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What is another word for
pour cold water on
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To remove hope or enthusiasm from
To allay a situation that has escalated
To discourage or overwhelm
To feel, or cause to feel, disheartened after learning the truth about something
To prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
To (attempt to) prevent something from happening
To dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant
To (attempt to) quell or put an end to
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Verb
▲
To remove hope or enthusiasm from
cast a shadow over
dampen
sadden
spoil
chill
devitalize
loom over
put a damper on
throw cold water on
deject
dispirit
discourage
depress
dismay
dash
distress
upset
oppress
dishearten
grieve
desolate
burden
enervate
aggrieve
damp
dampen spirits
weigh down
bum out
make one's heart bleed
get down
cast a gloom upon
turn off
bring tears to your eyes
make sad
cast down
pain
press
deplore
put into a funk
cast a gloom on
down
break one's heart
make blue
bring down
drag down
castrate
geld
petrify
lobotomize
desiccate
dehydrate
deaden
humble
stamp out
cloud
deter
blanket
daunt
demoralize
US
trouble
try
crush
afflict
shake
perturb
torment
ail
drain
disturb
weary
haunt
harrow
mortify
bother
bug
hang over
faze
drag
knock the stuffing out of
run down
abase
make gloomy
make desolate
break someone's spirit
make unhappy
bear down
knock for six
harsh someone's mellow
reduce to tears
weigh heavily on
dash hopes
cow
demoralise
UK
beat
darken
make someone's heart bleed
make someone fed up
debilitate
knock sideways
give someone the blues
break someone's heart
cause suffering to
beat down
make despondent
dull
keep under
more ❯
Verb
▲
To allay a situation that has escalated
throw cold water on
cool
lessen
allay
assuage
dampen
moderate
reduce
abate
diminish
temper
mollify
settle
calm
control
mitigate
dampen down
take the edge off
pipe down
repress
hush
restrain
quiet
calm down
suppress
rein
soothe
compose
settle down
chill out
quell
check
soften
alleviate
subdue
ease
relieve
pacify
still
curb
smother
stifle
placate
lull
decrease
appease
tranquilize
US
blunt
relax
dull
lighten
deaden
tranquillise
UK
contain
tone down
palliate
damp
weaken
restrict
attenuate
keep in check
quieten
tame
extinguish
regulate
rein in
constrain
hold in
muffle
limit
lower
soft-pedal
quench
cushion
mellow
curtail
damp down
hold back
bridle
simmer down
inhibit
take the sting out
steady
collect
salve
mute
comfort
becalm
modify
cork
keep the lid on
balm
dulcify
conciliate
sate
keep under control
bottle up
adjust
stabilize
US
pull in
gag
help
lullaby
stabilise
UK
hold
dilute
slake
modulate
squelch
sweeten
minimize
US
propitiate
silence
kill
minimise
UK
gentle
de-escalate
choke back
fix up
cool off
keep back
put a damper on
resolve
put the lid on
measure
keep
satisfy
conceal
numb
swallow
benumb
strangle
hide
keep a tight rein on
console
sink
submerge
put the brakes on
keep in line
extenuate
suffocate
fix
choke
pocket
cut
govern
smooth
ameliorate
overcome
cauterize
US
defuse
quash
stop
temperate
slow down
qualify
cauterise
UK
content
disarm
snuff
ease up
ebb
smooth out
patch things up
quiet down
smooth over
take the bite out
cork up
patch up
restore harmony to
bite one's lip
fight back
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
ease off
button up
hush up
wind down
bite back
make less intense
put damper on
arrest
remit
depress
depreciate
chill
solace
halt
sedate
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
cool it
commute
quieten down
subside
make reasonable
slack
excuse
mince
break
confine
put out a fire
reduce the force of
do damage control
take sting out
play down
cool out
meet halfway
desensitize
US
delimit
crumble
loose
disintegrate
undermine
neutralize
US
gratify
satiate
become peaceful
become calm
keep lid on
put half nelson on
gain mastery over
hog-tie
gain control over
reassure
neutralise
UK
sober
soberize
rectify
remedy
lenify
clear the air
mend
heal
thin
cool down
obtund
take the heat off
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cure
re-collect
master
water down
