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What is another word for
soften
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To make or become physically soft or softer
To make or become less harsh or severe
To subside or become less intense
To cause to become physically weaker
To represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance
To soften or be softened, especially by soaking
To make or become liquefied by heat
To make a strong, lasting, or favorable impression on
To make human or humane
To become (more) pale or white in color or complexion
To partially or completely cook in advance
To flatter someone in an attempt to persuade them
To yield or lose one's resolve
To diminish to nothing
To lie half-hidden or in shelter
To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a particular use or situation
Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
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Verb
▲
To make or become physically soft or softer
tenderise
UK
tenderize
US
unstiffen
relax
mellow
make softer
make pliable
make tender
become tender
“Braising and stewing dissolve the connective tissues and
soften
the meat by prolonged heating.”
Verb
▲
To make or become less harsh or severe
moderate
mitigate
diminish
temper
ease
mollify
relieve
dull
deaden
palliate
decrease
lessen
abate
cushion
lighten
blunt
relax
quell
reduce
lower
gentle
muffle
qualify
lenify
subdue
buffer
tone down
take the edge off
allay
alleviate
assuage
soothe
calm
dampen
quieten
quiet
weaken
still
mute
stifle
suppress
check
smother
silence
pacify
attenuate
appease
cool
placate
restrain
curb
mellow
lull
tranquilize
US
help
damp
tranquillize
UK
hush
sweeten
dilute
settle
squelch
modify
compose
muzzle
mask
repress
control
soft-pedal
extenuate
minimize
US
modulate
minimise
UK
damp down
take the sting out
depress
turn down
curtail
calm down
ameliorate
pipe down
absorb
take the bite out
conciliate
regulate
gag
numb
propitiate
shush
contain
keep it down
decrease the volume
smooth
comfort
de-escalate
extinguish
tame
put a damper on
drown
wind down
put the lid on
slacken
loosen
remit
cut
impair
constrain
salve
water down
ebb
dumb
dulcify
heal
put damper on
pour oil on
ease off
play down
make less intense
keep in check
quieten down
shut up
drown out
benumb
limit
bridle
slake
thin
resolve
inhibit
restrict
dispel
govern
blanket
obtund
overcome
console
depreciate
degrade
make less
erode
adjust
discount
content
satisfy
disarm
kill
commute
lick
reconcile
dwindle
downsize
cut down
crush
cure
take the sting out of
anaesthetize
UK
cool out
solace
anesthetize
US
ease up
make peace with
fix up
win over
rein in
break
settle down
put down
quiet down
let up on
shorten
revise
quench
bolster
pillow
address
improve
excuse
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
buttress
reduce the force of
gruntle
milden
retard
taper
reduce the effect of
fix
slow
shrink
wane
contract
subside
decrement
chill out
take sting out
patch things up
narrow
take the bite out of
get rid of
put an end to
make reasonable
protect against
make less painful
soak up
hold in
scale down
untighten
release
slack
mince
make smaller
becalm
lullaby
rectify
remedy
roll back
cut back
abase
wear away
peter out
wear down
temperate
defend against
shield against
soften up
sugar the pill
keep under control
meet halfway
dent
deplete
drop
downscale
prune
blur
muddy up
stabilize
US
take pressure off
master
mend
lay off
quash
tail off
untrouble
balm
cool off
unburden
smooth down
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
safeguard against
chasten
squash
loose
banish
knock down
dissipate
steady
stroke
grease
con
square
pacificate
neutralize
US
dismiss
eliminate
destroy
arrest
stabilise
UK
defuse
neutralise
UK
pare down
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
