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Verb
To suppress the noise or speech of
To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
Splish-splash
Cause the downfall or ruin of
To remove completely, leaving no trace
Squash
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
To walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance
To remove or alter parts considered offensive or unseemly
To declare to be untrue
Say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner
To shame or put down
Noun
A sound made by something striking or falling into liquid
A sharp, angry, or witty reply
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▲
Verb
▲
To suppress the noise or speech of
extinguish
settle
shush
silence
dumb
hush
mute
quell
quiet
quieten
still
shut up
censure
check
flatten
kill
muffle
oppress
quelch
quench
restrain
scotch
smother
stifle
strangle
thwart
trample
black out
sit on
stamp on
tread on
gag
muzzle
suppress
deaden
subdue
dull
quash
dampen
repress
stop
soft-pedal
soften
lull
reduce
tone down
pipe down
put the lid on
damp down
curb
inhibit
choke
squash
tongue-tie
cut off
bottle up
decrease the volume
dummy up
moderate
lower
turn down
censor
abate
hold back
decrease
prevent
mask
swallow
crush
sink
pocket
submerge
quieten down
restrict
hush-hush
clam up
keep it down
quiet down
choke off
choke back
dry up
hush up
hold one's tongue
put an end to
say nothing
cork
soothe
allay
appease
assuage
mitigate
mollify
ease
palliate
lessen
alleviate
tranquilize
US
hinder
hamper
impede
constrain
clam
overawe
destroy
tranquillize
UK
rise above
burke
conceal
mellow
compose
drown
put damper on
overpower
hide
close up
cut short
clamp down on
trammel
crack down on
cork up
shut down
put an stop to
stamp out
strike dumb
hush one's mouth
calm
pacify
modulate
interfere with
make quieter
fetter
debrief
stay
ice
decrease volume
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
put at rest
disperse
cover
sit down on
cushion
put behind one
diminish
benumb
halt
arrest
keep down
put down
put a stop to
slap down
snuff out
make quiet
be quiet
quit chattering
shut it
can it
hold tongue
fall silent
stop talking
be silent
keep trap shut
suffocate
put a sock in it
contain
clamp down
bring to screeching halt
stultify
spike
cover up
constipate
torpedo
throttle
crack down
hold it down
stagnate
snuff
shower
put out
bite one's lip
rein
fight back
simmer down
button up
keep back
keep the lid on
bite back
hold in
shroud
cool
collect
keep in check
heap
control
temper
blunt
overcome
subjugate
banish
dispel
cool it
damp
blanket
weaken
numb
lighten
take the edge off
absorb
buffer
paralyse
UK
relieve
blur
placate
anaesthetize
UK
paralyze
US
anesthetize
US
muddy up
get rid of
chill
withhold
discourage
deter
seal somebody's lips
put a gag on
prohibit from speaking
no-platform
cauterize
US
limit
dash
degrade
gulp back
cauterise
UK
put a damper on
cloud
throw cold water on
cut
depress
attenuate
taper
dilute
depreciate
curtail
pour cold water on
shrink
wane
minimize
US
impair
erode
contract
subside
decrement
dwindle
downsize
ebb
de-escalate
roll back
cut down
cut back
minimise
UK
wear away
peter out
wear down
take the bite out
take the sting out
ease off
wind down
tail off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
suppress
quell
subdue
quash
crush
repress
squash
silence
put down
crack down on
snuff out
clamp down on
slap down
extinguish
check
stamp out
put an end to
defeat
curb
stifle
overcome
stop
end
abolish
beat
thwart
frustrate
put a stop to
destroy
nip in the bud
put the kibosh on
conquer
annihilate
clobber
wipe out
get rid of
quench
kill
vanquish
terminate
overwhelm
finish
control
overpower
restrain
eliminate
extirpate
demolish
rout
arrest
eradicate
subjugate
scotch
sit on
inhibit
oppress
dominate
triumph over
put the lid on
shut down
trample on
impede
constrain
put out
curtail
blot out
cut off
halt
weed out
bridle
master
contain
smother
restrict
overthrow
lick
quelch
queer
strangle
hold back
keep in check
tyrannize over
snow under
gain mastery over
get the better of
hold down
banish
remove
exterminate
cut short
strangle at birth
obstruct
block
expunge
scupper
stamp something out
scrunch
trash
squish
tame
best
get tough on
surmount
hamper
take severe measures against
come down heavily on
take stern measures against
dish
nip something in the bud
hinder
abuse
dispatch
limit
bring to an end
trounce
persecute
wrong
put paid to
prevent
dismiss
reject
maltreat
clamp down
get tough
crack down
gain control of
prevail over
get a grip on
win against
come down on
tighten up on
come down on like a ton of bricks
keep under control
trample underfoot
gag
discontinue
cow
gain control over
wreck
swamp
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
floor
devastate
obliterate
ruin
break
rule with an iron hand
ice
reduce
trample
bottle
spike
overturn
stem
clamp
shush
interrupt
bury
interfere with
put an stop to
drive underground
force down
blow away
grind down
bring someone to their knees
bear down on
tyrannize
US
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
keep inside
block out
hold in
beat down
keep in
keep down
keep in submission
keep in subjection
tyrannise
UK
subject
keep under one's thumb
keep under
hush up
govern
moderate
soften
mellow
damp
lessen
diminish
rein in
tone down
keep the lid on
quieten down
keep a lid on
hold in check
get under control
worst
wipe the floor with
thrash
pacify
drub
tank
subordinate
own
be victorious over
bear down
make mincemeat of
blow out of the water
foil
stuff
hegemonize
murder
cream
whip
circumvent
hammer
total
massacre
humble
upset
skunk
get around
outwit
get over
walk all over
forestall
smash
derail
defeat utterly
stymie
beat hollow
pulverize
US
paste
pound
stagger
counter
throw
cane
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
baulk
UK
slaughter
flatten
triumph
blank
nullify
knock out
rule
slam
shellac
overmatch
undo
gain a victory over
checkmate
discomfit
confound
render incapable
overbear
upend
get
bar
pulverise
UK
stand in the way of
spoil
balk
US
render helpless
render powerless
do for
blow out
put the stopper on
give someone a drubbing
give someone a hiding
take to the cleaners
turn inside out
rise above
bring to knees
do down
get control of
deal with
crucify
solve
win a resounding victory over
subvert
manage
regulate
direct
command
cripple
undermine
enfeeble
bring under control
defeat heavily
defeat easily
disable
demoralise
UK
astonish
demoralize
US
render speechless
overrun
win
enslave
cut to pieces
knock for six
cope with
colonize
US
oppose
cramp
compel
enthrall
US
coerce
underyoke
force
bring to heel
rule over
gain ascendancy over
colonise
UK
enthral
UK
