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What is another word for
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Verb
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
Present participle for to comprehensively defeat
Present participle for to extinguish (a fire) by covering it
Present participle for to kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
Present participle for cover someone or something entirely with
Present participle for to make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them
Present participle for to suffocate a person's space as if to coerce them to do something
Present participle for to reduce the strength or intensity of
Present participle for to put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
Present participle for to remove completely, leaving no trace
Present participle for to be stacked or loaded with
Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force
Present participle for to criticize (someone or something) harshly
Present participle for to take the life of (someone)
Present participle for bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on
Noun
The action of inhibiting a process
The crime of killing by strangling
The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication
Adjective
High in moisture or humidity, typically from heat
Constructed so as to prevent the passage of water, air, etc.
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Verb
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Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
stifling
repressing
strangling
suppressing
muffling
restraining
concealing
swallowing
choking
gagging
holding back
suffocating
choking back
containing
hiding
pocketing
sinking
submerging
extinguishing
snuffing
biting back
checking
collecting
composing
controlling
cooling
corking
fighting back
heaping
holding in
keeping back
killing
oppressing
overpowering
quashing
quelling
quenching
reining
restricting
showering
shrouding
squelching
bottling up
buttoning up
corking up
putting out
hushing up
keeping in check
simmering down
keeping the lid on
biting one's lip
curbing
inhibiting
reining in
bridling
keeping under control
withholding
subduing
constraining
silencing
hindering
limiting
stopping
regulating
impeding
hampering
muzzling
preventing
keeping a lid on
governing
garrotting
mastering
overcoming
covering up
frustrating
squashing
blocking
moderating
taming
deadening
obstructing
asphyxiating
holding
keeping a tight rein on
veiling
holding down
arresting
retarding
keeping secret
interfering with
pulling in
thwarting
slowing down
nipping in the bud
keeping in
gulping back
foiling
cloaking
masking
obscuring
stilling
keeping
measuring
shushing
halting
toning down
quelching
burking
muting
covering
curtailing
damping down
deterring
holding in check
putting the brakes on
tying up
keeping dark
putting a brake on
putting an end to
putting an stop to
sitting on
sweeping something under the carpet
sweeping under the rug
stemming the flow of
sweeping something under the rug
sweeping under the carpet
throttling
damping
settling
strangulating
reining back
crushing
quieting
adjusting
softening
garotting
dampening
barring
stultifying
disguising
clogging
drowning
censoring
screening
enshrouding
fettering
hushing
discouraging
curtaining
trammelling
trammeling
stemming
handicapping
ruling
redacting
belying
staying
stalling
confining
holding up
occulting
blanketing
keeping in line
reducing
banning
bitting
debarring
putting a lid on
outlawing
stamping out
hog-tying
shutting up
keeping hidden
delimiting
keeping within bounds
blotting out
keeping quiet about
keeping lid on
gulping
fighting
destroying
obliterating
burying
keeping a rein on
denying
quietening
whitewashing
conquering
shutting down
shutting in
holding off
banking
wiping out
dulling
dumbing
gaining control over
putting half nelson on
gaining mastery over
delaying
re-collecting
calming
monitoring
capping
plugging
neutralizing
US
pausing
getting rid of
cornering
lulling
rallying
soothing
inspecting
recovering
tranquilizing
US
correcting
camouflaging
gridlocking
internalising
UK
locking
internalizing
US
chastening
bottling
cutting short
terminating
catching
interrupting
shading
bottlenecking
counteracting
staunching
keeping under one's hat
keeping inside
blacking out
jamming up
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
braking
circumventing
neutralising
UK
keeping it down
turning down
piping down
decreasing the volume
keeping under wraps
drawing up
enveloping
setting limits on
imposing limits on
preempting
vitiating
crippling
negating
standing in the way of
slackening pace
playing for time
pulling up
fetching up
bringing to a standstill
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
throwing cold water on
secreting
caching
pouring cold water on
stopping something being overheard
