
pacifying
mellowing
mollifying
tranquillising
UK
tranquilizing
US
gentling
humbling
muting
cowing
busting
reclaiming
reining in
pulling in
toning down
getting the better of
watering down
getting a grip on
stifling
smothering
keeping in check
restricting
quelling
limiting
cooling
holding back
lessening
soothing
reducing
composing
allaying
dampening
diminishing
quieting
deadening
assuaging
keeping under control
easing
lulling
curtailing
holding in
keeping the lid on
keeping a lid on
keeping a tight rein on
settling
stilling
dulling
palliating
alleviating
decreasing
cushioning
damping
quietening
damping down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taking the edge off
appeasing
mastering
blunting
arresting
abating
muffling
relaxing
silencing
stopping
quashing
putting the brakes on
simmering down
reining
reining back
holding down
holding in check
settling down
slowing down
capping
placating
confining
collecting
relieving
gagging
muzzling
corking
retarding
withholding
hushing
lowering
crushing
stemming
keeping in line
depressing
squelching
calming down
lightening
absorbing
choking back
squashing
bottling up
dispelling
biting back
putting down
banishing
keeping back
keeping within bounds
chilling out
cooling out
cutting back
keeping down
getting under control
nipping in the bud
keeping lid on
circumscribing
halting
modulating
re-collecting
delimiting
putting a lid on
monitoring
adjusting
breaking
mincing
extinguishing
temperating
cornering
rallying
inspecting
recovering
subjugating
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
piping down
dampening down
impairing
gaining control over
hog-tying
putting half nelson on
gaining mastery over
choking off
rising above
cutting off
buffering
keeping control of
keeping on a string
salving
blanketing
becalming
slowing
lullabying
playing down
meeting halfway
setting limits on
imposing limits on
impeding
propitiating
comforting
strangling
balming
pegging
trammelling
trammeling
hindering
deterring
freezing
reassuring
contenting
quieting down
entrammelling
fettering
entrammeling
cutting
putting a limit on
disarming
ameliorating
tying up
cooling off
bringing to screeching halt
buttoning up
fighting back
stemming the flow of
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
cooling down
chastening
contracting
dulcifying
squaring
sweetening
pacificating
qualifying
conning
stroking
greasing
buttressing
clipping
making peace with
minimizing
US
clearing the air with
fixing up
putting the lid on
imposing peace upon
restoring harmony to
laying back
smoothing over
buttering up
smoothing someone's ruffled feathers
making less active
deflating
soaking up
getting rid of
putting a damper on
staunching
harshing
tapering
helping
dropping
smoothing
lenifying
dissipating
snuffing out
cracking down on
slapping down
clamping down on
quietening down
dismissing
cutting down
dialing down
scaling down
cutting down on
bringing down
rationing
minimising
UK
destroying
eliminating
taking the bite out
driving off
taking the sting out
driving away
putting to rest
chasing away
pouring oil on
staying
killing
straitening
keeping in
boxing up
putting a brake on
cracking down
bringing under control
sitting on
pulling back
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude
subjugating
subduing
dominating
oppressing
suppressing
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
mastering
subjecting
overwhelming
subordinating
enslaving
hegemonizing
coercing
taming
humbling
overthrowing
reducing
pacifying
breaking
forcing
triumphing
colonising
UK
colonizing
US
enthralling
underyoking
putting down
holding sway over
beating down
ruling over
kicking around
bearing down
keeping under thumb
bringing to knees
holding sway
reeling back in
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make unclear or difficult to understand
obscuring
blurring
clouding
obfuscating
complicating
garbling
muddling
concealing
confounding
confusing
convoluting
misrepresenting
muddying
beclouding
befogging
distorting
fuddling
hiding
miring
mystifying
befuddling
coloring
US
colouring
UK
equivocating
falsifying
fuzzing
tainting
