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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
Make or become more tender or loving
To soften or be softened 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 punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
To diminish to nothing
To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises
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
To be, or cause to be, wet or waterlogged
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
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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
soothe
assuage
alleviate
calm
weaken
quieten
dampen
quiet
mute
appease
still
restrain
suppress
pacify
stifle
mellow
dilute
soft-pedal
sweeten
placate
lull
silence
cool
help
tranquilize
US
check
attenuate
smother
minimize
US
tranquillize
UK
modulate
modify
settle
curb
hush
compose
extenuate
minimise
UK
slacken
damp
play down
ameliorate
comfort
control
damp down
repress
squelch
regulate
calm down
mask
muzzle
smooth
absorb
loosen
conciliate
downplay
propitiate
numb
water down
salve
impair
turn down
contain
tame
kill
make light of
take the sting out
pour oil on
put the lid on
deemphasize
thin
remit
curtail
discount
cut
release
gag
loose
benumb
extinguish
deplete
console
satisfy
constrain
dulcify
hold back
resolve
reconcile
heal
dim
cure
adjust
anaesthetize
UK
ease up
cool out
solace
anesthetize
US
pipe down
take the bite out
decrease the volume
quieten down
bolster
let up on
darken
buttress
chill out
sober
limit
sap
slake
restrict
bridle
shush
dispel
degrade
overcome
depress
master
erode
blanket
undermine
obtund
quench
slack
whitewash
content
mince
disarm
de-escalate
pad
inhibit
drown
govern
commute
dwindle
downsize
devalue
square
crush
improve
becalm
lullaby
cripple
untighten
make less
de-emphasize
cheer
lick
win over
make nice
aid
assist
fix up
make peace with
disburden
upraise
facilitate
free
unburden
keep it down
put damper on
break
settle down
rein in
put down
patch things up
quiet down
wind down
cut down
hold in
soften up
take a load off
let up
put an end to
balm
make less intense
keep in check
take the sting out of
spare
pillow
euphemize
shade
deepen
cloud
revise
paralyse
UK
address
shorten
soak up
gruntle
restraint
take sting out
paralyze
US
fill
surfeit
taper
depreciate
underestimate
underplay
underrate
belittle
dumb
fix
get rid of
shrink
wane
contract
subside
decrement
put a stop to
admix
protect against
smooth down
untrouble
ally
cool off
milden
transmogrify
switch
revamp
temperate
steady
dulcorate
honey
sugar
shut up
ebb
meet halfway
keep under control
defend against
shield against
embroider
embellish
sugar the pill
dismiss
dissipate
banish
simmer down
dispose
tune down
rein
make up
blur
reduce punishment
scale down
muddy up
narrow
insulate
seclude
guard
take pressure off
adulterate
remedy
rectify
eliminate
destroy
fine tune
make reasonable
lay off
cut back
wear away
roll back
peter out
wear down
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
soberize
reduce the impact of
safeguard against
chasten
make agreeable
cork up
bottle up
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
extend
lace
sophisticate
gloss over
sate
cauterize
US
mend
monkey around with
make smaller
stroke
grease
con
pacificate
stretch
broaden
ease off
tail off
give a lower profile
give little weight to
attach little importance to
talk down
think nothing of
reduce the effect of
prune
dent
drop
downscale
debase
disempower
invalidate
dress up
reduce something
take the bite out of
stabilize
US
reassure
assure
cool down
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
disable
desensitize
US
enfeeble
debilitate
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
impose peace upon
butter up
make peace
smooth over
restore harmony to
lay back
bedim
play up to
open
patch up
put to rights
iron out
sort out
kiss and make up
clear the air with
bury the hatchet
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
excuse
humble
discipline
knock down
support
make lighter
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
smooth out
rescue
recover
clear the air
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
defuse
take the heat
demilitarize
US
thin out
pare down
run interference for
clear the way
nurse
forward
disengage
speed up
doctor
relent
simplify
meliorate
promote
make easier
speed
expedite
attend to
lift
open the door
further
buck up
condole with
give solace to
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
reduce the force of
dip
fade
make little of
make less painful
hold
train
cow
domesticate
measure
rule
conquer
keep
brighten
put a damper on
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
remove
uplight
change
shift
jettison
eradicate
unload
humour
UK
pale
counteract
house-train
subjugate
enslave
conceal
hide
cover
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
vary
free up
humor
US
cultivate
reclaim
vanquish
bust
domesticize
domiciliate
pull in
housebreak
stop
liss
interrupt
quash
squash
prevent
break up
bring to heel
make tame
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
shut down
bring respite to
make dim
make faint
make less bright
arrest
break the spirit
get the better of
break the spirit of
break in
get a grip on
make matters up
bring an end to
make bearable
accede to somebody's demands
sit down on
take load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