boarding up
doing on the sly
bushing up
binding up
taping up
stopping up
pegging
disciplining
freezing
harnessing
leashing
entrammelling
entrammeling
straitening
cramping
gaoling
UK
circumscribing
guiding
detaining
hogtying
hogtieing
impounding
imprisoning
jailing
US
directing
slowing
shackling
putting a limit on
cutting back
boxing in
putting away
tying down
having on a tight leash
cracking down
keeping down
bringing under control
pinning down
locking up
hemming in
boxing up
pulling back
baulking
UK
cooling off
cooling down
short-circuiting
handcuffing
embarrassing
stymieing
dissuading
encumbering
manacling
hobbling
bringing to screeching halt
keeping tight rein on
prohibiting
forbidding
sandbagging
averting
warding
balking
US
tabooing
interdicting
enjoining
fazing
stonewalling
licking
mellowing
proscribing
hanging up
putting on brakes
throwing a spanner in the works of
diminishing
lessening
rendering useless
cancelling out
canceling out
papering over
snuffing out
keeping silent about
keeping under your hat
drawing a veil over
cracking down on
putting down
clamping down on
getting under control
slapping down
quietening down
staving off
countering
warding off
opposing
shutting out
forestalling
putting a stop to
derailing
retaining
cutting off
intercepting
avoiding
crimping
damming
defending against
heading off
choking off
enclosing
dissembling
resisting
defeating
evading
hamstringing
nullifying
circumnavigating
jamming
barricading
occluding
stuffing
closing
skirting
sidestepping
holding off on
blocking up
blockading
clogging up
closing up
ditching
steering clear of
congesting
closing off
shutting off
bunging up
binding
scuppering
spoiling
putting on ice
taking down
putting off
clipping someone's wings
tongue-tying
plugging up
fending off
dummying up
keeping feeling inside oneself
bringing to naught
trapping
collaring
entrapping
cooping up
keeping control of
clotting
keeping on a string
precluding
icing
drying up
gumming up
suspending
getting out of
getting around
holding captive
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
dragging feet
escaping
bypassing
beating
putting paid to
ruling out
scotching
overturning
waiving
disrupting
deflecting
anticipating
keeping off
chillin
obviating
chilling
baffling
turning aside
staving
keeping at bay
forfending
ruining
crashing
unsettling
juking
putting the kibosh on
doing for
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
taking wind out of
outwitting
upsetting
ceasing
sealing
caulking
filling up
filling
closing out
blocking out
laying off
keeping hold of
refusing
discontinuing
postponing
discountenancing
packing
stanching
choking up
retardating
putting on back burner
putting on the shelf
putting on hold
refusing to pay
blocking off
bunging
scaring
shaking
warning
talking out of
interfering
frightening
putting a damper on
deprecating
disfavouring
turning off
disfavoring
indisposing
diverting
disadvising
deferring
protracting
shelving
cumbering
remitting
proroguing
stoppering
defending
defending yourself
repelling
getting back at
replying
putting up a fight
retaliating
riposting
beating off
fighting off
sheltering
intermitting
prolonging
slowing up
setting back
holding over
bogging down
backing off
putting back
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
making late
harbouring
UK
protecting
reserving
adumbrating
harboring
US
tucking away
putting out of the way
not giving away
not telling
hiding from view
salting away
keeping unknown
keeping mum about
keeping cover
bounding
fixing
specifying
demarcating
rationing
encircling
delimitating
chaining
putting a ceiling on
narrowing
prelimiting
tethering
contracting
tempering
defining
inclosing
constricting
decreasing
shortening
modifying
keeping within limits
demarking
coming down on
shrinking
cutting down on
surrounding
sending up
qualifying
clamming
overawing
holding one's tongue
hushing one's mouth
making quiet
soft-pedalling
quieting down
saying nothing
clamming up
striking dumb
soft-pedaling
glossing over
keeping quiet
keeping in the dark
more ❯
“Maybe trying to
smother
your feelings right now is not the healthiest thing for you.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to comprehensively defeat
thrashing
trouncing
routing
clobbering
pasting
drubbing
whipping
annihilating
creaming
wallopping
walloping
flattening
shellacking
burying
skunking
whomping
smoking
whupping
whopping
whapping
dusting
bombing
trimming
tromping
skinning
waxing
snowing under
blowing away
defeating
beating
hammering
licking
crushing
overwhelming
wiping the floor with
besting
destroying
worsting
pounding
making mincemeat of
owning
conquering
beating hollow
demolishing
slaughtering
crucifying
murdering
massacring
marmalizing
tanking
stuffing
overcoming
defeating utterly
vanquishing
running rings around
taking to the cleaners
triumphing over
