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What is another word for
shame
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Noun
A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior
A loss of respect or esteem resulting from a shameful act
A regrettable or unfortunate situation or action
A person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honor
A feeling of responsibility for some wrongdoing
A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act
An intense dislike
The expression of disapproval or disappointment
A person's ruin or downfall
A thing that causes disgust or loathing
Something that causes sadness or distress
The state of being diffident, timid or shy
Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
A sudden sensation of misgiving
A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour
Verb
To cause to feel shame
To bring shame on
That's a shame
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
To be superior to
To expose or reveal the true nature or character of
Blush, make rosy
To cause to be dirty or soiled
Interjection
Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information
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Noun
▲
A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior
embarrassment
humiliation
ignominy
indignity
abasement
abashment
chagrin
compunction
discomfiture
disgrace
mortification
shamefacedness
discomfort
discomposure
humbling
loss of face
loss of pride
awkwardness
confusion
distress
disconcertment
fluster
self-consciousness
uneasiness
unease
agitation
perturbation
vexation
flusteredness
disquiet
disconcertion
annoyance
dissatisfaction
sheepishness
nervousness
frustration
degradation
put down
dishonour
UK
disappointment
upset
dishonor
US
egg on one's face
guilt
anxiety
apprehension
worry
doubt
alarm
suspicion
red face
look foolish
affront
resignation
condescension
misgiving
qualms
trepidation
inquietude
dubiety
apprehensiveness
bring down
defeat
beating
ruin
failure
disorientation
demoralization
US
discombobulation
nonplus
rout
undoing
overthrow
belittlement
comedown
descent
demoralisation
UK
conquest
vanquishment
defeasance
shaming
lowering
depression
reduction
displeasure
irritation
spleen
humility
humbleness
downgrading
fretfulness
exasperation
pique
disgruntlement
crossness
debasement
effacement
demotion
abnegation
subjugation
downgrade
denigration
deprecation
wrath
fury
rage
discontent
anger
indignation
umbrage
resentment
smarting
rankling
aggravation
ire
ill-humour
peevishness
sorrow
letdown
ill-humor
crushing
baulk
UK
blow
dismay
balk
US
bashfulness
edginess
shyness
showing up
poverty
complexity
blushing
timidity
tangle
strait
clumsiness
destitution
indebtedness
hitch
indiscretion
mistake
pinch
stew
impecuniosity
snag
puzzle
awkward situation
faux pas
hot water
hot seat
boo boo
egg on face
dither
distraction
lather
disturbance
disquietude
consternation
malaise
disorder
flutter
tizzy
twitter
flurry
turmoil
furore
UK
fret
bustle
furor
US
bewilderment
puzzlement
perplexity
mystification
bafflement
wonder
befuddlement
wonderment
befuddling
muddle
uncertainty
perplexing
stupefaction
bamboozlement
shock
daze
discomfiting
confounding
astonishment
confusedness
bemusement
bewilderedness
whirl
flap
upsetting
unsettling
fog
mixup
dumbfounding
tangling
turbulence
obscuring
blurring
addling
maze
surprise
difficulty
misperception
cluttering
pother
misunderstanding
stirring up
head-scratching
more ❯
“Ted would never live down the
shame
of the incident with his zipper.”
Noun
▲
A loss of respect or esteem resulting from a shameful act
disgrace
discredit
disrepute
infamy
contempt
degradation
obloquy
odium
opprobrium
scandal
dishonour
UK
ignominy
disesteem
reproach
condemnation
derision
dishonor
US
derogation
reprobation
smear
blot
ill-repute
ill repute
stigma
humiliation
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
embarrassment
stain
notoriety
slur
loss of face
blemish
abasement
mortification
ingloriousness
taint
outrage
shamefulness
censure
indignity
spot
blame
disrespect
affront
unpopularity
crime
black eye
black mark
brand
sin
ill fame
smirch
disapprobation
reflection
slight
offence
UK
debasement
tarnish
pity
insult
injustice
disreputableness
offense
US
bad name
notoriousness
disapproval
abomination
imputation
aspersion
onus
scar
demerit
wrongdoing
impropriety
disgracefulness
turpitude
lost face
disreputability
dishonorableness
opprobriousness
loss of pride
ignominiousness
atrocity
ill favour
dislike
wrong
ignobility
vitiation
humbling
distaste
damage
debasing
smudge
loss of reputation
discomfiture
flaw
injury
misconduct
contumely
comedown
enormity
corruption
bad odor
abuse
doghouse
transgression
baseness
slam
bad reputation
disregard
scorn
immoral behaviour
business
-gate
outrageous behaviour
affair
outrageous wrongdoing
loss of self-respect
bar sinister
crying shame
unethical behaviour
shocking incident of events
shocking incident
skeleton in closet
dishonourable behaviour
skeleton in the cupboard
skeleton in the closet
discreditable behaviour
shocking series of events
insignificancy
unworthiness
mark
hit
fault
discourtesy
disparagement
slap
besmirchment
depreciation
detraction
bad odour
criticism
misery
repulsion
repugnance
exposé
dump
hint
suggestion
cloud
shiner
loss of honor
imperfection
low esteem
loss of dignity
villainy
outrageousness
ill favor
lack of respectability
animus
animosity
hostility
aversion
revulsion
antipathy
detestation
loathing
disgust
hatred
hate
execration
abhorrence
enmity
blot on the escutcheon
animadversion
stricture
evil
displeasure
bad books
blur
resentment
malice
dispprobation
rebuke
source of discredit
blot on your escutcheon
monstrosity
immorality
violation
harm
deprecation
discountenance
loss of respect
immoral act
chagrin
evil action
mistrust
thumbs down
disdain
dissatisfaction
obscurity
indisposition
distrust
snub
condescension
submissiveness
resignation
rebuff
submission
defamation
vilification
prostitution
pollution
disbarment
misgrace
meanness
culpability
slander
venality
strife
put down
slap in the face
self-abasement
smack in the face
touché
brush-off
blow to one's pride
kick in the teeth
mental pain
denigration
excoriation
defect
mockery
blight
tarnishing
wickedness
ridicule
scornfulness
despite
oppression
incubus
deadweight
tax
task
millstone
snobbery
defiance
stubbornness
despisal
recalcitrance
audacity
vituperation
revilement
castigation
calumny
brickbat
upbraiding
denunciation
cut
sarcasm
barb
dig
dis
gird
name
personality
dart
diss
poke
epithet
stick
invective
attack
calumniation
reviling
lambasting
libel
verbal
sideswipe
tongue-lashing
bad-mouthing
insults
flak
aspersions
mud-slinging
objurgation
scurrility
bad press
character assassination
scolding
tirade
signifying
slagging off
accusation
rap
dirty dig
knock
expose
besmirch
zinger
more ❯
“Your aunt has brought
shame
upon us by deserting us!”
Noun
▲
A regrettable or unfortunate situation or action
pity
disappointment
letdown
sin
crime
misfortune
anticlimax
bummer
disgrace
dismay
frustration
bad luck
crying shame
ill luck
sad thing
unfortunate thing
cause for regret
tough luck
source of regret
cause for disappointment
sad situation
bitter pill
crisis
mischance
disaster
catastrophe
mishap
“It's a
shame
you won't be able to make it to our wedding.”
Noun
▲
A person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honor
blemish
discredit
disgrace
outrage
scandal
slur
smirch
stigma
blot
reproach
stain
treachery
bad reflection
blot on the escutcheon
skeleton in the cupboard
“It is a great
shame
that this stranger amongst us should win so much credit to the disadvantage of all the knights of Cornwall.”
Noun
▲
A feeling of responsibility for some wrongdoing
guilt
regret
remorse
repentance
contriteness
contrition
penitence
remorsefulness
rue
compunction
guiltiness
self-reproach
self-reproof
bad conscience
self-disgust
attrition
self-condemnation
ruefulness
penitency
ruth
pangs of conscience
penance
sorrow
guilty conscience
grief
anguish
sorriness
conscience
self-accusation
feelings of guilt
prickings of conscience
qualm
scruple
deep regret
sorrowfulness
pity
humiliation
self-criticism
regretfulness
atonement
affliction
self-castigation
self-punishment
self-flagellation
pangs of guilt
apology
bitterness
annoyance
conversion
compassion
bad
sackcloth and ashes
disgrace
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
misgiving
reluctance
scruples
misgivings
uneasiness
qualms
worries
unease
hesitancy
a guilty conscience
a bad conscience
doubts
hesitation
reservations
punctiliousness
sympathy
stab
twinges of conscience
work out
second thoughts
stab of conscience
degradation
sadness
humbling
debasement
distress
unwillingness
disinclination
ambivalence
demurral
twinge of conscience
doubt
pang of conscience
hesitance
reticence
twinge of remorse
caution
difficulty
squeamishness
perplexity
demur
faltering
reluctancy
twinge
censor
reconsideration
pause
anxiety
superego
second thought
more ❯
“I felt a pang of
shame
at telling my mother a lie.”