patch up
put to rights
iron out
sort out
take the heat off
smooth out
clear the air
smooth over
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
butter up
lay back
make peace
humour
UK
humor
US
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
sober
soberize
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
clear the air with
hold back
clamp down on
crack down on
keep a lid on
keep the lid on
hold in check
get under control
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
cheer
desensitize
US
make inaudible
cool down
undermine
brighten
counteract
reassure
assure
vary
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
hold
measure
stop
liss
interrupt
rule
keep
sate
support
assist
prevent
aid
break up
cauterize
US
conquer
bring respite to
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
bedim
give solace to
upraise
buck up
condole with
bring an end to
discipline
take load off
humble
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
cow
fade
dip
darken
reclaim
bust
pull in
pale
get the better of
get a grip on
dim
make dim
make faint
make less bright
nurse
doctor
make better
decline
recede
fall
treat
relent
hearten
sink
pall
uplift
condole
gladden
lift
collect
sedate
encourage
elevate
throw cold water on
rehabilitate
cheer up
drop off
taper off
let up
attend to
fall away
buoy up
die down
pour cold water on
dampen down
phase down
bring comfort to
drain away
ratchet down
make well
die out
die away
put at ease
drop away
re-collect
put at rest
disempower
rein
chill
diffuse
attend
satiate
subjugate
nourish
make weaker
rise above
cut off
choke off
gratify
rachet down
grow less
shut down
tranquillise
UK
meliorate
remove
disintegrate
refresh
crumble
relaxed
set right
explain
give condolences to
lighten burden
empathize with
commiserate with
envigorate
UK
enliven
sympathize with
besoothe
inspirit
boost
reanimate
revitalise
UK
make one feel at ease
give sympathy to
quiet fears
revitalize
US
invigorate
US
give a lift to
commiserate
clear up
free
rehab
medicate
restore
give respite to
amend
cleanse
dose
better
treat successfully
make whole
restore to health
minister to
make healthy
decelerate
unlax
become weaker
cool it
fade away
more ❯
“He hadn't even bothered to attempt to
soften
his words. His lack of consideration for her feelings left Lexie cold.”
Verb
▲
To subside or become less intense
subside
abate
lessen
diminish
moderate
wane
dwindle
ease
recede
ebb
decrease
decline
slacken
weaken
drop
fade
cease
ease up
taper off
drop off
let up
die down
fall away
die out
phase down
slacken off
peter out
ratchet down
grow less
level off
calm down
relent
remit
shrink
reduce
taper
fall
lower
pall
de-escalate
drain away
die away
alleviate
relax
mitigate
ease off
slack off
rachet down
contract
attenuate
slack
fall off
slow down
slow
modulate
wind down
temper
flag
slake
sag
get less
become less intense
lull
calm
quieten down
still
lighten
slump
plummet
plunge
sink
terminate
descend
quieten
quell
melt
slip
curb
quiet
decrement
depreciate
tail off
melt away
decay
dry up
deteriorate
settle
blur
become smaller
evaporate
degenerate
run low
crumble
shrivel
restrain
devaluate
waste
become less
check
wear away
lose edge
narrow down
grow smaller
droop
wither
wear down
settle down
fall down
come to a stop
come to an end
downscale
downsize
drain
deplete
close
dent
make less
trail off
knock down
release
wilt
bate
depress
disengage
minimize
US
curtail
minimise
UK
thin down
die off
trail away
thin out
phase out
become weaker
minify
trail
retrench
abbreviate
extenuate
pare down
tone down
turn down
cool off
fizzle out
fade out
go downhill
make smaller
fade away
take five
hit the floor
go through the floor
more ❯
“I knew that if I could get back on the yoga mat and move, some of the pain would
soften
, and my mood would lift.”