getting the better of
bringing someone to their knees
pulverizing
US
subduing
blowing out of the water
pulverising
UK
killing
blowing out
winning a resounding victory over
giving someone a drubbing
overpowering
walking over
flogging
belting
bludgeoning
thumping
mauling
striking
slogging
doing
walking all over
giving someone a hiding
battering
caning
mastering
bashing
pommelling
pommeling
trashing
spanking
totalling
totaling
slamming
prevailing over
overthrowing
outdoing
hiding
topping
surmounting
dispatching
subjugating
threshing
getting
taking
swamping
overrunning
stopping
quashing
overmatching
leathering
buffeting
buffetting
upending
overbearing
winning
rolling
pummelling
UK
basting
pummeling
whaling
running circles around
smashing
giving someone a pasting
finishing
lambasting
currying
putting away
defeating heavily
working over
punishing
chastening
chastising
shutting out
wiping out
winning against
roughing up
giving a hiding
cutting to pieces
messing up
gaining a victory over
bunging up
getting around
beating up
doing down
taking a stick to
bearing
varnishing
eating alive
scattering
dispelling
beating the pants off
wasting
lathering
busting
driving off
hunting
scuttling
repulsing
zapping
larruping
larrupping
outmanoeuvring
UK
outmaneuvering
US
torpedoing
discomfiting
bulldozing
devastating
quelling
defeating easily
repressing
suppressing
staggering
defeating someone heavily
putting to flight
throwing back in confusion
wiping off map
blowing out of water
beating back
putting to rout
cleaning up on
fixing one's wagon
cooking one's goose
breaking
eradicating
wiping off the mat
knocking out
immobilizing
US
surpassing
outstripping
astonishing
rendering incapable
knocking for six
putting paid to
grinding down
rendering powerless
rendering speechless
demoralising
UK
rendering helpless
immobilising
UK
demoralizing
US
gaining mastery over
excelling
downing
throwing
hurdling
winning over
blasting
settling
steamrollering
mopping up
taking apart
extinguishing
undoing
ruining
putting down
putting an end to
wrecking
reducing
outclassing
stamping out
humbling
silencing
sinking
squashing
snuffing out
dominating
squelching
overturning
razing
abolishing
triumphing
bettering
cracking down on
bringing down
slapping down
clamping down on
ending
trampling
shattering
thwarting
exterminating
decimating
terminating
exceeding
shutting down
outshining
bringing to ruin
transcending
putting a stop to
doing in
putting the kibosh on
outplaying
checking
subordinating
curbing
pacifying
unseating
taming
frustrating
flooring
liquidating
oppressing
quenching
extirpating
obliterating
levelling
UK
leveling
US
stifling
spoiling
bearing down
vaporizing
US
ravaging
scuppering
desolating
pipping at the post
gaining ascendancy over
rubbing out
getting rid of
vaporising
UK
pulling down
putting in the shade
tearing down
nipping in the bud
subjecting
subverting
outperforming
butchering
capping
trumping
eclipsing
slaying
knocking off
upsetting
giving a drubbing to
drowning
overshadowing
outdistancing
overriding
outmatching
knocking over
blighting
going one better than
running rings round
scotching
dashing
despoiling
overtopping
outgunning
sabotaging
towering over
nixing
impairing
desecrating
beating down
nuking
gaining control of
knocking down
bringing to naught
putting the lid on
wreaking havoc on
ousting
deposing
steamrolling
displacing
dismissing
getting the upper hand
toppling
dropping
prevailing
controlling
forcing
executing
foiling
supplanting
outwitting
humiliating
outrunning
cowing
mullering
removing
degrading
damaging
decking
improving on
enslaving
dethroning
doing better than
seizing
annexing
overtaking
marring
deadening
defenestrating
tanning
rising above
eliminating
assassinating
outrivaling
outrivalling
overmastering
mowing down
blowing
ruinating
checkmating
KO'ing
putting to shame
finishing off
scourging
shaming
edging out
banjaxing
dishing
coming out on top
removing from office
queering
botching
ravishing
laying waste
knocking spots off
wracking
taking it all
cruelling
euchring
enthralling
bringing to heel
prostrating
leaving desolate
mangling
trampling underfoot
taking out
bringing to their knees
disposing of
blotting out
bringing under the yoke
sitting on
doing for
doing away with
holding sway over
capturing
bumping off
mutilating
maiming
sweeping away
leaving in ruins
putting in their place
keeping under thumb
bringing to knees
blowing a hole in
bringing about the downfall of
razing to the ground
outsmarting
turning something inside out
outranking
taking down
improving upon
taking care of
outpacing
passing
abusing
scrunching
squishing
unbuilding
knocking the stuffing out of
shooting down
outfighting
wronging
persecuting
gaining the advantage over
making a fool of
getting one up on
circumventing
containing
maltreating
hegemonizing
dwarfing
upstaging
confounding
surviving
weathering
