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What is another word for
wear down
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To deteriorate in condition, especially due to repeated exposure or use
To cause to become weary or fatigued
To gradually exhaust or drain away
To diminish to nothing
Annoy
Break through
To defeat or overcome
To smooth by rubbing or applying friction
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
To convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
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Verb
▲
To deteriorate in condition, especially due to repeated exposure or use
wear
erode
overuse
break down
wear away
wear out
eat away
waste away
corrode
consume
eat away at
fret
abrade
gnaw
rot
bite into
eat
deteriorate
dissolve
spoil
nibble
waste
decay
impair
bite at
gnaw away
gnaw away at
destroy
crumble
devour
scour
bite
chip away at
rust
disintegrate
corrupt
undermine
weather
decompose
burn into
burn through
wear through
chip away
grind down
eat into
distress
whittle away
eat at
run through
melt
exhaust
dissipate
damage
liquefy
weaken
lessen
scrape away
sap
diminish
break up
chafe
rasp
rub
fray
gall
frazzle
scrape
scratch
graze
corrade
grind
scuff
use
crumble away
rub down
grind away
tax
go to seed
scrape off
become worn
wash away
rub away
become threadbare
fade
bother
cut down
overwork
use up
wear thin
oxidize
US
tarnish
oxidate
oxidise
UK
flake
canker
more ❯
“Over time the chemicals in the smoke will
wear down
the walls, and eventually, the walls will collapse and break.”
Verb
▲
To cause to become weary or fatigued
exhaust
fatigue
tire
drain
break
enervate
frazzle
overwork
sap
tire out
tucker
weaken
wear out
weary
debilitate
burn out
prostrate
overtire
do in
enfeeble
poop
knock out
wear
bust
take it out of
poop out
kill
tucker out
disable
devitalize
peter out
outwear
knacker
wash out
jade
flag
conk out
harass
bush
shatter
do up
tax
overtax
whack
wear to a frazzle
cripple
deplete
overextend
overexert
overfatigue
run ragged
etiolate
sink
droop
languish
incapacitate
fizzle
succumb
impair
overdo
draw
suck dry
bankrupt
bore
vitiate
shag out
make tired
fail
eat away
get tired
grow tired
grow weary
wear away
drop
bedraggle
sag
blunt
drain of energy
make sleepy
make weary
take
wear on
wear oneself to a shadow
wipe out
wear oneself to a frazzle
run into the ground
root
nearly kill
hit the wall
bonk
fold
become fatigued
become tired
faint
overburden
overstrain
yawn
put to sleep
go stale
collapse
indispose
torpefy
make weak
lay low
make feeble
run out of steam
break down
run down
stress out
become exhausted
become drained
plague
cause ennui
oppress
fade
glut
strain
weigh
burden
drowse
pain
attenuate
erode
undermine
reduce
cause weariness
wreck
lessen
lower
destroy
rob from
ruin
waste
soften
subvert
impoverish
use up
test
stretch
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
immobilise
UK
try
put a strain on
challenge
make demands on
push
put out of action
overstretch
stress
handicap
unnerve
exasperate
emasculate
eviscerate
render infirm
be too much for
make severe demands on
unhinge
diminish
put demands on
get the better of
disempower
sap your strength
disembowel
exenterate
put great demands on
work over
encumber
injure
hinder
hurt
harm
extenuate
hamper
mar
unstrengthen
be exacting on
impose on
atrophy
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
wither
emaciate
shrivel
hamstring
fray
overstep
shrink
consume
disarm
depress
overthrow
mow
defeat
corrode
gnaw
trouble
upset
annoy
irritate
afflict
vex
inconvenience
make powerless
sap the strength of
irk
make helpless
make impotent
bring someone to their knees
bring low
bother
torture
agonise
UK
crucify
frustrate
rack
torment
excruciate
distress
agonize
US
martyr
wring
exceed the range of
exceed the scope of
exceed the limits of
make excessive demands on
give someone grief
task
empty
overuse
pressure
push too far
weigh heavily on
prey on
press hard on
make heavy demands on
ask too much of
put pressure on
more ❯
“As was his wont, Medved tried primarily to
wear down
his opponent with continuous attacks.”