get out of
prohibit
escape
bypass
evade
hold sway
bring under the yoke
kick around
stave off
circumnavigate
counteract
hold sway over
reel back in
keep under thumb
defend against
steer clear of
sidestep
ward off
deflect
crimp
skirt
head off
retard
disrupt
interdict
trim
take
stump
ditch
take wind out of
avert
avoid
stall
shut out
take down
stonewall
crash
keep lid on
trammel
hold off
juke
unsettle
override
zap
wipe off map
succeed over
run rings around
put in their place
bring to their knees
neutralize
US
contravene
obviate
debar
scuttle
snooker
invalidate
repel
deter
baffle
repulse
parry
rattle
nobble
dash
neutralise
UK
counterplot
disappoint
cross
put a spoke in someone's wheel
hold up
mess up
take wind out of sails
foul up
cause setback
screw up
put end to
put the mockers on
upset one's apple cart
louse up
overshadow
wax
prevail
drown
waste
torpedo
bulldoze
stretch
shellack
dumbfound
overawe
put away
take out
take care of
bowl over
shut off
roll over
lay one out
get the upper hand over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Splish-splash
gurgle
splash
splish-splash
splosh
squish
suck
Verb
▲
Cause the downfall or ruin of
undo
ruin
undermine
defeat
destroy
mar
overturn
quash
subvert
wreck
shatter
spoil
sabotage
scotch
scupper
topple
upset
annihilate
cripple
crush
devastate
harm
impair
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
smash
eradicate
mess up
obliterate
put at risk
thwart
blow
botch
cancel out
foil
frustrate
hamper
hinder
obstruct
put an end to
make a mess of
play havoc with
render ineffective
foul up
abate
abolish
break
cramp
craze
crimp
decimate
demolish
do for
have
impoverish
injure
louse up
muck up
offset
outfox
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
outsmart
overreach
overthrow
queer
raze
skin
stymie
unbuild
vitiate
wrack
balls up
put the kibosh on
blow a hole in
bring down
make waves
screw up
work against
bring to naught
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
rain on someone's parade
explode
discredit
disprove
pop
squash
blast
refute
burst
prove wrong
blow up
blow sky-high
drive a coach and horses through
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
damage
blight
dash
disfigure
dish
torpedo
cruel
ravage
deface
put paid to
nix
banjax
euchre
blemish
tarnish
trash
compromise
crab
disrupt
flaw
hurt
endamage
prevent
mangle
put a damper on
disable
taint
impede
total
quell
defile
maim
put a stop to
put the lid on
wreak havoc on
despoil
cross up
nullify
poison
do in
crool
weaken
desecrate
desolate
bloody
end
mutilate
depress
interfere with
stain
incapacitate
diminish
block
extinguish
scar
disappoint
make a hash of
muller
stop
baulk
UK
bring to an end
waste
derail
sink
discomfit
curb
scuttle
restrain
dismantle
pulverize
US
debase
balk
US
nuke
prejudice
pulverise
UK
rough up
nip in the bud
deflate
attack
subdue
lessen
threaten
hold up
reduce
suppress
overwhelm
deteriorate
debilitate
afflict
bollix
break up
counter
sully
reduce to nothing
break down
check
enervate
snooker
baffle
dilapidate
circumvent
enfeeble
invalidate
clobber
level
gut
corrupt
checkmate
vaporize
US
distort
ruinate
outwit
nobble
cream
corrode
blot
halt
confound
scourge
disfeature
ravish
rattle
spoliate
shock
batter
sap
ding
tweak
vaporise
UK
knock down
tear down
pull down
scratch
put a spoke in someone's wheel
cause detriment to
bring to ruin
make useless
be a blot on the landscape
take out
wrench
shake up
lay in ruins
put the mockers on
negate
decay
interrupt
terminate
submerge
abandon
dampen
glitch up
dispatch
lay waste to
worsen
mess
blunt
decrease
vandalize
US
twist
bust
flatten
inhibit
smother
stifle
eliminate
smirch
nick
besmirch
make of no use or value
pollute
spike
hit
annul
bodge
handle roughly
dump on
vandalise
UK
do mischief to
deplete
bend
bruise
detract
warp
disarrange
disorganize
disturb
disorder
forestall
kill
leave in ruins
rub out
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
lay waste
clean out
wipe out
leave desolate
delay
convulse
slow
retard
unsettle
contravene
obviate
debar
abort
bar
repel
repress
deter
turn upside-down
derange
slow down
destabilize
US
unfit
devaluate
devalue
cheapen
disqualify
repulse
parry
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
throw into disarray
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
jeopardize
US
intrude on
lose strength
blank
counterplot
cross
bury
harsh
darken
put the stopper on
take wind out of sails
cause setback
get the better of
put end to
stand in the way of
upset one's apple cart
beat down
wound
devitalize
cloud
butcher
inconvenience
scorch
wither
touch
overshadow
bring a note of sadness to
cast gloom over
cast a gloom upon
cast a pall over
cast a shadow over
be detrimental to
jeopardise
UK
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
put out of commission
do harm to
detract from
smash up
destabilise
UK
take the edge off
take the shine off
lame
hack
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
lacerate
dismember
mangulate
cut
adulterate
expurgate
cut up
censor
bowdlerize
US
plunder
depredate
sack
pillage
disgrace
amputate
cut to pieces
tear limb from limb
hack up
bowdlerise
UK
hash up
tear apart
take apart
queer someone's pitch
fell
dynamite
crash
take
smite
bomb
raze to the ground
blow to bits
overcome
blow to pieces
maraud
oppose
elude
beat
root
traverse
upset the apple cart
bilk
hang up
halt in its tracks
ditch
duck
run circles around
throw monkey wrench in
give the slip
shake off
give the run-around
faze
skip
run rings around
shake
throw a spanner in the works
disconcert
buffalo
promote
dodge
get around
throw a monkey wrench in the works
shuffle off
juke
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove completely, leaving no trace
black out
cancel
erase
obliterate
expunge
efface
eradicate
abolish
exterminate
extirpate
annihilate
liquidate
delete
extinguish
quash
squash
suppress
cover
conceal
stifle
batten
darken
eclipse
obfuscate
shade
smother
wipe out
rub out
blot out
stamp out
snuff out
root out
clean up
sweep away
cross out
cover up
cut off
hold back
keel over
make dark
pass out
remove
excise
scrap
scrub
destroy
eliminate
terminate
annul
blue-pencil
drop
strike out
chop
cut out
kill
edit out
take out
x out
put a line through
cut
omit
scratch out
expurgate
leave out
end
dissolve
void
repeal
overturn
invalidate
axe
UK
rescind
do away with
ditch
nullify
get rid of
junk
revoke
stop
shed
abrogate
discard
overthrow
jettison
trash
throw out
vitiate
repudiate
countermand
put an end to
discontinue
retract
subvert
withdraw
disannul
abate
negate
vacate
null
dispense with
dump
avoid
deracinate
strike down
nix
zap
ax
US
inhibit
supersede
prohibit
finish
disestablish
undo
roll back