Verb
▲
To cause to become physically weaker
weaken
debilitate
enfeeble
enervate
sap
devitalize
tire
prostrate
waste
etiolate
exhaust
cripple
undermine
incapacitate
disable
wear out
fatigue
weary
drain
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
knacker
make feeble
lay low
immobilise
UK
knock out
do in
indispose
impair
shatter
torpefy
make weak
attenuate
reduce
deplete
frazzle
poop
emasculate
vitiate
wash out
take it out of
put out of action
erode
handicap
tax
impoverish
overtire
overtax
unnerve
blunt
diminish
disempower
whack
jade
ruin
wreck
tire out
destroy
eviscerate
render infirm
sap your strength
wear to a frazzle
sicken
unhinge
bush
lessen
lower
subvert
disembowel
exenterate
encumber
hamper
injure
hinder
hurt
mar
harm
extenuate
sap the strength of
unstrengthen
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
eat away
rob from
wear away
wear down
dilute
flag
languish
wilt
make feebler
sink
droop
water down
falter
strain
pain
pull the teeth of
reduce the power of
remove the sting from
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
lose energy
give out
grow weak
lose strength
hamstring
disarm
depress
overthrow
mow
defeat
bring someone to their knees
make powerless
make weary
make helpless
make impotent
bring low
tucker out
burn out
break
overwork
wear
outwear
bust
kill
tucker
poop out
harass
overexert
overextend
overfatigue
shrink
conk out
peter out
run ragged
do up
decrease
contract
check
restrict
limit
corrode
overdo
bankrupt
draw
deflate
dissipate
curb
consume
constrict
gnaw
abate
suck dry
make tired
chip away at
use up
burden
plague
drowse
bore
atrophy
oppress
fade
glut
fail
weigh
wither
cause ennui
grow tired
emaciate
shrivel
cause weariness
root
wipe out
nearly kill
cut
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
bleed
curtail
wear oneself to a frazzle
prune
inhibit
downsize
narrow
downscale
overcome
bridle
dent
pare down
cut down
cut back
retrench
maim
lame
slowly reduce
bleed dry
slowly lessen
slowly diminish
gradually overcome
ease
knock down
make weaker
de-escalate
mutilate
disfigure
crumble
lighten
adulterate
temper
mitigate
assuage
calm
devaluate
thin
rarefy
soothe
offset
damage
eat
palsy
deface
dislimb
mangle
sideline
make lame
stifle
dismember
abrade
slow down
spoil
disintegrate
deteriorate
weather
dissolve
slow up
decay
fret
nibble
devour
rot
scrape away
take the edge off
scour
grind down
eat away at
bite
bite at
gnaw away at
eat into
waste away
break up
more ❯
“This diplomatic illness would
soften
her heart and, each time, she would pay.”
Verb
▲
To represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance
minimise
UK
minimize
US
diminish
downplay
lessen
reduce
underrate
undervalue
understate
moderate
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
underestimate
devalue
whitewash
minify
underplay
misprize
weaken
deemphasize
mitigate
deprecate
discount
extenuate
cheapen
qualify
temper
minimalize
de-emphasize
play down
soft-pedal
gloss over
make light of
shrug off
sell short
brush aside
tone down
talk down
make little of
detract from
hold cheap
pooh-pooh
make light
brush off
underemphasize
downgrade
set little store by
make nothing of
hold back
set no store by
dumb down
attach little importance to
give a lower profile
give little weight to
think nothing of
belittle
dismiss
disregard
depreciate
scoff at
laugh off
disparage
treat lightly
overlook
ignore
rate too low
do an injustice to
not do justice to
pass over
treat as unimportant
palliate
overpass
reject
derogate
paper over
gloze over
wink at
blink at
think little of
vilipend
sugarcoat
condone
forgive
excuse
euphemize
remit
be wrong about
pardon
neglect
take for granted
think too little of
cock a snook at
mince words
pay no attention to
take no notice of
disvalue
underprize
underprice
miscalculate
deflate
hold in contempt
prettify
miscarry
slight
disesteem
fail to appreciate
forget
pay no heed to
shake off
mince
set too little store by
