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Verb
▲
To make or become less taut
loosen
relax
loose
release
slack
untighten
veer
become looser
make looser
ease
moderate
soften
lessen
let go
unclench
undo
weaken
open
reduce
work loose
diminish
unknot
relieve
mitigate
ameliorate
let up
ease up
slacken off
untie
ease off
salve
hearten
console
gladden
uplift
solace
cheer up
succorUS
succourUK
encourage
buoy up
placate
brighten
reassure
condole
assure
compose
sweeten
elevate
bolster
help
boost
enliven
revitalizeUS
lighten up
give solace to
bring comfort to
inspirit
revitaliseUK
put at ease
take a load off
buck up
unloose
relinquish
make better
set right
unwind
give condolences to
commiserate with
envigorateUK
lighten burden
make one feel at ease
give sympathy to
quiet fears
reanimate
sympathize with
besoothe
invigorateUS
support
make well
give a lift to
condole with
commiserate
empathize with
quieten
become relaxed
hang loose
go easy
dull
give respite to
perk up
dispel
counteract
revive
elate
buoy
vary
punctuate
inspire
stimulate
enhance
restore
stop
temper
subdue
interrupt
liss
break up
prevent
leaven
ginger up
bring respite to
bring an end to
make bearable
look up
refresh
jazz up
loosen up
bring aid to
take load off
make something bearable
bring aid
more ❯
“I could feel her grip around my waist slacken as she realized I could hold myself steady on the stallion, my hands wrapped in its mane.”
Verb
▲
To decrease in severity or intensity
abate
diminish
lessen
temper
decrease
ease
flag
moderate
recede
reduce
relax
relent
subside
wane
dwindle
ebb
mitigate
remit
sag
slake
slack
soften
weaken
ease off
ease up
get less
slacken off
taper off
become less intense
die down
drop off
fall off
slack off
let up
slow down
axeUK
axUS
level off
go to pot
lag
emaciate
retreat
go to the dogs
wear off
perish
dip
go away
come to nothing
take a nosedive
grow dim
crash
go backwards
falter
deflate
relapse
disperse
go to rack and ruin
fold
stagnate
depart
retrocede
fall through
tumble
dive
fall back
be in decline
shrivel up
go back
draw back
return
nose-dive
go to the pack
clear
flop
give out
succumb
tire
faint
fizzle
narrow
skid
flow back
move back
come to a halt
fall to pieces
lose ground
revert
cease to exist
go to pieces
flatline
grow weaker
vitiate
debase
miscarry
totter
lose
dematerialize
fly
flee
exit
slope
back
condense
shorten
retract
downturn
wizen
evanish
be abandoned
crater
run dry
constrict
grow feeble
dispel
be disregarded
cave in
corrode
go from bad to worse
be no more
lose quality
go into a tailspin
take a turn for the worse
take a header
be the worse for wear
become lower
ebb away
wither away
lose strength
lose intensity
pine
weary
sicken
grow weak
become emaciated
clear up
reverse
pull out
back away
drop back
give up
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
grow
mummify
move away
slim
wrinkle
come to grief
putrefy
mute
muffle
damage
lose courage
become debilitated
go out
become dilapidated
run to seed
go to seed
become unproductive
grow barren
grow sterile
run its course
compress
dry
telescope
get lower
go downwards
be gone
back off
move further off
cushion
make something worse
decompose
fall into disrepair
go down the tube
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
suffer
abort
misfire
compact
draw away
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
go into decline
be used up
cease to yield
etiolate
devalue
squeeze
diffuse
scatter
disassemble
come apart at the seams
drag
cheapen
buckle
drift back
recidivate
slip back
sink back
move backward
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be impaired
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
cease to be
become obsolete
grind to a halt
constringe
capsule
capsulize
hush
deliquesce
rarefy
desiccate
die away or out
die away or down
drop down
scrimp
bow out
become extinct
become unimportant
be destroyed
unmake
blast
blight
become limp
come to a halt end
come to a an end
take in
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
disappear from the face of the earth
numb
pass off
poop out
fag out
tucker out
become less loud
lose value
adulterate
mar
undermine
injure
alloy
become stale
become marcescent
throw back
lose headway
turn the clock back
turn back
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
be precipitated
decrease in value
decline in price
break into pieces
become shadowy
die on vine
become indistinct
become vague
become confused
vanish into thin air
make faint
become blurred
lose it
close out
miss the mark
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end gradually
end in disappointment
be worse for wear
impoverish
cripple
tremble
limp
founder
demise
decease
croak
part
bomb
bust
lose spirit
be deficient
exterminate
ruin
abolish
go awry
go amiss
be wanting
be insufficient
kick in
conk out
pass on
kick off
peg out
step out
pop off
check out
be ruined
be lacking
be found lacking
strike out
be inadequate
not come to ripeness
more ❯
“Inflationary pressures have continued to slacken over the last month.”