Noun
▲
A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act
insult
slight
affront
slur
barb
dig
indignity
outrage
epithet
offence
UK
cut
slap
brickbat
diss
sarcasm
dis
offense
US
snub
gird
dart
abuse
poke
disparagement
name
aspersion
taunt
slander
derision
libel
defamation
mockery
obloquy
vilification
jibe
scorn
personality
injury
disrespect
contempt
contumely
opprobrium
humiliation
insolence
rudeness
slam
ignominy
impertinence
discourtesy
impudence
vituperation
scurrility
aspersions
depreciation
revilement
blasphemy
incivility
invective
sledge
superciliousness
impugnment
despite
disdainfulness
flame
pejorative
unpleasantry
put down
backhanded compliment
slap in the face
black eye
cheap shot
abusive remark
kick in the teeth
gibe
jeer
sneer
scoffing
rebuff
ridicule
criticism
crack
injustice
cutting remark
teasing
disdain
wrong
taunting
brush-off
comeback
disgrace
reproach
wisecrack
shaft
harm
grievance
hurt
disservice
scoff
insinuation
catcall
attack
jab
scandal
ridiculing
hit
dump
rejection
left-handed compliment
unfairness
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
rebuke
inequity
atrocity
unjustness
cheek
dirty dig
hiss
boo
cold shoulder
damage
Bronx cheer
provocation
sauce
sacrilege
smear
raw deal
innuendo
goading
raillery
swipe
hoot
censure
knock
raspberry
jeering
lip
sauciness
cheekiness
disparaging remark
lampooning
desecration
zinger
repulse
odium
reflection
bird
sneering
disesteem
snort
razz
snide remark
sin
discredit
ragging
shout
jibing
spite
chaffing
detriment
ill
degradation
infringement
evil
disfavour
UK
parting shot
silent treatment
brushoff
abasement
blow to one's pride
disfavor
US
prejudice
unjust act
smack in the face
verbal dig
microaggression
back-handed compliment
no compliment
home truth
uncomplimentary remark
name-calling
belittlement
kick
snigger
snidery
quip
disrepute
infamy
assailment
battery
push
bombardment
indignation
mugging
verbal jab
whistle
call-down
sting
remark
mistreatment
hateful remark
pan
suppression
burn
exposé
pointed comment
verbal abuse
snappy comeback
displeasure
one in the eye
gibing
take-down
vitriol
burlesque
banter
wrongdoing
barbed remark
mocking remark
accusation
rap
blur
expose
blemish
animadversion
besmirch
stricture
blame
dirty deed
wolf whistle
heckle
shout of derision
unkindness
backchat
mouth
sass
bad turn
bar sinister
calumny
stain
satire
ill turn
mischief
joking
ill-treatment
flippancy
misrepresentation
blot
stigma
difficulty
joshing
ribbing
kidding
chiacking
kidology
disapproval
hissing
heckling
catcalling
hectoring
booing
shouting
interruption
imputation
allegation
goofing
razzing
gibes
laughter
barracking
knocking
rejoinder
guff
attitude
retort
sassiness
return
uptake
riposte
sneers
libellous statement
taking the mickey
winding up
slanderous statement
sport
forwardness
presumption
presumptuousness
impiety
insubordination
impoliteness
defilement
profanation
taunts
jeers
denigration
insults
scornfulness
backhander
pilgarlic
profanity
sinfulness
heresy
nerve
pooh-poohing
crime
embarrassment
back talk
nasty reply
back answer
short answer
rude answer
blot on your escutcheon
lack of respect
irreverence
misdeed
refusal
knock-back
discouragement
trespass
violation
transgression
humbling
opposition
check
defeat
bad
immorality
infraction
iniquity
mortification
chagrin
repudiation
spurning
repulsion
cold-shouldering
denial
bad deed
peccadillo
villainy
evildoing
tort
error
reprobation
vitiation
discomfiture
condescension
nix
reprimand
thumbs down
go-by
turndown
nothing doing
smack in the eye
hard time
the old heave-ho
unlawful act
bad act
illegal act
bad action
malefaction
malfeasance
comedown
submissiveness
resignation
submission
cruelty
oppression
bias
misdemeanour
UK
misdoing
mistake
malevolence
turpitude
inhumanity
misdemeanor
US
foul play
persecution
faux pas
delinquency
imposition
indecency
blunder
miscarriage
loss of pride
loss of face
self-abasement
mental pain
touché
more ❯
Noun
▲
An intense dislike
hate
loathing
abomination
aversion
detestation
dislike
hatred
abhorrence
animosity
antipathy
disdain
hostility
outrage
antagonism
distaste
enmity
malice
resentment
acrimony
coldness
disapproval
disgust
displeasure
execration
grudge
malignance
pique
prejudice
repugnance
revulsion
animus
bitterness
contempt
malevolence
objection
rancor
US
rancour
UK
repulsion
scorn
spite
venom
disrelish
frost
horror
malignity
mislike
odium
rankling
bad feeling
extreme dislike
ill feeling
ill will
strong dislike
denigration
deprecation
derision
despisal
despite
disparagement
disregard
disrespect
opprobrium
ridicule
scornfulness
spitefulness
maliciousness
spleen
malignancy
nastiness
bad blood
meanness
viciousness
hatefulness
vindictiveness
cattiness
gall
evil
anathema
jaundice
despitefulness
repellency
repellence
vengefulness
indignity
opposition
virulence
bile
nausea
unkindness
maleficence
umbrage
venomousness
poisonousness
anger
resentfulness
poison
wickedness
friction
dissatisfaction
unfriendliness
vitriol
revenge
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
hard feelings
down
yuck factor
disinclination
cruelty
envy
wrath
allergy
indisposition
vexation
grievance
choler
feud
no love lost
indignation
contemptuousness
irritation
mordacity
grudges
grievances
revengefulness
acerbity
ill feelings
despisement
disgruntlement
vengeance
annoyance
hurtfulness
dudgeon
ire
peeve
misprision
cantankerousness
mean-spiritedness
revolt
bad temper
offense
US
offence
UK
ill humour
bugbear
rivalry
conflict
contention
dissension
discord
chip on your shoulder
balefulness
condemnation
disapprobation
ignominy
disesteem
reluctance
evilness
unpleasantness
alienation
perniciousness
blame
bane
disgrace
sourness
needle
repugnancy
evil intentions
avoidance
evasion
fury
rage
embitterment
hurt
resistance
acrimoniousness
score
embitteredness
peevishness
dislike of
crossness
irritability
distaste for
irascibility
contrariety
disliking
ill nature
discontentment
ill temper
bad feelings
rancorousness
snappishness
tetchiness
querulousness
testiness
crabbiness
exasperation
averseness
bad mood
huff
bête noire
ferocity
passion
temper
asperity
harsh feeling
hateful feeling
rise
irritant
trouble
bete noire
nasty look
bother
gripe
pain
black beast
nuisance
noxiousness
harmfulness
toxicity
deadliness
injuriousness
depravity
bitter feeling
bad will
recoil
vilification
savagery
incompatibility
devilry
backbiting
devilment
excoriation
militancy
invidiousness
dirt
malintent
implacability
mischievousness
competition
escape
dyspathy
eschewal
disagreeableness
enemyship
enemyhood
foeship
uncordiality
daggers
evil intent
rebuff
snub
refusal
denial
discountenance
rudeness
churlishness
antithesis
contradistinction
clashing
difference
oppugnancy
disagreement
aggression
incongruity
hate for
lovelessness
bad-temperedness
harshness
complaint
injustice
injury
uncharitableness
ruthlessness
retaliation
variance
offensiveness
abusiveness
strong aversion
intense dislike
fierceness
brutishness
violence
ferociousness
wildness
bête noir
disrepute
obloquy
discredit
infamy
brutality
discontent
obnoxiousness
hardness of heart
disapprobation of
dissatisfaction with
displeasure with
disinclination towards
aversion to
disapproval of
pet peeve
pet hate
badness
shrewishness
unwillingness
petulance
pettishness
miff
jealousy
bone to pick
abhorrent
hateful
pariah
discontent with
waspishness
moodiness
sullenness
touchiness
shunning
phobia
chagrin
biliousness
perturbation
exacerbation
fog
vehemence
cynicism
repellent
monstrosity
offensive
odious
repugnant
dishonor
US
reproach
reprobation
humiliation
notoriety
censure
dishonour
UK
stigma
chip on one's shoulder
hauteur
indifference
arrogance
superciliousness
dread
birse
mad
lividity
angriness
mood
madness
lividness
furor
US
wrathfulness
irateness
acidity
haughtiness
snobbishness
condescension
enemy
blur
onus
spot
stain
rebuke
brand
slur
unpopularity
blot
dispprobation
hot temper
high dudgeon
pungency
causticity
aloofness
contumely
milt
melancholy
lien
grumpiness
caprice
whim
depression
flare-up
extreme anger
storm
boiling point
furore
UK
dander
stew
air rage
conniption
grudgingness
ill repute
vituperation
dismissiveness
lordliness
sneering
having no use for
black eye
bar sinister
loss of face
loftiness
insolence
superbity
pride
pugnaciousness
war
bellicoseness
bellicosity
truculency
estrangement
pugnacity
truculence
disaffection
combativeness
virulency
contentiousness
warpath
militance
belligerency
inimicality
belligerence
strife
argumentativeness
aggressiveness
acridity
fight
acridness
tartness
mordancy
acidness
corrosiveness
dispute
bickering
argument
quarrel
dissidence
hassle
dissent
row
falling-out
disaccord
tiff
discordance
quarrelsomeness
disharmony
schism
warfare
defiance
faction
squabble
altercation
combativity
vendetta
aggravation
disunity
feistiness
disputation
inharmony
dissonance
division
dissention
disunion
infighting
discordancy
fighting
clash
scrappiness
disputatiousness
militantness
discrepancy
iciness
wrangle
tantrum
tension
spat
assaultiveness
ill-will
contest
combat
impatience
infuriation
contrariness
falling out
frustration
distemper
soreness
slow burn
hissy fit
cat fit
blow up
ill humor
criticism
inhospitality
unsociability
wrangling
grief
surliness
flak
misunderstanding
quarrelling
UK
affray
squabbling
controversy
fracas
counteraction
bicker
struggle
run-in
barney
factionalism
quarreling
US
frostiness
coolness
martiality
argy-bargy
set-to
shouting match
battle royal
war of words
brawl
words
warlike nature
oppugnation
ill-disposedness
distrust
shock
mind
spirit
warlikeness
provocation
botheration
inimicalness
oppugnance
intimidation
bad vibes
bad chemistry
blood feud
personality conflict
mutual hostility
exchange
tussle
tangle
broil
abrasiveness
disloyalty
agitation
pip
aggro
lather
difference of opinion
wounded feelings
fume
remoteness