call off
put kibosh on
close down
give something the chop
bring to an end
knock something on the head
put the kibosh on
set aside
dele
edit
unpublish
elide
ink out
score out
score
trim
stroke out
scratch
decontaminate
rule out
sterilize
US
strike
sterilise
UK
rub
sanitize
US
sanitise
UK
exclude
Tippex out
white out
X-out
pass up
bleep
clean
snip
decimate
raze
demolish
waste
total
do in
smash
blank out
finish off
dispatch
off
devastate
desolate
wreck
block out
slaughter
massacre
torpedo
dispose of
pulverize
US
ruin
vaporize
US
wrack
cream
nuke
shatter
wipe off the map
cancel out
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe from the face of the earth
wash out
blue pencil
shoot down
blow away
pulverise
UK
vaporise
UK
pull down
tear down
slay
murder
uproot
purge
crush
censor
defeat
sink
knock off
put paid to
weed out
remove all traces of
cast aside
wipe
forget
exsect
break off
quell
overwhelm
benothing
conquer
overpower
beat
put down
put a stop to
level
obscure
ravage
dust
fade
erode
knock out
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
blow sky-high
KO
destroy root and branch
take apart
mark out
rub off
put out of your mind
butcher
cover over
smooth away
rub away
wear away
recall
execute
assassinate
croak
stiff
ice
whack
top
smoke
reverse
scrag
obviate
renege
disclaim
overrule
override
call
abandon
discharge
abort
renounce
recant
take back
put to death
do to death
redact
wipe off
bowdlerize
US
deny
black
dismantle
make void
backpedal
disown
dismiss
lift
abjure
counterorder
render invalid
forswear
bump off
put to the sword
cut down
mow down
take the life of
send to the gas chambers
give someone the works
ethnically cleanse
polish off
send to kingdom come
terminate with extreme prejudice
blow someone's brains out
end the life of
cry off
call back
blank
gut
bowdlerise
UK
blot
scrape off
launder
render null and void
declare invalid
declare null and void
back out of
X out
chuck
unload
cull
dispose
toss
expel
relinquish
bin
exorcize
US
exorcise
UK
reject
cashier
eject
pitch
lose
throw overboard
shuck off
have done with
chuck out
part with
eighty-six
fling off
get shot of
throw on the scrapheap
shake off
cast off
slough off
fling away
cast away
chuck away
thrust aside
lay by
dispossess
toss out
throw away
can
deep-six
more ❯
Verb
▲
Squash
squish
pinch
scrunch
squash
squirt
crush
flatten
jam
mash
pound
press
smash
squeeze
trample
sit on
stamp on
grind
pulp
compress
pulverize
US
reduce
beat
pulverise
UK
mush
macerate
purée
cream
liquidize
US
liquidise
UK
triturate
mush up
mill
mince
stamp
masticate
whip
liquefy
mangle
bruise
tamp down
trample down
stamp flat
tread
soften
condense
tamp
chew
compact
clamp
bang
hammer
brew
decoct
hash
infuse
stuff
pack down
crumble
crunch
comminute
pestle
bray
powder
mull
atomize
splinter
shatter
disintegrate
levigate
powderize
kibble
contuse
contriturate
break up
total
break
granulate
grate
fragment
shred
tramp
scrape
press down
step on
sieve
grit
tramp on
rub
flour
abrade
gnash
rasp
chop up
wear
file
stomp
stomp on
trample on
stand on
walk all over
crumb
thrash
crumple
gelatinate
coagulate
crystallize
US
process
spray
destroy
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
track
crystallise
UK
make grainy
make coarse
groove
walk
fray
raze
step
gristbite
gnaw
clench
skin
fragmentalize
micronize
fragmentize
turn to dust
grind down
roll
plaster
level
chop into pieces
rub into pieces
strike together
even out
iron out
smooth off
champ
tromp
walk over
tread on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
check
US
arrest
stop
halt
inhibit
curb
bar
control
delay
impede
obstruct
thwart
restrain
retard
stem
foil
frustrate
limit
stall
stay
suppress
bridle
hamper
hold up
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
pause
prevent
rein
stifle
block
catch
constrain
contain
cut short
hinder
interrupt
muffle
reduce
smother
still
swallow
terminate
bottleneck
counteract
fight back
govern
hold
hold back
moderate
repress
staunch
withhold
bottle up
brake
checkmate
choke
choke back
circumvent
discourage
rebuff
regulate
repulse
tame
draw up
keep in check
rein in
slow down
bite back
fetch up
hold down
hold in
keep a lid on
keep back
keep under control
pull in
pull up
slacken pace
bring to a standstill
interfere with
nip in the bud
put a brake on
stand in the way of
stem the flow of
play for time
put a spoke in someone's wheel
restrict
trammel
subdue
handicap
cramp
stymie
fetter
encumber
slow
hamstring
shackle
baulk
UK
quell
silence
balk
US
put an end to
keep
quash
hobble
clog
confine
put a stop to
curtail
end
handcuff
squash
overcome
cut off
hog-tie
keep the lid on
gag
manacle
embarrass
measure
discontinue
extinguish
tie up
rule
strangle
short-circuit
diminish
quench
forestall
cumber
prohibit
deter
cease
cool
suspend
stamp out
hang up
crack down on
crush
oppose
kill
master
defeat
freeze
lessen
deaden
interdict
quiet
finish
resist
beat
cork
quit
stave off
keep a tight rein on
destroy
intercept
debar
put down
bring up
head off
conquer
baffle
detain
temper
mute
decrease
clamp down on
avert
put the kibosh on
avoid
dam
muzzle
disrupt
ward off
bork
tie
stonewall
shut out
calm
shut down
cripple
get in the way
straiten
cork up
overpower
dampen
quieten
mitigate
sink
break off
shut off
get in the way of
get rid of
preclude
damp
throw a spanner in the works of
bring to an end
forbid
damp down
set back
button up
derail
soothe
dull
clobber
abolish
delimit
fend off
annihilate
compose
constrict
drop
interfere
hold off
postpone
submerge
pocket
bind
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
desist
wipe out
soften
keep down
shush
circumscribe
tone down
cap
put off
obviate
forfend
snuff out
simmer down
rule out
sit on
settle
tranquilize
US
lay off
slow up
extirpate
leave off
lick
vanquish
demolish
allay
discipline
conceal
ease
break
ban
hush
forgo
can
eschew
forbear
hold in check
tranquillize
UK
weaken
slap down
crimp
refuse
peg
fix
chain
impair
bog down
eliminate
let up
decelerate
outlaw
scotch
desist from
put the lid on
get the better of
jam
defer
collect
shelve
close
cancel
give up
divert
disturb
hem in
palliate
slacken
counter
evade
leash
lull
assuage
abate
modulate
deny
put the brakes on
pacify
abstain
keep in
keep within bounds
quelch
close off
put back
throw cold water on
entangle
ward
put an stop to
blunt
renounce
choke off
knock off
pack in
turn aside
pour cold water on
kick
shut up
keep at bay
numb
proscribe
keep lid on
bring to screeching halt
stanch
put a lid on
eradicate
steer clear of
alleviate
cramp one's style
abandon
benumb
gulp back
occlude
relieve
disallow
chill
throttle
direct
obscure
inconvenience
exclude
dodge
rout
withstand
congest
cow
lower
mollify
stuff
