All go great guns antonyms
go great gun
G g verb go great guns
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- back down β If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- hesitate β to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- 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.
- retrogress β to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- take back β 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.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- hold β 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.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- 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.
- lessen β to become less.
- shrivel β shrink, dry up
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- languish β to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- 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.
- stunt β to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- 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.
- forfeit β a fine; penalty.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
adj go great guns
- discouraged β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dispirited β discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- impassive β without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- uncaring β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- cool β Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- unenthusiastic β full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- unexcited β stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.