restlessness
tizzy
road rage
dyspepsia
mutiny
souring
sedition
insurgence
rebellion
insubordination
insurrection
divided loyalties
fractiousness
litigiousness
destructiveness
inconsistency
fear
battle
disillusionment
apathy
breach
clashes
willingness to fight
debate
contretemps
illogicality
hang-up
static
blowup
emulation
striving
fuss
sparring
imbroglio
kickup
rammy
afters
scrap
jarring
donnybrook
rhubarb
castigation
slanging match
rupture
cross fire
ding-dong
split
argle-bargle
turf war
complex
neurosis
terror
fright
irrationality
thing
bee in one's bonnet
paranoia
obstruction
denunciation
tug of war
irreconcilability
uncongeniality
disparateness
obstructiveness
scolding
reprimand
admonishments
reproof
chiding
trenchancy
sarcasm
non-compliance
astringency
demurral
raps
stick
remonstrance
reprehension
sideswipe
knocks
brickbats
crabbedness
crankiness
prevention
defence
UK
duel
negativism
action
con
contraposition
violation
grapple
skirmish
fray
defense
US
engagement
brush
antinomy
counterattack
confronting
opposure
encounter
fire
dressing down
nasty behavior
arguing
civil disobedience
feuding
jar
ruckus
rumpus
sour note
more ❯
Noun
▲
The expression of disapproval or disappointment
reproach
censure
rebuke
reprimand
reproof
admonition
scolding
lecture
admonishment
disapproval
reproval
castigation
condemnation
criticism
discredit
disrepute
lambasting
disapprobation
obloquy
odium
rap
remonstration
upbraiding
abuse
blame
carpeting
commination
contempt
denunciation
earful
excoriation
objurgation
roasting
rollicking
scorn
slight
slur
stain
stricture
blemish
chiding
serve
wigging
accusation
rating
reprehension
dressing-down
riot act
telling-off
rap over the knuckles
ticking off
tongue-lashing
slap on the wrist
ticking-off
berating
tirade
talking-to
vituperation
invective
opprobrium
vilification
disparagement
slander
blast
diatribe
rocket
contumely
flak
bollocking
denigration
defamation
bawling-out
revilement
stick
libel
insults
harangue
billingsgate
slating
scurrility
caning
animadversion
attack
bad-mouthing
vitriol
row
fulmination
calumny
disfavour
UK
sideswipe
dressing down
remonstrance
character assassination
reviling
aspersions
insult
knocking
disfavor
US
verbal abuse
deprecation
chastisement
put down
derision
reprobation
brickbat
knock
fault-finding
telling off
verbal
railing
disesteem
disgrace
objection
execration
slagging off
calumniation
derogation
mud-slinging
bad press
panning
bashing
recrimination
broadside
philippic
humiliation
scurrilousness
smear
denouncement
slamming
slagging
stigma
offense
US
offence
UK
sarcasm
aspersion
displeasure
slam
scandal
dissatisfaction
cut
ignominy
infamy
outrage
slap
dislike
talking to
distaste
traducement
polemic
curses
disagreement
detraction
hostility
slurs
insolence
dishonour
UK
brickbats
caution
warning
backbiting
epithet
indignity
dishonor
US
barb
notoriety
affront
pan
dig
hit
disrespect
arraignment
ill repute
blot
swipe
hard time
black eye
backhanded compliment
dirty dig
loss of face
slap in the face
animosity
swearing
exception
demurral
dissent
rant
rebuff
expletives
counsel
discourtesy
comeuppance
disdain
rudeness
discountenance
unpopularity
enmity
jeremiad
degradation
ragging
discontentment
boycott
verbal onslaught
malice
ridicule
blowing-up
cursing
proscription
rubbishing
swear words
dis
diss
catcall
spot
brand
gird
dart
poke
foul language
critique
going-over
thumbs down
slap on wrist
venom
blur
taunt
faultfinding
signifying
nitpicking
going over
call down
rap on the knuckles
carping
cavilling
UK
cavil
piece of one's mind
roast
caviling
US
sledge
ill fame
bar sinister
kick in the teeth
verbal disapproval
dump
nit-picking
verbal blasting
impertinence
discipline
speech
decrying
disquisition
declamation
monologue
UK
exhortation
battering
blowing up
spiel
arrogance
malapertness
remark
injunction
caveat
advice
heat
slap on the wrists
persecution
expostulation
admonishments
antagonism
malevolence
assault
correction
verbal thrashing
slandering
evil-speaking
jibe
argument
upbraid
scold
exchange
screen
discourse
spitefulness
spite
fulminations
confrontation
personality
name
moralism
preachment
preaching
raps
knocks
chewing out
pugnacity
defilement
cattiness
implication
stigmatization
US
monolog
US
sermon
depreciation
slanderousness
obscenity
indecency
examen
quibble
exposé
stream of abuse
damnation
flea in the ear
flea in one's ear
piece of your mind
combativeness
chewing-out
takedown
notice
captiousness
fire
ill will
inculpation
incrimination
indictment
mauling
savaging
belligerence
belittlement
belittling
lessening
coarseness
offensiveness
critical remark
bad notice
impugnment
grooming
debasement
charge
smearing
damning
stigmatisation
UK
upbraidment
infamousness
abusiveness
grossness
conviction
sentence
jeer
tell off
mocking
diminishment
haul over the coals
being put in one's place
tick off
judgment
US
doom
bad language
philippics
expose
zinger
reflection
besmirch
verbal assault
slights
backstabbing
underestimation
bad reputation
ill favour
taint
ingloriousness
disregard
scar
cloud
provocation
gibe
teasing
judgement
UK
blaming
blasphemy
counterblast
oral punishment
bawling out
what for
calling down
prejudice
curse
malediction
imprecation
anathema
excommunication
indignities
jibes
flea in your ear
sneer
low esteem
smirch
rebukes
punishment
a bad press
threat
slanging
lack of respectability
ill favor
verbals
quinine
knifing
hosing
ridiculing
taunting
mockery
goading
scoff
put-downs
repulsion
repugnance
bad reflection
treachery
blot on the escutcheon
skeleton in the cupboard
verbal attack
threat of punishment
name-calling
a slanging match
kicking around
trash talk
pushing around
crack
parting shot
jab
comeback
snappy comeback
blackball
zing
boo
nix
ostracism
hiss
discontent
animus
snub
rejection
a bawling-out
a wigging
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
a roasting
a rocket
an earful
black list
aversion
antipathy
hate
abhorrence
revulsion
detestation
loathing
disgust
hatred
a row
critical remarks
a bollocking
grievance
mistreatment
onus
abomination
resentment
dispprobation
take-down
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person's ruin or downfall
undoing
ruin
defeat
destruction
downfall
overthrow
ruination
collapse
conquest
deposition
failure
ousting
toppling
unseating
vanquishing
annihilation
death
debasement
disgrace
elimination
end
overturn
humiliation
labefaction
nemesis
reversal
Waterloo
accident
adversity
bane
blow
blunder
calamity
casualty
catastrophe
destroyer
difficulty
doom
error
fault
flaw
fumble
grief
misadventure
miscalculation
mischance
mishap
misstep
omission
reverse
slip
smash
stumble
subversion
trial
trip
visitation
wreck
loss of power
bad luck
bad omen
faux pas
final straw
last straw
fall
breakdown
crash
decline
affliction
disaster
blight
degradation
scourge
curse
demise
cessation
misfortune
termination
deterioration
disintegration
trouble
woe
flop
finish
dissolution
burden
plague
descent
malfunction
miscarriage
foundering
pest
flameout
cataclysm
halt
slump
disruption
interruption
harm
debacle
disorganization
US
rupture
seizure
folding
stoppage
comedown
comeuppance
nonsuccess
disorganisation
UK
nonachievement
bankruptcy
shutdown
fizzle
tribulation
distress
road to ruin
lack of success
loss of status
cropper
non-function
breaking down
enemy
displacement
removal
disestablishment
supplanting
suppression
dethronement
rout
subjugation
dispossession
defenestration
extinction
removal from office
removal from power
down
extermination
torment
declination
degeneracy
declension
degeneration
devolution
despair
decadence
eclipse
extinguishing
obliteration
ending
misery
nuisance
atrophy
extirpation
eradication
torture
humbling
belittlement
demotion
mortification
downgrading
disadvantage
suffering
pain
menace
hardship
evil
tragedy
wiping out
bête noire
downer
loss of face
lowering
discomfiture
reality check
letdown
pratfall
dive
reduction
waterloo
detriment
loss of prosperity
bête noir
nightmare
bitter pill
headache
setback
apocalypse
contretemps
problem
holocaust
cross to bear
bother
fatal attraction
annoyance
irritation
rack and ruin
destitution
shock
emergency
buffet
exigency
bale
expiration
passing
decease
passage
grave
mishanter
stroke
hazard
crumbling
flood
farce
upset
abyss
depression
retribution
expiry
quietus
sentence
exit
injury
hurt
perdition
loss
damage
cost
bad news
reverse of fortune
shit show
the worst
heavy blow
stroke of ill luck
hard luck
fell stroke
ill luck
hot water
rough situation
act of God
wrecking
fate
curtains
sleep
perishing
buckling
giving way
cave-in
subsidence
crackup
falling to pieces
crumpling
yielding
falling apart
smashup
falling down
falling
great divide
ordeal
vexation
irritant
hassle
worry
inconvenience
pestilence
aggravation
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
bugbear
cancer
canker
cross
exasperation
bore
drag
botheration
peeve
sorrow
source of irritation
source of annoyance
agony
thorn in your flesh
wretchedness
anguish
nudnik
skelf
frustration
irk
rub
thorn
aggro
ruffle
disease
tease
bind
corruption
nark
hair shirt
virus
fair cow
poison
stress
infliction
contagion
travail
albatross
provocation
nyaff
gall
nag
punishment
infection
contamination
penalty
pollution
bug
hell
terror
horror
miasma
load
excruciation
rack
straits
vicissitude
gauntlet
crucible
besetment
tormentor
pinprick
trauma
discomfort
Gehenna
blister
fire
gantlet
pill
care
goad
thorn in one's flesh
creep
source of vexation
bummer
source of aggravation
thorn in side
complication
bane of one's life
hell on earth
stroke of bad luck
severe test
hard time
ill fortune
trying time
illness
unhappiness
anxiety
vengeance
issue
cause for concern
pet peeve
septicity
toxicity
sickness
benefit
blessing
displeasure
sadness
correction
millstone
ills
travails
agitation
chagrin
blast
hydra
Cancer
taint
venom