cover up
scupper
mellow
enjoin
shut in
retardate
stop up
hide
nullify
dominate
bottle
subjugate
triumph over
stunt
intermit
spike
escape
censor
overwhelm
crack down
pick off
tie down
shun
deprive
lock up
clog up
sidestep
cut
placate
bung up
put a damper on
plug up
abjure
cool off
skirt
drown
weigh down
cut back
black out
reject
hush up
take down
break up
refrain from
cut out
come to a standstill
gain mastery over
oppress
give over
pull the plug on
put on ice
call a halt to
pack up
get a grip on
do without
soft-pedal
keep off
defend against
keep from
abstain from
forbear from
weed out
corner
scrub
sabotage
dissuade
determine
imprison
intern
plug
adjourn
capture
humble
set
affect
influence
cushion
entrap
adjust
barricade
coop up
bit
cauterize
US
paralyse
UK
manage
impose limits on
set limits on
jail
US
gaol
UK
sandbag
conclude
box up
keep in line
abort
train
fence
deflect
best
crab
overthrow
duck
mire
guide
hesitate
falter
ostracize
US
surmount
blockade
block up
incommode
block out
screen
rein back
loiter
deflate
jam up
shorten
abbreviate
abridge
discommode
disadvise
scare
dispatch
immobilize
US
obliterate
remit
keep secret
faze
anaesthetize
UK
make illegal
immobilise
UK
fill up
close up
fill
close out
belay
bung
cauterise
UK
bring to naught
lullaby
refrain
suffocate
interpose
burden
ruin
becalm
salve
depress
embargo
bring under control
disadvantage
pass
cut in
paralyze
US
anesthetize
US
save
die
ostracise
UK
drive underground
taboo
shortstop
clot
waive
be a hindrance to
forswear
dissolve
pre-empt
help
bypass
dumb
qualify
repel
prorogue
turn off
stopper
clamp down
mothball
shake
box in
estop
procrastinate
chasten
defend
talk out of
stand still
infringe
keep inside
prevail over
contravene
take away
place a limit on
lay aside
clam up
dry up
back off
break in
put out
trample
dispose
forsake
relax
hold off on
flatten
tongue-tie
lose speed
cut down
bother
win against
call it quits
call a halt
get around
gain control of
gum up
mark off
bring to a stop
take the edge off
stop oneself
put half nelson on
put on hold
put on back burner
put on the shelf
strangle at birth
protract
come to a stop
leave alone
put paid to
hold over
appease
comfort
balm
bring to a halt
saddle with
drag one's feet
come to a halt
bite one's lip
withhold from
dummy up
push back
prevent oneself from
swear off
restrain oneself from
steer clear
prevent yourself from
count out
not give in to
take out
stop oneself from
make late
fight off
give a hard time
quiet down
put in cold storage
ease up
anticipate
nip something in the bud
straitjacket
tie someone down
hang on
hold the fort
resist attack
fight
sidetrack
brace
net
enmesh
ensnare
stamp something out
come down hard on
act against
cross
snag
devitalize
sap
hold something in
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
demarcate
queer
choke something back
left out
keep feeling inside oneself
enclose
trap
collar
gulp
re-collect
tether
keep control of
get tough on
veto
bound
discountenance
circumnavigate
monitor
debilitate
incarcerate
overload
entrammel
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
boycott
blacklist
dissuade from
discomfit
rattle
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
warn
indispose
frighten
deprecate
keep on a string
solve
mask
gain control over
rally
recover
inspect
blanket
dash
disconcert
spoil
ice
prolong
put a limit on
park
educate
instruct
keep a rein on
prevent from making progress
inc
charge
lock in
fence in
necessitate
close in
immure
concuss
shotgun
tie one's hands
stave
put on brakes
retain
scrunch
trash
squish
specify
demark
prescribe
lighten
elude
lock
gridlock
internalize
US
internalise
UK
criminalize
US
slam on the brakes
snuff
disqualify
erode
undermine
lag
keep from happening
bring an end to
define
delimitate
girdle
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
sideline
get tough
louse up
set a limit on
cool down
heap
shower
shroud
say goodbye to
cut into
break into
foul up
screw up
seal
caulk
blackball
except
get bogged down
put the brakes on
take out of play
cloud
stamp on
censure
tread on
do for
make difficult
overmatch
hegemonize
reef
embog
keep tight rein on
put at a disadvantage
snow under
drag feet
hold captive
clip someone's wings
come down on
tighten up on
nix
sever
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spoke in the wheel of
dawdle
down
loaf
bog
flag
poke
put a ceiling on
arrive
bury
overturn
clamp
buck
keep under wraps
damage
compromise
overbear
upend
get
command
put straitjacket on
throw monkey wrench in
put out of commission
cramp someone's style
place at a disadvantage
give disadvantage
resolve
reconcile
solace
make up
console
tune down
come down on like a ton of bricks
keep hold of
override
exile
declare taboo
criminalise
UK
tamper
keep within limits
choke up
pack
trample on
confuse
clam
overawe
domesticate
water down
obturate
complicate
hold the line
strike dumb
hold one's tongue
pipe down
hush-hush
say nothing
make quiet
hush one's mouth
get over
skunk
worst
trouble
conflict
constipate
torpedo
stagnate
burke
stultify
shut out of
freeze out
give the thumbs down to
declare illegal
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
draw the line on
back-water
keep waiting
lose steam
wind down
anchor it
mince
check oneself
turn down
make it impossible for
make impossible
make it impracticable for
put the stopper on
block off
gentle
house-train
enslave
find a solution to
find an answer to
let
refuse to pay
dam up
gibbet
gunge up
wring
noose
squeeze
silt up
temperate
pigeonhole
bring into line
put lid on
put kibosh on
beat down
stay away from
make up for
deny yourself
shake off
break the habit of
skip out on
shrink from
shirk
stay away
get out of
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
shy from
negate
dispense with
elide
dock
truncate
syncopate
make impracticable
miss
hit the brakes
let down flaps
reclaim
bust
domesticize
housebreak
cultivate
domiciliate
reschedule
table
do down
harness
get there
draw to a halt
haul up
reach a standstill
incapacitate
stun
KO
unnerve
consume
tire
dope
dim
exhaust
etherize
chloroform
stupefy
injure
gas
bring to a close
bulwark
guard
make tame
bring to heel
disband
prorogate
recess
monkey with
stand
hold it down
call off
axe
UK
decide
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
take the pledge
give a wide berth to
lay down the law to someone
go on the wagon
avoid doing
take a breather from
put on a back burner
sit out
be temperate
pass up
not touch
have nothing to do with
not do
take the cure
jack in
encroach on
impound
hogtie
put aside
break the spirit
break the spirit of
parry
get back at
reply
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
put up a fight
