All jiving antonyms
jive
J j noun jiving
- frankness β plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty β the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- openness β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- reality β the state or quality of being real.
- truth β the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
verb jiving
- flatter β to make flat.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- come clean β to make a revelation or confession
- reveal β to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- deprecate β If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- help β 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.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- 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.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- repay β to pay back or refund, as money.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- encounter β Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- release β to lease again.
- take on 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.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- 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.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- compliment β A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- 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?
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- reassure β to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- 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.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- admire β If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.