impurity
rigor
US
rigour
UK
hard times
heartbreak
calvary
quagmire
dilemma
hindrance
predicament
infirmity
crux
condition
weakness
plight
thorn in one's side
gripe
sore point
thorn in the flesh
pain in the behind
cumber
mildew
fungus
big trouble
reversal of fortune
infestation
thorn in your side
eyesore
sight
withering
dump
trials and tribulations
malignancy
blot on the landscape
malignity
balefulness
persecution
harassment
soreness
purgatory
murder
nagging
dread
bogey
phobia
gadfly
persecutor
nudnick
annoyer
cuss
epidemic
gnawer
insect
teaser
hallucination
gogga
blighter
bad influence
fantasy
vision
pet hate
succubus
phantasm
fancy
dream
illusion
pesterer
drip
nudge
badgerer
bad dream
crashing bore
thorn in someone's side
thorn in someone's flesh
night terror
more ❯
Noun
▲
A thing that causes disgust or loathing
abomination
evil
horror
atrocity
curse
outrage
crime
disgrace
torment
anathema
bugbear
monstrosity
obscenity
plague
bane
barbarism
bête noire
violation
bother
eyesore
nuisance
enormity
wrong
villainy
wickedness
barbarity
wrongdoing
heinousness
atrociousness
vileness
offence
UK
offense
US
evilness
abuse
outrageousness
nefariousness
iniquity
immorality
act of brutality
act of savagery
depravity
sinfulness
cruelty
injustice
brutality
scandal
sin
monstrousness
injury
rankness
transgression
affront
badness
hideousness
egregiousness
viciousness
vice
depravedness
diabolicalness
dreadfulness
baseness
grossness
misdeed
act of wickedness
act of cruelty
evildoing
tort
malfeasance
impropriety
grievousness
bad
ill
corruption
inhumanity
infamy
devilry
flagrantness
flagrance
flagrancy
glaringness
shamefulness
violence
turpitude
act of violence
awfulness
assault
frightfulness
ghastliness
gruesomeness
pity
horridness
grisliness
odium
profanity
degeneracy
ugliness
wantonness
savagery
repulsiveness
seriousness
blatancy
obviousness
immoral act
personality
mischief
sacrilege
misdoing
cruelness
savageness
heartlessness
coarseness
profanation
desecration
foulness
criminality
knavery
harm
evil action
ungodliness
odiousness
reprehensibility
despicability
contemptibility
degradation
lowness
inhumane act
unrighteousness
impiety
godlessness
unfairness
miscreancy
peccancy
peccantness
fiendishness
mischief-making
deviltry
mess
fright
sight
hideosity
massacre
ruthlessness
killing
act of barbarity
murder
brazenness
perversion
impurity
devilishness
pervertedness
malignity
evil-doing
grievance
disservice
infringement
boldness
noticeableness
iniquitousness
malevolence
shadiness
crookedness
indecency
freak
unjust act
mutant
mercilessness
monster
abnormality
unscrupulousness
decadence
miscreation
mutation
unjustness
anomaly
inequity
abortion
debauchery
malformation
deformity
trespass
unholiness
delinquency
dissolution
dissipation
dishonesty
error
corruptness
profligacy
degeneration
peccability
infraction
miscarriage
sacrilegiousness
maleficence
freak of nature
damage
insult
diablerie
oppression
darkness
raw deal
lusus naturae
malefaction
foul play
lubricity
looseness
vulgarity
rottenness
naughtiness
fearfulness
sunfulness
nastiness
blackness
bestiality
brutalism
insolence
barbarousness
irreligiousness
irreverence
horribleness
deviant
hell
impiousness
blasphemy
oddity
shamelessness
ostentation
indignity
aberration
double-dealing
roguery
rascality
curiosity
massiveness
size
bigness
greatness
enormousness
immensity
bulk
vastness
tremendousness
hugeness
magnitude
dissoluteness
scurrilousness
decay
scurrility
diabolism
squalor
balefulness
lawbreaking
misconduct
lawlessness
venality
villainousness
ill-treatment
public display
libertinism
libertinage
Frankenstein
irregularity
lechery
demoralization
US
debasement
dissipatedness
rakishness
lasciviousness
degenerateness
decadency
abjection
licentiousness
lewdness
treachery
scoundrelism
bad deed
peccadillo
bastardization
unlawful act
bad act
illegal act
bad action
demoralisation
UK
flagitiousness
hurt
discourtesy
bias
misdemeanour
UK
mistake
slight
misdemeanor
US
slander
prejudice
persecution
spite
imposition
libel
blunder
faux pas
improbity
ogre
abnormity
teratism
hellishness
loathsomeness
malpractice
shaft
breach
freakishness
grotesqueness
maltreatment
suppression
railroad
tyranny
repression
dirty deal
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something that causes sadness or distress
down
downer
bummer
downside
drag
letdown
snag
disappointment
pitfall
pity
shortcoming
annoyance
comedown
nuisance
problem
weakness
stumbling block
negative aspect
misfortune
discouragement
bad scene
bad deal
raw deal
bad trip
rotten hand
disaster
trouble
affliction
hardship
adversity
burden
trial
tribulation
misery
distress
grief
suffering
sorrow
torment
travail
pain
heartache
hassle
tragedy
blow
misadventure
difficulty
catastrophe
ill fortune
stroke of bad luck
trauma
ordeal
wretchedness
heartbreak
sadness
woe
mishap
worry
straits
albatross
setback
calamity
bad luck
torture
curse
reverse
unpleasant situation
unhappy situation
bum trip
travails
cross to bear
headache
bad experience
hard time
anguish
agony
unhappiness
vexation
pest
hurt
excruciation
rack
issue
care
failure
jam
crunch
accident
rigor
US
vicissitude
cross
dolour
rigour
UK
tough luck
ill-luck
hard knocks
can of worms
hard times
dire straits
ill luck
reversal of fortune
ill-fortune
freak-out
psychedelic crisis
unpleasant drug experience
bringdown
plague
scourge
nightmare
bane
inconvenience
complication
gloom
depression
bad news
big trouble
severe test
trying time
poverty
dejection
privation
despair
anxiety
melancholy
despondency
desolation
indigence
destitution
sorriness
dolefulness
dolor
want
difficulties
need
impoverishment
penury
deprivation
grieving
rue
blues
deploring
lamentation
cataclysm
dole
bemoaning
rain
regret
pickle
austerity
lack
pinch
discomfort
beggary
exigency
injury
throe
grievance
hazard
scrape
ruination
tough break
unholy mess
rotten luck
hot water
ticklish spot
holy mess
oppression
visitation
wronging
crucible
persecution
depressing experience
unpleasant experience
misfortunate event
irritation
unfortunate occurrence
double whammy
rainy day
hard knock
shock
upset
reversal
crisis
hell
hardness
asperity
buffet
ill
danger
contretemps
mischance
stress
pain in the backside
clutch
poison
hell on earth
pain in the rear
evil eye
the worst
trials and tribulations
knock
pain in the neck
hurting
stroke of ill luck
pain in the bum
kiss of death
harsh conditions
nakba
tough situation
deep water
jinx
bad break
skids
fiasco
debacle
drama
dud
sad event
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being diffident, timid or shy
diffidence
reserve
shyness
humility
insecurity
modesty
reluctance
self-consciousness
bashfulness
fear
hesitancy
hesitation
meekness
timidity
timorousness
constraint
doubt
sheepishness
timidness
unassertiveness
backwardness
modestness
self-effacement
humbleness
introversion
apprehension
inhibition
nervousness
restraint
reticence
self-doubt
uncertainty
unease
uneasiness
embarrassment
mousiness
quietness
lack of self-confidence
coyness
reservation
demureness
hesitance
lack of confidence
repression
suspicion
vacillation
anxiety
unwillingness
formality
caution
distance
suppression
self-restraint
aloofness
coldness
self-control
silence
secretiveness
wavering
taciturnity
uncommunicativeness
unresponsiveness
distrust
qualm
second thoughts
trepidation
wariness
indecision
misgivings
discretion
disinclination
scepticism
UK
unsureness
qualms
worry
skepticism
US
mistrust
chariness
doubts
disquiet
irresolution
refrainment
disquietude
continence
aversion
discipline
demurral
resistance
lack of faith
objection
dubiety
self-command
doubtfulness
dislike
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
dubitation
detachment
disrelish
distaste
incertitude
scruple
indisposition
fearfulness
reservedness
repugnance
inhibitedness
coolness
lack of enthusiasm
niggle
retiringness
calmness
reservations
control
compunction
questioning
guardedness
scruples
foot-dragging
misgiving
misdoubt
query
opposition
irresoluteness
hang-up
unbelief
tentativeness
indecisiveness
stand-offishness
dubiousness
slowness
demur
averseness
equivocation
loathness
sweerness
nolition
faltering
antipathy
dissatisfaction
alienation
hatred
displeasure
backwardness in coming forward
pangs of conscience
lack of conviction
lack of desire
pangs
regrets
reconsideration
abashment
secrecy
undemonstrativeness
tardiness
dilatoriness
sluggishness
unforthcomingness
closeness
caginess
insecureness
discomfort
nerves
awkwardness
stiltedness
unnaturalness
forcedness
woodenness
faintheartedness
refusal
quiet
mental block
psychological block
mental blockage
presentiment
premonition
prenotion
presage
nolence
distaste for
dislike for
indisposedness
aversion to
cowardice
apprehensiveness
faint-heartedness
opposition to
disfavor
US
resistance to
disfavour
UK
objection to
disliking
shilly-shallying
recalcitrance
temporizing
US
delay
dithering
stalling
wabbling
swithering
havering
dilly-dallying
waiting
wobbling
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
pause
pausing
temporization
cunctation
humming and hawing
temporising
UK
hanging back
blowing hot and cold
confusion
disbelief
cynicism
incredulity
misbelief
perplexity
bewilderment
difficulty
unapproachability
leeriness
queries
questions
ambiguity
quandary
suspicions
remoteness
faithlessness
umbrage
question mark
frigidity
loathing
lack of certainty
lack of trust
froideur
self-containment
lack of warmth
unwillingness to open up
question
fluctuation
oscillation
ambivalence
nonbelief
dawdling
procrastination
concern
stumbling
fumbling
stuttering
stammering
delaying
agnosticism
hemming and hawing
to-and-fro
inconclusiveness
vagueness
atheism
non-belief
incredulousness
indefiniteness
wonder
equivocacy
twinge
equivocality
questionableness
godlessness
irreligion
tergiversation
dubiosity
heathenism