erasing
overpassing
shooting ahead
shaking off
throwing a spanner in the works of
sealing the doom of
putting the skids under
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
stunning
shocking
outliving
rendering
whelming
tyrannizing
US
colonizing
US
towering above
leaving
driving to the wall
taking off
taking someone's life
carrying off
moving in for the kill
tyrannizing over
uncrowning
icing
bearing down on
strangling
quelching
forcing down
succeeding over
coercing
compelling
underyoking
ruling
coming out on top of
knocking socks off
gaining control over
ruling with an iron hand
smashing down
breaking down
wearing down
hosing
devouring
engulfing
muffling
colonising
UK
holding sway
kicking around
tyrannising
UK
reeling back in
ruling over
whacking
looting
rooting out
whitewashing
ejecting
killing off
ransacking
pillaging
plundering
sacking
nullifying
effacing
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
expunging
edging
powdering
disabling
shooting ahead of
ambushing
routeing
outhitting
shipwrecking
outflanking
entrapping
outjumping
cutting down
torturing
putting to death
sticking
sending to the gas chambers
putting to the sword
unthroning
usurping
making inaudible
drowning out
inhibiting
discontinuing
sweeping
occupying
gaining the upper hand over
getting the upper hand over
plowing under
harrying
gutting
cleaning up
vitiating
invalidating
wiping from the face of the earth
annulling
wiping off the map
negating
wiping off the face of the earth
blacking out
benothinging
abrogating
abating
halting
arresting
stymieing
submerging
abandoning
depriving
defrocking
discharging
unmaking
dislodging
nosing out
invading
raping
marauding
spoliating
putting lid on
driving underground
keeping inside
trampling on
shushing
bottling
putting out
clamping
keeping in
holding in
holding down
blocking out
putting kibosh on
cutting off
stemming
interrupting
spiking
winning a victory over
running roughshod over
undermining
dispiriting
weakening
dissolving
disestablishing
taking to cleaners
rolling back
swallowing up
discrowning
depredating
havocking
taking control of
taking possession of
appropriating
taking over
demoting
crippling
enfeebling
being successful
purging
tipping
removing from power
tumbling
bringing low
picking apart
pwning
breaking the spirit
disorganizing
wresting
stripping
breaking up
preying
dismantling
foraging
wreaking havoc
pirating
disrupting
robbing
raiding
foraying
consuming
gaining a victory
taking the crown
gaining mastery of
coming first
taking the honours
taking the prize
winning out
winning through
getting last laugh
winning hands down
prevailing against
taking the cake
carrying the day
drumming out
bombarding
incapacitating
disrating
sapping
downgrading
shelling
attacking
impoverishing
cannonading
strafing
enervating
causing instability
assaulting
clamping down
cracking down
bringing to screeching halt
putting an stop to
injuring
barraging
dilapidating
disfiguring
hitting
defiling
defacing
poisoning
bodging
cleaning out
making a mess of
screwing up
bringing to nothing
lousing up
reducing to rubble
depleting
reducing to nothing
wreaking havoc upon
laying in ruins
fouling up
targetting
targeting
blitzing
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to extinguish (a fire) by covering it
extinguishing
choking
dampening
dousing
putting out
snuffing out
damping down
stamping out
quenching
stifling
snuffing
dampening down
blanketing
blowing out
dowsing
douting
stubbing out
beating out
outing
quelling
extinguishing fire
eliminating
killing
eradicating
abolishing
destroying
detecting
annihilating
turning out
suffocating
drowning
trampling
turning off
switching off
blotting out
crushing out
pressing out
“Extinguish or
smother
the fire on the drapes with wet towels and water.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
stifling
suffocating
asphyxiating
choking
strangling
strangulating
throttling
drowning
crushing
killing
constricting
quashing
choking to death
snuffing out
“I put my hand over her mouth, not hard enough to
smother
her, but firmly enough to give her the message not to speak.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for cover someone or something entirely with
smearing
covering
spreading
bedaubing
besmearing
daubing
coating
plastering
applying
caking
slathering
rubbing
layering
overlaying
encrusting
overspreading
spreading over
anointing
dabbing
lathering
slapping
smudging
slopping
varnishing
painting
covering thickly
surfacing
pasting
incrusting
crusting
facing
putting
smoothing
laying
enveloping
glossing
encasing
laying on
riming
buttering
spreading around
spreading thickly over
spreading thickly
glazing
blanketing
plating
laminating
washing
glueing
UK
binding
cementing
gluing
US
mortaring
adhering
gumming
inlaying
carpeting
overlying
mantling
veneering
sheeting
plastering over
staining
dipping
brushing
