All hyped antonyms
hype
H h verb hyped
- criticise β criticize
- dishonour β lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- 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.
- 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.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- take 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.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- 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.
- 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.
- bottle up β If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- secrete β a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- secret β done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- censure β If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- 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.
- dishonor β lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- degrade β Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- 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.
- abridge β to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- 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.
adj hyped
- indifferent β without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- unwilling β not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- disinclined β lacking desire or willingness; unwilling; averse: I'm disinclined to go to the movies tonight.
- independent β not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
- opposed β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- unaccustomed β not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.