keep a lid on
clamp down on
crack down on
keep the lid on
hold in check
get under control
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
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
drop away
go down
die off
fade away
cool off
disappear
trail off
close
nosedive
trail
waste away
get smaller
dip
vanish
fail
downsize
drain
fizzle out
become weaker
take a nosedive
wilt
blow over
withdraw
finish
stop
trail away
slope
dissolve
retire
flop
desist
downscale
collapse
end
regress
crash
deplete
subdue
minify
tumble
dive
go downhill
nose-dive
fall short
go through the floor
hit the floor
become lower
pass
pass away
release
allay
assuage
relieve
incline downwards
slope down
tilt downwards
slant down
shorten
narrow
languish
thin out
mollify
dent
disengage
dissipate
be forgotten
go downwards
get lower
close out
grow
deflate
condense
dampen
flatline
fold
fall through
wither away
elongate
rescind
bate
shape
flow away
wrinkle
slim
tone down
abbreviate
extenuate
retrench
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
retreat
knock down
dim
telescope
minimize
US
minimise
UK
thin down
phase out
halt
decelerate
unlax
coast
cool
dull
fade out
make smaller
die away or out
die away or down
come to grief
come to nothing
retrocede
atrophy
back away
drop back
fall back
pull out
return
chill out
cool it
go back
retrogress
move away
grow faint
disintegrate
relapse
give way
evanesce
give in
become weak
totter
lose
lapse
skid
devalue
retrograde
retract
back
depart
move back
grind to a halt
crater
drag
buckle
backslide
cheapen
be on the way out
back off
move further off
bow out
go away
draw away
draw back
flow back
go into a tailspin
lose value
fold up
hit the dirt
decrease in value
tip over
break down
be precipitated
cave in
take a header
decline in price
draw to a close
erode
come down
cut
amputate
impair
thin
crop
clip
abridge
soft-pedal
roll back
cut back
slack up
take the bite out
take the sting out
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
incapacitate
undermine
fatigue
wear out
drain
cripple
disable
knacker
knock out
weary
do in
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
shatter
make feeble
paralyze
US
lay low
immobilise
UK
indispose
impair
frazzle
poop
torpefy
make weak
wash out
fag out
attenuate
tax
overtire
overtax
erode
reduce
diminish
whack
jade
blunt
emasculate
vitiate
tire out
destroy
take it out of
wear to a frazzle
put out of action
handicap
unnerve
deplete
bush
disempower
depress
ruin
wreck
eviscerate
render infirm
tucker out
wear down
sicken
wither
lessen
lower
subvert
disembowel
exenterate
sap your strength
take it out of one
unhinge
encumber
hamper
injure
hinder
hurt
mar
harm
extenuate
sap one's strength
sap the strength of
unstrengthen
eat away
rob from
wear away
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
impoverish
dilute
wear
harass
break
kill
outwear
bust
make feebler
fail
fold
burn out
overwork
faint
strain
overburden
sink
overstrain
pain
do up
wilt
ennui
collapse
water down
pull the teeth of
reduce the power of
remove the sting from
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
grow weary
poop out
give out
peter out
put to sleep
go stale
fell
floor
drop
level
down
hamstring
disarm
overthrow
mow
defeat
knock down
knock over
mow down
bowl over
bowl down
bring someone to their knees
make powerless
make weary
make helpless
make impotent
bring low
flatten
deck
topple
bring down
tucker
knock to the ground
rugby-tackle
ground
KO
conk out
lame
throw to the ground
throw down
maim
mangle
lay out
overexert
mutilate
flag
overdo
overextend
overfatigue
hock
damage
droop
unfit
run ragged
knock for six
shoot down
take out
strike down
knock unconscious
kayo
bankrupt
draw
bedraggle
languish
sag
fizzle
succumb
deactivate
halt
overturn
throw
suck dry
inactivate
freeze
palsy
muzzle
spoil
batter
pinion
kibosh
sabotage
hogtie
unbrace
total
arrest
make tired
disqualify
invalidate
render incapable
put down
catch off balance
throw monkey wrench in
cut down
knock into the middle of next week
bring to the ground
use up
wear someone out
hobble
make sleepy
take
shag out
lay someone out
disfigure
spill
upset
drain of energy
lay someone up
burden
attack
assault
mug
pick off
tumble
wear on
plague
drowse
deface
dislimb
sideline
stifle
dismember
tip over
upturn
jam
stop
oppress
fade
glut
weigh
disenable
run down
set upon
run over
beat up
pull down
lose interest
cause ennui
grow tired
clamp
wheel-clamp
make lame
scatter
tie
make inoperative
action
render inactive
prevent from moving
render inoperative
prevent from working
bring to a halt
root
shove
unbalance
bring to a standstill
wipe out
nearly kill
knock someone down
trip
make unfit
spike
restrict
render powerless
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
tackle
hurl to the ground
wear oneself to a frazzle
overcome
overpower
defuse
grade
roll
poleax
plaster
debase
flush
lay
straighten
abrade
set down
trip up
bore
spread out
iron out
roll out
beat down
appall
US
transfix
bemuse
daze
close
deaden
stun
benumb
anesthetize
US
daunt
petrify
nonplus
appal
UK
astound
anaesthetize
UK
numb
stupefy
demolish
knock off your feet
disband
make safe
subjugate
occupy
make harmless
deescalate
neutralize
US
remove the fuse from
skin
subdue
unarm
neutralise
UK
render defenseless
strip
stop dead
make inert
shut down
make nerveless
bring to grinding halt
more ❯
“This diplomatic illness would
soften
her heart and, each time, she would pay.”
