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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 make or become liquefied by heat
To soften or be softened, especially by soaking
To make a strong, lasting, or favorable impression on
To bring to a higher cultural or civil level or awareness
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 lie half-hidden or in shelter
To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a particular use or situation
To impede 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
soothe
assuage
calm
dampen
quieten
weaken
quiet
stifle
mute
still
suppress
smother
check
cool
restrain
mellow
curb
silence
pacify
attenuate
damp
placate
appease
lull
settle
hush
squelch
tranquilize
US
sweeten
help
tranquillise
UK
control
repress
modify
dilute
compose
modulate
muzzle
curtail
mask
take the sting out
damp down
soft-pedal
extenuate
calm down
absorb
turn down
contain
minimize
US
minimise
UK
pipe down
put a damper on
take the bite out
cut
depress
regulate
constrain
gag
numb
conciliate
shush
propitiate
ameliorate
keep it down
decrease the volume
comfort
smooth
tame
dulcify
de-escalate
extinguish
keep in check
remit
bridle
settle down
drown
put the lid on
slacken
inhibit
overcome
loosen
salve
water down
ebb
dumb
rein in
play down
heal
put damper on
pour oil on
ease off
wind down
ease up
limit
make less intense
quieten down
shut up
drown out
buttress
benumb
degrade
slake
thin
resolve
impair
steady
adjust
restrict
dispel
quash
govern
fix
console
blanket
obtund
depreciate
commute
stabilize
US
squash
disarm
soak up
satisfy
temperate
slow down
balm
kill
lick
reconcile
cut down
chill out
content
cure
take the sting out of
hold in check
stabilise
UK
smooth down
solace
cool off
get under control
cool out
anesthetize
US
get rid of
hold back
make peace with
fix up
win over
break
quiet down
let up on
shorten
bolster
pillow
quench
retard
address
improve
discount
milden
revise
slow
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
excuse
make less
take the bite out of
make reasonable
gruntle
reduce the force of
anaesthetize
UK
take sting out
patch things up
reduce the effect of
put out a fire
do damage control
taper
scale down
becalm
lullaby
humour
UK
humor
US
anaesthetise
UK
hold in
put an end to
shrink
wane
erode
contract
subside
decrement
master
protect against
mince
make less painful
rectify
remedy
hold
untrouble
unburden
untighten
release
slack
measure
keep under control
meet halfway
rule
dwindle
downsize
crush
mend
keep
defend against
shield against
soften up
sugar the pill
conquer
blur
muddy up
banish
neutralize
US
arrest
take pressure off
dissipate
dismiss
defuse
neutralise
UK
lay off
roll back
cut back
abase
wear away
peter out
wear down
eliminate
destroy
sober
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
soberize
reduce the impact of
safeguard against
become peaceful
become calm
discipline
take the heat off
smooth out
clear the air
loose
patch up
put to rights
iron out
sort out
tail off
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
clamp down on
crack down on
put down
keep a lid on
keep the lid on
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
cheer
humble
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
cool down
stem
cow
reclaim
bust
reassure
staunch
deflate
harsh
assure
pull in
get the better of
desensitize
US
get a grip on
support
make inaudible
undermine
brighten
counteract
make less active
deconflict
vary
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
stroke
stop
liss
interrupt
upraise
grease
pacificate
sate
assist
prevent
aid
break up
cauterize
US
bring respite to
buck up
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
bedim
smooth over
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
butter up
lay back
give solace to
condole with
bring an end to
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
clear the air with
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
make peace
take load off
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
fade
dip
darken
pale
dim
make dim
make faint
make less bright
make better
treat