riposte
meet halfway
cool out
play down
rescind
scrap
call
bring
repeal
revoke
recall
clip
stroke
reassure
fall
knock out
lay out
sway
lay on the table
take a rain check on
inactivate
put on the back burner
hang fire
omit
put in abeyance
file
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
lay over
hold in abeyance
cover
fend
enfetter
enchain
gyve
pinion
pin down
pull back
put away
cheat
put out of order
put to sleep
condition
dictate
form
rock to sleep
take the sting out
take it easy
chill out
settle down
ease off
take the edge
lay back
shape
mould
UK
chain up
clap
secure
cuff
stop dead
break short
leave unfinished
stop cold
stop short
stop in full flow
have on a tight leash
scratch
cry off
ax
US
modify
touch
alter
underlie
stand off
peter out
not move
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
shield against
act like a wet blanket
seize
predispose
mold
US
incline
work on
shepherd
directionalize
act on
stand up for
guard against
skirt round
defend oneself against
keep at arm's length
remove
take
mark down
retrench
economize
US
economise
UK
contract
slash
impact on
exert influence on
put in irons
clap in irons
erase
expropriate
grab
snatch
commandeer
have an effect on
be a factor in
stop midstream
humiliate
tie someone's hands
have an impact on
exterminate
expunge
attack
ambush
challenge
knock it off
put in chains
appropriate
interlope
confront
accost
hijack
tackle
waylay
buttonhole
wreck
liquidate
undo
finish off
wrack
decimate
smash
shatter
pulverize
US
cream
nuke
waste
raze
total
devastate
vaporize
US
desolate
quieten down
upset
rub out
pounce on
take on
wipe off the face of the earth
vaporise
UK
blot out
pull down
pulverise
UK
do away with
wipe off the map
tear down
do in
get under control
dishonor
US
mortify
shame
debase
abase
disgrace
foul
cheapen
discredit
smirch
demean
degrade
swoop down on
forego
afflict
make off with
quit cold
cease to indulge in
go without
lay off of
kick the habit
kick over
dishonour
UK
bring down
bring low
intrude
head off at pass
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
elapse
lapse
expire
go
intervene
waver
heckle
dither
stagger
vacillate
wabble
teeter
balance
wobble
scruple
limp
stumble
whiffle
chime in
wind up
cut in on
dead-end
chip in
intrude on
intervene in
barge in
horn in
wink out
break someone's train of thought
break train of thought
butt in
butt in on
break in on
interject
bust in
come between
intersect
inject
disjoin
chip in on
muscle in on
work in
barge in on
disunite
horn in on
divide
in
edge in
insinuate
crash
put in
chime in on
separate
disconnect
muscle in
crowd in
come to an end
be over
call it a day
close down
be suspended
put a sock in
draw to a close
be abandoned
come to a close
blow the whistle on
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
be broken off
shilly-shally
wiggle-waggle
draw to a stand
hang back
come to rest
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
dull
dampen
depress
crush
dispirit
sap
ail
break
deject
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dishearten
dismay
lower
overwhelm
stifle
subdue
subjugate
suppress
trouble
daunt
devitalize
diminish
discourage
enervate
oppress
sadden
shake
smother
upset
weaken
abase
bother
chagrin
curb
deaden
debilitate
defeat
distress
extinguish
humble
overcome
overpower
perturb
quell
weary
bear down on
beat down
bum out
cast down
damp down
weigh down
cast a pall over
put a damper on
desolate
grieve
chill
try
afflict
torment
haunt
harrow
dash
drain
burden
disturb
aggrieve
mortify
bug
hang over
dash someone's hopes
faze
cow
bring tears to someone's eyes
throw cold water on
beat
cast a gloom upon
drag
pour cold water on
knock the stuffing out of
darken
make someone's heart bleed
run down
make someone fed up
make gloomy
make desolate
knock sideways
break someone's spirit
give someone the blues
break someone's heart
bring tears to your eyes
make unhappy
dampen someone's spirits
damp
bear down
cause suffering to
knock for six
harsh someone's mellow
make despondent
make your heart bleed
reduce to tears
weigh heavily on
make sad
turn one off
get down
keep under
unnerve
unman
frustrate
worry
throw
deflate
abash
deter
appall
US
bring down
disappoint
vex
alarm
frighten
scare
appal
UK
mess up
beset
petrify
nag
undermine
lie heavy on
plague
make downhearted
prey on
intimidate
disconcert
disparage
shock
mar
terrify
horrify
spoil
affright
get someone down
psych out
get to
pain
floor
harass
hurt
shatter
squash
gnaw at
obsess
devastate
press
disincline
make dejected
awe
discomfort
rattle
be a burden to
be a burden on
unsettle
bring low
weigh
discountenance
take over
startle
consternate
put off
panic
break one's heart
terrorize
US
shake up
nonplus
embarrass
confound
spook
alarum
take control of
perplex
terrorise
UK
weigh on
knock the wind out of
cloud
harsh one's mellow
make miserable
castrate
geld
lobotomize
desiccate
dehydrate
lie
flatten
cast a shadow
down
deplore
lessen
inhibit
restrain
make one's heart bleed
bring tears to one's eyes
dampen someone's spirit
dash the hopes of
make blue
dampen spirits
drag down
press down on
wreck
ruin
take the heart out of
shame
dump
cast a gloom on
bring one down
overawe
put into a funk
tax
harsh
bully
irk
repress
droop
deprecate
confuse
prostrate
stress
strain
inconvenience
make dispirited
make crestfallen
humiliate
indispose
wound
prey on someone's mind
jolt
incommode
bedevil
cause to lose heart
overcharge
enfeeble
discompose
put down
sting
concern
discomfit
amaze
sicken
scandalize
US
disgust
insult
outrage
astound
disempower
dampen someone's hopes
surprise
agonize
US
jumble
disarrange
disorganize
snarl
muddle
unzip
disorder
unglue
cripple
take aback
throw a pall over
gall
cause trouble to
hagride
disillusion
frazzle
distemper
distract
undo
unhinge
exercise
flurry
fuss
disquiet
paralyse
UK
psych
agitate
derail
injure
disenchant
pother
disgruntle
send up
blow out
blow up
take apart
scandalise
UK
dish it out
stick it to
give it to
dish out
agonise
UK
snafu
let down
foul up
paralyze
US
screw up
put the wind up someone
flummox
dumbfound
throw into a tizzy
fluster
throw off balance
weird out
freak out
mystify
fill with consternation
bewilder
louse up
give someone a turn
puzzle
muck up
take steam out
hit hard
knock for a loop
gross out
break the heart of
scarify
fright
scare to death
scare stiff
scare the pants off
make your hair stand on end
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
chill off
frighten to death
frighten the living daylights out of
throw into a panic
scare someone out of their wits
put the wind up
scare the living daylights out of
throw into a blue funk
more ❯
Verb
▲
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