make a joke of
joke about
put down
not do justice
blue-pencil
subdue
shush
hush-hush
deal rapidly with
misjudge
go easy
underween
rationalize
US
belie
put on the soft pedal
justify
rationalise
UK
gloss
varnish
look down on
disbelieve
discard
smooth over
brush something under the carpet
explain away
dispel
undersell
doubt
omit
take no account of
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
write off
set aside
spurn
flout
shut eyes to
wave aside
think no more of
push aside
sweep aside
turn a blind eye to
put aside
refuse to acknowledge
forget about
turn a deaf ear to
have no time for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To soften or be softened, especially by soaking
macerate
pulp
mash
squash
liquefy
deliquesce
puree
crush
smash
grind
cream
triturate
pound
liquidize
US
beat
chew
mince
masticate
scrunch
mangle
purée
mush
press
bruise
liquidise
UK
reduce
emulsify
sieve
shred
mill
pulverize
US
levigate
bray
comminute
pulverise
UK
gelatinate
coagulate
champ
crunch
chomp
combine
blend
eat
manducate
bite
chumble
ruminate
munch
break up
whip
brew
decoct
hash
squish
infuse
mush up
squeeze
express
trample
compress
extract
flatten
powder
tread on
granulate
mull
compact
atomize
disintegrate
pestle
force
squelch
press out
stamp on
kibble
tread
condense
tamp
clamp
stamp
stuff
press down
tamp down
squeeze out
crumble
pack down
fragment
grate
powderize
splinter
contriturate
tromp
flour
fragmentalize
abrade
micronize
fragmentize
turn to dust
chop up
squidge
smush
splat
chop into pieces
tramp
walk over
step on
tramp on
trample on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or become liquefied by heat
melt
flux
run
thaw
fuse
liquefy
deliquesce
dissolve
defrost
unfreeze
diffuse
liquify
render
clarify
cook
disintegrate
flow
go
heat
liquesce
merge
smelt
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
warm
melt down
pass away
thaw out
waste away
mollify
relent
de-ice
deice
unthaw
loosen
unbend
open up
warm up
become soft
become liquid
solvate
incorporate
become a solution
break down
go into solution
touch
relax
disarm
affect
move
forgive
become lenient
show mercy
yield
give in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a strong, lasting, or favorable impression on
move
affect
touch
arouse
grab
impact
impassion
impress
influence
inspire
melt
stimulate
stir
agitate
disquiet
strike
disturb
excite
hit
shake
upset
reach
sway
have an impact on
tug at your heartstrings
make an impression on
tell on
sadden
pain
dispirit
dishearten
distress
tug at the heart
make sad
arouse sympathy
arouse pity
involve
mark
carry
get
quicken
get to
touch a chord
strike a chord
make an impression
leave an impression on
have an effect on
get through to
encourage
motivate
prompt
instigate
spur
prod
trigger
urge
incite
provoke
push
induce
inspirit
galvanize
US
incentivize
US
spark
activate
goad
drive
pique
hook
energize
US
foment
buoy
inflame
nudge
whet
incentivise
UK
galvanise
UK
elate
energise
UK
fire up
spur on
rev up
buoy up
fire with enthusiasm
spirit up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make human or humane
humanize
US
civilise
UK
civilize
US
improve
educate
enlighten
refine
cultivate
polish
better
edify
instruct
tame
mellow
reclaim
socialise
UK
socialize
US
sophisticate
acculturate
teach
temper
rub the rough edges off
bring culture to
bring civilization to
inform
advance
promote
indoctrinate
ethicize
enrich
elevate
uplift
develop
idealize
US
spiritualize
foster
acquaint
ennoble
idealise
UK
help forward
humanise
UK
Verb
▲
To become (more) pale or white in color or complexion
pale
whiten
blanch
fade
bleach
blench
dull
decolorize
lighten
snow
faint
etiolate
evanish
tarnish
discolour
UK
discolor
US
wash out
become pale
go white
go pale
grow pale
turn white
turn pale
grow dull
lose color
lose colour
lose luster
become washed out
neutralize
US
decolour
dim
clear
decolor
achromatize
neutralise
UK
tone down
make pale