hiding
foiling
concealing
enamelling
UK
enameling
US
creaming
spattering
spraying
tarring
larding
splodging
wiping
slicking
greasing
splotching
marking
streaking
beslubbering
beslobbering
patching
bespattering
splashing
rubbing on
variegating
putting on
slapping on
sheathing
swathing
paving
capping
topping
cloaking
crowning
finishing
gilding
shrouding
surrounding
protecting
wrapping
shellacking
lacquering
extending over
polishing
lapping
overlapping
veiling
buffing
cladding
waxing
adorning
skimming
decorating
enshrouding
superimposing
enclosing
icing
frosting
resurfacing
silvering
draping
lining
japanning
enfolding
burnishing
masking
obscuring
screening
disguising
clouding
enwrapping
glassing
shielding
submerging
belying
suppressing
curtaining
occulting
cocooning
embellishing
clothing
putting a facing on
papering over
oiling
blotting out
eclipsing
camouflaging
stratifying
separating
splitting
foliating
exfoliating
sealing
flaking
canopying
filming
dressing
dissimulating
dissembling
resining
ornamenting
dressing up
furbishing
skinning
suffusing
covering with icing
lustering
lustring
smirching
splattering
soiling
palling
burying
levelling
UK
leveling
US
housing
vitrifying
glancing
shining
surmounting
tipping
befouling
sullying
begriming
besmirching
putting over
making shiny
shingling
refinishing
nickeling
electroplating
anodizing
platinizing
swaddling
siding
encaging
caging
inclosing
casing
closeting
making lustrous
making vitreous
galvanizing
US
lubricating
blanching
whitewashing
palliating
sugarcoating
extenuating
whitening
stopping
overtopping
cresting
plugging
mopping
scrubbing
swabbing
tinning
texturing
scaling
chroming
galvanising
UK
bronzing
enswathing
lubing
developing
elaborating
wrapping up
putting a finish on
working in
pomading
making slippery
smearing with oil
loosening
applying oil
giving a shine to
smoothing off
more ❯
“Luckily, it wasn't
smothered
in creamy sauce.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them
overwhelming
surrounding
cocooning
covering
enveloping
heaping
inundating
showering
shrouding
trapping
“How I am supposed to suppress my overwhelming urge to
smother
every guy I become involved with?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to suffocate a person's space as if to coerce them to do something
crowding
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
pressuring
leaning on
pressing
goading
prodding
bulldozing
browbeating
brainwashing
dragooning
suffocating
harassing
harrying
hounding
nagging
badgering
pestering
tormenting
plaguing
hassling
railroading
bouncing
hustling
fast-talking
putting the screws on
strong-arming
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce the strength or intensity of
muting
reducing
lessening
decreasing
diminishing
moderating
deadening
dulling
weakening
blunting
checking
mitigating
allaying
alleviating
dampening
softening
stifling
suppressing
easing
curbing
restraining
tempering
damping
abating
lowering
quelling
subduing
assuaging
cushioning
lightening
relieving
stilling
attenuating
curtailing
cutting
depreciating
depressing
mollifying
tranquilizing
US
calming
cooling
placating
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
ebbing
toning down
damping down
de-escalating
taking the edge off
easing off
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
winding down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
making less intense
putting damper on
putting a damper on
putting the lid on
quietening
muffling
silencing
masking
soothing
killing
numbing
blanketing
palliating
extinguishing
benumbing
quenching
quieting
putting an end to
hushing
gagging
muzzling
inhibiting
lulling
squelching
cauterizing
US
overcoming
paralysing
UK
drowning
anaesthetizing
UK
cauterising
UK
appeasing
relaxing
paralyzing
US
anesthetizing
US
pacifying
repressing
getting rid of
composing
sating
slaking
buffering
absorbing
hiding
concealing
mellowing
covering
shutting down
chillin
chilling
discouraging
sitting down on
decreasing the volume
deterring
limiting
dashing
stamping out
helping
modifying
diluting
satisfying
deflating
squashing
lenifying
throwing cold water on
clouding
becalming
salving
settling
lullabying
putting a stop to
filling
sweetening
surfeiting
making nice
pouring oil on
pouring cold water on
ruining
marring
wrecking
impairing
spoiling
putting to sleep
stunning
retarding
etherizing
putting out of order
slowing
consuming
gassing
knocking out
stupefying
incapacitating
doping
exhausting
dimming
destroying
injuring
unnerving
tiring
frustrating
KO'ing
laying out
depriving
freezing
chloroforming
harshing
messing up
comforting
simmering down
balming
solacing
reconciling
letting up
holding in
reining
easing up
adjusting
slackening
making up
modulating
tuning down
consoling
regulating
resolving
disposing
ameliorating
curing
extenuating
controlling
healing
calming down
