All look after antonyms
look afΒ·ter
L l verb look after
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- 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.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- make peace β the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- reveal β to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- commence β When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- 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.
- hesitate β to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- put off β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- pass by β go past
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- abandon β 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.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- 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.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- dislike β to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate β to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- surrender β to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- release β to lease again.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- 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.
- squander β to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- uncover β to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.