Verb
▲
Make or become more tender or loving
relent
yield
capitulate
acquiesce
give in
melt
backpedal
unbend
accede
give way
weaken
blink
bow
budge
concede
forbear
quit
submit
succumb
surrender
back down
come round
do a U-turn
have mercy
become lenient
become merciful
comply
fold
give quarter
have pity
knuckle under
show mercy
show pity
slow
sympathise
UK
sympathize
US
admit something
agree to something
allow something
be merciful
concede something
cave in
come around
cool it
cry uncle
die away
do an about-turn
give up
lay back
let go
let happen
lighten up
mellow out
say uncle
change one's mind
ease up on
give some slack
go along with
go easy on
let it happen
change your mind
take a softer line
assent
agree
consent
bend
vacillate
waver
hesitate
ease off
ease up
touch
mollify
relax
disarm
affect
move
forgive
throw in the towel
admit defeat
defer
cede
concede defeat
fall
throw in the sponge
raise the white flag
climb down
buckle under
show the white flag
be beaten
accept defeat
lay down arms
be overcome
wave the white flag
lay down your arms
relinquish
crumble
accept
abandon
go down
go under
be overwhelmed
toss it in
pack it in
put up white flag
give up the struggle
grant
suffer defeat
be defeated
retract
collapse
cave
kowtow
resign
bow out
deliver
indulge
lose
buckle
knuckle
break
be conquered
abdicate
yield to
give way to
lay down
fall victim
hand over
pull out
throw in your hand
eat crow
roll over
give yourself up
surrender to
comply with
lay down one's arms
cooperate with
acquiesce in
give in to
come to terms
concur with
resign yourself
retreat
compromise
change
give oneself up
adapt
entrust
consign
leave
forego
throw up one's hands
chuck it in
play dead
throw up the sponge
eat humble pie
fall in line
adhere
conform
eat one's words
proffer
stop
drop
despair
desist
tender
cease
waive
present
forswear
be overcome by
be overwhelmed by
heed
observe
truckle
leave off
hand in
bail out
cut out
chicken out
be conquered by
be beaten by
show white flag
give oneself over
fold up
cry quits
turn over
turn in
call it quits
act in accordance with
be servile
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
fail
be trounced
be vanquished
lose out
keel
be submissive
hoist the white flag
bend the knee
resign oneself
humble oneself
give ground
be converted
come to grief
default
get the worst
take a licking
have the worst
come up short
be worsted
fall short
renege
bow to something
bow to someone
give away the store
backtrack
suffer
be humbled
come a cropper
drop a bundle
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
crash out
be outdistanced
take a beating
agree with
be persuaded
cop out
go back on
default on
do an about-face
back out
have second thoughts
break your promise
fail to honour
break one's word
allow
approve
endorse
be converted to
be persuaded by
be won over
recognize
US
permit
okay
undertake
engage
comprobate
roll over and play dead
concede to
come round to
give carte blanche
give blessing
cave in to
give something the nod
consent to
say yes
acquiesce to
enter into
recognise
UK
be game for
agree to
give the green light
back down to
defer to
assent to
relent to
give the go-ahead
astipulate
play ball
be won over by
more ❯
Verb
▲
To soften or be softened by soaking
macerate
soak
steep
mash
pulp
infuse
squash
drench
drown
impregnate
liquefy
saturate
sodden
sop
souse
deliquesce
emaciate
marinade
marinate
permeate
puree
ret
separate
break up
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
champ
crunch
chomp
pulverize
US
levigate
bray
comminute
pulverise
UK
gelatinate
coagulate
eat
combine
blend
manducate
bite
chumble
ruminate
munch
whip
brew
decoct
hash
squish
mush up
waterlog
immerse
submerge
bathe
wet through
douse
inundate
wet
deluge
wash
seethe
pickle
swamp
brine
suffuse
imbue
pervade
fill
dowse
seep
dunk
duck
water
bedraggle
water-soak
dip
imbrue
percolate
transfuse
wet down
stew
plunge
sink
submerse
bribe
absorb
milksop
weakling
moisten
damp
stand
preserve
drouk
charge
load
sate
penetrate
douche
satiate
overwhelm
surfeit
procreate
implant
reproduce
overflow
leaven
inoculate
conceive
produce
flood
wet thoroughly
slosh
rinse
swill down
pour
teem
sluice down
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
de-ice
solvate
deice
fluidify
break down
defront
unthaw
become a solution
go into solution
loosen
mollify
unbend
relent
open up
warm up
become soft
become liquid
reduce
melt away
boil down
liquidize
US
condense
liquidate
precipitate
liquidise
UK
make liquid
turn to liquid
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
tug at someone's heartstrings
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
personalize
US
inform
advance
promote
indoctrinate
ethicize
enrich
elevate
uplift
develop
idealize
US
spiritualize
foster
acquaint
ennoble
idealise
UK
help forward
depoliticize
personalise
UK
more ❯
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
lose lustre
make white
turn pallid
become white
peroxide
become bleached
muddy
make pallid
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 punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
chasten
humble
humiliate
subdue
cow
curb
squash
tame
abase
cheapen
debase
deflate
degrade
demean
discipline
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
flatten
foul
lower
mortify
restrain
shame
sink
smirch
afflict
check
repress
bring down
bring low
take down
put down
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
devalue
embarrass
belittle
crush
abash
bemean
denigrate
cast down
own
take down a peg
corrupt
tarnish
shoot down
debauch
smear
show up
disparage
prostitute
make someone eat crow
quash
pervert
vitiate
subvert
taint
deteriorate
deprave
chagrin
warp
bastardize
US
poison
discomfit
lessen
profane
reduce
downgrade
canker
diminish
snub
blot
bastardise
UK
reproach
tear down
make a fool of
drag through the mud
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
defame
sully
blemish
slander
stigmatize
US
stoop
demote
demoralize
US
descend
blacken
derogate
besmear
drag down
demoralise
UK
defile
cause to lose face
censure
stigmatise
UK
lower the status of
run down
reflect badly on