smoothing
depleting
dwindling
downsizing
improving
settling down
nursing
remedying
doctoring
cooling off
dispelling
making better
treating
downscaling
dropping
qualifying
subsiding
thinning
shrinking
chilling out
satiating
attending to
steadying
banishing
quashing
remitting
stopping
slacking
loosing
containing
degrading
sapping
denting
contracting
eroding
dissipating
tapering
counteracting
waning
discounting
dulcifying
succoring
US
mending
falling
making less
restoring
meliorating
enfeebling
unburdening
knocking down
cooling out
quieting down
succouring
UK
undermining
crippling
disabling
debilitating
relenting
tranquillising
UK
smoothing over
disburdening
freeing
facilitating
assisting
aiding
rehabilitating
watering down
dampening down
cutting down
letting up on
taking a load off
petering out
taking the sting out of
tailing off
putting at rest
gratifying
addressing
commuting
sedating
conciliating
piping down
excusing
diffusing
disintegrating
crumbling
refreshing
reducing the force of
stabilising
UK
defusing
stabilizing
US
decrementing
attending
fixing
dismissing
disempowering
fixing up
eliminating
gentling
untroubling
allying
loosening
nourishing
putting to rest
chasing away
driving off
squaring
driving away
making weaker
taking sting out
patching things up
admixing
quietening down
cutting back
wearing away
rolling back
wearing down
smoothing down
reducing something
rectifying
transmogrifying
revamping
switching
narrowing
releasing
playing up to
indulging to the full
adulterating
vitiating
enervating
rarefying
constricting
devaluating
offsetting
desensitising
UK
desensitizing
US
obtunding
hebetating
making smaller
fine tuning
making reasonable
pruning
taming
ceasing
reassuring
stroking
monkeying around with
subjugating
patching up
sorting out
putting to rights
ironing out
abridging
slashing
dialing down
truncating
fading
taking the bite out of
rising above
brightening
laying back
rocking to sleep
receding
declining
choking off
cutting off
paring down
promoting
disengaging
simplifying
cheering
running interference for
furthering
clearing the way
speeding
forwarding
lifting
opening the door
untightening
speeding up
making easier
expediting
taking the edge
taking it easy
making lighter
punctuating
varying
putting a lid on
lissing
interrupting
sinking
preventing
breaking up
palling
bringing respite to
setting right
uplighting
shifting
emptying
jettisoning
taking
changing
removing
upraising
levitating
unloading
disencumbering
eradicating
bringing an end to
making bearable
taking load off
draining away
ratcheting down
dying down
dying away
phasing down
growing less
tapering off
dropping off
dropping away
falling away
dying out
making something bearable
bringing aid to
bringing aid
reducing weight
pouring out
throwing out
putting off
medicating
rehabbing
amending
cleansing
dosing
making well
bettering
restoring to health
ministering to
making whole
treating successfully
making healthy
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
dulling
dampening
depressing
crushing
dispiriting
sapping
ailing
breaking
dejecting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disheartening
dismaying
lowering
overwhelming
stifling
subduing
subjugating
suppressing
troubling
daunting
devitalizing
diminishing
discouraging
enervating
oppressing
saddening
shaking
squelching
upsetting
weakening
abasing
bothering
chagrining
curbing
deadening
debilitating
defeating
distressing
extinguishing
humbling
overcoming
overpowering
perturbing
quelling
wearying
bearing down on
beating down
bumming out
casting down
damping down
weighing down
casting a pall over
putting a damper on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to remove completely, leaving no trace
blacking out
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
erasing
obliterating
expunging
effacing
eradicating
abolishing
exterminating
extirpating
annihilating
liquidating
deleting
extinguishing
quashing
squashing
suppressing
squelching
covering
concealing
stifling
battening
darkening
eclipsing
obfuscating
shading
wiping out
rubbing out
blotting out
stamping out
snuffing out
rooting out
cleaning up
sweeping away
crosses out
covering up
cutting off
holding back
keeling over
making dark
passing out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be stacked or loaded with
piling
loading
packing
heaping
lading
stuffing
filling
stocking
charging
filling up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force
oppressing
abusing
subjugating
suppressing
crushing
maltreating
persecuting
subduing
enslaving
repressing
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
wronging
hegemonizing
ill-treating
mastering
overcoming
overpowering
overwhelming
exploiting
scourging
subjecting
keeping down
treating harshly
aggrieving
annoying
besetting
coercing
despotizing
distressing
dominating
encumbering
forcing
grinding down
