All bring down the house antonyms
bring down the house
B b verb bring down the house
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
noun bring down the house
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.