bring into disrepute
make ashamed
bring shame to
settle someone's hash
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
harm
stain
damage
break
subjugate
besmirch
undermine
disconcert
expose
slur
injure
slam
pan
destroy
mudsling
attaint
libel
disfavor
US
pull down
ridicule
disfavour
UK
reduce the status of
drag through the mire
bring shame upon
give a bad name
put in a bad light
get the better of
have the last laugh on
show in a bad light
bring shame on
blame
deign
condescend
floor
depress
crawl
demolish
brand
scandalize
US
disconsider
disoblige
cast a slur
spot
mar
control
disregard
deride
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
mock
brutalize
US
spoil
weaken
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
let down
take apart
dump on
depreciate
dehumanise
UK
decry
desensitise
UK
detract
brutalise
UK
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
betray
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
minimize
US
undervalue
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
put away
strike dumb
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
minimise
UK
take to bits
take to pieces
make lose face
cut down
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
dispirit
succumb
sell out
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
deny
suppress
be untrue to oneself
beat down
abandon one's principles
force to eat humble pie
discourage
dismay
dishearten
punish
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
debunk
dash
blister
wither
rip
discountenance
knock down
puncture balloon
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
let down easy
get under control
knock the stuffing out of
kick in the teeth
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of somebody's sails
play down
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
cripple
debilitate
devaluate
vilify
malign
calumniate
soil
insult
compromise
disesteem
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
destroy someone's credibility
detract from
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
pollute
befoul
bestialize
asperse
abuse
contaminate
knock
rubbish
bad-mouth
slag off
traduce
ruin
bring discredit to
blotch
speak ill of
attack
trash
infect
breathe on
discount
impair
deprecate
assail
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
muckrake
animalize
dismiss
revile
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
lead astray
trivialize
US
distort
violate
deface
scorn
minify
diss
dis
vilipend
adulterate
trivialise
UK
blight
trash-talk
poor-mouth
roast
dirty
cry down
write off
hurt
blacken the name of
dilute
make degenerate
embitter
prejudice
underrate
waste
discolor
US
despoil
criticize
US
discolour
UK
marginalize
US
outrage
blaspheme
slate
scorch
tar
criticise
UK
marginalise
UK
impugn
bring dishonour to
pour scorn on
sneer at
mark down
pull apart
influence
mess up
kiss off
talk down
have a go at
treat with disrespect
misuse
disfigure
decrease
underestimate
bust
condemn
attenuate
understate
manipulate
treat lightly
annoy
disrate
dispraise
bash
affront
ravage
laugh off
laugh at
slight
misprize
vandalize
US
scoff at
do down
maculate
hold cheap
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandalise
UK
commit sacrilege
muck up
make light of
reflect negatively
curse
vituperate
speak badly of
pull to pieces
cast in a bad light
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
seduce
twist
flaw
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
bend
skew
misapply
colour
UK
bias
alloy
wreck
endamage
squander
sell
sacrifice
turn
badmouth
subordinate
jaundice
worsen
reduce in value
bloody
crab
speckle
devalorize
sour
lower in rank
rot
disdain
color
US
lower in status
reduce in quality
blackguard
harden
blast
touch
go bad
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
go to hell
relegate
live in the gutter
rap
sneer
deform
undercut
sabotage
destabilize
US
cross up
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
corrode
envenom
spread lies about
declass
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
put hooks in
tear into
cut
offend
ulcer
sore
scourge
bump
set back
revert
provoke
case-harden
inure
nose dive
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
aggravate
drop
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
wound
defeat
coarsen
waste away
axe
UK
slash
taunt
overwhelm
smash
enfeeble
overpower
ax
US
dip
slow
make callous
make unfeeling
slap
alter
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
disappoint
tease
incapacitate
sap
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
keep down
put double whammy on
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanize
US
mechanise
UK
imbrute
automatize
barbarize
impoverish
extinguish
blaspheme against
write down
faze
fluster
rattle
displease
nonplus
vex
irritate
begrime
grime
muddy
doctor
putrefy
cook
horrify
appal
UK
rout
enervate
sledge
smudge
miscall
scuzz up
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
appall
US
put someone to shame
lay waste to
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
commit sacrilege against
worry
make foul
be rude to
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
call someone names
interfere with
splash
get dirty
spatter
bring to ruin
cause instability
tinker with
fiddle with
make impure
tamper with
muck
gaum
mire
splatter
distain
bemire
daub
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
bring someone to their knees
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
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 persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises
cajole
coax
sweet-talk
wheedle
manoeuvre
UK
beguile
blandish
entice
flatter
inveigle
lure
persuade
seduce
soft-soap
tempt
blarney
palaver
woo
banter
bootlick
brownnose
con
crowd
deceive
decoy
delude
dupe
entrap
get round
induce
influence
jolly
maneuver
US
massage
mislead
oil
prevail on
push
snow
soap
stroke
talk into
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
urge
butter up
apple polish
argue into
build up
get around
sweeten up
work on
work over
get next to
