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All impress antonyms

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verb impress

  • gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
  • press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
  • bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • 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.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
  • halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
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