Verb
▲
To gradually exhaust or drain away
drain
deplete
dissipate
erode
exhaust
bleed
impoverish
sap
strain
undermine
overcome
wear away
bleed dry
chip away at
slowly diminish
slowly lessen
slowly reduce
gradually overcome
play out
consume
run through
absorb
draw off
get rid of
empty
get through
filter off
siphon
US
divert
suck dry
spend
bust
finish
waste
burn
pump out
tap
break
syphon
UK
swallow up
dry
catheterize
burn out
go through
get last drop
free from
expend
devour
bankrupt
use up
draw down
take up
milk
squander
draw
extract
pump
use
withdraw
fritter away
eat up
draft
US
suck
diminish
remove
deprive
draught
UK
blow
burn up
void
expel
reduce
utilize
US
clean out
utilise
UK
wear out
empty out
evacuate
finish off
draw out
throw away
run out
burn through
finish up
frivol away
fleece
wipe out
fritter
employ
lavish
ruin
splurge
lose
misspend
clear
pauperize
discharge
wash up
squeeze
vacate
take out
dry up
purge
run down
weaken
trifle away
fiddle away
bring to ruin
run out of
pour
attenuate
slash
dispatch
misuse
strip
rid
drive out
force out
bail out
exploit
dump
dig into
pour out
eject
beggar
siphon off
waste away
unload
make use of
unburden
guzzle
dispose of
drain out
disburden
take last of
bring down
divest
drain off
spend like water
run up
throw around like confetti
blow through
pour down the drain
clear out
be wasteful with
spend recklessly
enervate
occupy
express
free
pay out
decrease
throw
suck out
lessen
let out
pump off
gobble
exhaust one's supply of
misapply
misemploy
ebb
frivol
wanton
lower
outlay
disencumber
eat
gamble away
pare down
slim down
suffer the loss of
shell out
dispense with
lay out
run dry
trifle
fiddle
pull
cut back
drive
force
put to use
collect
have recourse to
avail oneself of
transport
abstract
stop having
be deprived of
cough up
wreck
liquidate
suck the life out of
bring to its knees
pour off
disinherit
sacrifice
dispossess
no longer have
erase
draw on
draw forth
make destitute
ruinate
crush
decimate
draw liquid from
oust
unpack
cripple
release
jettison
evict
decant
unlade
gut
disgorge
pillage
disfigure
eliminate
zero
leave
leak
make insolvent
make penniless
make somebody broke
reduce to destitution
make somebody skint
bring someone to their knees
reduce to penury
clear away
do away with
get out
bring out
consume the contents of
rush out
make void
remove the contents of
make vacant
flow out
cripple financially
reduce to beggary
blue
be prodigal with
make poor use of
kiss goodbye
indulge oneself
spend money as if it grows on trees
spend money as if it were going out of fashion
spend freely
throw down the drain
spend money as if there were no tomorrow
spend money as if it were going out of style
more ❯
“The foreigners arrive and slowly
wear down
the patience of the locals with their lack of self-control and obliviousness to the local customs.”
Verb
▲
To diminish to nothing
peter
check
contract
curb
decay
decline
degenerate
drain
droop
drop
ease
ebb
fade
lower
quiet
rebate
settle
shrink
sink
slash
slump
taper
wane
waste
abate
calm down
crumble
curtail
cut down
depreciate
deteriorate
devaluate
die down
diminish
drop off
dry up
dwindle
evaporate
fall off
lessen
let up
lighten
lose edge
modify
narrow down
peter out
quell
reduce
restrain
run low
shrivel
slacken
slack off
slow down
soften
subside
tail away
tail off
weaken
wear away
wither
decrease
moderate
decrement
de-escalate
fall
depress
recede
relent
plummet
plunge
minimize
US
downsize
wind down
die out
die away
grow less
minimise
UK
tone down
become smaller
ratchet down
taper off
fall away
become less
phase down
grow smaller
temper
downscale
dent
deplete
knock down
pare down
slacken off
make less
turn down
remit
pall
blur
drain away
mitigate
degrade
dilute
cut
dampen
attenuate
blunt
allay
deaden
alleviate
impair
erode
palliate
mute
muffle
damp
take the bite out
cut back
abase
squelch
smother
cushion
subdue
assuage
soothe
put a damper on
take the sting out
take the edge off
ease off
roll back
stifle
dull
descend
fail
go down
go downhill
slip
collapse
regress
retrogress
dip
flag
mark down
downgrade
scale down
devalue
worsen
slide
languish
lapse
retrograde
trim
cheapen
nosedive
fade away
devolve
bring down
clip
come to an end
relax
get worse
atrophy
discount
hit the skids
write down
rot
limit
pare
break
axe
UK
fall apart
ax
US
become worse
drop away
slow
break down