doctor
hearten
encourage
cheer up
nurse
inspirit
uplift
rehabilitate
buoy up
attend to
put at ease
gladden
restore
condole
lift
medicate
rehab
bring comfort to
make well
let up
satiate
meliorate
decline
recede
fall
relent
gratify
boost
elevate
buoy
sink
commiserate
pall
set right
commiserate with
collect
better
besoothe
sedate
sympathize with
give condolences to
drop off
taper off
put one's mind to rest
fall away
die down
phase down
re-collect
drain away
die away
drop away
die out
treat successfully
ratchet down
make whole
minister to
restore to health
make healthy
attend
nourish
deplete
drop
downscale
free
set up
restore to normality
reanimate
envigorate
UK
revitalise
UK
enliven
revitalize
US
invigorate
US
rachet down
grow less
refresh
crumble
relaxed
disintegrate
give respite to
lighten burden
empathize with
give sympathy to
quiet fears
give a lift to
make one feel at ease
square
amend
cleanse
dose
indulge
fulfil
UK
accommodate
animate
feed
fortify
brace
pity
unknot
unclench
oblige
fulfill
US
favour
UK
favor
US
perk up
become less rigid
let go
become less tense
become less stiff
cater to
trammel
intern
confine
gee up
restore someone's confidence
give confidence
snap one out of it
give a lift
dispel someone's fears
restore confidence to
pick up
bolster someone's confidence
set your mind at rest
comply with
provide for
pander to
give in to
fawn on
decelerate
unlax
keep down
express sympathy to
show compassion to
show fellow feeling to
express sympathy
express sympathy for
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
lower
reduce
shrink
taper
relent
fall
remit
mitigate
relax
pall
de-escalate
alleviate
drain away
die away
contract
attenuate
slow down
slack off
temper
check
ease off
sink
lighten
decay
depress
tail off
devaluate
depreciate
fall off
deteriorate
drain
rachet down
slump
blunt
slash
curb
quiet
settle
degenerate
waste
droop
quell
dry up
evaporate
run low
crumble
shrivel
restrain
wear away
lose edge
narrow down
wither
wear down
flag
plummet
quieten
cut
erode
blur
slack
wind down
grow smaller
become smaller
get less
minimize
US
slow
plunge
modulate
minimise
UK
slake
sag
decrement
decimate
become less
descend
become less intense
calm
rebate
slip
terminate
melt
lull
still
devalue
come to a stop
melt away
come to an end
settle down
quieten down
cheapen
tail away
curtail
cut down
modify
break
downgrade
mark down
discount
deflate
lower in price
write off
devalorize
write down
worsen
lower in value
peter
allay
assuage
dull
deaden
mollify
palliate
dampen
nosedive
dilute
impair
close
thin
minify
desist
tame
clip
tone down
go down
waste away
drop away
take the edge off
die off
cut back
soft-pedal
take the sting out
take the bite out
roll back
come down
slack up
fade away
vanish
downscale
go downhill
disappear
deplete
fail
trail off
downsize
dissolve
trail
cool off
limit
dim
trim
languish
subdue
atrophy
scale down
dent
dial down
bring down
pare down
become weaker
whittle down
take down
fizzle out
become weak
dissipate
relieve
die
degrade
shave
slide
pare
collapse
couch
finish
knock down
get smaller
round down
make cutbacks in
trim down
trail away
dip
fade out
give out
hit the floor
extenuate
wear off
grow faint
make less
trim back
step down
make smaller
fall short
ration
disperse
gutter
stop
narrow
retire
turn down
go
quash
close out
take a nosedive
faint
put a lid on
damp down
stifle
release
fizzle
go through the floor
abbreviate
retrench
go away
grow dim
wilt
bate
thin down
thin out
phase out
disengage
cool
decelerate
take a dive
dive
unlax
chill out
cool it
run out
be used up
disintegrate
evanesce
be on the way out
give way
give in
draw to a close
end
pass
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
pass away
blow over
be forgotten
regress
retrogress
stagnate
retrograde
devolve
lapse
skid
fall to pieces
suffer
be the worse for wear
go backwards
be handicapped
get worse
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
go down the toilet
hit the skids
go to pieces
break down
be damaged
go bad
go down the tubes
be impaired
be shown to disadvantage
be in decline
fall apart
become worse