belittle
ridicule
decry
defame
deprecate
depreciate
derogate
disparage
malign
minimise
UK
minimize
US
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
degrade
denigrate
dismiss
mock
abuse
bad-mouth
censure
condemn
deride
diminish
discredit
downgrade
knock
revile
rubbish
run down
scorn
slur
treat lightly
underestimate
underrate
undervalue
vilify
laugh at
laugh off
marginalise
UK
marginalize
US
asperse
bash
cast aspersions on
criticise
UK
criticize
US
detract from
dis
discount
diss
pan
pooh-pooh
poor-mouth
pour scorn on
put down
scoff at
slam
slate
sneer at
trash
trash-talk
vilipend
blister
demean
detract
dispraise
do down
downplay
lower
minify
misprize
play down
pull apart
rip
roast
scorch
smear
squash
understate
cry down
dump on
hit out at
hold cheap
kiss off
pick holes in
slag off
take to pieces
talk down
write off
drag through the mud
have a go at
make light of
pooh pooh
poor mouth
shoot down
sour grapes
take down
tear down
do a hatchet job on
cut down to size
cut to the quick
shoot full of holes
take a swipe at
take down a peg
slight
devalue
insult
humiliate
humble
reduce
disgrace
cheapen
lessen
shame
slander
attack
debase
disdain
make little of
contemn
deflate
underplay
vituperate
abase
traduce
calumniate
taunt
dishonor
US
gloss over
dishonour
UK
chasten
sell short
speak ill of
mortify
brush aside
despise
sneer
denounce
lambaste
impugn
smirch
flame
sink
libel
de-emphasize
foul
scoff
snub
disregard
pull to pieces
jeer
reject
soft-pedal
mudsling
shrug off
crush
stigmatize
US
tear into
berate
underemphasize
gibe
inveigh against
speak badly of
think little of
spurn
blast
cast down
look down on
rap
stigmatise
UK
affront
disrespect
sniff at
pillory
make fun of
flout
bring down
undermine
bag
pummel
US
throw mud at
hammer
give a bad name
bring into disrepute
embarrass
lay into
pummelled
UK
set little store by
opprobriate
twit
fault
destroy
throw brickbats at
rail against
fulminate against
spread lies about
find fault with
rate too low
treat with contempt
speak evil of
jeer at
blacken the name of
sully the reputation of
do an injustice to
bring low
besmirch
not do justice to
skewer
hold in contempt
demote
blacken
offend
blame
monster
jump on
weaken
repudiate
abash
excoriate
poke fun at
reprehend
reprobate
scout
disesteem
set no store by
reproach
subvert
lampoon
prostitute
gird
chagrin
demoralize
US
injure
rally
bemean
demoralise
UK
knock down
make a fool of
cut down
tease
put away
give a black eye
take down a peg or two
tone down
treat as unimportant
blacken the reputation of
conduct a smear campaign against
savage
rebuff
outrage
wound
ruin
castigate
sully
condescend
stain
misjudge
taint
wreck
demolish
devaluate
deign
scandalize
US
tarnish
rebuke
slap
backbite
curse
assail
scandalise
UK
upbraid
underprice
sling mud at
discountenance
rag
corrupt
reprove
deplore
disapprove
subdue
cut rate
discomfit
pervert
laugh
execrate
wave aside
debauch
deprave
bastardize
US
deteriorate
profane
warp
vitiate
canker
ride
rip up
downcry
compromise
high-hat
snoot
besmear
anathematize
poison
damage
slag
cavil at
break
carp at
brush off
own
mark down
treat contemptuously
jibe at
be wrong about
be scornful about
disfavor
US
be contemptuous about
disfavour
UK
denunciate
crack
fleer
caricature
jest
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
satirize
US
grin
leer
skin
bastardise
UK
abhor
hate
show contempt for
disconcert
snigger
turn up your nose at
come down on
tear to shreds
cause to lose face
reflect badly on
satirise
UK
drag through the mire
think too little of
find fault
do a number on
slough off
lower the status of
look down upon
bring shame upon
rag on
call down
put in a bad light
put to shame
show up
look down one's nose at
turn up one's nose
hold up to ridicule
quip at
put someone in their place
cock a snook at
rank out
sneeze at
make someone eat humble pie
make someone eat crow
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
backstab
make nothing of
treat something lightly
total
criticize unfairly
poormouth
clamor against
badmouth
hoot
play something down
question
disvalue
object
discommend
expostulate
frown
mistrust
blacken the character of
comment negatively
deemphasize
soften
mute
restrain
minimalize
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
dwarf
attenuate
abbreviate
abate
talk trash
make light
bad mouth
not go for
lower in rank
mistreat
dig
demonize
US
cuss
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
subordinate
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
lower in status
give black eye
take dim view of
put hooks in
spot
demonise
UK
stoop
animadvert
disapprove of
underprize
desecrate
defile
attaint
blot
relegate
betray
descend
complain
snipe at
hit
rail
skin alive
dress down
jive
to denigrate
write down
harm
mar
tear to pieces
hold forth against
jibe
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
gibe at
be contemptuous of
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
put a whammy on
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
bring shame on
knock off
spoil
desensitize
US
brutalize
US
dehumanize
US
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
drag down
take a dig at
misbid
misrespect
take away
miscalculate
sell out
hold back
wipe
slam-dunk
declass
decrease
dehumanise
UK
desensitise
UK
bring shame to
brutalise
UK
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lambast
take swipe at
throw stones at
abandon one's principles
withdraw
miscarry
make jokes about
scathe
bump
set back
revert
nag
potshot
scold
belabor
US
bust
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
reprimand
be hostile to
argue against
take issue with
object to
take exception to
nitpick over
find lacking
depress
express contempt
not do justice
shun
persecute
oppress
snicker
smile
chastise
disrate
crawl
belabour
UK
zing
hose
slang
miscall
take away from
heap scorn on
be above
subtract from
cane
objurgate
slash
silence
upset
overcome
subjugate
consider beneath one
spit on
refuse
refute
piss over
confute
avoid
defy
turn back on
curl your lip at
turn nose up at
give the Bronx cheer to
consider beneath you
spit in the face of
renounce
piss on
blow raspberries at
turn down
laugh out of court
spit in the eye of
hold up to scorn
arraign
strike dumb
pull down
chill
abominate
regard with contempt
send up
point finger at
frame
pronounce
punish
judge
hang something on
chide
take to task
blow whistle on
proscribe
give something a bad press
send up the river
thumbs down on
pin it on
name
give someone a bad press
lay at one's door
adjudge
let have it
be rude to
call names
blow off
vituperate against
shout at
cuss out
swear at
settle someone's hash
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
