All feathering antonyms
feath·er·ing
F f verb feathering
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- 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.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- 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.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.