lose brightness
grow dim
become colorless
become paler
become lighter
make white
turn pallid
become white
lose lustre
peroxide
make pallid
become bleached
drain of color
wan
white
grow pallid
drain
grow white
go pallid
blanco
lose its colour
become pallid
frost
chalk
whitewash
silver
grizzle
be washed out
diminish
lessen
decrease
dwindle
reduce
recede
pale into insignificance
lose significance
decrease in importance
more ❯
Verb
▲
To partially or completely cook in advance
precook
boil
cook
parboil
prepare
simmer
Verb
▲
To flatter someone in an attempt to persuade them
cajole
flatter
adulate
praise
glorify
charm
stroke
bootlick
blarney
brownnose
flannel
humour
UK
humor
US
wheedle
panegyrize
overpraise
belaud
fawn
grovel
himor
honey
oil
puff
sweet-talk
fawn on
butter up
express admiration for
soft-soap
wax lyrical about
suck up to
play up to
be all over
build up
compliment excessively
hero-worship
pander to
lay it on thick
apple polish
spread it on
massage one's ego
rub the right way
inveigle
blandish
work on
coax
persuade
talk into
court
massage
compliment
admire
commend
pay tribute to
laud
work over
pay court to
beslaver
pay blandishments to
say nice things about
salve
snow
cater to
toady
make much of
lay it on with a trowel
entice
beguile
tempt
lure
induce
influence
allure
urge
palaver
get
press
con
worm
hook
wangle
importune
barter
sell
argue into
prevail upon
arm-twist
rope in
brown-nose
curry favor with
US
curry favour
UK
suck up
rub up the right way
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
make up to
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
prevail on
prostrate oneself to
creep to
ingratiate oneself with
be servile towards
toady to
grovel to
get round
kowtow to
curry favor
US
fall all over
crawl to
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
truckle to
dance attendance on
kowtow
truckle
crawl
woo
lick someone's boots
apple-polish
creep
be servile
fawn over
cringe
be obsequious
fuss
pander
win over
prostrate oneself
bow and scrape
ingratiate yourself
kiss one's feet
seduce
cower
humble oneself
be sycophantic
abase yourself
lay it on
sway
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
revere
be obsequious to
smooth-talk
bring round
stoop
behave obsequiously
fall on one's knees
kiss up to
smoodge to
pay court
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
honey up
defer
submit
yield
worship
gush over
elevate
be servile to
be sycophantic to
puff up
crouch
slaver
abase oneself before
kneel
fawn upon
cultivate
eat crow
ingratiate
give in
soften up
soothe
defer to
knuckle under
kiss-up
scratch one's back
try to win over
soap
put on a pedestal
kiss the feet of
submit to
get around
play up
concede
kiss someone's feet
get in with
cozy up
back-scratch
humiliate yourself
prostrate oneself before
eat humble pie
win the favor of
overdo it
butter up to
sweet talk
bend the knee
give way
make up
smoodge
adore
plague
twist one's arm
pester
come on
decoy
talk someone into something
tease
encourage
jawbone
quail
stroke one's ego
exalt
roose
implore
genuflect
show respect for
snivel
bow to
pamper
eat dirt
demean oneself
throw oneself at someone's feet
use flattery
talk blarney
venerate
talk
lionize
US
draw
fold
toe the mark
say uncle
lie down and roll over
bend
prostrate
cave in
go along with
rave over
convince
prod
make
reason
argue
coerce
finagle
sweeten up
lionise
UK
eulogize
US
grovel before
cringe before
fall over oneself for
invite
debase
eulogise
UK
praise to excess
abase
scrape
cotton
jolly
smarm around
bow
cave in to
be at beck and call
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
buddy up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To yield or lose one's resolve
weaken
succumb
yield
relent
acquiesce
accede
bend
waver
give in
cave in
give way
come round
ease off
ease up
surrender
submit
capitulate
concede
bow
quit
fold
budge
back down
give up
knuckle under
cede
break
resign
buckle
