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All busied antonyms

busΒ·y
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verb busied

  • ignore β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • release β€” to lease again.
  • disgust β€” to cause loathing or nausea in.
  • offend β€” to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
  • banish β€” If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
  • oust β€” to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • shun β€” to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • break up β€” When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
  • surrender β€” to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • defuse β€” If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.
  • disconnect β€” SCSI reconnect
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • free β€” enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • bore β€” If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • disenchant β€” to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
  • disinterest β€” absence of interest; indifference.
  • repel β€” to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  • repulse β€” to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
  • turn off β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • forget β€” to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • neglect β€” to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • discharge β€” to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • dismiss β€” to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
  • fire β€” combustion
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • break off β€” If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • yield β€” to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • cancel β€” If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • tire β€” Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
  • misunderstand β€” to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • dry β€” free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
  • retrieve β€” to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
  • anger β€” Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
  • upset β€” to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • idle β€” not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
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