monitor
cap
iron out
sort out
put to rights
rally
inspect
corner
recover
rule
stay
deconflict
stroke
keep a lid on
stem
muzzle
straiten
grease
pacificate
set limits on
impose limits on
make peace with
impose peace upon
butter up
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
clear the air with
make peace
hold down
keep down
sit on
box up
pull back
keep within bounds
rein back
hold in check
put a brake on
bring under control
crack down
keep in
reconciliate
reunite
mediate
arbitrate
intercede
reconcile
repair
restore harmony between
bring back together
get together on
resolve differences between
restore friendly relations between
re-establish
make peace between
bring to terms
come together
bring back together again
make matters up
restore harmony
make up
make harmonious
bring together
make peaceful
re-establish friendly relations between
degrade
smooth down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To discourage or overwhelm
daunt
discourage
dishearten
dismay
dispirit
abash
deter
deject
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
disconcert
distress
faze
overwhelm
throw
consternate
discombobulate
discompose
disquiet
frustrate
perturb
unsettle
discomfit
panic
rattle
sap
thwart
unnerve
upset
baffle
chill
confound
psych
alarm
unman
put off
shake up
take aback
throw off balance
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
throw cold water on
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
depress
sadden
crush
dash
shake
cow
disappoint
dampen
damp
subdue
undermine
disincline
cast down
knock sideways
knock for six
make downhearted
give someone the blues
knock the stuffing out of
make dejected
desolate
humble
enervate
weaken
humiliate
disparage
indispose
weigh down
weigh heavily on
get down
bring down
make someone fed up
put down
put a damper on
bring low
disturb
agitate
worry
ruffle
fluster
bother
bewilder
confuse
flurry
nonplus
distract
discountenance
get to
make nervous
perplex
trouble
hassle
unhinge
harass
puzzle
addle
throw off
floor
flummox
intimidate
fuddle
spook
excite
affect
startle
stun
frighten
scare
stupefy
mystify
jolt
embarrass
mortify
muddle
buffalo
uncalm
bowl over
put the wind up
psych out
craze
hurry
flip
annoy
bustle
irritate
irk
vex
put on edge
stir up
make waves
send into a spin
work up
exasperate
aggravate
gall
rile
nettle
bug
peeve
provoke
pique
anger
nark
needle
get
miff
chafe
grate
rasp
spite
persecute
eat
frost
gripe
itch
fret
torment
abrade
niggle
bully
stir
get across
browbeat
wear
stump
hack off
put out
rattle one's cage
disrupt
burn up
throw into tizzy
wind up
dumbfound
bamboozle
befuddle
surprise
mix up
dizzy
catch off balance
catch unawares
astonish
more ❯
Verb
▲
To feel, or cause to feel, disheartened after learning the truth about something
disillusion
disappoint
dishearten
embitter
dissatisfy
disenchant
underwhelm
let down
throw cold water on
dismay
upset
discourage
dispirit
disconcert
depress
sadden
vex
chagrin
frustrate
disgruntle
dash hopes
displease
bring down to earth
disoblige
bum out
dash the hopes of
cast down
dampen the spirits of
burst bubble
shatter the illusions of
fail
take the wind out of your sails
fail to satisfy
break one's promise to
fall short of expectations
break your word
fall short
disturb
perturb
distress
worry
bother
alarm
agitate
unsettle
discompose
disquiet
unnerve
trouble
daunt
concern
rattle
fluster
discomfort
flurry
distract
ail
faze
fuss
unhinge
distemper
frighten
demoralize
US
scare
shake
alarum
frazzle
shock
confound
startle
discomfit
perplex
throw
undo
bewilder
exercise
horrify
hagride
nonplus
terrify
derail
abash
chill
terrorize
US
panic
unman
dash
dumbfound
appal
UK
appall
US
spook
surprise
discountenance
affright
embarrass
flummox
puzzle
mystify
paralyse
UK
psych
pother
paralyze
US
demoralise
UK
terrorise
UK
take aback
shake up
freak out
weird out
throw off balance
get to
knock for six
give a turn
throw into a tizzy
put off
mess up
foul up
put the wind up
screw up
knock sideways
fill with consternation
ruffle
deject
confuse
annoy
irk
afflict
bug
mortify
discombobulate
intimidate
offend
irritate
cow
oppress
deter
fret
crush
outrage
dampen
torment
grieve
aggrieve
provoke
awe
