All lay on antonyms

verb lay on

• flatter — to make flat.
• commend — If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• secrete — a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• lessen — to become less.
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
• disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• wait — 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.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• pull — pull media
• offend — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
• disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
• turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
• loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
• deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.