Verb
▲
To cause to move or proceed at a slower pace
slow
decelerate
retard
brake
slack
become slower
get slower
slow down
make slower
reduce in speed
impede
slow up
delay
detain
check
hinder
obstruct
stall
set back
lose speed
bog down
handicap
restrict
curb
restrain
inhibit
hold up
hold back
moderate
hamper
close off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
shut off
shut down
back off
cramp
stymie
prevent
thwart
constrain
frustrate
shackle
bridle
hobble
hog-tie
handcuff
manacle
embarrass
tie up
foil
short-circuit
put off
suspend
control
repress
forestall
shelve
cripple
suppress
deter
bork
hold
hold off
reschedule
withhold
hold over
prohibit
prorogue
remit
derail
contain
stifle
confine
put on hold
adjourn
stonewall
stem
counteract
stand in the way of
put an end to
oppose
catch
put on the back burner
put on ice
disrupt
keep
avert
table
pigeonhole
protract
mothball
stave off
cut off
hold in
hold down
get in the way
put over
nip in the bud
hold off on
burden
lay on the table
take a rain check on
put in cold storage
hold in abeyance
still
tie
smother
pause
govern
straiten
freeze
tame
interfere
intermit
prolong
draw up
debar
pull up
fetch up
interdict
weigh down
respite
bring to a standstill
bottle up
drag one's feet
ward off
shut out
lay over
put a stop to
keep lid on
put on back burner
circumvent
counter
staunch
muzzle
rein
terminate
disadvantage
constrict
measure
rule
bind
forbid
close
make late
scupper
avoid
keep under control
keep in check
bring up
choke back
hem in
cork
pull in
continue
extend
defend against
head off
stem the flow of
carry over
set aside
hang fire
waive
give rain check
sabotage
discourage
neutralizeUS
occlude
muffle
bottleneck
ruin
inconvenience
preclude
chain
subdue
stanch
defeat
crab
congest
overload
neutraliseUK
plug
evade
sandbag
discontinue
faze
oppress
entangle
contravene
resist
jam
cut short
nullify
circumnavigate
clot
stuff
fight back
leash
gag
bit
fill
stopper
imprison
foul up
stop up
tarry
sidestep
skirt
ward
circumscribe
can
box in
keep a lid on
bite back
gaolUK
coop up
jailUS
steer clear of
spoil
rule out
keep in
cramp one's style
dally
lock up
put at a disadvantage
saddle with
keep within bounds
cool off
place at a disadvantage
clog up
box up
put in abeyance
plug up
bring to an end
keep in abeyance
keep the lid on
cool
kill
gum up
bung up
end
straitjacket
cause to wait
cause to stay
dissuade from
impair
debilitate
withstand
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
dissuade
quash
snag
prevent from making progress
incommode
barricade
block up
lengthen
tie one's hands
get bogged down
sideline
entrap
discomfit
rattle
taboo
outlaw
enjoin
charge
discommode
bother
tether
blockade
fix
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
disconcert
dillydally
leave to another time
linger
object
clasp
clamp
fasten
grip
strangle
cease
temporiseUK
temporizeUS
give disadvantage
take out
put out of commission
dither
prevaricate
stand
fence
quibble
equivocate
peg
discipline
get out of
get around
give a rain check
take a raincheck
make difficult
set limits on
impose limits on
entrammel
put on brakes
put an stop to
knock off
put paid to
escape
bypass
beat
screw up
screen
obscure
chill
obviate
intercept
forfend
keep at bay
turn aside
stave
fend off
keep off
anticipate
overturn
scotch
break off
cut down on
dampen
put a limit on
give a hard time
shield
hide
cover
mask
buy time
not move
stand still
stand off
peter out
deflect
bring to a close
disband
dissolve
prorogate
recess
harness
complicate
throttle
incarcerate
intern
hold in check
avoid the issue
take one's time
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
wreck
put the stopper on
unrail
stump
ditch
take wind out of
upset
outwit
crash
do for
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
put aside
cool down
keep down
keep in line
tie down
impound
bring under control
have on a tight leash
sit on
put away
pin down
pull back
rein back
guide
direct
crack down
hogtie
delimit
monkey with
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
stand over
push back
count out
file
lay off
lay aside
break up
inactivate
quit
pink-slip
call a halt to
omit
put on the shelf
ban
lock in
fence in
close in
immure
deny
concuss
shut in
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
put off the evil day
do later
put off the evil hour
wrong
squelch
swallow
put half nelson on
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
repulse
rebuff
checkmate
slacken pace
saddle
load
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
lumber
bung
laden
lade
overtax
weight
freight
stress
strain
tax
obturate
overwhelm
overburden
die
squeeze
dam up
gibbet
drown
gunge up
wring
fill up
silt up
noose
louse up
be a hindrance to
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spoke in the wheel of
more ❯
“Night fell over them like a cloak, and still, Danea did not slacken her speed.”