put one away
bring down a peg
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
dispirit
ignore
impair
threaten
overlook
disappoint
flay
cow
carp
maul
cavil
call someone names
annoy
discourage
dishearten
dismay
flatten
undo
disrupt
sabotage
destabilize
US
sap
be allergic to
neglect
disbelieve
laugh to scorn
boo
faze
fluster
confound
rattle
displease
confuse
nonplus
vex
look down nose at
look down your nose at
fleer at
poke mullock at
scout at
turn up one's nose at
stultify
horrify
appal
UK
knock the stuffing out of
let wind out of sails
puncture balloon
debunk
take the wind out of somebody's sails
kick in the teeth
take the wind out of someone's sails
dash
quash
let down easy
debilitate
dig at
show contempt
curl one's lip
appall
US
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
pass over
talk something down
give something a battering
give a bad press to
pick to pieces
nit-pick
put aside
refuse to acknowledge
think no more of
shut eyes to
push aside
sweep aside
turn a blind eye to
pay no attention to
take no notice of
forget about
turn a deaf ear to
have no time for
take the mickey out of
soil
thwart
undercut
chip away
destabilise
UK
foil
make sport of
take the piss out of
expose
make ridiculous
set up
bite one's thumb at
make absurd
ruin the reputation of
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
blacken someone's name
more ❯
Verb
▲
To walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance
wade
paddle
dabble
slop
wallow
plod
splash
splosh
trudge
splash about
slosh
swash
lap
plash
bathe
play
walk
lie
welter
tumble
lie around
roll about
tumble about
loll about
lie about
loll around
tumble around
splash around
bathe in
plunge
puddle
roll
writhe
flounder
pitch and toss
Verb
▲
To remove or alter parts considered offensive or unseemly
censor
bowdlerise
UK
bowdlerize
US
cut
expurgate
blue-pencil
delete
edit
examine
inspect
clean up
launder
redact
red-pencil
sanitise
UK
sanitize
US
unpublish
abridge
amend
blacklist
bleach
bleep
conceal
control
cork
criticise
UK
criticize
US
decontaminate
excise
exscind
gag
narrow
oversee
purge
purify
remove
repress
restrain
restrict
review
revile
sterilise
UK
sterilize
US
stifle
suppress
withhold
delete parts of
make acceptable
make changes to
make cuts in
black out
prevent publication
refuse transmission
scissor out
strike out
supervise communications
drop the iron curtain
put the lid on
emasculate
make presentable
make palatable
water down
cleanse
make deletions in
make cuts to
lustrate
screen
squash
blip
scrub
blue pencil
bleep out
wash
clean
dry-clean
tub
rinse
valet
wash and press
do the washing
do the laundry
wash and iron
disinfect
bathe
deterge
scour
clarify
refine
depurgate
GI
restore
turn out
rinse out
make clean
fumigate
depurate
disinfest
antiseptize
neutralize
US
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
make safe
neutralise
UK
make sterile
more ❯
Verb
▲
To declare to be untrue
refute
deny
reject
repudiate
contradict
gainsay
disaffirm
disallow
disavow
disclaim
disconfirm
disown
negate
negative
rebut
abnegate
break
burn
cancel
contend
contest
contravene
convict
counter
crush
debate
dispute
evert
expose
oppose
overthrow
parry
quash
silence
top
argue against
burn down
cancel out
dispose of
reply to
show up
tear down
blow sky high
declare to be untrue
give thumbs down to
take a stand against
argue
debunk
disprove
challenge
controvert
query
moot
examine
address
question
discredit
canvass
altercate
invalidate
answer
bandy
canvas
wrangle
confute
pettifog
argue about
prove wrong
object to
call into question
disagree with
contend over
prove false
pick a bone
dissent against
quibble over
put up argument
quibble about
agitate against
hammer away at
differ with
argue the pros and cons of
show to be false
take issue with
protest against
shoot down
show to be wrong
pick an argument with
prove to be wrong
prove to be false
shoot down in flames
have an argument about
bandy words concerning
wonder about
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
impugn
disacknowledge
renounce
cross
dissent from
retract
declare untrue
traverse
disagree
abjure
resist
combat
fight
rebuff
disbelieve
abandon
reverse
explode
brush aside
revoke
forswear
withsay
defy
doubt
confront
counteract
recant
exclude
spurn
argue with
undermine
thumbs down
oppugn
impeach
take exception to
call in question
fly in the face of
have bone to pick
demur against
disapprove of
demur about
go against
dismiss
annul
retort
respond
backtalk
deflect
counterclaim
naysay
withstand
call in
dare
withspeak
buck
differ
defend against
plead against
retaliate against
render null and void
denounce
defend oneself against
say the opposite of
take on
eschew
call out
refuse
renig
welsh
renege
refuse to accept
enquire
UK
stand up to
give up
weasel out of
go back on word
drop out
wash hands of
worm out of
fight against
come to blows with
be a dissenter from
face down
battle
rebel against
test
face off
tackle
feud with
inquire
US
litigate
rally against
remonstrate
throw down
accost
investigate
interrogate
rival
disinherit
cast off
ditch
drop
forsake
cast aside
violate
discard
cut off
infringe
end relations with
send packing
breach
turn your back on
cut off without a penny
wash your hands of
refuse to acknowledge
refuse to recognize
divorce oneself from
have nothing more to do with
transgress
disobey
fracture
offend
traduce
thwart
flout
infract
hinder
dislike
overstep
interfere with
disregard
interpose
encroach
intrude
trespass
conflict with
transgress against
offend against
interfere
speak against
frown at
frown on
think wrong
have a problem with
be against
not support
be in defiance of
be anti
not believe in
shake one's head
backpedal
nullify
fail to comply with
fail to observe
take back
curb
ban
begrudge
restrain
forgo
taboo
prevent
block
sacrifice
forbid
call on
enjoin from
keep back
not buy
hold back
say no to
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
more ❯
Verb
▲
Say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner
retort
answer
rejoin
reply
respond
return
riposte
counter
retaliate
acknowledge
come back
crack
rebut
repay
requite
sass
snap
snap back
top
fling back
hurl back
say in response
bite back
come back with
round on someone
shoot back
talk back
answer back
come back at
react
feedback
write back
get back to
field the question
be in touch
echo
reciprocate
follow up
make an answer
explain
resolve
clarify
remark
elucidate
qualify
settle
comeback
claim
say
reply to
make a rejoinder
respond to
speak in response
react to
back talk
write back to
get back at
give a snappy comeback
rise to the bait
revert
come back to
take the bait
get angry
be provoked
R.S.V.P.