psych out
pain
weigh down
astound
burden
petrify
make anxious
hurt
pester
floor
try
anger
make uneasy
hassle
harass
sicken
scandalize
US
desolate
plague
stun
repel
overwhelm
subdue
disgust
exasperate
scandalise
UK
gall
sap
harrow
jolt
enervate
stress
put someone off their stroke
aggravate
damp
revolt
muddle
astonish
peeve
miff
nark
stir up
stagger
baffle
needle
stupefy
daze
bring down
knock the stuffing out of
browbeat
gnaw at
get down
hack off
put a damper on
nettle
nauseate
overawe
debilitate
insult
make one's hair stand on end
wound
fright
cut to the quick
flabbergast
work up
sting
gravel
agonize
US
consternate
scarify
amaze
torture
weaken
traumatize
US
chafe
bully
burn up
scare to death
strike terror into
beat down
agonise
UK
give someone the blues
jar
tick off
set someone back on their heels
undermine
traumatise
UK
make despondent
devitalize
put down
make sad
make someone scratch their head
stop someone in their tracks
bowl over
hurt somebody's feelings
affront
turn off
disarrange
pique
discommode
humble
harry
indispose
rile
move
rack
make downhearted
disorient
beset
bedevil
weigh heavily on
buffalo
rock
antagonize
US
wind up
strain
pick on
make waves
put out
dumfound
get
get at
break one's heart
fill with fear
catch off balance
scare witless
thunderstrike
scare stiff
scare the bejesus out of
scare the pants off
antagonise
UK
devastate
lie heavy on
give someone goose pimples
scare someone out of their wits
scare the living daylights out of
put the fear of God into
take by surprise
electrify
give a hard time
throw into a blue funk
dampen spirits
make unhappy
make one's blood run cold
cause to be at a stand
make miserable
enfeeble
blow away
make gloomy
leave open-mouthed
throw a curve
strike dumb
do someone's head in
leave aghast
disempower
emasculate
infuriate
excite
disparage
bulldoze
disorder
disincline
bustle
madden
rouse
hector
craze
bemuse
break
derange
badger
curse
addle
bring low
cloud
befuddle
unbalance
unstring
weary
humiliate
make fretful
disburb
stiff
egg on
affect
abase
impress
overcome
give someone grief
make a scene
turn on
make dejected
dull
stump
beat
despair
injure
scare away
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
cause anxiety to
shatter
beleaguer
make someone fed up
nag
chill to the bone
push buttons
curdle the blood
cause anguish to
give someone the heebie-jeebies
make someone's hair stand on end
throw off
persecute
put out of countenance
zing
scare off
reduce to tears
make teeth chatter
pull the rug from under
benumb
put someone off their stride
pull the rug out from under
distress greatly
knock for a loop
make wretched
gross out
cause suffering to
take your breath away
make someone jump out of their skin
frighten someone out of their wits
send into a cold sweat
make someone's blood run cold
make someone shake in their shoes
frighten the life out of
scare the life out of
frighten to death
scare the hell out of
frighten the living daylights out of
throw into a panic
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
cast a gloom upon
deeply upset
give offence to
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
dump on
bring tears to your eyes
mess with someone's head
knock out
make one's heart bleed
blow your mind
boggle the mind
put your back up
inflict trauma
hurry
incommode
flutter
unquiet
hustle
quicken
thwart
make uncomfortable
lower
suppress
subjugate
inconvenience
make restless
uncouple
destabilize
US
abominate
frenzy
dement
offend morals of
preoccupy
drive insane
cause anxiety
take the wind out
cast a shadow
send over the edge
fill with loathing
blind
destabilise
UK
cause disquiet to
turn
incapacitate
flip
cramp
break the heart of
tangle
defeat
occupy
put into a flap
fire up
flip out
knock the wind out of
chasten
tax
get someone
get across
lay up
key up
bamboozle
throw into a tizz
undermine one's confidence
harsh one's mellow
scare the daylights out of
numb
knock props out
inflame
boggle
rock the boat
bear down on
damp down
besiege
cause someone to lose their composure
tease
blind someone with something
hinder
castrate
completely surprise
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
incite
mess with one's head