Verb
▲
Undo or be undone after winding or being wound
unwind
disentangle
uncoil
undo
unravel
unroll
unreel
untwine
untwist
unfurl
open
straighten
unkink
free
loose
loosen
ravel
separate
spread out
untangle
unwrap
lay out
open out
straighten out
unsnarl
unweave
unbraid
unfold
unlay
ravel out
unblock
clear
proliferate
propagate
multiply
put in order
diffuse
flourish
thrive
unspin
become more numerous
more ❯
Verb
▲
Become less reserved, formal, or strict
unbend
relax
unwind
de-stress
unbutton
lighten up
loosen up
chill out
cool it
become informal
become less formal
ease up
hang loose
let oneself go
let up
take it easy
let yourself go
let it all hang out
Verb
▲
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
lag
delay
linger
dawdle
loiter
dally
trail
idle
saunter
straggle
tarry
hang back
shilly-shally
crawl
creep
decrease
diddle
dillydally
dilly-dally
diminish
dither
drag
drop
fail
fall back
fall behind
flag
lallygag
lollygag
mope
poke
drag behind
ebb
trail behind
wane
falter
hobble
inch
jelly
limp
lounge
move slowly
plod
procrastinate
retard
shuffle
slouch
slow
stagger
stay
tail
tool
trudge
bring up the rear
not keep pace
be behind
drop back
drop behind
fall off
inch along
put off
slow up
drag one's feet
lose strength
get no place fast
drag your feet
hang around
wait
waste time
remain
kill time
putter
potter
stall
meander
mark time
fool around
stick around
lag behind
stay put
stop
goof around
tootle
pootle
haunt
hesitate
temporizeUS
walk slowly
take one's time
roam
temporiseUK
doodle
toddle
potter around
hang fire
abide
bide
rest
dwell
frequent
swan
mess around
bimble
while away time
spend time
vacillate
maunder
ooze
walk
take your time
trifle
tramp
hang round
lie around
tromp
horse around
kick around
wait around
hang on
hum and haw
play a waiting game
fiddle
pass the time
lose time
filibuster
reside
lodge
hold back
fribble
snail
nose
totter
hang
goof off
promenade
perambulate
sag
stray
defer
postpone
stravaig
be slow
hike
creak along
warm a chair
fool about
potter about
rove
waver
haver
putter around
fiddle around
monkey around
potter round
swither
stump
adjourn
play for time
sit tight
ankle
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
take a stroll
take the air
go for a walk
sashay
hold off
stay behind
take a walk
be indecisive
percolate
be unoccupied
laze
malinger
twiddle your thumbs
idle away the hours
fill in time
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
slack
streel
shirk
lounge about
schlepp along
diddle-daddle
coast
float
trill
go for a stroll
kick about
loiter along
stonewall
be idle
fritter time away
fluctuate
twiddle
shlep along
sit around
scrounge around
bum around
do nothing much
puddle
tinker
niggle
fritter
mess
traik
take it easy
stroll along
pussyfoot around
drag your heels
hem and haw
blow hot and cold
sit on one's butt
boondoggle
go aimlessly
limp along
draggle
wait about
stay nearby
wait nearby
buy time
shuffle around
fool with
while away
trifle with
creep along
become tedious
stagnate
play
range
play games with
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
stay close
futz around
dangle
droop
live
be quiescent
appear to pass slowly
be delayed
encounter difficulty
slow down
stumble
prolong
protract
straddle
hang down
err
scramble
spread
lumber
goldbrick
cool
stand
go on too long
go on and on
be late
string out
be strung out
poke around
stick
settle
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
take a raincheck
be undecided
suspend action
let slide
be dilatory
await
dodder
waddle
remit
shelve
stop over
galumph
clump
stomp
lump
flounder
scuffle
scuff
stamp
barge
slog
peregrinate
perch
endure
nest
continue
outstay
squat
bunk
roost
hold the phone
kick your heels
hold up
put over
lay over
hold over
lurch
shift
pound
flog
change
hoof it
get some exercise
boogie
get some air
walk casually
gander
hold on
sweat it out
hold the fort