dial down
waste away
go down the toilet
disappear
write off
melt away
step down
crash
disimprove
vanish
stagnate
backslide
minify
dive
go backwards
be in decline
slim down
make cutbacks in
prune
ease up
debilitate
sag
disintegrate
shorten
narrow
tumble
wilt
quieten
bomb
shave
dissolve
free-fall
skid
trail
become lower
get lower
deflate
restrict
fizzle out
shed
slope
go bad
fall short
go down the tubes
make smaller
take a nosedive
go to pot
cut back on
lose
hit the floor
go to pieces
put down
die off
settle down
go through the floor
whittle down
spoil
fizzle
truncate
flop
dim
abridge
mollify
ration
undervalue
deduct
close
retrench
melt
debase
grow worse
get less
cease
couch
slant down
slope down
extenuate
get smaller
come down
become weak
damp down
lose quality
take down
cut down on
go to the dogs
give out
run down
keep down
trim back
trim down
phase out
be the worse for wear
lower in price
go into a tailspin
trail off
scale back
take a header
become weaker
recline
fall to pieces
slope downwards
jump
parachute
go to rack and ruin
rachet down
skydive
drop down
level off
go pear-shaped
self-destruct
release
relieve
disengage
dissipate
dock
slake
falter
disperse
abbreviate
contain
drift
gutter
sicken
escalate
rein in
defuse
grow faint
demote
become softer
become quieter
make fewer
vitiate
give way
evanesce
give in
slack
subtract
cool off
amortise
UK
whittle
cast down
perish
set
repress
fade out
cause to fall
ease up on
devalorize
lower in value
qualify
amortize
US
tighten
die away or out
die away or down
lag
be on the way out
suffer
get quieter
get softer
retire
be reduced
go downwards
relapse
go
disgrade
demerit
drive down
emaciate
dilapidate
putrefy
totter
be used up
round down
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
take the heat off
go away
grow dim
wear off
draw to a close
become debilitated
drag
crater
buckle
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be impaired
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
calm
terminate
bow out
run out
trail away
lull
still
dip below the horizon
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
break up
go into decline
lose value
cave in
adulterate
mar
undermine
injure
alloy
corrode
discard
cast off
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
hit the dirt
tip over
be precipitated
lose it
incline downwards
tilt downwards
come to a stop
quieten down
go to the pack
be worse for wear
melt off
jettison
take off
rationalize
US
economize
US
rationalise
UK
economise
UK
miscarry
founder
be neglected
thin
bust
tame
desist
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
be deficient
reduce greatly
go awry
get rid of
go amiss
be wanting
be insufficient
fall through
be ruined
strike out
soft-pedal
slack up
be lacking
be inadequate
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
more ❯
Verb
▲
Annoy
chafe
rasp
abrade
aggravate
annoy
bother
bug
eat
erode
exasperate
fray
frost
gall
get
grate
gripe
irk
irritate
itch
nark
nettle
peeve
persecute
pique
rile
ruffle
spite
tatter
vex
scour
anger
burn up
exercise
hack off
harass
incense
offend
provoke
put out
rage
wear away
wear out
worry
bite into
scrape away
wear to shreds
gnaw away at
miff
needle
upset
displease
infuriate
rankle
disturb
rub up the wrong way
ride
get to
wind up
hassle
tick off
gravel
madden
pester
get on your nerves
enrage
trouble
get across
drive up the wall
fret
agitate
give someone the hump
goad
inflame
roil
exacerbate
plague
rark
hump
perturb
antagonize
US
get under your skin
tease
make someone see red
rub the wrong way
outrage
distress
nag
harry
affront
antagonise
UK
drive mad
frustrate
bum out
get on one's nerves
hack you off
get your goat
get in your hair
drive crazy
tee off
get your back up
torment
badger
make angry
give a hard time
get at
disgruntle
bedevil
disgust
molest
make somebody's hackles rise
get on your wick
burn
hound
grate on
drive to distraction
pain
niggle
make your blood boil
drive round the bend
ruffle one's feathers
give someone the pip
put your back up
try your patience
bait
hurt
gnaw
discompose
make cross
rankle with
T-off
drive round the twist
make waves
get your dander up
disquiet
get up someone's nose
rattle
sting
discomfit
embitter
mither
dog
ire
enflame
mad
give someone grief
wear on
steam up
eat at
afflict
put someone's nose out of joint
be on your back
raise your hackles