hand a line
make up to
play up to
spread it on
suck up to
lay it on thick
rub the right way
court
adulate
overpraise
honey
praise
humour
UK
puff
belaud
fawn
grovel
humor
US
beslaver
glorify
sell
charm
salve
toady
hero-worship
fawn on
creep to
crawl to
be all over
cater to
fall all over
slaver
smooth-talk
brown-nose
curry favor with
US
curry favour
UK
compliment
suck up
rub up the right way
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
prostrate oneself to
ingratiate oneself with
be servile towards
toady to
grovel to
kowtow to
curry favor
US
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
truckle to
dance attendance on
flannel
admire
commend
pay tribute to
pander to
panegyrize
express admiration for
laud
pay court to
wax lyrical about
pay blandishments to
make much of
say nice things about
compliment excessively
lay it on with a trowel
convince
sway
win over
get
move
prevail upon
draw
convert
coerce
bring around
allure
encourage
press
incite
impel
prompt
bring
pressure
make
reason
incline
compel
invite
impress
pressurize
US
hook
talk round
brainwash
pressurise
UK
bring someone round
motivate
instigate
solicit
twist someone's arm
steer
bring round
sell one on
kowtow
drive
suck in
manipulate
coax into
dispose
lay it on
finagle
cause
bait
trick
argue
betray
provoke
attract
dragoon
force
stimulate
put across
browbeat
lead on
lead
bulldoze
fawn over
rope in
fuss
twist somebody's arm
truckle
crawl
get on your side
apple-polish
cringe
lick boots
be servile
honey up
fall on one's knees
twist one's arm
pay court
ensnare
worm
ingratiate
talk
work
bribe
prod
jockey
importune
counsel
trap
mousetrap
captivate
satisfy
plague
goad
gain
intimidate
steamroller
pull
inspire
revere
lean on
railroad
turn
exhort
bring pressure to bear on
advise
yield
defer
submit
oblige
trigger
soothe
actuate
worship
gush over
harass
constrain
elevate
activate
crouch
pander
soften up
sweep off one's feet
stoop
come on
creep
be obsequious
kiss-up
be obsequious to
lick someone's boots
turn on
kiss feet
put on a pedestal
bow and scrape
talk someone into
draw in
abase oneself before
bring round to the idea of
put pressure on
scratch one's back
egg on
kiss up to
put the screws on
bring to reason
talk over
kiss one's feet
make a believer
nag into
whet
crack
affect
promote
caress
bend
change
wile
mollycoddle
fuss over
pat
spoil
baby
pet
indulge
cosset
pamper
alter
bring over
puff up
flatter into
back-scratch
budge
put the squeeze on
butter up to
engineer
bewitch
goose
appeal to
adore
bully
exploit
control
play
direct
squeeze
steamroll
toll
enrapture
beckon
make a fuss of
concede
eulogize
US
lead astray
fawn upon
exalt
roose
stroke one's ego
exert influence on
prod into
put someone up to something
wheedle into
cajole into
get somebody on your side
gain somebody's support
win around
effect
sucker
work upon
be sycophantic to
be servile to
win round
venerate
fascinate
enchant
train
rope
drag
overcome
fool
cheat
trim
edge
manage
negotiate
ease
bat eyes at
hector
prejudice
pull strings with
give way
bend the knee
prostrate oneself
give in
make up
smoodge
grovel before
cringe before
change one's mind
show one the error of their ways
make one see the light
make someone see the light
show someone the error of their ways
wangle
dangle a carrot in front of
lionize
US
gull
suborn
colour
UK
tease
pester
jawbone
barter
hit on
bring home to
gain one's confidence
fall over oneself for
smoodge to
be at beck and call
eulogise
UK
sing the praises of
cotton
kneel
smarm around
bow
cave in to
debase
cower
praise to excess
abase
scrape
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
buddy up
cow
strong-arm
badger
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
touch
bring pressure to bear upon
cut any ice with
rave over
hoodwink
string along
prove
indoctrinate
knuckle under
tyrannize
US
color
US
come on to
outwit
cozen
outsmart
lionise
UK
tyrannise
UK
turn the screws on
bludgeon
tighten the screws on
arm-twist
talk into something
trip up
catch out
assail
procure
obligate
hound
propagandize
US
enlist
proselytize
US
set up
spur
besiege
beset
muscle
sandbag
oppress
proselyte
propagandise
UK
proselytise
UK
trouble
torment
blackjack
vex
enforce
rally
rouse
occasion
elicit
propel
impassion
nudge
stir
wheedle someone into
spark
inspirit
energize
US
incentivize
US
evoke
steel
invigorate
US
plead with
turn on to
press someone into
pressurize someone into
convert to
cause to believe
reason someone into
pressure someone into
lead to do
hearten
impact
exhilarate
animate
uplift
arouse
empower
vitalize
galvanize
US
excite
embolden
win argument
bring to senses
gain confidence of
prod someone into
lead to believe
prove to
wear down
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
strike
incentify
refresh
incentivise
UK
prick
energise
UK
help
necessitate
insist on
put the heat on
come at
have someone do something
use strong-arm tactics on
hint to
stir up
fire up
pump up
cheer on
whip up
pep up
spur on
boost up
suggest to
kiss the feet of
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
accustom
habituate
attune
reconcile
familiarize
US
familiarise
UK
harden
modify
alter
train
inure
tailor-make
tune
acculturate
assimilate
discipline
convert
change
customize
US
get used to
customise
UK
initiate
mould
UK
integrate
make
regulate
school
harmonize
US
mold
US
toughen
square
harmonise
UK
qualify
quadrate
acquaint
domesticate
orientate
transform
revise
set
readjust
align
remodel
settle
tweak
reshape
proportion
orient
come to terms with
design
come to accept
mature
learn to live with
fit in
ripen
educate
break in
affect
mellow
form
equip
naturalize
US
age
climatize
make used
acculture
pattern
frame
naturalise
UK
cut
coordinate
model
create
arrange
rework
become accustomed
revamp
introduce
fix
improve
become resigned
balance
vary
amend
compose
match
get accustomed
determine
get used
get someone accustomed
become seasoned
get someone used
become accustomed to
become naturalized
familiarize oneself with
familiarize someone with
trim
organize
US
organise
UK
shape up
make consistent
play oneself in
learn about
plan