backpedal
blink
say uncle
cry uncle
give oneself over
throw in the sponge
let go
turn over
be beaten
show the white flag
come to terms
give up the struggle
fall victim
accept defeat
be overcome
be overwhelmed
lay down
abdicate
lay down arms
defer
throw in the towel
raise the white flag
cry quits
turn in
resign yourself
concede defeat
fold up
call it quits
admit defeat
be conquered
climb down
suffer defeat
fall
comply
assent
agree
wave the white flag
accept
go under
give in to
buckle under
crumble
go down
bow to
cave
kowtow
lose
collapse
relinquish
be defeated
comply with
bow out
fall victim to
be overcome by
be overwhelmed by
be conquered by
roll over
toss it in
pack it in
put up white flag
yield to
truckle
fail
concur
knuckle
approve
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
keel
subscribe
consent
be trounced
be vanquished
lose out
agree with
make concessions
come up short
be beaten by
throw in your hand
acquiesce in
give way to
concur with
chicken out
give yourself up
hoist the white flag
eat crow
submit to
go along with
die of
give
vail
retreat
throw up one's hands
throw up the sponge
chuck it in
surrender to
fall in line
adhere
honour
UK
respect
honor
US
subjugate
genuflect
subdue
show white flag
give away the store
conform
drop
adapt
knuckleunder
adjust
admit
cringe
fawn
accommodate
obey
desist
humble oneself
be submissive
bend the knee
give ground
eat humble pie
roll over and play dead
recognize
US
heed
observe
have no fight left
back off
wimp out
be deferential
concede to
make a deal
abide by
accede to
conform to
play ball
grant
compromise
be overthrown
pull out
cooperate with
bail out
cut out
act in accordance with
be servile
be overthrown by
be defeated by
be taken by
eat dirt
be converted
be won over
be persuaded
change your mind
be destroyed by
be vanquished by
be won over by
be converted to
be persuaded by
see eye to eye
lie down
be a casualty to
be smitten by
pass into the hands of
recognise
UK
acknowledge
come to grief
default
get the worst
take a licking
have the worst
be worsted
fall short
fall to pieces
pass into enemy hands
lose one's position to
suffer
be humbled
come a cropper
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
crash out
be outdistanced
take a beating
resign oneself to
succumb to
drop a bundle
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish to nothing
peter
check
contract
curb
decay
decline
degenerate
drain
droop
drop
ease
ebb
fade
lower
quiet
rebate
settle
shrink
sink
slash
slump
taper
wane
waste
abate
calm down
crumble
curtail
cut down
depreciate
deteriorate
devaluate
die down
diminish
drop off
dry up
dwindle
evaporate
fall off
lessen
let up
lighten
lose edge
modify
narrow down
peter out
quell
reduce
restrain
run low
shrivel
slacken
slack off
slow down
subside
tail away
tail off
weaken
wear away
wear down
wither
devalue
cheapen
cut
depress
downgrade
mark down
attenuate
break
decrease
discount
deflate
devalorize
fall
write down
worsen
erode
lower in value
lower in price
write off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lie half-hidden or in shelter
nestle
cushion
lie
place
protect
shelter
Verb
▲
To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a particular use or situation
condition
prepare
prime
adapt
process
ready
temper
acclimate
acclimatise
UK
acclimatize
US
adjust
fashion
fit
shape
tailor
treat
accommodate
conform
doctor
edit
put
season
suit
make ready
form
mould
UK
pattern
make
frame
model
create
mold
US
habituate
accustom
familiarize
US
plan
alter
transform
harden
toughen
acculture
plot
climatize
familiarise
UK
become accustomed
get used to
define
develop
influence
affect
guide
determine
produce
regulate
construct
devise
remodel
build
cast
sculpt
choreograph
convert
grow
design
modify
chart
sculpture
lay out
become
map out
hew
carve
cut
whittle
block
manipulate
forge
pat
roughhew
smooth
crystallise
UK
assemble
fabricate
knead
trim
throw together
crystallize
