All flash on antonyms
flash on
F f verb flash on
- thwart β to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- disrespect β Lack of respect or courtesy.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- disfavor β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- fire β combustion
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- misinterpret β Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- unfasten β to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- 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.
- participate β to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- 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.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- 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.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- protest β an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- censure β If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- dislike β to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate β to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.