paganism
apostasy
teetering
freethinking
heresy
discredit
second thought
non-theism
pessimism
questionability
indeterminateness
unclearness
qualification
equivocalness
regret
problem
dilemma
foreboding
remonstrance
irreverence
ungodliness
demurrer
nihilism
conscience
profaneness
lack of credence
lack of belief
jealousy
lack of resolution
conjecture
impiety
spurning
unbelievingness
unfaith
repudiation
rejection
issues
uncertainties
worries
objections
shillyshallying
limbo
difficulties
twinge of conscience
sitting on the fence
dissent
woolliness
indeterminacy
issue
tension
circumspection
instability
condition
limitation
ignorance
trouble
probe
demand
interrogatory
proviso
Pyrrhonism
defeatism
inconstancy
astonishment
amazement
untrust
non-conviction
minimifidianism
scepsis
weakness
half-heartedness
changeableness
strain
remorse
swither
unsteadiness
squeamishness
thought
guesswork
edginess
suspense
shock
surprise
bafflement
puzzle
reluctancy
superego
censor
stupefaction
a pinch of salt
perturbation
repentance
agitation
contrition
forebodingness
pang
sneaking suspicion
possessiveness
conflict
contradiction
bad vibes
suspiciousness
rationalism
debate
controversy
challenge
spite
sacrilege
pang of conscience
clash
haziness
haze
muddle
iffiness
complaint
protest
argument
ill-will
overprotectiveness
resentment
exception
contention
expostulation
fuss
dispute
sinfulness
prevarication
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
remonstration
stink
unrighteousness
quibbling
shuffling
unholiness
immorality
hedging
scoffing
negativity
world-weariness
sardonicism
sin
wickedness
vice
quibble
parrying
fencing
cavilling
UK
confusion dilemma
disillusion
misanthropy
sarcasm
disenchantment
apprehension about rivals
blasphemy
disrespect
iniquity
profanity
defilement
profanation
desecration
fudging
evasion
pussyfooting
shuffle
dodging
scorn
contempt
disparagement
bitterness
misandry
acrimony
negative thinking
infidelity
bone of contention
badness
caviling
US
humanism
iconoclasm
stalling for time
faint heart
chicken heart
white feather
fear of carrying out an activity
weak knees
backing out
cold feet
yellow streak
more ❯
Noun
▲
Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
distress
anguish
agony
pain
suffering
torment
affliction
misery
torture
woe
anxiety
discomfort
grief
sorrow
worry
heartache
sadness
wretchedness
ache
desolation
heartbreak
dolor
trauma
trouble
unhappiness
vexation
angst
despair
excruciation
hurt
perturbation
rack
straits
travail
tribulation
upset
concern
dejection
disappointment
disquiet
dolefulness
malaise
mortification
ordeal
pang
perplexity
shock
stew
throe
unconsolability
uneasiness
worriment
blues
care
cross
disquietude
dolour
embarrassment
headache
irritation
trial
twinge
visitation
bad news
depression
hardship
despondency
agitation
melancholy
gloom
unease
nervousness
misfortune
adversity
burden
difficulty
apprehension
disconsolateness
annoyance
mournfulness
fear
gloominess
hassle
problem
despondence
dispiritedness
stress
sorrowfulness
downheartedness
bother
heartsickness
bitterness
chagrin
apprehensiveness
cheerlessness
strain
glumness
discouragement
concernment
oppression
doldrums
anxiousness
forlornness
alarm
dismay
nervosity
regret
trepidation
mopes
discontent
agita
grievance
mourning
restlessness
low spirits
fretfulness
joylessness
miserableness
disturbance
solicitude
misgiving
tragedy
hopelessness
dreariness
dumps
despond
dissatisfaction
desperation
nuisance
sweat
discomposure
rue
blue devils
inconvenience
sorriness
exasperation
foreboding
melancholia
dread
curse
tension
blow
lamentation
pessimism
disconsolation
bane
displeasure
confusion
consternation
unrest
nightmare
frustration
aggravation
unpleasantness
anger
heavy-heartedness
infelicity
calamity
passion
painfulness
moodiness
inquietude
horror
grieving
hell
letdown
drag
botheration
turmoil
disorder
plague
resentment
disconcertment
heavy heart
cross to bear
disgruntlement
scourge
bereavement
bummer
injury
discomfiture
heaviness of heart
pest
lamenting
broken-heartedness
persecution
blue funk
indignation
complaint
funk
albatross
ill fortune
broken heart
moroseness
fluster
disconcertion
weariness
defeatism
dismals
hurting
panic
bemoaning
disaster
pressure
purgatory
umbrage
doubt
misadventure
remorse
lament
abjection
listlessness
uncertainty
disheartenment
harassment
fearfulness
issue
fuss
discontentment
upheaval
downer
mental suffering
Weltschmerz
awkwardness
fright
catatonia
sickness
pangs
setback
woefulness
Gehenna
murder
harm
mishap
dilemma
abjectness
travails
bewailing
distraction
damage
disease
tenseness
dole
affront
struggle
dislike
destruction
blahs
hindrance
crucible
evil
devastation
martyrdom
the blues
commotion
irritant
nastiness
bad luck
jitteriness
pique
sting
disaffection
gripe
butterflies
blight
demoralization
US
calvary
disgust
discontentedness
poignancy
willies
jitters
cruelty
shakes
jumps
heebie-jeebies
jolt
mistrust
hell on earth
stroke of bad luck
down
dysphoria
bleakness
demoralisation
UK
dismalness
anhedonia
ennui
moan
illness
grumble
pensiveness
whinge
objection
beef
protest
dullness
qualm
harshness
grouse
peeve
whine
strife
offence
UK
bugbear
abashment
deprivation
the dumps
weakness
groan
reverse
loss
severity
quibble
spleen
flusteredness
humiliation
plight
derangement
kvetch
grouch
ire
fury
rage
wrath
traumatization
ills
irk
mess
predicament
aversion
yammer
holler
ruin
emotional suffering
danger
throes
suspicion
carp
bleat
cavil
edginess
nerves
disruption
stab
deploring
privation
crossness
tumult
catastrophe
load
stitch
infirmity
sullenness
complication
disenchantment
regard
outrage
ailment
disapproval
demands
cataclysm
wound
condition
burdens
spasm
disfavour
UK
test
smarting
dubiety
smart
cramp
menace
ferment
paroxysm
disfavor
US
death
heat
gauntlet
gantlet
fire
relevance
relation
offense
US
prick
malady
distaste
resignedness
intensity
disapprobation
twitchiness
tingle
hard time
ill
suspense
urgency
disrelish
throb
nag
hard times
tizzy
tearfulness
malcontent
malcontentment
indisposition
rigor
US
rigour
UK
pestilence
watchfulness
nervous tension
flap
creeps
fidgets
shivers
megrim
soreness
nail-biting
saturninity
ill-humor
heaviness
morbidity
all-overs
lowness
mopery
righteous anger
pins and needles
provocation
abasement
weeping
heavyheartedness
cold sweat
goose bumps
the hump
ants in pants
the mopes
slough of despond
discord
neurosis
bewilderment
strait
acrimony
complexity
trickiness
deep trouble
dire straits
hot water
bind
disorientation
pining
awfulness
wrong
repining
discombobulation
resignation
storm
disagreeableness
ruth
mid-life crisis
mischance
mischief
qualms
bale
dejectedness
outburst
collapse
scare
rain
poverty
heartbrokenness
labour
UK
labor
US
dispossession
needles
dark night of the soul
crucifixion
laceration
cruciation
impalement
enervation
lassitude
insult
solicitousness
toil
baptism of fire
rankling
malice
fiasco
start
scruple
duress
negativity
mirthlessness
lugubriousness
harsh conditions
bedevilment
excitement
presentiment
squalor
wronging
slight
repentance
downcastness
peevishness
ill-humour
knock
languor
ailments
ruination
restiveness
disregard
loss of face
dashed hopes
exertions
stimulation
clamour
UK
outcry
flurry
crux
case
quandary
pickle
bad break
hard luck
rotten luck
defeat
shake-up
surprise
disarray
third degree
sense of foreboding
weight
punishment
harrying
comedown
debacle
drama
extreme upset
anvil chorus
baulk
UK
crushing
balk
US
flutter
overextension
distention
painful experience
importunity
pains
spasms
arousal
lather
disability
detriment
debility
feebleness
uphill
disadvantage
drawback
rub
thorn
aggro
ruffle
turbulence
drain
reversion
dislocation
queasiness
a low
bugging
problems
grievousness
sarcasm
cynicism
challenge
butterflies in the stomach
dud
failure
messiness
disinclination
querulousness
disliking
jealousy
heartburn
envy
boredom
incitement
ill luck
expectancy
impatience
bellyaching
wail
griping
plaint
squawk
whimper
niggle
murmur
miserere
shoot
wrench
nemesis
bête noire
rainy day
double whammy
hard knock
contamination
crunch
exigency
unpleasant experience
disbenefit
nagging
teasing
disillusionment
dysthymia
turn-up
subversion
weltschmerz
decrepitude
sickliness
unhealthiness
infirmness
hair shirt
vicissitude
aching
sad event
clamor
US
rocking
mixing
matter
knot
pollution
bitter pill
bête noir
downfall
bothering
megrims
low
fit
stabs
convulsions
beefing
grouching
whingeing
retribution
responsibility
attention
somberness
desperateness
shooting pain
gnawing
yips
abdabs
toughness
unkindness
hardness
grimness
relentlessness
vapours
UK
hump
lugubriosity
troubles
vapors
US
bad experience
turn
undoing
collywobbles
mope
dourness
sulks
pain in the rear
thorn in someone's flesh
pain in the neck
thorn in someone's side
pain in the backside
pain in the bum
consideration
tizzy, tizz
nervous excitement
endogenous depression
reactive depression
clinical depression
one's black dog
postnatal depression
severe test
trying time
pressure of work
issues
prickle
corruption
canker
jim-jams
to-do
mubblefubbles
mulligrubs
vengeance
infliction
penalty
heed
sharp pain
bite
disillusion
lack of comfort
cancer
fungus
mildew
contagion
pressure cooker
interest
unfulfilment
fatal attraction
task
pathos
butterflies in one's stomach
Joe Blakes
screaming abdabs
infestation
mental pressure
crick
low-spiritedness
carefulness
blessing
benefit
pestering
irascibility
row
pitfall
being bummed
blue Johnnies
the dismals
dump
eyesore
withering
sight
scrape
puzzle
sense of loss
heedfulness
piteousness
hang-up
blot on the landscape
tenderness
pitifulness
feeling
sentiment
emotion
bearing
hate
interestedness
evocativeness
plaintiveness
emotionalism
birse
lividity
angriness
mood
furor
US
wrathfulness
mad
madness
lividness
irateness
choler
pet aversion
thorn in one's flesh
thorn in one's side
