All humouring antonyms

verb humouring

• dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• criticise — criticize
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• straighten — make straight
• boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
• 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.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• starve — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• 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.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• 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.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
• protest — 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.
• sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
• diet — the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• exhaust — Drain (someone) of their physical or mental resources; tire out.
• fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
• lose — 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.
• discontent — not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
• flatten — to make flat.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
• disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.