go to rack and ruin
axe
UK
run down
ax
US
cast down
tighten
amortise
UK
restrict
qualify
whittle
amortize
US
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
cripple
undermine
fatigue
weary
drain
wear out
disable
make feeble
immobilize
US
indispose
do in
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
knacker
torpefy
make weak
lay low
immobilise
UK
knock out
impair
frazzle
shatter
deplete
poop
emasculate
vitiate
attenuate
reduce
wash out
sap your strength
take it out of
wear to a frazzle
put out of action
erode
handicap
tax
impoverish
overtire
overtax
blunt
diminish
disempower
whack
jade
ruin
wreck
tire out
destroy
eviscerate
render infirm
make feebler
remove the sting from
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
unnerve
sicken
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
sink
droop
water down
falter
strain
pain
pull the teeth of
reduce the power 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
damage
burn out
break
wear
bust
kill
outwear
tucker
poop out
compromise
harass
impede
peter out
conk out
spoil
maim
lame
disfigure
mutilate
deface
deteriorate
do up
threaten
sabotage
overwork
foul up
wither
decrease
tarnish
blemish
destabilize
US
corrode
shrink
mangle
sag
succumb
overexert
fizzle
overextend
overfatigue
debase
devaluate
thwart
run ragged
destabilise
UK
make lame
detract from
atrophy
shrivel
wound
blight
fade
emaciate
corrupt
flaw
endamage
torpedo
overdo
crab
crush
cheapen
batter
bankrupt
draw
bloody
drop
bedraggle
disrupt
dent
smash
devalue
worsen
hobble
dislimb
cross up
suck dry
prejudice
mess up
foul
shake
rough up
invalidate
shake up
take out
shag out
be detrimental to
drain of energy
make tired
use up
bore
consume
burden
gnaw
plague
bonk
drowse
hock
palsy
sideline
stifle
dismember
hit the wall
oppress
glut
fail
weigh
jeopardize
US
have a bad effect on
ravage
cause ennui
grow tired
annihilate
afflict
dismantle
taint
trash
pull the rug out from under
root
undo
shock
scorch
blast
inconvenience
demolish
decay
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
screw up
smash up
louse up
muck up
be prejudicial to
drive a nail into the coffin of
be deleterious to
be disadvantageous to
numb
minimize
US
undercut
minimise
UK
foil
frustrate
cause detriment to
do harm to
wreak havoc on
wipe out
nearly kill
deaden
benumb
obtund
dull
abate
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
chip away
wear oneself to a frazzle
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
degenerate
mitigate
tire yourself out
wear yourself out
assuage
dwindle
temper
perish
lighten
soothe
bruise
contract
calm
sandbag
scar
crumble
negate
render powerless
deform
disintegrate
degrade
demean
wizen
abase
mangulate
take
halt
pervert
dissipate
thin
total
scathe
waste away
deprave
stop
deflate
crool
shrivel up
deactivate
warp
constrict
offset
pique
wax
debauch
poison
queer
take the edge off
hack up
smirch
draw blood
chasten
ding
tweak
disenable
unfit
disqualify
bastardize
US
make sleepy
jam
wear on
profane
put the kibosh on
demoralize
US
inactivate
prostitute
make useless
kibosh
canker
blacken
bemean
bring to a screeching halt
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
throw monkey wrench in
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
bring to a halt
render inactive
render incapable
demoralise
UK
bastardise
UK
take down
drag through the mud
cast down
lower the status of
reduce the status of
drag down
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
take lightly
underemphasize
downgrade
set little store by
make nothing of
hold back
set no store by
undertone
dumb down
attach little importance to
give a lower profile
give little weight to
think nothing of
belittle
dismiss
disregard
depreciate
disparage
scoff at
laugh off
treat lightly
overlook
ignore
palliate
rate too low
do an injustice to
not do justice to
pass over
treat as unimportant
rationalize
US
sugarcoat
rationalise
UK
overpass
reject
derogate
paper over
gloze over
wink at
blink at
think little of
vilipend
prettify
justify
condone
forgive
excuse
euphemize
remit
pardon
neglect
be wrong about
take for granted
soften up