US
mint
block out
bring together
chisel
more ❯
Verb
▲
Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
undermine
weaken
sabotage
subvert
threaten
damage
hurt
impair
compromise
disable
injure
cripple
diminish
reduce
ruin
sap
enfeeble
hinder
impede
mar
spoil
botch
shake
debilitate
disempower
eat away
whittle away
attenuate
blunt
challenge
corrode
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dent
destabilise
UK
destabilize
US
dig
emasculate
foil
foul up
frustrate
mine
sandbag
thwart
torpedo
tunnel
wear
wreck
dig out
drag through the mud
hollow out
chip away at
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
knock the bottom out of
put the kibosh on
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
vitiate
harm
destroy
lessen
tarnish
blight
blemish
erode
debase
corrupt
deface
taint
disfigure
degrade
break
flaw
enervate
lower
endamage
sully
ravage
deteriorate
disrupt
decrease
crab
defile
impoverish
warp
cheapen
demean
pervert
besmirch
bloody
devitalize
demolish
crush
prejudice
annihilate
cross up
poison
infect
blot
shrink
wound
waste
deplete
deprave
wear away
debauch
devalue
befoul
invalidate
incapacitate
drain
total
exhaust
trash
smash
pollute
consume
devaluate
stain
shatter
mess up
smirch
dismantle
dirty
gut
raze
mangle
cause detriment to
unsettle
wreak havoc on
influence
water down
abase
jeopardize
US
blacken
undercut
bastardize
US
soil
undo
profane
etiolate
restrict
foul
prostitute
rough up
dilute
curb
limit
contract
canker
wither
detract from
jeopardise
UK
tire
check
shock
devastate
contaminate
unstrengthen
dissipate
desecrate
scorch
batter
be detrimental to
constrict
interfere with
bleed
vandalize
US
have a bad effect on
mutilate
maim
smash up
louse up
muck up
abate
bastardise
UK
adulterate
wear down
do harm to
vandalise
UK
pare down
cut back
burn
crack
drive a nail into the coffin of
take the edge off
knock
sap the strength of
gnaw
lead astray
crool
manipulate
negate
whittle
bruise
distort
pull the rug out from under
prostrate
atrophy
minimize
US
minimise
UK
detract
belittle
set a bad example
despoil
upset
cost
dislocate
dim
depreciate
chip away
emaciate
shrivel
have a negative effect on
colour
UK
dilapidate
bias
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
deform
disgrace
rob from
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
cause the loss of
turn
muzzle
kibosh
hogtie
be deleterious to
nick
jaundice
darken
embitter
touch
sour
wear out
wrench
result in damage to
lead to the end of
make unfit
make powerless
make ineffective
render powerless
color
US
fester
afflict
depress
render incapable
knock off balance
handle roughly
throw monkey wrench in
pull down
blast
inconvenience
cut
strike at the foundations
disfeature
dump on
do mischief to
screw up
shake up
take out
bleach
scratch
play merry hell with
abuse
fade
tear
bang up
stab
discolour
UK
lacerate
scathe
maltreat
do damage to
wrong
split
cause injury
play havoc with
rust
rot
discolor
US
disintegrate
tamper with
curtail
prune
lame
make feebler
downsize
narrow
downscale
infringe
disturb
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
make feeble
lighten
deflate
temper
mitigate
assuage
calm
thin
rarefy
extenuate
soothe
offset
cut down
retrench
encroach on
handicap
reduce the power of
deprive of force
ease
expend
pull the teeth of
remove the sting from
reduce the powers of
chasten
knock down
make weaker
de-escalate
torpefy
empty
spend
queer
place a limit on
worsen
evacuate
use up
ding
tweak
palsy
dislimb
sideline
make lame
disarm
stifle
dismember
unfit
disqualify
milk
strain
bemean
make useless
lose strength
overcome
absorb
devour
take down
cast down
drag down
suck dry
bankrupt
slash
lower the status of
slowly reduce
bleed dry
slowly lessen
slowly diminish
gradually overcome
reduce the status of
dry up
run down
finish
wash up
draw down
dig into
draw
play out
eat up
squander
slim down
more ❯
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