gentle
instruct
tame
housebreak
housetrain
strengthen
fortify
plot
steel
indurate
realign
refashion
redesign
restyle
become inured
style
anneal
moderate
mitigate
make experienced
desensitize
US
size
measure
dispose
reconstruct
reorganize
US
redo
desensitise
UK
resign oneself
case-harden
true up
set straight
position
jack up
put in position
put in place
refine
metamorphose
bend
groom
empower
coach
gear
define
comply
break someone in
reorganise
UK
make suitable
correspond
custom-build
personalise
UK
dovetail
custom-make
personalize
US
turn
face
locate
develop
make adjustments to
make alterations to
haunt
teach
frequent
visit
key
conciliate
accord
influence
find your feet
cut to fit
make improvements to
make to measure
make to order
make appropriate to
make fitting to
make appropriate for
make fitting for
find one's way around
find one's feet
get one's bearings
blend
follow
guide
produce
endure
confirm
devote
addict
tolerate
show the ropes
modulate
counterbalance
compensate
reconciliate
familiarize with
resort to
hang at
go along to get along
run with the pack
roll with punches
follow the crowd
follow tradition
be guided by
be conventional
follow custom
follow convention
keep in step
follow beaten path
swim with the stream
devise
construct
build
grow
chart
choreograph
take to
make familiar with
make used to
make agree
resign
become
map out
lay out
be in harmony with
grow accustomed to
be in tune with
become used to
be in accord with
blend in
sculpt
cast
become acquainted with
sculpture
get to know
carve
hew
whittle
forge
block
manipulate
rectify
calibrate
rearrange
order
rejig
enhance
reform
repair
roughhew
assemble
pat
crystallise
UK
smooth
fabricate
correct
normalize
US
redress
jigger
recast
overhaul
normalise
UK
grade
sharpen
twiddle
focus
tighten
troubleshoot
mend
straighten
sort
throw together
crystallize
US
mint
block out
knead
bring together
chisel
fine-tune
patch up
bring into line
fiddle with
make good
fix up
see to
make conform
put right
set right
put in working order
set to rights
tune up
emend
restore
level
shift
renovate
remedy
straighten out
sort out
upgrade
recondition
reorder
rebuild
remake
debug
better
make over
ameliorate
put in order
recalibrate
reorient
right
cure
put to rights
redraft
tidy
straighten up
iron out
even out
remould
UK
refurbish
line up
control
reshuffle
reorientate
rewrite
update
program
US
remold
US
programme
UK
methodize
switch
evolve
set up
even up
standardize
US
systematize
US
do up
resolve
range
renew
array
turn around
pick up
make up for
replace
red-pencil
permute
touch up
flatten
raise
patch
deal with
standardise
UK
transmute
mutate
transfigure
dial back
systematise
UK
clean up
move
transpose
rehabilitate
heal
perfect
manage
service
modernize
US
marshal
UK
refit
smooth down
reset
rescript
reword
help
make right
make level
interchange
tidy up
even
increase
uncrease
paste down
modernise
UK
retread
marshall
US
scrub
augment
restructure
synchronize
US
inflect
polish
turn the corner
transmogrify
place
grow used to
progress
smooth out
transfer
retrieve
equalize
US
get into the habit
group
synchronise
UK
classify
revolutionize
US
regularize
US
permutate
rephrase
fettle
rebrand
neaten
diversify
redraw
codify
lift
regenerate
justify
reconstitute
file
revolutionise
UK
advance
hone
reschedule
compensate for
launder
elevate
regularise
UK
equalise
UK
make different
rehash
turn over new leaf
pay one's dues
configure
clear up
redeploy
draw up
rationalize
US
redistribute
pitch
displace
unravel
shuffle
redispose
change around
rejuvenate
rationalise
UK
redevelop
shake up
optimise
UK
optimize
US
counteract
copy-edit
neutralize
US
swap
morph
time
cancel
relocate
change round
retool
allineate
retouch
emendate
catalogue
UK
equate
translate
tabulate
make straight
categorize
US
become different
distribute
alternate
reverse
catalog
US
reclaim
rank
reconfigure
warp
switch over
shift gears
sequence
index
systemize
make tidy
spruce up
neutralise
UK
recompense
face-lift
rejigger
commute
turn the tables
fine tune
make changes to
balance out
tamper with
put back together
restore to working order
make amends for
do over
go over
transition
make innovations
review
turn things around
make amends
make as good as new
regiment
triage
set the record straight
clean up act
make even
put straight
establish
make better
set out
redeem
categorise
UK
parallel
compare
reward
up
make flush
rise
heighten
boost
intonate
juggle
play around with
jiggle around
reacclimate
purify
cultivate
recuperate
individualize
US
individualise
UK
deconflict
autotune
maintain
string
dial
gauge
UK
placate
write software
negotiate
uprate
load software
load instructions
appease
mediate
compound
make friends
bury the hatchet
perk up
take off
make perfect
make strides
smooth over
solve
reposition
remove
transubstantiate
diverge
alchemize
regroup
spring-clean
govern
metamorphosize
exchange
make an alteration
make an adjustment
restart
tone
denature
cook
give facelift
uplift
avenge
gage
US
budge
get with it
pay dues
metastasize
metamorphize
stir up
class
assign
give a face-lift
get working again
get in order
go straight
do justice
rehab
predispose
meliorate
enrich
change completely
sing different tune
turn upside down
turn one around
transplant
dislocate
pull
push
offset
undergo a change
acquaint yourself
catch on
accustom yourself
acclimatize yourself
become au fait
line
freshen up
clarify
streamline
collimate
redecorate
bring up to code
lessen
reduce
lower
curb
restrain
get working
bear upon
impinge upon
have an impact on
untangle
unscramble
diagnose
delouse
invert
alphabetize
conduct
set in order
formalize
US
formalise
UK
put away
space
move around
situate
undergo a sea change
polish up
make improvements
scrutinize
US
reexamine
blue-pencil
go through
scrutinise
UK
brush up
scan
look over
bone up
pass
transit
transmutate
trade
remix
tamper
counterpoise
ease
schedule
beautify
recreate
relieve
nullify
countervail
change the tone of
write instructions
reassemble
tone down
play down
swap round
turn about
switch round
fluctuate
swing
disguise
vacillate
veer
distort
flip-flop
substitute
make smarter