put off one's stroke
balk
US
slight
fuddle
test
importune
geld
arouse
anguish
hound
baulk
UK
prey on your mind
occupy thoughts
set back
sap the confidence of
stimulate
repress
prostrate
droop
make jump
make afraid
chill someone's blood
make fearful
give someone a fright
make someone's hair curl
make nervous
strike with awe
spring on
cause wonder
dazzle
render speechless
ferment
cast a pall over
dun
tear
goad
fox
get on your wick
deflate
drain
haunt
strap
dog
nit-pick
prick
push
martyr
fear
befog
sweat
stew
maze
lobotomize
flap
blackjack
disrespect
diss
spite
sweat out
be a great weight on
drag
darken
desiccate
fidget
muddy
weigh heavily on one's mind
cripple
dragoon
dis
snub
pose
dehydrate
run down
fog
make flip
bug up
eat at
cut up
slur
bullyrag
obfuscate
cause to lose heart
deaden
upset the applecart
wilder
be agitated
dampen someone's hopes
take pains
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
metagrobolize
bogart
be in a tizzy
be worried
do a number on
be on one's case
make it tough for
cause to lose hope
railroad
labour over
mix up
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
press
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
make someone's heart bleed
keep under
make desolate
hang over
break someone's spirit
break someone's heart
be in a flap
tyrannize
US
sour
get worked up
get in a stew
be in a stew
give offence
rub up the wrong way
be disagreeable
rankle with
tread on someone's toes
cause offense
be an affront to
be offensive
put someone's nose out of joint
get your goat
blow up
down
deplore
bludgeon
strike fear into
fill with terror
paralyse with fear
frighten out of your wits
scare the pants off of
blanket
incense
enrage
drive crazy
drive mad
give someone the hump
tyrannise
UK
make discontented
cast a gloom on
strong-arm
stamp out
cast a shadow over
mau-mau
surprize
lean on
strike
touch
roil
push around
discontent
chill to the marrow
disaffect
turn on the heat
freeze your blood
get the wind up
misplease
throw into a fright
scare someone half to death
tee off
put one away
play dirty
hack you off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
disappoint
frustrate
foil
thwart
baffle
baulk
UK
defeat
dash
hamper
hinder
obstruct
balk
US
impede
stymie
interfere with
nip in the bud
put a damper on
put the damper on
throw cold water on
check
circumvent
prevent
block
discomfit
scotch
checkmate
stop
scupper
beat
ruin
forestall
curb
cramp
derail
upset the applecart
counter
snooker
outwit
put the kibosh on
foul up
do for
restrain
bar
spoil
bilk
halt
crimp
upset
nobble
put a stop to
put paid to
put the mockers on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
smash
crab
root
cross
hold up
louse up
stand in the way of
put the stopper on
screw up
give the slip
trammel
oppose
overturn
confound
cripple
queer
undo
snafu
traverse
nullify
mess up
take down
cramp one's style
cook someone's goose
play off
queer someone's pitch
spike someone's guns
take wind out of
throw monkey wrench in
deflect
divert
stall
counteract
inhibit
disconcert
fetter
head off
throw a curve
halt in its tracks
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works
hamstring
hobble
neutralize
US
crush
stifle
arrest
contravene
debar
scuttle
obviate
invalidate
overcome
preclude
suppress
repel
squash
deter
repress
prohibit
repulse
rattle
parry
dish
stump
banjax
cause setback
neutralise
UK
counterplot
get the better of
blank
put end to
beat down
take wind out of sails
bury
crool
negate
lick
blight
forbid
dampen
chill
cloud
put a brake on
hang up
dash one's hope
give the run around
put the lid on
wreak havoc with
burst bubble
confuse
stultify
shipwreck
take the wind out of your sails
hold back
encumber
handicap
retard
quash
restrict
shackle
destroy
disrupt
put an end to
cumber
handcuff
delay
slow down
quell
sabotage
interrupt
embarrass
clog
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
squelch
end
constrain
bridle
hog-tie
stave off
manacle
extinguish
avert
subdue
short-circuit
tie up
demolish
ward off
clobber
stonewall
wreck
fend off
slow
bork
get in the way of
get in the way
shatter
limit
crack down on
curtail
annihilate
resist
devastate
mar
impair
intercept