put on hold
put back
hold off on
put on ice
leave to another time
suspend
prorogue
reschedule
put on the back burner
keep on
remain behind
put down roots
establish yourself
be left
stay out
establish oneself
relax
play the fool
prat about
have a laugh
muck around
loll around
have a lark
act the fool
lounge around
chill out
laze around
rest up
lark around
play around
mooch around
faff about
amuse oneself
muck about
clown around
clown
more ❯
Verb
▲
Sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
loll
lounge
flop
loaf
relax
slump
sprawl
laze
slouch
idle
lie
recline
rest
repose
sit
bask
bum
chill
dally
dawdle
dillydally
drone
footle
lazy
lean
luxuriate
drape oneself
hang about
kick back
outspan
stretch oneself
vegetate
goof off
hack around
kick around
lean back
loiter
slack
veg out
hang around
hang round
take it easy
hang loose
hang out
lie back
lie around
kill time
lounge around
waste time
amuse oneself
sit around
sink
sag
stretch
loosen up
collapse
let up
pass time
potter
play
lie about
take time off
droop
entertain oneself
be recumbent
enjoy oneself
mooch
malinger
stay loose
laze around
bum around
be inactive
be unoccupied
lounge about
fritter away time
fritter away
loll around
let it all hang out
fool around
languish
subside
twiddle your thumbs
unbutton
take time out
stagnate
skive
trifle
stall
goldbrick
couch
hunch
extend
straddle
drape
lollygag
bend
mooch about
mooch around
be prone
spread out
loaf about
loaf around
loll about
laze about
be prostrate
while away the time
make yourself at home
lie spread-eagle
take a break
be idle
flump
saunter
settle
fall
slant
tilt
drift
fritter
moulderUK
degenerate
be supine
slummock
deteriorate
decompress
molderUS
lay down
slouch about
slouch around
twiddle thumbs
be slothful
be indolent
knock around
stand around
decay
plonk oneself
plop oneself
while away hours
bat around
bat about
let yourself go
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
not lift a finger
go to seed
sit on one's hands
consume time
idle away the hours
mark time
mess around
kick your heels
straggle
ramble
trail
spread
crumple
vacillate
hang
exist
fritter time away
amble
wander
stooge
moon
spread-eagle
piddle
stroll
take things easy
shirk
evade
dream
bat
meander
chillax
hibernate
weaken
do nothing in particular
remain
stay
haunt
hover
wait
linger
frequent
quieten down
quieten
futz
retire
calm down
quiet down
sit heavily
hide
lurk
skulk
siesta
twiddle one's thumbs
lie dormant
go to pot
be inert
sunbathe
while
stretch oneself out
be stretched out
turn in
plonk yourself
deposit
hole up
rest upon
bludge
lie upon
mess about
fiddle around
settle down
heel
cant
tip
list
slope
sun
warm oneself
while away
bob off
sit back and do nothing
toast yourself
warm yourself
sun oneself
cover
stoop
toast oneself
swim in
tilt back
drape yourself
extend over
stretch over
fall back
drape oneself over
crouch
bow
wilt
daydream
veg
doss
unlax
be lazy
take one's time
knock off
have a break
simmer down
compose oneself
breathe easy
stop work
let your hair down
collect oneself
make less tense
lighten up
piddle around
while away the hours
piddle about
feel at home
make oneself at home
take ten
let oneself go
fool away
decline
crash
plunge
plummet
drop
slide
tumble
decrease
slip
nosedive
go down
fall steeply
lurch
fall off
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
topple
blight
go to ruin
pitch
reach new low
take a nosedive
go downhill
keel over
cave in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide comfort or assuagement to
compose
arrange
order
organiseUK
organizeUS
balance
becalm
calm
construct
design
frame
lull
lullaby
plan
quiet
quieten
salve
settle
soothe
still
tranquilizeUS
tranquillizeUK
concoct
form
shape
adjust
allay
appease
assuage
balm
check
comfort
console
cool
dispose
ease
lessen
make up
map out
marshallUS
marshalUK
mitigate
moderate
modulate
pacify
placate
quell
