All arm-twist antonyms
arm-twist
A a verb arm-twist
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
noun arm-twist
- disability — lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
- ineffectiveness — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- atheism — Atheism is the belief that there is no God. Compare agnosticism.
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- dissuasion — an act or instance of dissuading.