tart up
make neater
gussy up
posh up
smarten
doll up
spruce
jazz up
brighten up
make parallel
put in columns
arrange in line
put in rows
compile
remove errors
work the bugs out of
equilibrize
list
structure
countercheck
frustrate
annul
negative
vindicate
negate
prioritize
US
constitute
reinforce
pair off
tie
come out even
come out
collate
cancel out
oppose
mesh
retract
initialize
US
initialise
UK
make a change
recompense for
collocate
pigeonhole
book
maneuver
US
take care of
handle
administer
act with
attend to
work on
effect
manoeuvre
UK
concoct
act on
work
perform on
band
mix
acquiesce
revivify
revitalize
US
consolidate
formulate
correlate
inventory
make restitution
make reparation
level out
make reparation for
pay for
make restitution for
restore the balance
slot in
fix a time for
timetable
pencil in
prearrange
diary
slate
orchestrate
resurrect
restitute
meld
prioritise
UK
whip into shape
lick into shape
combine
knock into shape
stand
reenforce
remaster
submit
make equal
equal
familiarize yourself
become similar
become like
gather
muster
lay
center
US
centre
UK
row back
revitalise
UK
even off
uncurl
seat
yield
follow the rules
observe the rules
obey the rules
do a U-turn on
democratise
UK
democratize
US
make uniform
emulate
handicap
level up
commeasure
socialize
US
socialise
UK
communize
make the same
level off
rival
flip-flop on
eat one's words
yo-yo on
change gears on
about-face
do an about-turn on
unkink
repay
shepherd
keep to the rules
stick to the rules
adhere to the rules
do what one is told
abide by the rules
comply with the rules
toe the line
spread out
unbend
uncoil
re-create
synthesize
US
bring into harmony
adjust to the correct pitch
doctor up
return
go with the flow
play by the rules
syncretize
reimburse
unfold
untwist
make harmonious
make congruent
synthesise
UK
make compatible
play it by the book
act in accordance with the rules
correct mid-course
phony up
cause to sit easily with
remit
make repayment
cause to sit happily with
pay back
relinquish
cause to be in agreement
honor a claim
refund
give back
put vertical
put perpendicular
put upright
make plumb
smarten up
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 of
harm
destroy
vitiate
lessen
blemish
break
blight
tarnish
erode
disrupt
decrease
enervate
deface
disfigure
debase
flaw
endamage
crab
crush
corrupt
bloody
taint
ravage
cross up
water down
devitalize
dilute
smash
sully
invalidate
shatter
prejudice
shrink
wound
deplete
cut
impoverish
jeopardize
US
undercut
lower
besmirch
take the edge off
wear away
undo
demolish
thin
trash
devastate
temper
annihilate
defile
dismantle
jeopardise
UK
total
mess up
be detrimental to
abate
gut
blot
cause detriment to
unsettle
consume
deteriorate
degrade
curb
check
limit
devalue
etiolate
moderate
pervert
mitigate
contract
wither
rough up
adulterate
devaluate
tire
shock
interfere with
incapacitate
queer
stain
waste
discolour
UK
discolor
US
desecrate
infect
scorch
batter
constrict
dirty
calm
vandalize
US
have a bad effect on
smash up
louse up
muck up
mangle
raze
assuage
do harm to
wreak havoc on
smirch
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
soothe
ease
vandalise
UK
crack
be deleterious to
play havoc with
drive a nail into the coffin of
knock
sap the strength of
gnaw
use up
blacken
whittle
crool
bruise
influence
lead astray
pull the rug out from under
scotch
endanger
scupper
imperil
upset
cost
prostrate
minimize
US
minimise
UK
detract
demean
belittle
dislocate
dim
have a negative effect on
atrophy
bodge
blow
soil
befoul
chip away
dilapidate
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
cause the loss of
warp
debauch
deprave
manipulate
put at risk
distort
blotch
speckle
drain
emaciate
exhaust
shrivel
result in damage to
lead to the end of
nick
mutilate
rob from
wear down
knock off balance
wrench
touch
afflict
depress
disturb
curtail
lighten
deflate
dissipate
rarefy
extenuate
offset
handle roughly
strike at the foundations
wear out
blast
inconvenience
prune
set a bad example
extend
lace
sophisticate
disfeature
excavate
numb
dull
bleach
scratch
play merry hell with
abuse
fade
tear
bang up
stab
lacerate
scathe
maltreat
do damage to
wrong
maim
split
cause injury
pollute
rust
rot
contaminate
burn
disintegrate
tamper with
dump on
do mischief to
deaden
dampen
infringe
encroach on
screw up
detract from
shake up
take out
downsize
narrow
restrict
downscale
make feebler
pare down
cut down
cut back
retrench
burrow
hollow
gouge
make feeble
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
cool
thin out
worsen
allay
muffle
reduce the power of
deprive of force
knock down
make weaker
de-escalate
soften up
cut away
slake
mollify
benumb
damp
sate
pull the teeth of
appease
alleviate
cauterize
US
remove the sting from
relieve
reduce the powers of
place a limit on
tone down
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
obtund
put a damper on
desensitize
US
unfit
ding
disqualify
tweak
cheapen
gouge out
cut out
lose strength
make useless
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be, or cause to be, wet or waterlogged
soak
wet
bathe
douse
immerse
souse
steep
submerge
drench
dunk
dip
marinate
submerse
waterlog
bedraggle
damp
dowse
drown
moisten
rinse
saturate
sink
sodden
sop
suffuse
wash
water
water-soak
drouk
infuse
pickle
ret
assimilate
flood
imbibe
imbrue
immerge
infiltrate
merge
seethe
wet down
wet through
pour into
pour on
splash
shower
dampen
spray
plunge
lave
sprinkle
inundate
deluge
irrigate
bath
slosh
duck
slop
macerate
clean
hose
humidify
soap
douche
imbue
sluice
marinade
swamp
moisturize
US
spatter
impregnate
hose down
overwhelm
cover
take a bath
splatter
moisturise
UK
bedew
engulf
cleanse
sponge
overflow
gulf
squirt
flush
have a bath
brine
baptise
UK
whelm
baptize
US
wash out
scrub
tub
lap
lip
dash
plash
fertigate
make wet
lower
immerse yourself
mash
pitch
get wet
wash down
preserve
dew
permeate
hydrate
sparge
humect
humify
bespatter
scour
swash
scrub down
water down
strew
dabble
swab
clean up
wash up
freshen up
sponge down
take a shower
give a bath
brush up
fresh up
brew
season
besprinkle
bewater
stew
debouch
pervade