tarnishing
fuzzing up
mixing up
muddying the waters
muddying the waters of
clouding the issue
making unclear
throwing a veil over
throwing up smoke screen
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in sensitivity
dulling
numbing
desensitising
UK
desensitizing
US
deadening
blunting
suppressing
benumbing
dampening
diminishing
impairing
retarding
stifling
tranquillising
UK
tranquilizing
US
weakening
depressing
devitalizing
incapacitating
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
reducing
sedating
stunning
unnerving
dazing
drugging
narcotizing
obtunding
stultifying
stupefying
torpefying
dullening
rendering insensitive
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forget or put out of one's mind
blocking out
blotting out
forgetting
ignoring
suppressing
disregarding
denying
putting behind you
shutting out
ceasing to remember
ceasing to think of
stopping thinking about
dismissing from mind
consigning to oblivion
erasing from memory
erasing from your mind
letting bygones be bygones
putting out of your mind
blanking over
putting in the past
blanking out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
coercing
forcing
compelling
pressuring
impelling
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
driving
dragooning
pressing
obliging
making
browbeating
constraining
bullying
bulldozing
railroading
intimidating
urging
pushing
influencing
blackjacking
impressing
obligating
cowing
sandbagging
muscling
bludgeoning
threatening
menacing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
hustling
brainwashing
squeezing
bouncing
besetting
concussing
shotgunning
restricting
hindering
suppressing
strong-arming
prevailing on
leaning on
putting pressure on
using pressure on
fast-talking
press-ganging
bringing pressure to bear on
putting the squeeze on
putting the screws on
putting under an obligation
acting on
working on
twisting one's arm
high pressuring
making an offer they can't refuse
putting the arm on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
dismaying
depressing
daunting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
dejecting
distressing
unnerving
cowing
crushing
chilling
chillin
alarming
abashing
dashing
unmanning
troubling
scaring
bothering
frustrating
afflicting
vexing
awing
aweing
confusing
disappointing
trying
appalling
overawing
irking
drooping
prostrating
casting down
making despondent
weighing heavily on
making downhearted
psyching out
beating down
dampening the spirits of
breaking one's heart
putting a damper on
causing to lose heart
taking the wind out of your sails
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hold or maintain
keeping
retaining
reserving
saving
storing
accumulating
amassing
garnering
hoarding
collecting
holding
possessing
stockpiling
withholding
caching
shelving
stashing
concealing
filing
heaping
hiding
stifling
holding back
holding fast to
holding on to
keeping hold of
keeping in reserve
keeping possession of
piling up
putting aside
putting by
retaining possession of
saving up
setting aside
stashing away
storing up
clinging to
hanging onto
hanging on to
holding in
holding onto
keeping for oneself
laying aside
laying down
setting by
keeping to yourself
Verb
▲
(
in psychoanalytic theory
)
Present participle for to divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
sublimating
channeling
US
channelling
UK
transferring
diverting
redirecting
controlling
converting
purifying
refining
transmuting
turning
directing
rerouting
rerouteing
suppressing
Adjective
▲
That causes discouragement
discouraging
depressing
disappointing
disheartening
dispiriting
off-putting
unpropitious
dampening
daunting
unfavourable
UK
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
gloomy
inauspicious
unpromising
black
bleak
dejecting
depressive
deterring
disadvantageous
dismal
dismaying
dissuading
dreary
hindering
inopportune
ominous
oppressive
unfavorable
US
upsetting
not encouraging
not hopeful
sombre
UK
somber
US
distressing
hopeless
grim
dire
wretched
cheerless
sad
desolate
miserable
dark
comfortless
morose
worrying
solemn
unpleasant
funereal
disturbing
unfortunate