think too little of
cock a snook at
brush something under the carpet
mince words
pay no attention to
explain away
take no notice of
disvalue
deflate
slight
disesteem
put down
underprize
underprice
belie
be casual about
hold in contempt
gloss
varnish
fail to appreciate
forget
pay no heed to
shake off
mince
set too little store by
make a joke of
joke about
not do justice
cover up
blue-pencil
subdue
shush
hush-hush
smooth over
deal rapidly with
gild the pill
candy-coat
sugarcoat the pill
misjudge
go easy
underween
put on the soft pedal
look down on
disbelieve
discard
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 make or become liquefied by heat
melt
thaw
liquefy
dissolve
flux
deliquesce
fuse
run
unfreeze
liquify
diffuse
liquesce
defrost
smelt
warm
render
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
flow
clarify
cook
disintegrate
go
melt down
thaw out
waste away
mollify
de-ice
deice
unthaw
loosen
unbend
relent
open up
warm up
become soft
become liquid
solvate
disarm
incorporate
relax
become a solution
break down
go into solution
reduce
melt away
fluidify
defront
boil down
liquidize
US
precipitate
condense
liquidate
liquidise
UK
make liquid
turn to liquid
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
extract
flatten
powder
tread on
granulate
mull
compress
atomize
disintegrate
pestle
force
squelch
press out
stamp on
tread
kibble
process
compact
tamp down
press down
squeeze out
crumble
fragment
grate
powderize
splinter
contriturate
tromp
flour
fragmentalize
abrade
micronize
fragmentize
turn to dust
chop up
splat
squidge
smush
chop into pieces
tramp
step on
walk over
tramp on
trample on
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
have an effect on
get to
get
overcome
impact on
make an impression
get through to
involve
mark
carry
quicken
overwhelm
fill with emotion
touch a chord
strike a chord
register with
leave an impression on
leave a mark on
make an impact
animate
infect
carry weight with
get through
take hold of
faze
bias
cross
impress on
hit hard
strike at
exert influence on
shake up
emotionally move
prevail over
occur
spring to mind
come to the mind of
come to
come to mind
go through one's head
present itself
leap to mind
dawn on
emerge to
enter one's head
cross your mind
occur to
make an impact on
come into one's consciousness
enter one's mind
cut a figure
cause a stir
make your mark
attract attention
make a splash
send a message
make your presence felt
catch the eye
stick in someone's mind
cause others to take notice
get noticed
make a statement
cause a sensation
turn heads
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring to a higher cultural or civil level or awareness
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
elevate
uplift
ethicize
enrich
spiritualize
ennoble
help forward
bring culture to
bring civilization to
develop
foster
advance
promote
humanise
UK
train
guide
school
tutor
prepare
coach
indoctrinate
inform
nurture
inculcate
drill
prime
discipline
groom
shape
mould
UK
illuminate
hone
illume
rear
illumine
inspire
exercise
mold
US
assimilate
verse
direct
equip
bring up
give character
breed
form
work
condition
support
upskill
lesson
mature
explain
homeschool
brainwash
brief
open my eyes
put through the grind
show the ropes
teach information
drum into
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
peroxide
make white
turn pallid
make pallid
lose lustre
become bleached
drain of color
gray
US
grey
UK
white
become white
blanco
frost
chalk
whitewash
silver
grizzle
lose its colour
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
work on
massage
coax
persuade
creep to
crawl to
blandish
talk into
compliment
admire
commend
work over
pay court to
beslaver
pay tribute to
pay blandishments to
say nice things about
sweeten up
snow
make much of
laud
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
court
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
ingratiate oneself with
be servile towards
toady to
grovel to
get round
kowtow to
curry favor
US
fall all over
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
truckle to
dance attendance on