stand
fill
remoisturize
asperse
seep
pulp
launder
quench
squash
wipe
put in
transfuse
sate
penetrate
percolate
satiate
surfeit
bring water to
make fertile
drool
snuff
squench
smear
mark
stain
starch
shampoo
overrun
pour
stream
gush
dip in
shine
liquefy
bubble
float
splodge
blotch
speckle
moistify
lick
mist
sog
steam
throw
wade
wallow
paddle
spritz
plunge into water
glut
puree
emaciate
deliquesce
separate
splat
daub
snow
beflood
disinfect
swill
rehydrate
pour down on
imbathe
rain on
break up
flush away
wash off
rinse out
purify
out
flush out
wash lightly
suffocate
die
asphyxiate
overwater
prostrate
get water on
throw liquid
knock over
go down
conserve
can
cure
bottle
pot
tin
keep
clean yourself
clean oneself
have a wash
salt
store
have a shower
scrub yourself down
wash oneself
perform one's ablutions
make one's toilet
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
chasten
castigate
chastise
correct
discipline
penalise
UK
penalize
US
punish
admonish
afflict
berate
censure
chide
exprobate
objurgate
rebuke
reprehend
repress
reprimand
reproach
reprove
scold
scourge
subjugate
suppress
tongue-lash
try
upbraid
call down
fulminate against
take to task
have on the carpet
rake over the coals
carpet
lecture
criticize
US
lambaste
remonstrate with
tell off
criticise
UK
give someone a dressing-down
dress down
tick off
bawl out
chew out
haul over the coals
give a talking-to
read the riot act
blast
lay into
give someone a roasting
lambast
give someone a rocket
rag
rate
monster
baste
keelhaul
bollock
trim
pull up
ream out
rap over the knuckles
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
rail against
rail at
give someone a caning
give someone hell
give someone a rollicking
have a go at
give someone a mouthful
let someone have it
give someone what for
give someone a wigging
give someone a bollocking
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
give someone a row
rap
wig
row
ream
take someone to task
blame
nag
tear into
rant at
come down on
pitch into
lace into
slap down
hammer
flay
score
jaw
put down
put on the mat
give someone some stick
jump on
blow up
excoriate
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
find fault with
bring someone to book
chew someone out
lay down the law
slap someone's wrist
send someone away with a flea in their ear
attack
abuse
slate
vituperate
condemn
rail
caution
bring to book
visit
blow up at
throw the book at
lean on
light into
yell at
come down on like a ton of bricks
give a rocket
slap someone on the wrist
rap someone over the knuckles
call to account
arraign
exprobrate
recompense
take disciplinary action against
spank
skelp
ferule
denounce
revile
warn
reprobate
disparage
vilify
threap
cavil
recriminate
taunt
adjure
counsel
advise
climb all over
put on the carpet
asperse
objurate
expostulate
speak
preach
mete out punishment to
criticize strongly
be hard on
rag on
teach someone a lesson
tear down
make an example of
pick on
talk to
tear a strip off
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
rap on knuckles
slap on wrist
strongly criticize
call on the carpet
give someone stick
come down hard on
give a piece of one's mind
go on at
have someone on the carpet
take to the woodshed
keep after
slam
savage
bash
flame
diss
trash
lash
assail
scathe
belabor
US
potshot
cane
whip
blister
scorch
beat
thrash
flog
scarify
drub
belabour
UK
slap on the wrist
rap someone the knuckles
jump down one's throat
drag over the coals
criticize severely
lay out
harangue
slag off
knock
pillory
pan
inveigh against
bag
roast
rubbish
bad-mouth
denunciate
cut up
slash
check
crucify
execrate
deprecate
fault
slag
dispraise
dis
skin
run down
malign
rave at
decry
anathematize
protest
denigrate
animadvert on
declaim
lesson
hit out at
monish
rant
fulminate
pull apart
rip into
pull to pieces
jump all over
lash out at
call over the coals
accuse
rake
discredit
deplore
thunder
complain
skewer
proscribe
rip
rollick
shellac
jawbone
disapprove
besmirch
impugn
slur
judge
trounce
rave
spout
fume
animadvert
carp at
give someone a bad press
inveigh
remonstrate
disapprove of
maul
speak to
pour scorn on
cast aspersions on
give something a bad press
derogate
express disapproval of
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
declaim against
give some stick to
get after
tear apart
give one hell
go on about
kick up a fuss about
take issue with
kick up a stink about
reprimand severely
let fly
round on
pull someone up
lash out
lampoon
rap someone's knuckles
moralise
UK
moralize
US
ridicule
tear to pieces
take apart
smear
cudgel
slap
deride
strike
smother
hit
satirize
US
harass
dress-down
fry
zap
oppose
defame
chew
rank on
give going-over
satirise
UK
slang
give a tongue-lashing
twit
cavil at
rake over coals
reject
lash into
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
attask
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
have words
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
ding
notice
glue
forewarn
growl
hoist
take to pieces
sail into
nitpick about
bring to account
give piece of mind
sledge
throw brickbats at
charge
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
shout at
cuss out
lay on
give comeuppance
scorn
backbite
contemn
rebuff
incriminate
carp on
sound off
go after
jack up
sit on
give flak to
pick holes in
take down
stigmatize
US
prosecute
criticize harshly
take somebody to task
take down a peg
find fault
give a hard time
get on
burn one's ears
tax
have your knife in
bag on
give a bad press to
vituperate against
stigmatise
UK
run something down
impeach
show up
indict
charge with
call to task
point the finger at
read out
look askance
pick apart
give the devil
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
argue with
rage
make a protest to
thunder against
rage against
expostulate about
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
challenge
curse
frame
pronounce
depreciate
belittle
name
adjudge
storm
object
make a fuss about
make a stand against
object to
raise objections to
vociferate
kick
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
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