communicate
declare
state
report
pass
give a response to
arrive at
make a response
fight back
make reply
make a riposte
come to
recognize
US
notice
recognise
UK
retort to
act
proceed
behave
write back to someone
come back to someone
function
work
take
operate
recoil
feel
take it
conduct oneself
rebound
recur
perform
backfire
boomerang
conduct yourself
comport oneself
turn back
bounce back
give back
be affected
have vibes
have a funny feeling
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shame or put down
humble
humiliate
shame
degrade
demean
abase
chasten
debase
disgrace
subdue
mortify
sink
abash
break
belittle
crush
own
reduce
chagrin
cheapen
discredit
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
lower
cause to lose face
embarrass
make a fool of
shoot down
smirch
tear down
bemean
deflate
discomfit
squash
demote
foul
overcome
silence
snub
upset
bring down
cast down
pull down
put away
put down
put to shame
strike dumb
take down
bring low
cut down to size
make eat dirt
make someone eat crow
make someone eat humble pie
pop one's balloon
put one away
bring down a peg
cut to the quick
make one feel small
force to eat humble pie
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
take down a peg
settle someone's hash
devalue
denigrate
downgrade
diminish
disparage
smear
taint
tarnish
show up
defame
quash
flatten
blot
corrupt
prostitute
debauch
lessen
sully
drag through the mud
stigmatize
US
slander
undervalue
depreciate
derogate
ridicule
run down
stigmatise
UK
minimize
US
bring shame to
reflect badly on
bring into disrepute
cow
pervert
stoop
deteriorate
bastardize
US
profane
warp
vitiate
deprave
subvert
canker
descend
poison
stain
besmirch
bastardise
UK
disconcert
besmear
declass
slam
pan
minimise
UK
dismiss
discountenance
slur
defile
blacken
bump
lower the status of
put in a bad light
set back
drag through the mire
make ashamed
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
bring shame on
relegate
demoralize
US
lower in rank
oust
depress
dethrone
depose
unseat
demoralise
UK
reproach
decry
expose
disrate
mudsling
injure
vilify
destroy
bust
confound
confuse
vanquish
malign
blemish
compromise
calumniate
kick downstairs
displace
censure
mark down
disfavor
US
detract
disfavour
UK
deride
drag down
revert
ruin
attaint
libel
reduce to the ranks
mock
detract from
bring shame upon
pooh-pooh
give a bad name
write off
demerit
bench
do a hatchet job on
play down
show in a bad light
make lose face
take to pieces
give a bad name to
get the better of
have the last laugh on
deign
condescend
floor
curb
tame
blight
lower in status
dump on
demolish
disconsider
disoblige
discipline
restrain
soften
scandalize
US
harm
damage
mar
brand
afflict
check
repress
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
bring to one's knees
take down a notch
bend to one's will
overthrow
devaluate
attenuate
blister
wither
rip
spot
brutalize
US
spoil
weaken
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
undermine
browbeat
downplay
disregard
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
dehumanise
UK
desensitise
UK
brutalise
UK
cast a slur
reduce the status of
dispirit
let down
take apart
betray
tar and feather
lose face
write down
cut down
discourage
dismay
dishearten
crawl
succumb
sell out
take to bits
shoot down in flames
be untrue to oneself
beat down
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
put in your place
decrease
devalorize
subjugate
abandon one's principles
be prejudicial to
debunk
dash
cause to feel small
topple
disappoint
put out of countenance
annoy
knock down
puncture balloon
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
demean oneself
debase yourself
affront
rattle
faze
fluster
displease
nonplus
vex
conquer
defeat
seize power
be reduced to
let down easy
horrify
appal
UK
knock the stuffing out of
kick in the teeth
appall
US
harass
worry
bring to terms
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of somebody's sails
cashier
move down
drum out
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
strip of rank
reduce in rank
hold back
remove from office
underestimate
deprecate
scorn
underrate
traduce
bad-mouth
trivialize
US
disdain
knock
treat lightly
scoff at
make light of
rubbish
cry down
do down
sneer at
dis
poor-mouth
discount
slate
vilipend
trash-talk
diss
trash
pour scorn on
minify
sell short
misprize
soil
rap
clamor against
abuse
revile
attack
trivialise
UK
hold cheap
slag off
criticise
UK
dispraise
kiss off
have a go at
condemn
contemn
slight
asperse
find fault with
look down on
roast
talk down
denounce
criticize
US
spurn
pull apart
hit out at
fault
pick holes in
insult
disesteem
cast aspersions on
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
blacken someone's name
destroy someone's credibility
damage someone's reputation
pollute
befoul
bestialize
contaminate
bring discredit to
blotch
speak ill of
infect
breathe on
impair
assail
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
muckrake
animalize
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
lead astray
distort
violate
deface
adulterate
cripple
dirty
hurt
blacken the name of
dilute
make degenerate
embitter
prejudice
waste
discolor
US
despoil
discolour
UK
marginalize
US
outrage
blaspheme
scorch
tar
marginalise
UK
impugn
bring dishonour to
influence
mess up
treat with disrespect
misuse
disfigure
understate
manipulate
bash
ravage
laugh off
laugh at
vandalize
US
maculate
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandalise
UK
commit sacrilege
muck up
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
debilitate
bend
skew
misapply
colour
UK
bias
alloy
wreck
endamage
squander
sell
sacrifice
turn
badmouth
subordinate
jaundice
worsen
reduce in value
bloody
crab
speckle
sour
rot
color
US
reduce in quality
blackguard
harden
blast
touch
go bad
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
go to hell
live in the gutter
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
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
provoke
case-harden
inure
nose dive
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
aggravate
drop
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
wound
coarsen
waste away
axe
UK
slash
taunt
overwhelm
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ax
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slow
make callous
make unfeeling
slap
alter
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
tease
incapacitate
suppress
sap
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
keep down
put double whammy on
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanize
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mechanise
UK
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automatize
barbarize
impoverish
extinguish
blaspheme against
irritate
begrime
grime
muddy
doctor
putrefy
cook
rout
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sledge
smudge
miscall
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slang
gird
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scoff
lay waste to
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step on one's toes
cause offence to
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hurt someone's feelings
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interfere with
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get dirty
spatter
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cause instability
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A sharp, angry, or witty reply
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answer
reply
response
return
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counter
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acknowledgment
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UK
repartee
replication
retaliation
sally
antiphon
cooler
crack
gag
jape
jest
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lip
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respond
revenge
topper
wisecrack
witticism
back answer
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parting shot
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reaction
feedback
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knee-jerk reaction
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witty remark
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thrust
maneuver
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manoeuvre
UK
account
backfire
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pushback
answer back
dig
drollery
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report
one-liner
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statement
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guff
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disclosure
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opinion
assessment
evaluation
confutation
view
counterstatement
critique
counterclaim
counterargument
counteraccusation
defence
UK
countercharge
defense
US
analysis
review
R.S.V.P.
reception
input
commentary
information
criticism
advice
vibe
pointer
refutation
recommendation
suggestion
help
animadversion
tip
sentiment
direction
impression
judgment
US
appraisal
discussion
editor's note
annotation
advisement
proposition
disproof
negation
judgement
UK
invalidation
rebutter
contradiction
disconfirmation
countering
surrejoinder
disproving
denial
disproval
surrebutter
counteraction
backlash
fallout
repercussion
counter-argument
recoil
balance
resistance
neutralizer
corrective
retribution
backwash
reflex
revulsion
rebound
boomerang
reflection
adverse reaction
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