All move up antonyms
move up
M m verb move up
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- deaden β If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- 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.
- 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.
- belittle β If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- degrade β Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- 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.
- 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.
- dishonor β lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- debase β To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
- discredit β to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
noun move up
- disfavor β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- denunciation β Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- derision β If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- reduction β the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- deterioration β the act or process of deteriorating.
- condemnation β Condemnation is the act of saying that something or someone is very bad and unacceptable.
- debasement β Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.
- humiliation β an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- demotion β to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- silence β absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- opposition β the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- discouragement β an act or instance of discouraging.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- retrogression β the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- depression β A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.