All fetch up antonyms
fetch up
F f verb fetch up
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen β to become less.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- 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.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- deprecate β If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- disdain β to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- spurn β to reject with disdain; scorn.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- distress β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- shame β the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- undermine β to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- scatter β to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- disperse β to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- 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.
- play down β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- abridge β to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- compress β When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- condense β If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- curtail β If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- 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.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- contract β A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.