terminate
annul
conquer
bring to an end
hold off
avoid
nix
interfere
subvert
undermine
stamp out
set back
abolish
cut off
wipe out
buck
shut down
finish
rout
sandbag
snuff out
escape
entangle
clamp down on
damage
get rid of
slap down
shut out
offset
silence
control
defend against
vanquish
cancel
eradicate
fight
quench
suspend
eliminate
withstand
blow
help
smother
kill
extirpate
combat
shelve
interdict
defy
stem
forfend
pre-empt
put down
brake
bind
choke
make a mess of
elude
put off
work against
play havoc with
rule out
blow a hole in
give a hard time
bring to naught
shut off
break
evade
injure
harm
destabilize
US
corner
obliterate
stay
dispatch
negative
disempower
decimate
sidestep
bypass
spike
shake
contest
dispute
inconvenience
tie
overwhelm
weaken
reduce
debilitate
obscure
botch
skirt
overthrow
trash
preempt
vitiate
cut short
challenge
bottleneck
destabilise
UK
remit
act against
go against
cruel
tame
pause
euchre
anticipate
countervail
intermit
cool
rebut
muck up
faze
confine
rebuff
steer clear of
weigh down
withhold
confront
be a hindrance to
rein in
hold
fight back
choke off
do in
put a wrench in the works
hold in
hold down
stand off
chain
pick off
turn aside
drag your feet
stem the flow of
get in before
keep back
sit on
second-guess
provide against
get ahead of
cancel out
render ineffective
brush off
close off
force back
push back
make a hash of
struggle against
beat off
put to flight
drive away
beat someone to the draw
see off
keep at bay
turn away
put a spanner in the works
strive against
beat someone to the punch
beat back
fight off
thrust back
beat someone to it
keep off
put up a fight against
drive back
steal a march on
cause havoc
turn back
wreak havoc
send packing
countermove
attack
worst
incapacitate
ravage
discontinue
throw
disable
threaten
compromise
get out of
suffocate
bollix
hurt
strangle at birth
dodge
bring to a close
make an end of
burden
muzzle
abort
diminish
scrunch
squish
duck
peter out
break down
break up
crack down
circumnavigate
leash
shun
intrude on
disfigure
freeze
dam
cease
strangulate
weed out
prevent from making progress
bring an end to
shunt
straiten
affect
disturb
eschew
master
catch
trample on
commandeer
forefend
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
tamper
influence
ditch
crash
keep lid on
juke
unsettle
scar
snag
box in
taint
outlaw
tether
run counter to
saddle with
trouble
discommode
jam
incommode
conflict
enjoin
be the end of
sweep aside
ward
throw a spoke in the wheel of
postpone
erode
miss
snow under
overpower
stain
tackle
afflict
put the brakes on
take out of play
detain
retardate
demoralize
US
attenuate
be early
best
dent
tie one's hands
subjugate
defer
protract
shove aside
be one step ahead of
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
oppugn
war
throttle
decay
emasculate
sap
surmount
screen
hem in
prorogue
complicate
resolve
knock down
force off
chase away
keep away
keep at arm's length
drive off
demoralise
UK
soften
keep in
put back
back off
hold off on
bring to screeching halt
make late
bog down
slow up
prolong
hold over
rein
put on brakes
drag through the mud
cheat
make a stand against
bring to an end to
cope with
battle against
glitch up
detract from
contain
muffle
swallow
dominate
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
puzzle
poke full of holes
govern
staunch
moderate
nonplus
monkey with
mystify
prevail over
triumph over
gain control of
gain mastery over
get a grip on
win against
flummox
discourage
choke back
bottle up
regulate
pigeonhole
keep
keep in check
damp
keep a lid on
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bite back
save
let
contradict
deny
be beyond
gainsay
disaffirm
impugn
bring to a standstill
play for time
dead-end
counterbalance
put on hold
hang fire
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
duel
topple
balance
counterpoise
raze
turn off
wrack
counterweigh
equalize
US
unbuild
skin
impoverish
craze
redress
correct
countercheck
defuse
bring down
counterweight
override
deactivate
overrule
abrogate
put at risk
equalise
UK
protest
be an antidote to
make up for
balance out
square up
make ineffective
even up
compensate for
balls up
rain on someone's parade