discountenance
insult
dissatisfy
taunt
excite
devil
wound
discommode
pursue
try
mortify
depress
pick on
aggrieve
incommode
eat away at
turn off
cheese off
be at
egg on
drive bananas
set one's teeth on edge
rattle someone's cage
get your hackles up
try the patience of
rub you up the wrong way
be on the back of
disconcert
fluster
jar
embarrass
grieve
perplex
beset
intimidate
browbeat
fester
faze
bully
inconvenience
affect
heavy
discombobulate
prick
nudge
injure
chagrin
bite
bore
cross
wear
hector
gnaw at
sicken
nauseate
bum
grill
hack
get across someone
acerbate
fire up
stick in one's craw
get a rise out of
jar on
work up
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's flesh
be a thorn in someone's side
stir up
send into a rage
get someone
hit where one lives
confound
distract
prod
drive nuts
brown off
rouse
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
steam
break
henpeck
beleaguer
obsess
wig
sour
chide
get on someone
huff
stew
snit
pet
tiff
distemper
jangle
bristle
get someone's wick
mess
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
drive you up the wall
rile up
harm
empurple
incite
resent
push someon's buttons
mess with
push button
heat up
work on
keep after
eat up
tire
thwart
foil
boil
arouse
craze
start
ask for it
be a nuisance to
make sore
lose one's temper
blow up
raise hell
victimize
US
unsettle
rasp one's nerves
jar upon
grate upon
wear upon
work into lather
set on
set off
take a rise out of
begrudge
crab
grudge
terrorize
US
unnerve
confuse
weary
dishearten
sadden
hang up
upset the applecart
louse up
get even
flurry
throw
expel
crucify
dragoon
victimise
UK
wrong
beat
hunt
exile
terrorise
UK
make discontented
have had enough
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
lose patience
make someone fed up
become bored
flummox
shock
ail
agonize
US
floor
fuddle
cow
stir
horrify
devastate
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
stick the knife into
single out
be on one's case
stump
disrupt
fuss
repulse
repel
slight
excruciate
disoblige
throw off balance
shake up
put off
make nervous
put someone off their stroke
put into a flap
cause anguish
cause suffering
agonise
UK
cause offense
bleed
mourn
be hurtful to
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
rattle one's cage
throw into tizzy
give offence to
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt somebody's feelings
thumb nose at
cut to the quick
give a bad time
mix up
eat away at one's mind
cause annoyance
cause vexation
cause resentment
cause bitterness
gnaw at one's mind
chivvy
chivy
scare
tantalize
US
interrupt
hinder
impede
tantalise
UK
intrude upon
impose on
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
get on someone's case
dismay
disaffect
scandalize
US
scandalise
UK
alienate
umbrage
be offensive
envenom
poison
estrange
appal
UK
make bitter
make you see red
disappoint
unhinge
appall
US
shake
discourage
disillusion
jaundice
empoison
discontent
disenchant
make resentful
revolt
make rancorous
zing
alarm
heckle
haze
whip up
disrespect
diss
dis
discomfort
frazzle
concern
derail
bewilder
torture
alarum
indispose
hagride
undo
make somebody's blood boil
freak out
put down
weird out
be an affront to
irritate greatly
make you angry
rattle someone's chain
dispirit
make see red
test
cut
chill
demoralize
US
unman
daunt
alien
drive insane
run up the wrong way
hit a sour note
be like a red rag to a bull
demoralise
UK
misplease
troll
put on edge
set on edge
get on
drive you crazy
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
foul
muddy
consume
arouse hostility in
mist
possess
shatter
lose the affection of
drive you to distraction
make livid
snub
taint
colour
UK
guy
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
play dirty
slur
humiliate
cause offence to
boil over
make indignant
cause offense to
slap
frighten
worsen
rag
rib
mock
drive you off your head
put
fog
fog up
mist up
cloud
oppress
rack
stress
ridicule
abominate
drive you out of your mind
drive out of mind
anguish
curse
abuse
confront
criticise
UK
dispraise
slander
criticize
US
offend morals of
spook
psych
strain
acidulate
bitter
venom
gibe
chaff
fill with loathing
turn
incapacitate
flip
pother
cramp
debilitate
impair
infect
color
US
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
strap
nit-pick
push
desolate
harrow
martyr
flip out
dump on