handicapping
harassing
harrying
holding down
hounding
outraging
overloading
overthrowing
plaguing
pressing
riding
ruling
ruling over
saddling
straining
taxing
tormenting
torturing
trampling
vexing
worrying
holding sway over
putting down
trampling on
trampling underfoot
tyrannizing over
beating down
picking on
putting upon
riding roughshod over
walking all over
bringing to heel
putting screws to
weighing heavy upon
bringing someone to their knees
bringing under the yoke
putting the squeeze on
ruling with a rod of iron
ruling with an iron hand
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize (someone or something) harshly
lambasting
castigating
chastising
upbraiding
berating
censuring
condemning
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
rebuking
reprimanding
scolding
attacking
haranguing
ranting at
reproving
reviling
admonishing
chiding
basting
bawling out
carpeting
dressing down
excoriating
flaying
fulminating against
hammering
jawing
keelhauling
laying into
lecturing
ragging
railing at
rating
reproaching
scoring
tongue-lashing
chewing out
objurgating
reprehending
taking to task
telling off
blistering
calling down
calling over the coals
cudgeling
US
cudgelling
UK
denouncing
deriding
hauling over the coals
hitting
lacing to
panning
pitching into
punishing
reaming out
roasting
scorching
scourging
shellacking
slapping
slashing
smearing
striking
tearing into
ticking off
trimming
slagging off
giving someone a dressing-down
having a go at
lashing into
railing against
ripping into
having your knife in
raking over the coals
reading the riot act
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take the life of (someone)
murdering
killing
assassinating
dispatching
massacring
slaughtering
eliminating
executing
butchering
liquidating
hitting
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
slaying
wasting
doing in
offing
terminating
croaking
icing
destroying
stiffing
topping
whacking
getting
smoking
snuffing
zapping
finishing
murking
scragging
abolishing
asphyxiating
beheading
chilling
chillin
cooling
decapitating
defeating
doing
electrocuting
eradicating
exterminating
extinguishing
garotting
garrotting
guillotining
hanging
knifing
lynching
shooting
strangling
knocking off
putting to death
taking out
wiping out
blowing away
bumping off
disposing of
putting away
rubbing out
blotting out
cutting to pieces
doing away with
doing for
doing to death
dusting off
mowing down
taking a life
taking the life of
giving someone the works
terminating with extreme prejudice
Verb
▲
Present participle for bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on
lavishing
showering
heaping
pouring
spending
deluging
blowing
dissipating
expending
losing
misspending
raining
squandering
wasting
bestowing
covering
fiddling away
frittering
frittering away
giving
giving freely
giving generously
loading
pampering
running through
scattering
throwing away
trifling away
bestowing freely
giving unstintingly
going through
thrusting upon
spending money like water
Noun
▲
The action of inhibiting a process
inhibition
hindrance
obstruction
restraint
restriction
bar
impediment
check
obstacle
barrier
block
discouragement
hampering
suppression
bridling
checking
constraint
curbing
deterrent
prevention
repression
retardation
arrest
balking
US
baulking
UK
blocking
cramping
encumbrance
fettering
frustration
hazard
holding back
shackling
stifling
baulk
UK
balk
US
chain
clog
cramp
crimp
curb
drag
drawback
embarrassment
fetter
foiling
halting
handicap
hitch
holdback
hurdle
interference
let
manacle
quashing
shackles
snag
stop
stopping
thwarting
trammel
interdict
straitjacket
blockage
embargo
hangup
prohibition
stumbling block
sublimation
nipping in the bud
putting an end to
putting an stop to
control
refrainment
self-command
self-control
discipline
reserve
discretion
continence
self-restraint
keeping back
keeping under control
restraining
biting back
keeping in check
holding in
bottling up
concealment
deadening
containing
muffling
containment
choking back
limitation
brake
stricture
stoppage
difficulty
catch
rein
damper
disadvantage
setback
impedance
burden
shackle
circumscription
interruption
fly in the ointment
problem
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
taboo
delay
cumber
determent
ball and chain
holdup
complication
limit
hiccup
barricade
millstone
disincentive
ban
condition
bridle
inconvenience
interdiction
confinement
dissuasion
facer
blockade
catch-22
hamper
wall
road block
halt
no-no
deterrence
monkey wrench
forbiddance
barring
proscription
ceiling
cumbrance
regulation
albatross
boycott
retardment
detriment
baggage
glitch
disallowance
gridlock
reservation
lock
rub
injunction
hang-up
preclusion
don't
obviation
safeguard
curtailment
forbidding
banning
clampdown
prohibiting
issue
outlawing
fetters
break
restrainer
hold
demarcation
defect
weakness
interdicting