force away
reluct
battle
refuse
withset
gainstay
withsit
gainstand
withstay
fight against
be hostile to
rebel against
contend with
baulk at
dig in your heels
be in defiance of
take issue with
object to
refuse to accept
be in opposition to
dissent with
face down
lock horns with
take up arms against
stand up to
set your face against
kick against
be anti
take a stand against
speak out against
take on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
prohibit
forbid
ban
outlaw
interdict
proscribe
bar
disallow
veto
enjoin
embargo
restrain
taboo
criminalise
UK
criminalize
US
debar
block
cork
exclude
forfend
freeze
halt
inhibit
kill
make illegal
nix
rule out
spike
stymie
zing
bottle up
box in
hang up
hold up
jam up
lock up
place an embargo on
put down
shut out
tie up
keep lid on
put half nelson on
throw cold water on
stop
preclude
prevent
reject
blackball
boycott
refuse
deny
restrict
dismiss
banish
suspend
ostracize
US
except
blacklist
black
eliminate
ostracise
UK
estop
disqualify
turn down
give the thumbs down to
put an end to
rebuff
disapprove
put a stop to
repudiate
freeze out
suppress
pass by
omit
count out
throw out
decline
pass up
give the red light to
negative
say no to
obviate
expel
declare ineligible
invalidate
close out
negate
obstruct
spurn
revoke
withhold
pass on
cut out
illegalize
disentitle
knock back
disbar
bate
sideline
penalise
UK
penalize
US
reprobate
pass
ward off
oppose
discountenance
declare illegal
keep out
lock out
ice out
put an embargo on
impede
shoot down
quash
leave out
hinder
overrule
disenable
thwart
give something a miss
cancel
squash
check
censure
ignore
censor
forbid to
disclude
snub
set aside
disable
rusticate
occlude
forestall
defeat
avoid
discount
declare null and void
cut
officially forbid
put the kibosh on
close down
pass over
thumbs down
deselect
steer clear of
balk at
not grant
give thumbs down to
throw over
curb
destroy
condemn
felonize
misdemeanorize
sentence
incapacitate
override
circumvent
limit
exile
place injunction on
place an injunction on
impair
weaken
countermand
reverse
overturn
shut off
eighty-six
overthrow
deny access to
shut out of
outvote
declare taboo
shut down
say no
refuse to admit
disclaim
disown
abjure
disavow
make something punishable
put the chill on
disacknowledge
shut the door on
discard
declare incapable
disfellowship
repulse
injunct
forgo
declare something a punishable offence
stonewall
consider undesirable
deprive
begrudge
refuse to employ
avert
abolish
recant
hit list
stopper
deter
fetter
put paid to
close one's doors to
not consider
forget about
cut off
leave out in the cold
shun
refuse entrance to
give the brush-off to
enjoin from
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
give the cold shoulder to
give the thumbs down
remove
strike
withhold patronage
turn your back on
brush off
have nothing to do with
stay away from
impose sanctions
wash your hands of
hold aloof from
abstain from
refrain from
give a wide berth to
cold-shoulder
refuse to take part in
redlight
give the red light
drop
miss
disregard
bypass
elide
pretermit
skip
overpass
overleap
not bother
leave off
dispense with
let something slide
fail to include
slight
fail to mention
take out
skip over
factor out
miss out
cast aside
down
nullify
dissent
rule against
refuse permission to
give thumbs down
not go for
give the cold shoulder
cast out
excommunicate
send to Coventry
oust
evict
drum out
eject
blank
coldshoulder
scorn
bounce
force out
out
extrude
kick out
turf out
boot out
turn out
drive away
hand someone the frozen mitt
drive out
rout
disdain
unfollow
chase
run off
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
chase out
break with
drive off
swear off
other
dispel
push out
get rid of
exempt
foreclose
neglect
leave in the cold
give the brush
stiff-arm
turn back on
desert
jilt
repel
abnegate
forsake
unfriend
despise
give someone the big E
cut dead
give someone the air
kick in the teeth
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
give the elbow
dislodge
expropriate
defenestrate
give the bum's rush
show out
give the old heave-ho
chuck out
put out
force to leave
throw someone out on their ear
heave-ho
throw out on the streets