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
make wretched
cause suffering to
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
cause anguish to
mist over
cloud over
become misty
become misted
turn on
lay up
key up
razz
take the mickey
get on the nerves of
get in the hair of
take the piss out of
rock the boat
make a scene
make turbid
make sick
stun
become covered with condensation
stagger
traumatize
US
astound
jolt
rock
astonish
amaze
surprise
startle
dumbfound
daze
stupefy
paralyse
UK
dumfound
flabbergast
overwhelm
overcome
abash
traumatise
UK
paralyze
US
numb
thunderstrike
awe
electrify
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
bowl over
completely surprise
give a turn
throw a curve
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
set someone back on their heels
take aback
gross out
knock for six
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
more ❯
Verb
▲
Break through
break through
breach
destroy
infiltrate
penetrate
batter down
break down
burst through
come through
Verb
▲
To defeat or overcome
break down
defeat
beat
overcome
conquer
lick
master
quell
crush
destroy
overthrow
overwhelm
knock down
smash down
nullify
trounce
vanquish
outdo
drub
outclass
quash
get the better of
subdue
dismantle
excel
be victorious over
prevail over
triumph over
pick apart
win against
Verb
▲
To smooth by rubbing or applying friction
rub
grind
rasp
file
sand
buff
hone
excoriate
scrape
scour
abrade
wear away
grind down
polish
smooth
sandpaper
rub down
chafe
scratch
erode
graze
wear
fray
corrode
scuff
skin
frazzle
grate
corrade
flay
strip
roughen
fret
irritate
gall
triturate
erase
bite into
eat away at
scrape away
gnaw away at
wear off
rub off
scrape out
shine
furbish
burnish
scrub
raze
finish
refine
brush
score
pumice
buff up
buff out
sand down
rub up
cleanse
clean
shape
wash
level
wax
dress
engrave
smoothen
gloss
varnish
round
whiten
purge
flush
wipe
scuff up
prepare
luster
US
lustre
UK
sheen
dight
shave
glaze
slick
roll
sleek
polish up
mop
bark
lacerate
etch
put on a finish
put a shine on
rub raw
thin
flake
cut
pare
wound
peel
perfect
clear
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
overdo
exaggerate
overstate
overplay
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
amplify
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
magnify
color
US
colour
UK
embellish
embroider
inflate
overdramatize
overembellish
overdraw
overuse
belabour
UK
blow up
carry
do to death
go overboard with
pile on
belabor
US
camp up
fatigue
ham up
hype
overburden
overestimate
overindulge
overload
overrate
overreach
overtax
overtire
overvalue
overwork
pressure
puff
put on
stretch
drive oneself
go overboard
lay it on thick
make a thing about
make a thing of
pull the longbow
run riot
strain yourself
talk big
go too far
lay it on
make a big thing about
make a big thing of
make a production of
make federal case
wear yourself out
bite off too much
blow up out of all proportion
lay it on with a trowel
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a production out of
run into the ground
make a big deal out of something
overstress
hyperbolize
elaborate
expand
pad
dwell on
make too much of something
catastrophize
labor
US
labour
UK
emphasize
US
fudge
aggrandize
enhance
emphasise
UK
build up
stress
play up
make a federal case of
heighten
strain
enlarge
ham it up
over-elaborate
overpitch
harp on
accentuate
pile it on
elaborate on
stretch the truth
go on about
make a big thing out of
misrepresent
boost
misreport
blow out of proportion
exalt
point up
falsify
lie
pyramid
romanticize
US
romanticise
UK
touch up
maximize
US
expound on
attach too much weight to
attach too much importance to
blow something out of all proportion
harp on about
place too much emphasis on
distort
fabricate
brag
boast
misquote
hike
intensify
underline
maximise
UK
impress
highlight
gild
expand on
overstretch
overstrain
lay on
varnish
overstate the case
dress up
lay it on with a shovel
draw the long bow
lay too much emphasis on
flesh out
drive home
go on
mug
overact
accent
charge
load
show off
get carried away
labor at
burden
emphasize too much
lay too much stress on
make something out of nothing
puff up
go on and on about
go over the top about
make a mountain out of
dwell upon
increase
supercharge
give someone a sob story
augment
pound
rehash
repeat