reconcile
regulate
rein
relax
repress
resolve
restrain
smother
soften
solace
suppress
temper
work out
ease up
hold in
let up
put together
set out
simmer down
tune down
weaken
muffle
damp
extenuate
dwindle
downsize
deplete
overcome
de-escalate
improve
buffer
nurse
doctor
scatter
numb
remove
impair
drop
downscale
subside
benumb
relent
damp down
get rid of
make better
attend to
minimizeUS
remit
stop
curtail
degrade
depress
dissolve
erode
taper
stabilizeUS
rout
wane
treat
absorb
oust
stabiliseUK
defuse
dent
shrink
disband
squander
slow
ebb
indulge
fulfilUK
fade
thin
break up
diffuse
eradicate
make less
meliorate
minimiseUK
cauterizeUS
moisten
knock down
cripple
clear out
pad
aid
assist
disburden
upraise
facilitate
cut down
wind down
rehabilitate
peter out
cauteriseUK
obtund
fulfillUS
let up on
tail off
take a load off
keep in check
put a damper on
address
depreciate
cut
paralyseUK
contract
decrement
attend
mask
nourish
loosen
disempower
meet
chill
cut back
wear away
roll back
wear down
paralyzeUS
discourage
make weaker
dislodge
gruntle
release
deter
admix
explain
tenderizeUS
melt
sap
blanket
limit
inhibit
dash
transmogrify
switch
revamp
commute
glut
gorge
knead
bend
yield
thaw
mash
tenderiseUK
give
insulate
buttress
seclude
guard
excuse
demilitariseUK
save
neutraliseUK
rescue
recover
neutralizeUS
demilitarizeUS
restrict
stamp out
constrain
cast out
shut out
fine tune
make reasonable
cloud
water down
mince
break
reduce the force of
vanish
disappear
turn down
become tender
reduce the effect of
dulcorate
honey
sugar
temperate
hebetate
desensitiseUK
disable
desensitizeUS
undermine
enfeeble
debilitate
monkey around with
shake off
see the back of
protect against
evaporate
run interference for
clear the way
forward
disengage
speed up
simplify
promote
make easier
speed
untighten
expedite
open the door
further
take the bite out of
play down
keep under control
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat
make lighter
decline
recede
defend against
shield against
narrow
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
exculpate
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
varnish
vindicate
evanesce
subjugate
safeguard against
dematerialize
disassemble
sink
brighten
make smaller
counteract
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
uplight
change
shift
jettison
unload
pall
discount
prune
punctuate
vary
tongue-tie
clam
muzzle
gag
overawe
hush-hush
expel
liss
interrupt
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
melt away
be dispelled
spread
prevent
disseminate
put on a Band-Aid
melt into thin air
run dry
bring respite to
drop away
die down
die out
phase down
die away
rachet down
taper off
fall away
drop off
grow less
ratchet down
drain away
dry up
dummy up
cut short
close up
say nothing
cool it
cut off
strike dumb
sit on
choke off
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
cancel
repel
deploy
eject
scramble
distribute
pare down
bring an end to
make bearable
hush one's mouth
keep it down
decrease the volume
hold one's tongue
take load off
make something bearable
split up
beat off
drive out
bust up
rehab
medicate
restore
bring aid
amend
bring aid to
break it up
cleanse
redress
dose
better
shake
kick
dress
treat successfully
make whole
restore to health
minister to
make healthy
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Verb
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Fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way
flop
hang
flap
dangle
droop
drop
sag
beat
flail
flutter
whip
loll
flag
flounder
hang down
hang loosely
jerk
lop
quiver
stagger
teeter
topple
toss
totter
wave
wiggle
wilt
hang limply
fall down
fall limply
tire
waste away
tire out
wear out
falter
go into a decline
grow weary
lose energy
lose strength
become fatigued
grow weak
grow tired
let fall
place loosely
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