bane of one's life
tender loving care
scorn
huff
rise
miff
animus
nostalgia
expressiveness
sentimentality
slow burn
furore
UK
boiling point
more ❯
Noun
▲
A sudden sensation of misgiving
qualm
doubt
misgiving
anxiety
apprehension
hesitation
reluctance
uneasiness
demur
disquiet
regret
reservation
trepidation
worry
concern
disinclination
hesitance
hesitancy
remorse
uncertainty
unease
compunction
disquietude
scruple
second thought
twinge
agitation
apprehensiveness
conscience
contrition
fear
foreboding
forebodingness
indecision
insecurity
misdoubt
mistrust
nervousness
objection
pang
perturbation
presentiment
remonstrance
repentance
suspicion
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
distrust
dubiety
query
incertitude
mistrustfulness
disbelief
distrustfulness
dubitation
misgivings
qualms
wariness
cynicism
unbelief
lack of confidence
questioning
question
lack of faith
diffidence
chariness
incredulity
doubtfulness
leeriness
reservations
niggle
demurral
misbelief
second thoughts
unwillingness
confusion
vacillation
demurrer
dubiosity
prick
dart
dubiousness
question mark
lack of trust
doubts
opposition
exception
care
dissent
complaint
anxiousness
unsureness
protest
concernment
ambiguity
nervosity
expostulation
wavering
sweat
quandary
agita
difficulty
fuss
dispute
stink
irresolution
wonder
solicitude
trouble
resistance
challenge
suspicions
lack of certainty
lack of conviction
umbrage
pangs
regrets
reconsideration
premonition
prenotion
presage
ambivalence
incredulousness
discredit
solicitousness
circumspection
perplexity
dilemma
untrust
gnawing
twitch
bewilderment
inhibition
caution
caginess
queries
questions
faltering
faithlessness
thought
guesswork
nonbelief
jealousy
sneaking suspicion
alarm
bad vibes
backwardness
angst
dread
dyspathy
embarrassment
malaise
dysphoria
instability
penitence
discomfort
inquietude
constraint
displeasure
discontent
queasiness
contest
timidity
disrelish
timorousness
protestation
aversion
dislike
loathing
scruples
foot-dragging
reticence
distaste
rebellion
debate
criticism
defiance
confrontation
conflict
quibble
remonstration
squabble
questioning of
interrogation
disobedience
test of
cavil
contradiction
disagreement
argument against
stand against
censure
difficulty with
quarrel
averseness
repugnance
indisposition
recalcitrance
backwardness in coming forward
lack of enthusiasm
pangs of conscience
grousing
carping
kick
griping
niggling
boggling
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
restlessness
tension
distress
fearfulness
pessimism
willies
questionableness
questionability
suffering
heebie-jeebies
agnosticism
issues
uncertainties
worries
objections
tenseness
difficulties
consternation
edginess
nerves
suspense
stress
fretfulness
butterflies
panic
worriment
watchfulness
shakes
jitters
flap
jumps
cold sweat
downer
misery
goose bumps
creeps
shivers
botheration
drag
ants in pants
pins and needles
nail-biting
fidgets
all-overs
trust issues
defeatism
Pyrrhonism
needles
sense of foreboding
demand
problem
interrogatory
probe
scepsis
minimifidianism
possessiveness
suspiciousness
spite
a pinch of salt
ill-will
overprotectiveness
resentment
strain
scoffing
world-weariness
negativity
sardonicism
pressure
apprehension about rivals
misanthropy
sarcasm
disillusion
disenchantment
trauma
scorn
negative thinking
contempt
disparagement
bitterness
misandry
acrimony
jitteriness
hassle
twitchiness
abdabs
yips
Joe Blakes
jim-jams
collywobbles
butterflies in one's stomach
screaming abdabs
burden
grief
oppression
pain
hardship
ferment
affliction
passion
flutter
urgency
expectancy
nervous tension
overextension
agony
albatross
trial
distention
heat
intensity
impatience
fidgetiness
alarum
terror
shock
horror
butterflies in the stomach
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour
conscience
principles
ethics
morals
scruples
compunction
qualms
standards
values
beliefs
creed
inner voice
censor
demur
duty
integrity
morality
squeam
superego
voice within
moral sense
sense of right
small voice
still small voice
right and wrong
sense of right and wrong
sense of propriety
sense of judgment
moral concern
moral compass
Verb
▲
To cause to feel shame
humble
humiliate
embarrass
abash
chasten
disgrace
mortify
debase
abase
chagrin
cheapen
degrade
demean
disconcert
foul
lower
own
reproach
ridicule
smear
blot
defile
discredit
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
sink
show up
take down
cut down to size
make someone feel ashamed
shoot down
make uncomfortable
make someone eat crow
put someone in their place
take down a peg
take down a peg or two
give a black eye
crush
discomfit
deflate
put down
smirch
belittle
confuse
squash
discountenance
confound
subdue
denigrate
bring down
devalue
bring low
cast down
nonplus
fluster
faze
rattle
snub
upset
put to shame
downgrade
make someone eat humble pie
bemean
flatten
make ashamed
discompose
annoy
perturb
make a fool of
disparage
derogate
depreciate
quash
break
tear down
put out of countenance
settle someone's hash
vex
irk
dismay
displease
horrify
appal
UK
diminish
demote
condescend
stoop
minimize
US
deign
agitate
pan
decry
appall
US
disturb
discombobulate
wither
undervalue
bewilder
worry
demoralize
US
throw
distract
descend
minimise
UK
reduce
cause to lose face
let down
pull down
dismiss
dis
demoralise
UK
bad-mouth
run down
play down
poor-mouth
psych out
get the better of
have the last laugh on
take the wind out of someone's sails
blast
disappoint
affront
expose
demolish
harass
cow
curb
take apart
silence
overcome
squelch
tame
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
put away
strike dumb
lower in rank
discipline
restrain
soften
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
lower in status
show in a bad light
take the wind out
take to bits
take to pieces
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
afflict
check
repress
force to eat humble pie
relegate
succumb
unsettle
disorient
unnerve
perplex
declass
scorn
contemn
insult
detract
despise
put in your place
baffle
shake
ruffle
take aback
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
bump
set back
revert
betray
prostitute
catch off balance
throw off balance
gravel
mark down
reduce to the ranks
lower the status of
kick downstairs
disrate
bust
devastate
slam
blister
rip
drag down
deprecate
sell out
distress
vanquish
downplay
dishearten
be untrue to oneself
beat down
cause to be at a stand
make someone scratch their head
set someone back on their heels
put someone off their stroke
put someone off their stride
abandon one's principles
dispirit
deject
discourage
hurt
depress
shatter
knock down
discount
diss
make self-conscious
make uneasy
make awkward
deride
criticize
US
mock
plague
bother
bug
stun
dumbfound
tease
puzzle
vilipend
cause to feel small
dump
downcry
comment negatively
condemn
slight
opprobriate
trash
reject
criticise
UK
hang up
cry down
kiss off
talk down
trash-talk
write off
catch one short
give a bad time
make a monkey of
give a hard time
throw into a tizzy
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
irritate
disquiet
peeve
dissatisfy
daunt
put off
alarm
frighten
scare
intimidate
deter
frustrate
awe
trouble
flurry
terrorize
US
shake up
flummox
terrorise
UK
browbeat
discomfort
terrify
bully
get to
overwhelm
startle
overawe
surprise
mystify
unman
shock
muddle
psych
chill
unhinge
make nervous
knock for six
buffalo
undo
panic
dash
knock sideways
unbalance
astound
jolt
astonish
amaze
sap
sadden
concern
stagger
stupefy
hagride
frazzle
distemper
ail
alarum
exercise
fuss
derail
rock
floor
disarrange
addle
daze
take by surprise
dumfound
foul up
rattle one's cage
spook
paralyse
UK
bowl over
put into a flap
stop someone in their tracks
weird out
freak out
thunderstrike
put out
throw into a tizz
flabbergast
paralyze
US
knock the stuffing out of
stir up
work up
dampen
give someone a turn
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
make anxious
stand up to
destabilize
US
exasperate
discommode
blind
destabilise
UK
pressure
pressurize
US
aggravate
hassle
throw into tizzy
disillusion
surprize
heat
excite
hurry
psych someone out
pressurise
UK
affright
pother
disgruntle
disenchant
pull the rug from under
gobsmack
render speechless
bustle
consternate
mess up
fill with consternation
snafu
screw up
put the wind up someone
louse up
muck up
disorientate
put off one's stroke
pull the rug out from under
blow away
make speechless
throw for a loop
thwart
nettle
worst
balk
US
hinder
flip
put on edge
craze
fuddle
put someone off
baulk
UK
make waves
send into a spin
upset apple cart
make despondent
make downhearted
oppress
undermine
dampen someone's hopes
prostrate
try
droop
cause to lose heart
put a damper on
break one's heart
weigh
weaken
put off his or her stride
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
burden
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
bulldoze
cause someone to lose their composure
enfeeble
weigh down
bum out
get down
badger
devitalize
enervate
disempower
mau-mau
dragoon
strong-arm
bludgeon
tyrannize
US
blackjack
bullyrag
hector
bogart
send up
disorganize
snarl
blow out
unglue
take steam out
cripple
jumble
damp
blow up
unzip
disorder
debilitate
petrify
bluster
showboat
railroad
enforce
tyrannise
UK
pick on
walk heavy
push around
turn on the heat
lean on
outrage
offend
revolt
disgust
sicken
scandalize
US
nauseate
impress
traumatize
US
repel
blind someone with something
take someone's breath away
provoke
jar
anger
antagonize
US
traumatise
UK
scandalise
UK
numb
antagonise
UK
electrify
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
give offence to
completely surprise
give a turn
throw a curve
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
gross out
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
more ❯
“If you discover any misappropriation, please name and
shame
the culprits.”