glum
troublesome
disconcerting
joyless
foreboding
drear
melancholy
unsettling
morbid
disagreeable
distressful
troubling
harrowing
sullen
painful
doleful
drab
unhappy
difficult
negative
disquieting
unnerving
saddening
cold
disconsolate
lugubrious
pessimistic
bad
lamentable
forlorn
dreadful
severe
godforsaken
terrible
discomforting
worrisome
perturbing
gray
US
sepulchral
uninviting
mournful
discomposing
poor
grey
UK
alarming
saturnine
grave
forbidding
adverse
elegiac
irksome
elegiacal
bitter
regrettable
heartbreaking
shocking
tragic
dreich
awful
heartrending
plutonian
horrid
troublous
vexing
murky
sorry
tenebrous
traumatic
tenebrific
discommoding
agitating
Cimmerian
bothersome
downbeat
chill
frightening
sunless
woeful
austere
harsh
grievous
objectionable
pathetic
aggravating
appalling
trying
annoying
irritating
provoking
darkening
deplorable
lonesome
nasty
displeasing
wearisome
melancholic
hard
unwelcome
hostile
troubled
sinister
ill-fated
lonely
horrific
burdensome
direful
startling
pitiable
foul
depressed
harassing
horrible
vexatious
nagging
despairing
cynical
onerous
unfriendly
injurious
agonizing
US
despondent
ghastly
ill-omened
inhospitable
defeatist
gloom-ridden
heart-rending
creepy
portentous
fatalistic
agonising
UK
unlucky
doomed
crushing
opposing
dim
horrendous
pitiful
critical
tiresome
sorrowful
doubtful
poignant
inconvenient
antipathetic
cloudy
rueful
frustrating
loathsome
lachrymose
exacting
uncomfortable
ugly
calamitous
perplexing
baleful
disenchanting
sober
gut-wrenching
disastrous
nerve-racking
jinxed
unsympathetic
sickening
taxing
cursed
infelicitous
impeding
challenging
contrary
macabre
horrifying
galling
unflattering
disapproving
uncomplimentary
tormenting
tough
awkward
intimidating
cautionary
hairy
distasteful
intrusive
blue
rotten
concerning
jaundiced
toilsome
destitute
gruesome
repugnant
alarmist
laborious
disruptive
hurtful
chilly
dejected
Eeyorish
demoralized
US
unenthusiastic
ruinous
dolorous
jarring
perilous
dour
abject
execrable
desperate
naysaying
threatening
lurid
serious
exigent
piteous
rebarbative
discommodious
chilling
heart-wrenching
sobering
ill-starred
ill-boding
devastating
afflictive
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
demoralised
UK
parlous
exasperating
nightmarish
sedate
dubious
unhopeful
dissuasive
rankling
maddening
infuriating
adversarial
disgusting
dangerous
overwhelming
fazing
deterrent
nauseating
uncooperative
abominable
antagonistic
adversary
frightful
untimely
vile
fraught
abrasive
pesky
riling
hideous
luckless
excruciating
embarrassing
grisly
disavowing
inimical
damaging
nauseous
tearful
chafing
carking
nettling
nettlesome
peeving
confronting
afflicting
teary
afflicted
sinistrous
baneful
hapless
bodeful
forsaken
unprosperous
unpalatable
stressful
hateful
mirthless
dispirited
dolesome
plaguy
pestiferous
pestilential
pestilent
prejudicial
low
heinous
moving
consequential
filthy
discomfiting
unsatisfying
pesty
plaguey
detestable
lousy
in a bad way
counter
mortifying
humourless
UK
humorless
US
abhorrent
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
tear-jerking
out of luck
distressed
heart-breaking
ill-disposed
repellent
straitened
weighty
earnest
deadly
hard-pressed
shadowy
urgent
tortured
harmful
undesirable
full of hardship
strained
treacherous
unamusing
pressing
precarious
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
far-reaching
very bad
unlikely
unencouraging
tense
uneasy
disillusioning
anxious
nervous
restless
sordid
stopping
dissatisfying
unoptimistic
numbing
derisible
dingy
plangent
pensive
monstrous
grotesque
atrocious
terrifying
unsightly
unspeakable
squalid
anticlimactic
hampering
grating
touching
testing
anxiety provoking
formidable
infernal
thorny
irking
irritable
bewildering
trashy
shoddy
inferior
sorrowing
acheronian
acherontic
enraging
niggling
antagonizing
US
problematic
tedious
harrying
puzzling
knotty
cataclysmic
torturous
indigent
scungy
impoverished
derisory
unhelpful
catastrophic
looking on the black side
warning
incommodious
confounded
tricky
mean
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
fatal
strenuous
