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taking the wind out of your sails
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Present participle for to thwart someone's ambitions
Present participle for to disturb the composure of
Present participle for to cause amazement
Present participle for to cause to feel disheartened or disillusioned
Present participle for to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
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Present participle for to thwart someone's ambitions
thwarting
stymieing
stultifying
frustrating
hindering
foiling
checking
stopping
impeding
blocking
preventing
obstructing
hampering
curbing
restraining
baulking
UK
forestalling
defeating
baffling
scotching
balking
US
cramping
derailing
circumventing
scuppering
opposing
trammelling
trammeling
rooting
standing in the way of
upsetting the applecart
ruining
doing for
giving the slip
crabbing
spoiling
traversing
checkmating
putting the mockers on
taking wind out of
crossing
outwitting
taking down
playing off
crimping
smashing
holding up
countering
nobbling
lousing up
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting paid to
putting a stop to
disappointing
confusing
fouling up
putting the stopper on
cooking someone's goose
snafuing
beating
putting the kibosh on
dashing
bilking
snookering
discomfiting
shipwrecking
upsetting
barring
inhibiting
halting
nullifying
arresting
heading off
averting
prohibiting
counteracting
nipping in the bud
staving off
precluding
warding off
avoiding
repressing
stalling
neutralizing
US
restricting
holding back
deterring
obviating
crippling
neutralising
UK
stifling
fettering
shutting out
evading
stumping
retarding
deflecting
skirting
sidestepping
negating
stonewalling
limiting
steering clear of
hamstringing
overturning
interfering with
hobbling
circumnavigating
defending against
interdicting
screwing up
intercepting
interrupting
anticipating
fending off
queering
quashing
confounding
diverting
undoing
delaying
offsetting
canceling
US
annulling
bucking
cancelling
UK
getting out of
escaping
bypassing
forbidding
suppressing
parrying
preempting
cramping one's style
holding off
repulsing
pre-empting
throwing monkey wrench in
putting an end to
debarring
helping
putting a brake on
messing up
hanging up
getting in before
second-guessing
providing against
getting ahead of
beating someone to the draw
beating someone to the punch
refusing
picking off
beating someone to it
stealing a march on
cutting off
shutting off
disconcerting
disrupting
crashing
unsettling
juking
ditching
wrecking
keeping lid on
throwing a curve
throwing a spanner in the works
halting in its tracks
throwing a monkey wrench in the works
contravening
scuttling
invalidating
squashing
repelling
obscuring
crushing
rattling
dishing
commandeering
counterplotting
blanking
burying
strangulating
overcoming
blighting
dampening
clouding
chilling
chillin
banjaxing
getting in the way
taking out of play
getting in the way of
putting the brakes on
licking
getting the better of
preparing for
heading off at pass
wreaking havoc with
sparing
reprieving
freeing
beating down
causing setback
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
putting the lid on
absolving
giving the run around
dashing one's hope
exempting
dispensing
discharging
controlling
stemming
banning
refraining from
bridling
reining
pausing
saving
containing
constraining
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
reducing
terminating
smothering
muffling
bottlenecking
fighting back
staunching
withholding
moderating
holding
governing
disallowing
enjoining
dodging
bottling up
discouraging
rebuffing
braking
taming
choking back
choking
regulating
outlawing
proscribing
keeping in check
slowing down
reining in
desisting
steering clear
abstaining from
skipping
resisting
shrinking from
shying from
skipping out on
staying away
restraining from
shaking off
shirking
abstaining
withstanding
staying away from
getting around
forbearing
pulling in
holding in
keeping back
slackening pace
holding down
biting back
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
excepting
excluding
denying
blackballing
eliminating
suspending
rejecting
estopping
ostracizing
US
stemming the flow of
bringing to a standstill
giving up
leaving off
doing without
shaking
withholding from
desisting from
renouncing
kicking
shunning
breaking the habit of
counterbalancing
making up for
forgoing
denying oneself
forbearing from
eschewing
keeping from
ostracising
UK
exiling
overriding
playing for time
closing out
shutting out of
freezing out
counting out
ruling out
more ❯
“His only fear now was that the Mounted Police would
take the wind out of his sails
by a rapid move from the Transvaal, and capture the king should he attempt to escape towards the north.”
