All brace up antonyms

verb brace up

• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• sadden — make sad
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• fatigue — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• tire — Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
• scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
• regress — to move backward; go back.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.