destructive
acute
teasing
wearing
wicked
demanding
festering
mephitical
hellish
unkind
repellant
revulsive
uncongenial
unpleasing
poverty-stricken
cussed
unattractive
impossible
antagonising
UK
admonitory
disincentive
monitory
remonstrative
inhibitive
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
tragical
invalidating
disconfirming
revolting
repulsive
offensive
obnoxious
odious
obscene
downhearted
woebegone
helpless
oppressed
anguished
unsupportive
dismissive
prophetic
uncertain
emetic
stomach-churning
stomach-turning
upset
pained
heartbroken
disheartened
downcast
anti
noxious
unwilling
resigned
weary
brokenhearted
reprehensible
noisome
despicable
contemptible
gross
unmitigable
sunk
unconstructive
obstructive
resistive
vomitous
sick-making
cringe-making
putrid
yucky
in pain
in despair
broken-hearted
up the creek
long-suffering
grief-stricken
without hope
inconsolable
resisting
balky
gut-churning
rancid
icky
scandalous
God-awful
evil
bogging
fulsome
beastly
cool
yucko
disgustful
loathly
repelling
weak
uninterested
vomit-inducing
unresponsive
apathetic
affecting
scary
sticky
prickly
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
cruel
delicate
plaintive
fearful
heavy
stirring
godawful
emotional
sour
unacceptable
hellacious
ticklish
intolerable
dodgy
flustering
problematical
anxious-making
rough
sensitive
yukky
stunning
unlovely
unpopular
arduous
petrifying
scaring
impactful
impressive
ignominious
disgraceful
undesired
outrageous
unwanted
fearsome
terrific
abysmal
nightmare
grewsome
chancy
menacing
redoubtable
shameful
brutal
controversial
emotive
touchy
complicated
complex
hair-raising
involved
tricksy
spiny
catchy
spine-chilling
intricate
tight
convoluted
tender
intense
stupefying
astonishing
vexed
surprising
amazing
egregious
affective
iffy
astounding
staggering
heart-warming
sentimental
scarring
haunting
desolating
baffling
boring
distracting
risky
unbearable
expressive
hazardous
blameworthy
bedevilling
UK
nice
murderous
stiff
hardhanded
inhuman
rugged
searing
punishing
unsteady
unstable
telling
savage
heartstopping
heart-melting
capricious
temperamental
mercurial
changeable
inconstant
volatile
fickle
variable
dread
soul-stirring
spartan
suspect
questionable
punchable
bloodcurdling
tremendous
ill-advised
too bad
unrelenting
glaring
unpardonable
unforgivable
exceptionable
bedeviling
US
dramatic
unwished-for
from hell
causing fear
extreme
gnawing
gory
offending
wounding
panicky
mind-blowing
embittering
invasive
shattering
nostalgic
barro
evocative
crummy
warming
unforgiving
passionate
bothering
unsatisfactory
stinking
diabolical
unendurable
powerful
confusing
untoward
wistful
brackish
unappetizing
dirty
uncool
grotty
grody
unappealing
eerie
tearing
fierce
ruthless
rejected
uplifting
hefty
scurvy
heartsickening
relentless
merciless
ferocious
fatiguing
spooky
uphill
inexcusable
heartwarming
terribly bad
excluded
sore
remorseless
great
strong
meagre
UK
hurting
meager
US
flat
extremely upsetting
drag
dislikable
pain
eldritch
intemperate
rigorous
inclement
god-awful
humiliating
ill-favoured
UK
inadmissible
extremely bad
life-threatening
blood-curdling
spine-tingling
anxiety-inducing
pressured
emotionally moving
unwished for
arousing affect
shaming
infestive
repressive
hard-hearted
tiring
gruelling
UK
exhausting
degrading
not wanted
ill-favored
US
jolting
uncalled-for
grueling
US
flabbergasting
dumbfounding
inspiring
demeaning
extraordinary
discreditable
blindsiding
accursed
exciting
arousing
unexpected
emotionally exhausting
emotionally depleting
dumfounding
a stinker of a
remarkable
impelling
compromising
unforeseen
sudden
gripping
breathless
meaningful
striking
significant
rousing
sententious
thrilling
discountenancing
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
rattling
unseemly
blush-making
eye-opening
jaw-dropping
toe-curling
dicey
emotionally draining
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That serves to suppress
suppressive
censoring
covering up
curbing
holding back
muffling
quelling
repressive
silencing
stifling
subduing
withholding
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