Verb
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Present participle for to disturb the composure of
discomfiting
embarrassing
disconcerting
confusing
abashing
flustering
rattling
fazing
ruffling
unsettling
unnerving
confounding
discomposing
nonplussing
perturbing
mortifying
discomforting
distressing
disturbing
flurrying
making uncomfortable
upsetting
agitating
chagrining
discombobulating
discountenancing
disorientating
making uneasy
perplexing
taking aback
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
annoying
bothering
irking
vexing
worrying
worsting
making self-conscious
putting someone off their stroke
setting someone back on their heels
putting someone off their stride
Verb
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Present participle for to cause amazement
surprising
amazing
astonishing
astounding
startling
stunning
flabbergasting
shocking
staggering
dumbfounding
nonplussing
stupefying
flooring
confounding
dazing
jolting
benumbing
bowling over
disconcerting
dumfounding
overwhelming
rocking
alarming
awing
aweing
bewildering
confusing
consternating
dazzling
discomfiting
dismaying
electrifying
jarring
perplexing
petrifying
rattling
shaking up
striking dumb
taking aback
thunderstriking
unsettling
knocking for six
blowing away
causing wonder
leaving aghast
leaving open-mouthed
rendering speechless
stopping someone in their tracks
springing on
striking with awe
throwing a curve
taking your breath away
blowing your mind
appalling
outraging
horrifying
revolting
disgusting
offending
scandalizing
US
sickening
nauseating
traumatizing
US
agitating
disquieting
shaking
repelling
upsetting
disturbing
distressing
displeasing
provoking
discomposing
perturbing
unnerving
throwing
paralysing
UK
abashing
angering
antagonizing
US
overcoming
numbing
paralyzing
US
scandalising
UK
traumatising
UK
devastating
antagonising
UK
insulting
giving offence to
grossing out
knocking out
raising someone's eyebrows
setting someone back on their heels
hitting like ton of bricks
completely surprising
shaking out of your complacency
giving a turn
knocking sideways
surprizing
taking by surprise
knocking the stuffing out of
puzzling
impressing
flummoxing
catching off balance
fazing
knocking for a loop
moving
overpowering
bemusing
boggling the mind
striking
distracting
touching
boggling
stirring
affecting
knocking over
hitting like a ton of bricks
throwing off balance
leaving speechless
knocking senseless
befuddling
muddling
vexing
addling
stumping
fogging
befogging
chagrining
mystifying
spellbinding
putting one away
getting to
knocking over with feather
sweeping someone off their feet
throwing into a tizzy
hitting for six
knocking unconscious
screwing up
laying out
shattering
besotting
overawing
delighting
hitting
bamboozling
discombobulating
fuddling
killing
beating
giving a shock
gobsmacking
foxing
dizzying
flabagasting
disorienting
buffaloing
graveling
gravelling
stirring up
mazing
crushing
muddying
getting
posing
prostrating
obfuscating
wildering
whelming
baffling
overmastering
making speechless
throwing for a loop
swamping
galvanizing
US
oppressing
setting someone thinking
galvanising
UK
mixing up
making someone scratch their head
sweeping over
grinding down
snowing under
causing to be at a stand
making emotional
throwing a curveball
worrying
bothering
doing in
troubling
disheartening
daunting
discouraging
concerning
dispiriting
flustering
depressing
discomforting
flurrying
ailing
fussing
unhinging
distempering
frightening
demoralizing
US
scaring
saddening
alaruming
frazzling
undoing
exercising
hagriding
terrifying
derailing
chilling
chillin
terrorizing
US
frustrating
panicking
unmanning
dashing
spooking
disappointing
discountenancing
affrighting
embarrassing
disillusioning
disenchanting
disgruntling
pothering
demoralising
UK
terrorising
UK
freaking out
weirding out
putting off
putting the wind up
letting down
fouling up
filling with consternation
messing up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to feel disheartened or disillusioned
disappointing
disillusioning
disheartening
disenchanting
dismaying
upsetting
chagrining
discouraging
dispiriting
depressing
disobliging
saddening
vexing
disconcerting
disgruntling
underwhelming
embittering
bumming out
dashing hopes
casting down
dashing the hopes of
dampening the spirits of
shattering the illusions of
letting down
Verb
▲
Present participle for to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
humiliating
disgracing
humbling
shaming
chastening
debasing
degrading
abasing
crushing
embarrassing
subduing
discomfiting
mortifying
abashing
putting down
chagrining
demeaning
deflating
denigrating
cheapening
discrediting
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
fouling
lowering
quashing
sinking
smirching
squashing
bemeaning
blistering
breaking
discountenancing
owning
panning
ripping
slamming
smearing
snubbing
withering
confusing
downplaying
vanquishing
bringing down
showing up
taking down
making ashamed
bringing low
casting down
playing down
putting to shame
running down
shooting down
taking down a peg
tearing down
causing to feel small
causing to lose face
cutting down to size
making a fool of
making someone eat crow
making someone eat humble pie
putting out of countenance
taking down a peg or two
settling someone's hash
flattening
exposing
cowing
downgrading
devaluing
dispiriting
disheartening
discouraging
belittling
showing in a bad light
getting the better of
having the last laugh on
putting someone in their place
letting wind out of sails
knocking the stuffing out of
reducing
staining
tainting
demoting
defaming
stigmatizing
US
sullying
tarnishing
besmirching
blackening
scandalizing
US
disparaging
besmearing
defiling
scandalising
UK
lowering the status of
stigmatising
UK
slurring
desecrating
popping one's balloon
putting away
overcoming
pulling down
cutting to the quick
upsetting
making one feel small
striking dumb
putting one away
forcing to eat humble pie
squelching
making eat dirt
silencing
bringing down a peg
slandering
spotting
injuring
lowering in rank
lowering in status
giving a black eye
mocking
libeling
US
disrespecting
libelling
UK
losing face
deriding
blotting
disregarding
bringing into disrepute
giving a bad name to
tarring and feathering
putting in a bad light
disfavoring
dragging through the mire
bringing shame upon
bringing shame on
disfavouring
ridiculing
derogating
dragging through the mud
reflecting badly on
attainting
relegating
diminishing
cutting down
declassing
dismissing
undervaluing
bumping
reverting
depreciating
setting back
disrating
busting
marking down
reducing to the ranks
kicking downstairs
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Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
dismaying
depressing
daunting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
dejecting
distressing
unnerving
cowing
crushing
chilling
chillin
alarming
abashing
dashing
unmanning
troubling
scaring
bothering
frustrating
afflicting
vexing
awing
aweing
confusing
disappointing
trying
appalling
overawing
irking
drooping
prostrating
repressing
casting down
making despondent
weighing heavily on
making downhearted
psyching out
beating down
dampening the spirits of
breaking one's heart
putting a damper on
causing to lose heart
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