give the heave-ho
show the door
toss out on ear
heave out
send packing
expatriate
deport
eschew
repatriate
extradite
displace
transport
renounce
refuse to recognize
refuse to abide by
relegate
discharge
isolate
do away with
send away
shake off
extradict
expulse
see the back of
sequester
chase away
more ❯
Verb
▲
To (attempt to) prevent something from happening
discourage
stop
prevent
curb
restrain
hinder
obstruct
impede
inhibit
suppress
check
repress
control
withhold
avert
divert
indispose
oppose
quiet
shake
hold back
interfere with
keep back
fend off
put off
stave off
ward off
hold off
put a stop to
throw cold water on
turn off
put a damper on
dissuade
disadvise
deter
scare off
talk out of
caution against
warn against
scare out of
act like a wet blanket
hamper
retard
delay
stall
hamstring
arrest
shackle
hold up
slow up
set back
slow down
detain
block
constrain
stymie
restrict
trammel
hobble
cramp
limit
slow
fetter
cumber
encumber
make late
keep waiting
cause to wait
keep
cause to stay
postpone
foil
retardate
thwart
derail
interrupt
pause
defer
protract
cripple
halt
prorogue
remit
shelve
crimp
intermit
confine
hold
bar
throw a spanner in the works
choke
hold off on
choke off
clog
hog-tie
brake
frustrate
put a brake on
prolong
hold over
handcuff
take down
put back
shut off
get in the way of
stand in the way of
bring to screeching halt
shut down
close off
back off
bog down
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
handicap
debar
subdue
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant
wave aside
dismiss
reject
discount
disregard
ignore
rebuff
repudiate
set aside
spurn
brush aside
put aside
shrug off
play down
pooh-pooh
treat with contempt
throw cold water on
put out of your mind
belittle
scoff at
make light of
think no more of
push aside
shut eyes to
flout
trivialize
US
cock a snook at
sweep aside
neglect
laugh off
turn a blind eye to
brush off
pay no attention to
minimise
UK
refuse to acknowledge
take no notice of
minimize
US
pass over
forget about
trivialise
UK
overlook
turn a deaf ear to
have no time for
scorn
deride
ridicule
hold up to scorn
put down
mock
turn up one's nose at
make little of
express contempt
slam dunk
slight
sniff at
sneer at
disdain
wipe
gloss over
overpass
blink at
wink at
whitewash
paper over
gloze over
forget
let pass
let go
take no account of
pay no heed to
condone
excuse
forgive
pardon
omit
remit
pay no mind
look the other way
bypass
unheed
slur over
tune out
not take into consideration
deliberately ignore
close your eyes to
unmind
turn a blind eye
miss
connive
write off
live with
dispense with
never mind
discard
connive at
brush away
cast aside
contemn
forgo
cold-shoulder
misheed
skip
palliate
spare
take no notice
snub
be oblivious to
make allowances for
turn your back on
pay no attention
leave be
let someone off with
let something slide
de-emphasize
avoid
let something ride
shake off
let off easy
pay no mind to
pay no heed
waive
turn back on
turn a deaf ear
evade
downplay
soft-pedal
wipe slate clean
not listen
have done with
treat lightly
varnish over
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
wink
deal rapidly with
treat as unimportant
dissimulate
doubt
undersell
disbelieve
dispel
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
deodorise
UK
sneeze at
deodorize
US
take lightly
have no use for
indulge
plead ignorance
let off
discharge
bury the hatchet
give absolution
suspend charges
grant a pardon to
grant amnesty
tolerate
drop
put up with
grin and bear it
let bygones be bygones
stand for
roll with punches
bear with
swim with the tide
sink
take
look past
turn blind eye to
stomach
go along with
play past
bury
let it go
fail to notice
exclude
look through
turn blind eye
turn deaf ear
not take into account
bury one's head in sand
give something a miss
relinquish
leave out
abstain from
renounce
do without
render needless
smooth over
understate
rationalize
US
sugarcoat
varnish
belie
extenuate
justify
brush something under the carpet
rationalise
UK
explain away
gloss
fail to care for
underestimate
pretermit
lose sight of
not care
have nothing to do with
abandon
be derelict
desert
not attend to
throw to the winds
