All innerve antonyms
inΒ·nerve
I i verb innerve
- 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.
- end β Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- tranquillize β To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
- tyre β to furnish with tires.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- dishearten β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- slow β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- disconcert β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- bore β If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- wait β to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- deter β To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- deaden β If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- demote β If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- put out β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- 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.
- disenchant β to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- please β (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?
- decelerate β When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
- prohibit β to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- lull β to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- appease β If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- pacify β to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- tranquilize β calm sb with drugs
- regress β to move backward; go back.
- soften β to make soft or softer.
- lessen β to become less.
- slump β to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.