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
over-emphasize
extend
swell
pump up
add detail to
blow-up
enlarge on
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
distend
ginger up
overelaborate
yeast
add flesh to
jazz up
sensationalize
US
overwrite
escalate
linger over
discuss at length
tax
cram
surcharge
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
disguise
overcharge
do over
hammer away at
tarry over
flog to death
drag out
play-act
execute
playact
melodramatize
stage
enact
act
farcialize
show
perform
splash
burlesque
produce
tragedize
present
sensationalise
UK
beef up
drive up
swell up
go up
beat a dead horse
hammer home
pervert
garble
manipulate
bite off more than you can chew
misrelate
poison
misstate
airbrush
belie
bend
fake
massage
overdo it
embellish the truth
over-praise
soft-soap
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
lay on with a trowel
cook
misinterpret
give color to
play to the gallery
play to gallery
make a performance of
play on heartstrings
quote out of context
take out of context
put a spin on
give a false account of
gloss over
oversell
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
scam
romance
add colour
draw the longbow
shoot a line
cook up
pile it on about
pretty up
go to extremes
loud talk
lay it on thick about
big up
make a drama out of a crisis
lay it on with a trowel about
chew the scenery
tear a cat
ham
strengthen
warp
overpraise
twist
deepen
promote
redouble
consolidate
slant
step up
amp up
emote
alter
raise
multiply
travesty
doctor
change
compound
spin
rise
add to
fiddle
tamper with
broaden
fix
brighten
intensate
jack up
adulterate
hike up
rouse
trump up
palter
prevaricate
con
phony up
equivocate
chew up the scenery
stretch a point
theatricalize
interlard
blow up out of proportion
fill out
allow too much for
overcalculate
magnify importance
express emotion
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
mount
forge
acclaim
counterfeit
dilate
applaud
praise
invent
concentrate
sweeten
debase
sharpen
reinforce
vitiate
advance
overplay it
fester
contravene
salt
put on an act
rig
traverse
gloss
deacon
four-flush
fake it
deceive
contort
frame up
fib
run up
jump up
exacerbate
aggravate
camp it up
quicken
worsen
gain strength
inflame
pick up
parody
heat up
lighten
pour it on
set off
spike
darken
add fuel
make worse
whet
point
tone up
heap on
conceal
make much of
blarney
blow smoke
miscolor
pass off
cover up
skew
angle
snow
cheese
give a false idea of
cloak
bias
beard
mask
mangle
pirate
confuse
dress
glorify
coat
grace
overprize
foreground
deck
window-dress
adorn
enrich
sugar-coat
camouflage
underscore
accelerate
spotlight
feature
supersize
stoke
punctuate
supplement
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
press
illuminate
exceed
overreckon
overassess
rate too highly
assess too highly
think
overesteem
italicize
US
juggle
begild
engild
plate
paint
aureate
overlay
wash
tinsel
whitewash
aurify
glitter
exaggerate the worth of
patch
italicise
UK
add
expatiate
focus attention on
give prominence to
call attention to
draw attention to
turn spotlight on
bring to the fore
lay emphasis on
put emphasis on
bring attention to
interfere with
think too highly of
expect too much of
praise too highly
think too much of
exaggerate the merits of
prize too highly
tinker with
fiddle with
turn up
soup up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
persuade
convince
induce
coax
get
influence
entice
sway
urge
cause
coerce
compel
inveigle
prompt
cajole
encourage
incline
instigate
motivate
advise
dispose
impel
impress
incite
lure
move
sell
tempt
bring
counsel
drive
exhort
lead
make
procure
reason
convert
draw
enlist
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
proselytise
UK
proselytize
US
brainwash
proselyte
argue into
bring around
talk into
wheedle into
win over
cause to believe
convert to
get round
lead to do
plead with
press someone into
pressure someone into
pressurize into
prevail on
reason someone into
turn somebody on to
work over
bring to senses
lead to believe
prevail upon
prod into
talk round
twist someone's arm
bring round
gain confidence of
win argument
prove to
sell one on
provoke
stimulate
inspire
press
rouse
spur
trigger
goad
prod
affect
bias
satisfy
actuate
stir
push
manipulate
condition
indoctrinate
predispose
instill
US
force
excite
instil
UK
spark
prejudice
pressure
