All kick up one's heels antonyms

verb kick up one's heels

• permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• 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.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
• forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
• hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
• disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.