veto
surcease
stay
proscribing
enjoining
qualification
preventive
uphill
bounds
traverse
suspension
bottleneck
string
circumvention
roadblock
joker
hold-up
jam
load
sticking point
mountain
jam-up
wet blanket
dead weight
excess baggage
booby trap
millstone around your neck
out of bounds
off limits
refusal
thou-shalt-not
bond
bonds
shortcoming
hobble
yoke
opposition
choking
pitfall
preemption
intimidation
headache
elimination
hardship
deadweight
stumbling stone
occlusion
congestion
nuisance
bump
railing
fence
injury
buttress
avoidance
forestallment
precaution
anticipation
averting
forestalling
precluding
tie
disablement
impairment
flaw
disorder
fault
trouble
checkmate
reversal
reverse
blow
mountain to climb
censorship
psychological baggage
millstone round someone's neck
blank wall
chill
stint
red tape
saddle
debt
guilt
cross
duty
stone in one's path
sabotage
intervention
weary load
depressant
cloud
maximum
interception
prophylaxis
deterence
inhibitor
rebuff
whammy
harness
defence
UK
leash
defense
US
preventative
anathema
foot dragging
gloom
pall
monkey on one's back
thorn in one's side
cap
inadequacy
circumspection
modification
definition
stipulation
disapproval
defensive measures
threshold
depression
rule
bound
non-acceptance
tapu
proviso
provision
cold water
rider
strings
requirement
moderation
extent
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
religious convention
sanction
social convention
law
superstition
contraction
custody
limits
retardant
disqualification
margin
confine
line
fine print
small difficulty
bondage
rope
order
instruction
deprivation
pinions
weight
decrease
manacles
chains
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
command
reduction
tops
line of demarcation
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
wait
restraining order
arrestment
close
cutoff
finish
discontinuation
expiration
end
closure
closedown
cessation
termination
shutoff
conclusion
lapse
cease
offset
ending
shutdown
discontinuance
stall
detainment
detention
lull
lag
interval
intermission
retard
gap
interlude
pause
bind
ado
prorogation
logjam
downtime
filibuster
holding
staying
stalling
tie-up
showstopper
waiting period
time wasted
time lag
cooling-off period
holding pattern
period of waiting
disallowing
vetoing
embargoing
tabooing
exclusion
negation
ruling out
repudiation
temperance
making illegal
more ❯
Noun
▲
The crime of killing by strangling
strangling
asphyxiation
choking
crushing
strangulation
suffocation
throttling
stifling
gassing
Noun
▲
The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication
suppression
concealment
censorship
hiding
withholding
banning
gagging
muzzling
non-disclosure
stifling
camouflage
covering
disguising
keeping secret
outlawing
proscription
restriction
stonewalling
covering up
cover-up
keeping hidden
silencing
wraps
hushing up
conspiracy of silence
veil of secrecy
disguise
secretion
veil
squashing
burial
hush-up
-gate
placing under wraps
seal of secrecy
stashing
caching
cover
misprision
whitewash
blind
obscuration
obliteration
dissimulation
mask
beard
hide-out
occultation
front
curtain
hiding place
smoke screen
fig leaf
red herring
ambush
lurking
lying in wait
more ❯
Adjective
▲
High in moisture or humidity, typically from heat
sultry
muggy
humid
sticky
close
suffocating
stuffy
damp
airless
steamy
heavy
soggy
wet
mucky
hot and humid
stifling
oppressive
clammy
sweaty
moist
dank
like a sauna
fuggy
like a Turkish bath
sweltering
breathless
unventilated
soupy
stale
dampish
misty
boiling
confined
thick
stagnant
sodden
dripping
irriguous
frowsty
musty
foggy
cloudy
claggy
fetid
US
hot
foetid
UK
warm
watery
tropical
smoky
very damp
unaired
sweltry
very hot
roasting
badly ventilated
poorly ventilated
uncomfortable
moldy
US
choky
stale-smelling
fusty
mouldy
UK
steaming
fogged
clouded
hazy
balmy
frowzy
steamed up
misted up
hot and sticky
fogged up
soaked
drenched
saturated
waterlogged
sopping
soaking
oozy
drizzly
rainy
dewy
wettish
showery
moistened
dampened
drippy
vaporous
wetted
moisture-laden
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Constructed so as to prevent the passage of water, air, etc.
tight
impervious
impenetrable
sealed
sound
watertight
hermetic
airtight
impermeable
locked
fastened
proof
waterproof
blocked
bolted
clumped
obstructed
plugged
shut
snapped
hermetically sealed
stopped up
closed
resistant
imperviable
impregnable
impassable
solid
rainproof
inaccessible
tamper-proof
water-resistant
firm
water-repellent
dense
immune
inviolable
impassible
invulnerable
damp-proof
unpierceable
unyielding
repellent
bulletproof
protected
padlocked
cinched
shut tight
wrapped
fixed
coated
taped up
stuck down
vacuum-packed
enclosed
-proof
repelling
completely sealed
untouched
unmoved
unaffected
unreceptive
unswayable
obdurate
unmovable
unbending
unfeeling
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