pressurize
US
touch
turn
spur on
egg on
activate
inspirit
wheedle
pressurise
UK
teach
propel
galvanize
US
bend
reassure
twist one's arm
animate
strike
prick
program
US
put across
assure
inculcate
galvanise
UK
stir up
coax into
gain
mould
UK
get around
arouse
nudge
invigorate
US
inflame
programme
UK
mold
US
pique
envigorate
UK
work
get somebody on your side
direct
fire up
train
bring round to the idea of
make willing
argue
energize
US
colour
UK
enthuse
determine
incentivize
US
suck in
steel
goose
carry
embolden
hook
color
US
catechize
incentivise
UK
energise
UK
re-educate
sting
instruct
put up to
dragoon
steer
make a believer
control
beguile
cause to feel certain
seduce
make someone see the light
hypnotize
US
crack
lean on
drill
guide
educate
promote
reach
quicken
govern
hearten
guarantee
oblige
imbue
constrain
impassion
fire
whet
exhilarate
occasion
order
impact
jaundice
evangelize
US
make of a mind to
budge
set going
slant
necessitate
poison
work on
hypnotise
UK
change mind
fire with enthusiasm
sweet-talk
recruit
fire the imagination of
nag into
drive on
soften up
evangelise
UK
impact on
bring to God
alter conviction
cause to adopt
bring home to
spread the gospel
agitate
whip up
preach to
spread the word
bring to reason
spread the gospel to
spread the word to
bring into the fold
root on
gain one's confidence
make converts of
allure
blandish
ask
change
adapt
put the heat on
put the screws on
bring over
challenge
mobilize
US
woo
invite
motive
capture
talk over
light a fire under
get going
prepare
rally
elicit
charm
give
mobilise
UK
impress on
evoke
prime
win round
conduct
nobble
school
effectuate
enkindle
prevail
prove
uplift
empower
vitalize
exploit
bribe
jockey
play
finagle
incentify
refresh
help
impose on
orient
cultivate
smooth-talk
bring pressure upon
effect
sic
intimidate
remind
bring in
overcome
chivvy
make certain
win around
squeeze
steamroll
bulldoze
work upon
tend
require
tell on
set your mind at rest
gain somebody's support
verge
lead by the nose
turn one's head
dispel someone's doubts
make expectant
make you of a mind to
pull strings with
browbeat
pump up
suggest to
turn on
show one the error of their ways
make see the light
show someone the error of their ways
have an effect on
have an impact on
hint to
cheer on
pep up
boost up
put a bomb under
sell to
suborn
prepossess
put pressure on
put mind at ease
demonstrate to
reason someone into believing
dispel doubt
put someone's mind at rest
impress to
obligate
draw in
cajole into
tutor
discipline
initiate
lesson
ground
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
bring pressure to bear upon
cut any ice with
bring pressure to bear on
demand
recommend
twist
soft-soap
put the squeeze on
muscle
sandbag
plant
implant
coach
radicalize
US
foment
make biased
distort
skew
make partial
make partisan
exert influence on
blackjack
suggest
pick
abet
brew
raise
ferment
put someone up to something
fanaticize
radicalise
UK
extremize
preach
set on
propose
caution
apply pressure
forewarn
agitate for
set
breed
forward
craze
taunt
get to
set off
juice
fan the fire
key up
solicit
psych
further
break down
admonish
change belief
seek converts
make converts
embrace
evangelize to
be born again
bring to Christ
accept
adopt
get into
defend
bend one's ear
stand behind
uphold
approve
advocate
enliven
infuse
alter
fillip
commove
elate
spark off
endue
infect
beghast
exalt
needle
bear up
buck up
buoy up
gee up
start off
work up
set up
give impetus
rev up
be responsible for
chirk up
cheer up
tell
promise
give one an idea
declare to
declare confidently to
affirm to
relieve doubt
guarantee to
relieve any doubts
give one's word to
give surety to
confirm to
swear to
pledge to
attest to
relieve any doubt
certify to
give one's assurance to
relieve doubts
vow to
reform
redeem
crusade
save
assimilate
sermonize
US
preachify
homilize
campaign
baptise
UK
sermonise
UK
transfer
baptize
US
cause to be born again
cause someone to change their mind
offer the gospel to
make someone change their mind
cause to see the light
seek converts among
share the gospel with
act as a missionary
spread the faith to
make converts among
change the belief of
spread the faith
tell the gospel to
make someone change their beliefs
cause someone to change their beliefs
cause a change of heart
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