All chivy antonyms
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C c verb chivy
- organise β to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- run away β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- guard β to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- reassure β to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- soothe β 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.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- appease β If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- pacify β to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- please β (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?
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- organize β to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- leave alone β separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- compliment β A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.