All lift antonyms
lift
L l noun lift
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- ill will β hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
- discouragement β an act or instance of discouraging.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury β harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
verb lift
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen β to become less.
- impose β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- 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.
- dispirit β to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- appear β If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- set down β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- release β to lease again.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- shame β the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.