defer
skimp on
keep your distance
be remiss in
trifle with
be irresponsible
scant
not care for
leave something undone
be remiss
fail to look after
keep at arm's length
elide
shirk
think little of
procrastinate over
be lax about
leave alone
be indifferent
be negligent
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
pass up
pay little attention to
be careless
forsake
be remiss about
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
disclaim
tell someone to get lost
give someone the brush-off
disown
disparage
look right through someone
deprecate
give the cold shoulder to
denigrate
diminish
discredit
pass by
close your eyes
be oblivious
blank
leave out of account
send to Coventry
more ❯
Verb
▲
To (attempt to) quell or put an end to
repress
quell
subdue
quash
squash
suppress
crush
squelch
extinguish
arrest
silence
inhibit
stem
stop
check
end
hinder
limit
conquer
kill
overcome
throttle
put down
crack down on
snuff out
put an end to
rein in
block out
put a stop to
put out
clamp down on
stamp out
slap down
nip in the bud
gain control over
gain mastery over
throw cold water on
stifle
curb
reduce
lessen
moderate
deaden
thwart
destroy
defeat
mitigate
control
halt
restrain
assuage
dull
put the lid on
mollify
allay
ease
terminate
abolish
diminish
annihilate
dampen
overpower
soothe
temper
put the kibosh on
soften
alleviate
appease
settle
get rid of
contain
vanquish
quench
quieten
lull
scotch
overwhelm
abate
subjugate
frustrate
palliate
hold back
cut off
wipe out
smother
calm
blunt
bridle
quiet
compose
eliminate
curtail
tone down
banish
sit on
choke off
slow
cushion
shut down
take the edge off
tranquilize
US
decrease
damp
pacify
rout
oppress
clobber
dispel
cool
keep in check
tranquillise
UK
put paid to
bring to an end
settle down
blot out
beat
constrain
finish
demolish
retard
scupper
extirpate
still
placate
eradicate
block
muffle
depress
overturn
absorb
mellow
spike
queer
bury
discontinue
relax
staunch
stymie
lower
lighten
obstruct
bottle
hush
dismiss
dam
tread
subordinate
wreck
swamp
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
floor
devastate
crack down
restrict
close up
obliterate
ruin
break
damp down
trample on
quelch
ice
strangle
weed out
rise above
hold in check
get under control
tread on
keep down
soft-pedal
grind down
put a lid on
chill out
snow under
calm down
force down
blow away
bring someone to their knees
bear down on
reject
censure
torpedo
dish
withhold
impair
drown
buffer
exterminate
blanket
expunge
brake
foil
clamp down
censor
dumb
clam
remove
dash
bring to screeching halt
rein
pipe down
dampen down
nix
scuttle
spoil
bottle up
regulate
keep back
put damper on
put the stopper on
bring to a halt
do for
bring to a stop
mess up
salve
cut short
becalm
lullaby
master
govern
comfort
balm
mute
buttress
reassure
lick
relieve
deflate
harsh
quiet down
cut
interrupt
overthrow
cow
slow down
trample
dominate
clamp
shush
contract
keep the lid on
soak up
put a damper on
clip
keep a lid on
propitiate
make less active
gentle
quieten down
minimize
US
disarm
taper
sweeten
help
drop
beat down
smooth
triumph over
plug
tame
lenify
drive underground
hold in
deconflict
conciliate
content
keep inside
hold down
keep in
dissipate
stroke
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
scale down
dial down
bring down
cut down
cut back
minimise
UK
cut down on
ration
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
bring to heel
clog
caulk
barricade
seal
qualify
smooth over
make peace with
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
fix up
butter up
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
grease
dulcify
clear the air with
make peace
pacificate
close out
bar
jam
clog up
blockade
prevent
impede
fill up
fill
take the bite out
take the sting out
pour oil on
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
choke
pack
close
close off
stay
jam up
shut off
stop up
stall
intercept
block up
stuff
hold off
choke up
bung up
stanch
cool out
interfere with
block off
shut out
occlude
bung
stonewall
stopper
muzzle
gag
congest
plug up
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pour cold water on
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