All come to antonyms
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- 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.
- disenchant β to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- reply β followup
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- answer β When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- cower β If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- secrete β a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen β to become less.
- subtract β to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- 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.
- lose β 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.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- 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.
- overtake β to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
- overthrow β to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- give in β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- 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.
- misconstrue β to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- 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.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- 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.
- mismanage β Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- 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?
- understand β to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- ruin β 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.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- demote β If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
noun come to
- savings β tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.