Verb
▲
To bring shame on
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
discredit
degrade
blacken
debase
stain
tarnish
disgrace
besmirch
blot
defame
smear
smirch
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
sully
taint
defile
bring into disrepute
bring shame to
put in a bad light
bring discredit to
bring dishonour to
drag through the mire
drag down
drag through the mud
bring shame on
muddy the reputation of
reflect negatively
damage the reputation of
give a bad name to
blacken the name of
blacken the reputation of
harm the reputation of
cast in a bad light
show in a bad light
lower
humiliate
disparage
slander
cheapen
abase
demean
denigrate
humble
belittle
besmear
injure
reflect badly on
foul
slur
libel
damage
chasten
malign
take down
sink
reduce
censure
give a bad name
soil
bring shame upon
scandalize
US
spoil
vilify
disrespect
scandalise
UK
derogate
calumniate
reproach
decry
asperse
muckrake
spot
poison
give a black eye
deride
traduce
embarrass
rubbish
knock
tar and feather
assail
do a hatchet job on
fling mud at
sling mud at
corrupt
attack
rip
blotch
breathe on
blemish
slag off
bad-mouth
pervert
debauch
speak ill of
befoul
rip up and down
do a number on
spread scandal about
cast a slur on
run smear campaign
devalue
deprave
undermine
vitiate
mortify
lessen
deteriorate
profane
warp
canker
demoralize
US
subvert
prostitute
diminish
bastardize
US
put down
demoralise
UK
bastardise
UK
take down a peg
mar
disfavor
US
mudsling
disfavour
UK
weaken
brand
blight
brutalize
US
destroy
hurt
harm
compromise
attaint
slam
brutalise
UK
detract from
prejudice
run down
pan
show up
ruin
tear down
shoot down
cast a slur
cast down
cut down to size
lower the status of
make lose face
adulterate
distort
demote
disconsider
disoblige
badmouth
depress
downgrade
dilute
pollute
contaminate
vilipend
scorch
blister
blackguard
bestialize
depreciate
crawl
darken
touch
subjugate
mongrelize
tar
be prejudicial to
bring down
snub
disregard
desecrate
ridicule
own
mock
reduce the status of
poor-mouth
sling mud
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
bring low
lose face
blot one's copybook
cause to lose face
make someone eat crow
do discredit to
take down a peg or two
put someone in their place
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
be a discredit to
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
dehumanise
UK
bemean
desensitise
UK
detract
become a stain of the escutcheon of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
cut down
insult
expose
disesteem
cast aspersions on
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
bring into disfavour
blacken someone's name
destroy someone's credibility
damage someone's reputation
revile
slight
throw mud at
speak evil of
tell lies about
speak badly of
blacken the character of
vituperate
misrepresent
impugn
roast
abuse
spread lies about
criticize
US
run a smear campaign against
slate
sully someone's reputation
deprecate
pull to pieces
back-bite
criticise
UK
have a go at
backbite
belie
villainize
caricature
burlesque
sully the reputation of
dump on
drag someone's name through the mire
write false reports about
mark wrong
spread tales about
drag name through mud
be critical of
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
be malicious about
speak of with disfavour
slag
gossip about
have a pop at
offend
lie about
put zingers on
cast slur on
demonise
UK
demonize
US
conduct a smear campaign against
criticize unfairly
minimize
US
dis
discount
dismiss
trash-talk
diss
trash
cry down
play down
kiss off
minimise
UK
talk down
pull apart
write off
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
taint someone's name
blacken someone's character
tarnish someone's name
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
sneer
blaspheme
strumpet
plaster
hit
rip up
bad mouth
pour scorn on
give black eye
blacken name
defame someone's character
more ❯
“Harry had not done much of any consequence, either to
shame
his family or to make them proud.”
Verb
▲
That's a shame
too bad
pity
that's a pity
that's a shame
that's too bad
what a pity
what a shame
Verb
▲
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
snub
slight
cut
humiliate
cold-shoulder
insult
rebuff
affront
disdain
scorn
stiff
stiff-arm
ignore
repulse
spurn
blank
brush off
high-hat
humble
mortify
misprize
put down
scout
treat disrespectfully
boycott
burr
censure
chill
coldshoulder
cool
cut dead
disregard
duck
freeze out
ice
neglect
offend
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
rebuke
scold
scratch
shun
slur
snob
swank
upstage
knock back
act cool
give someone the brush-off
give the cold shoulder
ice out
pass up
take no notice of
give someone the go-by
give the brush
give the brushoff
kick in the teeth
look coldly upon
look right through
give someone a slap in the face
put the chill on
not give time of day
keep someone at arm's length
look right through someone
reject
send to Coventry
exclude
avoid
repudiate
refuse
blacklist
blackball
steer clear of
shut out
snout
turn down
dismiss
decline
have nothing to do with
repel
debar
cut someone dead
cut someone cold
expel
veto
turn your back on
give a wide berth to
look past
turn one's back on
give the cold shoulder to
bar
tell someone where to get off
ban
keep away from
embargo
disallow
jilt
desert
excommunicate
forsake
pass by
banish
leave out in the cold
evade
discourage
resist
give the bum's rush
hand someone the frozen mitt
ward off
hold off
keep at bay
eschew
bilk
fight shy of
shy away from
recoil from
leave alone
stave off
beat off
vote against
keep clear of
discount
keep at a distance
keep at arm's length
disfellowship
stay away from
shrink from
fend off
black
cut off
proscribe
disown
prohibit
outlaw
scoff at
cast aside
balk at
place an embargo on
brush aside
look straight through
sail by
abandon
walk by
leave behind
put behind you
give somebody the cold shoulder
fight off
avert
keep away
rebut
deflect
deter
reluct
pooh-pooh
drive away
contemn
straight-arm
dodge
elude
shirk
look through
give a pain
preclude
pretend not to see
be exclusive of
not be inclusive of
other
not include
turn aside
keep off
parry
drive back
hold at bay
look straight through someone
sneer at
keep one's distance from
hide from
rule out
turn nose up at
sneeze at
treat with contempt
turn your nose up at
look down on
hold in contempt
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
deny
check
refuse to employ
thumbs down
consider undesirable
put an embargo on
hit list
put on hit list
disparage
discredit
interdict
make unwelcome
ditch
turn up one's nose
disclaim
discard
strike
oppose
reprove
chide
cross
withhold patronage
remove
oust
stay clear of
abstain from
leave in the cold
tell someone to get lost
wash one's hands of
impose sanctions
hold aloof from
refrain from
refuse to take part in
stay shy of
have no part in
stand aloof from
give the runaround
turn back on
turn away from
put off
push back
send away
tell off
not touch
give a wide berth
keep your distance from
have no part of
shy from
sweep aside
nix
down
negative
kill
evict
cashier
drum out
not hear of
lash out at
body-swerve
shake off
palm off
throw out
put in one's place
renounce
get rid of
force out
shoot down
drop
abjure
abnegate
unfollow
unfriend
despise
burn
keep out
cast out
kick someone in the teeth
leave off
give someone the big E
give someone the air
not buy
break with
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
swear off
give the elbow
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be superior to
eclipse
exceed
excel
surpass
outshine
transcend
outclass
outdo
outdistance
outstrip
overshadow
top
beat
better
cap
dwarf
outgun
outmatch
overtop
tower over
trump
upstage
extinguish
leave
outrival
tower above
be superior to
overpower
overrun
overwhelm
surmount
put in the shade
put to shame
be a cut above
be head and shoulders above
diminish
dominate
minimize
US
shade
obliterate
lead
minimise
UK
preponderate
rule over
throw into the shade
rise above
leave in the shade
have command over
best
trounce
outperform
outrank
improve upon
defeat
improve on
prevail over
humiliate
go one better than
crush
pass
rout
vanquish
get the better of
overcome
overtake
thrash
smash
triumph over
triumph
conquer
subdue
outpace
cream
override
win against
shake off
knock spots off
clobber
whip
lick
wallop
drub
shoot ahead
run rings around
overpass
bring shame upon
hold up to shame
do better than
outvie
go one better
leave standing
outplay
go beyond
outrun
run circles around
be better than
leave behind
walk away from
run rings round
outstep
wipe the floor with
be greater than
outsmart
overstep
master
get ahead of
outgo
tower
overmatch
dispatch
upend
skunk
stop
take
outmanoeuvre
UK
outhussle
outmaneuver
US
overbear
own
get
outfox
get further ahead of
get around
blow away
be one up on
stand above
be a class above
be on another level
stand head and shoulders above
outwit
shoot ahead of
blow out of the water
out-think
outjockey
outreach
be more than
draw away from
quash
slaughter
rank
outweigh
worst
predominate
break
stuff
overthrow
make mincemeat of
outflank
negotiate
down
resist
trim
subjugate
go above
get through
win the race
beat hollow
cope with
score points off
get over
deal with
be master of
make it past
make it over
take precedence
outthink
bypass
win
crown
take over
overshoot
head
outgallop
overreach
stand out
be victorious over
outcompete
knock off
knock over
unseat
finesse
undermine
bulldoze
cook
trash
snow
bury
destroy
transform
be at the front of
wax
be first in
gain on
leave something standing
put something to shame
put something in the shade
be ahead of
undo
tank
murder