win over
smooth-talk
fawn over
sway
woo
toady
seduce
bring round
soften up
revere
talk
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
elevate
worship
gush over
convince
coerce
argue
kiss one's feet
ingratiate yourself
put on a pedestal
adore
venerate
puff up
lionize
US
rave over
encourage
solicit
fawn upon
lionise
UK
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
lick someone's boots
soothe
finagle
soap
ingratiate
lay it on
get around
overdo it
sweet talk
draw
plague
jawbone
twist one's arm
pester
come on
decoy
talk someone into something
tease
be obsequious to
submit to
smoodge to
defer to
cultivate
be sycophantic to
try to win over
be servile to
back-scratch
kiss up to
prod
make
win the favor of
crawl
creep
reason
kowtow
slaver
butter up to
cater to
use flattery
talk blarney
stroke one's ego
exalt
roose
entreat
beg
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
go under
accept
wave the white flag
go down
give in to
buckle under
lose
crumble
be defeated
bow to
cave
kowtow
relinquish
fail
collapse
be the loser
comply with
come off second-best
be bested by
lose out
bow out
be trounced
be vanquished
fall victim to
be overcome by
be overwhelmed by
be conquered by
come up short
roll over
toss it in
pack it in
put up white flag
yield to
truckle
knuckle
concur
approve
keel
subscribe
consent
agree with
take a licking
fall short
be beaten by
throw in your hand
acquiesce in
give way to
be humbled
crash out
take a beating
concur with
chicken out
make concessions
give yourself up
hoist the white flag
eat crow
submit to
go along with
die of
vail
retreat
adhere
conform
throw up one's hands
give
surrender to
throw up the sponge
chuck it in
show white flag
heed
observe
fall in line
give away the store
come to grief
default
get the worst
have the worst
be worsted
subjugate
genuflect
subdue
humble oneself
be submissive
bend the knee
give ground
drop
desist
suffer
come a cropper
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
cooperate with
eat humble pie
roll over and play dead
recognize
US
act in accordance with
be servile
have no fight left
back off
wimp out
drop a bundle
concede to
make a deal
abide by
accede to
conform to
play ball
grant
compromise
be overthrown
pull out
bail out
cut out
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
honour
UK
respect
honor
US
recognise
UK
acknowledge
accommodate
obey
fall to pieces
pass into enemy hands
lose one's position to
admit
resign oneself to
succumb to
be deferential
come off second best
be unsuccessful
get the worst of it
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
mould
UK
make
modify
design
mold
US
customize
US
alter
reconcile
form
change
cut
pattern
frame
model
create
convert
customise
UK
trim
tailor-make
habituate
accustom
plan
familiarize
US
transform
harden
plot
revise
toughen
acculture
proportion
readjust
climatize
familiarise
UK
become accustomed
get used to
make appropriate to
make appropriate for
make fitting to
make fitting for
fit in
define
develop
attune
affect
influence
tune
guide
produce
determine
cast
sculpt
personalize
US
style
sculpture
quadrate
regulate
construct
devise
remodel
build
gear
reshape
hew
carve
whittle
dovetail
square
personalise
UK
grow
chart
choreograph
custom-make
shape up
block
manipulate
forge
custom-build
make to order
become
map out
lay out
cut to fit
make to measure
roughhew
crystallise
UK
assemble
pat
smooth
fabricate
knead
throw together
crystallize
US
mint
block out
bring together
chisel
more ❯
Verb
▲
To impede the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
undermine
impede
inhibit
subvert
sabotage
frustrate
obstruct
thwart
disempower
curb
disrupt
restrain
stymie
foil
encumber
hinder
handicap
trammel
destabilise
UK
destabilize
US
fetter
shake
cumber
hamper
slow
attenuate
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
hamstring
cramp
emasculate
sandbag
sap
botch
challenge
put the kibosh on
drag through the mud
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
cramp one's style
give a hard time
interfere with
stand in the way of
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