gain a victory over
win over
kill
catch somebody napping
call somebody's bluff
steal a march on somebody
be superior
leave in the dust
fake out
do in
widen the gap
put someone in the shade
gain the advantage over
be more than a match for
get one over on
get the upper hand over
crucify
walk all over
paste
walk over
hammer
demolish
hose
clear
be over
scoop
cross
be victorious
pip at the post
overdo
out-distance
overtax
distance
bring to their knees
marmalize
shellac
take to the cleaners
blow out of water
pull a fast one
endure
be larger than
break record
go by
have advantage
make one's way over
do down
pass over
throw
make one's way round
vault
over
climb
crest
prevail
leap
make one's way past
hurdle
make it round
be unstoppable by
get the upper hand
get upper hand
have it all over
have a jump on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To expose or reveal the true nature or character of
show up
debunk
expose
uncloak
undress
unmask
nail
uncover
belittle
convict
defeat
disclose
discover
discredit
embarrass
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
highlight
humiliate
indicate
invalidate
mortify
pinpoint
reveal
unshroud
worst
lay bare
let down
point up
score off
bring to light
put spotlight on
put to shame
make a fool of
put somebody to shame
show in bad light
unearth
unveil
blow the whistle on
betray
divulge
show
display
bare
spill
unbosom
exhibit
leak
find out
blow wide open
set straight
catch out
let on about
pull the plug on
let the cat out of the bag
make known
give away
throw light on
spill the beans on
take the wraps off
bring out into the open
demystify
smoke something out
detect
identify
manifest
lift the lid
demonstrate
air
out
declare
crack
bewray
let slip
let cat out of bag
give the game away
make manifest
let out
smoke out
present
prove
tip off
tell of
brandish
let drop
denude
evince
make obvious
trot out
put on view
nake
discount
catch
controvert
shoot down
cast doubt on
raise doubts about
condemn
disprove
dispute
denounce
negate
tell
unclothe
announce
confess
admit
acknowledge
come out with
let cat out of the bag
make public
publish
impart
broadcast
unfold
blurt out
communicate
blab
bring into the open
proclaim
put on display
put on show
expose to view
flash
let on
lay open
report
inform
pass on
cough
mouth
go public with
blow the lid off
open up
spill the beans about
spill your guts about
let the cat out of the bag about
flaunt
disport
produce
feature
showcase
release
promulgate
stage
publicize
US
relate
utter
express
bespeak
babble
open
vouchsafe
confide
publicise
UK
roll out
put on
unburden
tattle
set out
spring
make plain
squeal
gossip
take the lid off
be evidence of
squeal about
bring out
dig up
unfurl
set forth
tip one's hand
open to view
spill the beans
get off your chest
let in on
strip
share
break
show evidence of
detail
entrust
trust
relay
blow
unrobe
unclose
turn up
lay something bare
leave unprotected
put the spotlight on
disburden
overshare
avow
own
snitch
blow the gaff
come out of the closet
unburden oneself
let it all hang out
make clear
come clean
spill all
confide in
tell all
provide details
flourish
allow to be seen
make a clean breast of
bring forward
bring into view
register
advertise
advertize
to make clear
intimate
hold up to view
crack wide open
go public
fess up
tell all about
cough up
own up
let hair down
blow the whistle
blow the gaff on
blurt
whisper
parade
demo
disseminate
supply
offer
launch
show off
deal in
bring to view
introduce
deliver
arrange
put before the public
lay out
sport
wield
project
breathe
transmit
hint
buzz
suggest
insinuate
let fall
televise
expose information
unload on
spill to
crack to
open your heart
lay the gaff
lay it on
bend an ear
share a confidence
state
recount
describe
narrate
speak
say
recite
rehearse
chronicle
voice
portray
depict
vocalize
US
verbalize
US
pass
charge
acquaint
chart
talk
enlighten
apprise
enunciate
delineate
articulate
advise
convey
brief
familiarize
US
paint
signify
spin
represent
mention
verbalise
UK
familiarise
UK
explain
retail
verse
level
clear
vocalise
UK
sketch
weave
clue in
catch up
fill in
leave word
call upon
give an account of
tell on
keep posted
put before
give evidence of
give out
spit it out
give facts
reel off
wise up
break the news
more ❯
Verb
▲
Blush, make rosy
redden
blush
flush
crimson
bloom
color
US
glow
mantle
burn
colour
UK
suffuse
turn red
anger
bloody
dye
embarrass
go crimson
go pink
go red
go scarlet
incarnadine
paint
pink
pinken
rose
rouge
rubify
rubric
rubricate
ruby
ruddle
ruddy
rust
shock
tint
turn crimson
turn pink
turn scarlet
colour up
go beetroot
flame
go red in the face
go red as a beetroot
glitter
glisten
brighten
blare
burn up
fill
become colored
have rosy cheeks
be suffused
go as red as a beetroot
be suffused with colour
be red
change colour
color up
be radiant
gleam
twinkle
feel shame
feel embarrassment
feel shy
be a picture of health
shine
feel embarrassed
feel ashamed
feel sheepish
feel mortified
glimmer
be pink
become red
grow crimson
grow pink
grow scarlet
flare
incandesce
be suffused with
blaze
tingle
light
smolder
US
ignite
thrill
kindle
beautify
make up
highlight
luminesce
smoulder
UK
stain
shade
wash
gloss
pigment
imbue
tone
infuse
tincture
glaze
tinge
lacquer
blacken
bepaint
colour-wash
crayon
enamel
adorn
variegate
darken
colour in
chalk
illuminate
fresco
daub
gild
emblazon
stipple
squirm
wince
saturate
impregnate
bathe
steep
overlay
writhe
pervade
penetrate
permeate
infiltrate
streak
complexion
cringe
run through
suffer embarrassment
wince with embarrassment
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Verb
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To cause to be dirty or soiled
soil
dirty
begrime
grime
muddy
stain
blacken
foul
smudge
sully
befoul
spot
contaminate
defile
get dirty
pollute
smear
spatter
splash
spoil
bemire
besmirch
daub
distain
gaum
mire
muck
smirch
splatter
get filthy
make dirty
make filthy
bedraggle
crumb
debase
degrade
discolour
UK
discolor
US
disgrace
maculate
mess
muck up
muss
tar
make mucky
mess up
muss up
taint
tarnish
mark
corrupt
mar
blot
bespatter
blotch
blemish
injure
ruin
damage
poison
adulterate
streak
darken
splotch
splodge
dot
fleck
bedaub
speck
besmear
infect
vitiate
blight
impair
denigrate
debauch
make impure
speckle
pervert
mottle
tinge
sprinkle
harm
stipple
besoil
disfigure
scatter
deface
cover
cloud
coat
black
deprave
profane
splosh
alloy
besprinkle
slabber
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
fade
make sooty
rust
spray
bruise
freckle
pepper
anoint
dapple
slop
bestrew
slush
strew
shoot
marble
scar
dash
distort
desecrate
make muddy
touch
smutch
encrust
draggle
dishonour
UK
plash
stud
vilify
bloody
litter
cake with dirt
dishonor
US
bastardize
US
make dusty
bastardise
UK
make unclean
destroy
ink
make smoky
make black
make darker
scorch
dye
color
US
dull
swarten
paint
make grimy
cake with mud
bespeckle
spread
radioactivate
stripe
blob
bestud
blur
dust
brutalize
US
bestialize
animalize
brutalise
UK
char
cake with soil
plaster
variegate
shade
flaw
bleach
weather
colour
UK
ebonize
wreck
hurt
endamage
cripple
undermine
roil
rile
murk
crab
becloud
spike
doctor
wash out
trash
toxify
infest
sow
compromise
break
make murky
crud up
shower
scuzz up
make dark
make cloudy
spritz
make foul
water down
cross up
dent
slosh
swash
pimple
cloud up
make blacker
deteriorate
abase
devalue
depreciate
bedabble
imprint
warp
cheapen
demean
subvert
spangle
discharge
disperse
douse
splutter
broadcast
wet
polka-dot
dribble
sputter
emit
notch
pockmark
impress
pit
lessen
canker
prostitute
dilute
score
scratch
cut
chip
gash
nick
scrape
check
chalk
stroke
blaze
worsen
reduce in value
X
reduce in quality
lace
weaken
dope
tamper with
sophisticate
violate
devastate
thin
ravage
slip a Mickey Finn into
envenom
mix
extend
drug
abuse
falsify
cook
afflict
overwhelm
demolish
annihilate
embitter
blaspheme
despoil
sabotage
crush
spread to
vandalize
US
wear away
commit sacrilege
treat with disrespect
attenuate
wreak havoc on
do damage to
play havoc with
plant
commingle
denature
transfuse
shave
amalgamate
dissolve
mingle
infiltrate
irrigate
thin out
blend
intermix
vandalise
UK
lead astray
phony up
doctor up
load
make degenerate
add drugs to
confound
seduce
enthuse
disease
move
prejudice
intoxicate
fester
alter
manipulate
run through
mongrelize
spread among
putrefy
fix
deacon
drag down
put poison in
interfere with
mix something with something
misuse
antagonize
US
fiddle with
tinker with
add poison to
scorn
hoodoo
revile
vice
cuss
flame
swear
voodoo
curse
darn
mock
mudsling
knock out
commit sin
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
antagonise
UK
empoison
put double whammy on
make sick
mutilate
mangle
smash
undo
gut
shatter
disrupt
total
wound
depredate
treat sacrilegiously
sack
pillage
devour
insult
outrage
desolate
waste
spoliate
crack
disfeature
play merry hell with
tear
incapacitate
bang up
dismantle
stab
drive a nail into the coffin of
knock
corrode
lacerate
scathe
batter
maltreat
smash up
gnaw
wrong
maim
split
raze
cause injury
rot
burn
disintegrate
affect
blaspheme against
mix with
trouble
make lose face
commit sacrilege against
lay waste to
impact
overcome
strike
perturb
influence
upset
prevail
occur
impinge
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
strike down
shake up
strike at
take hold of
attack
exert influence on
have an impact on
have an effect on
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Interjection
▲
Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information
pity
what a pity
what a shame
too bad
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