All nurture antonyms
nur·ture
N n verb nurture
- 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.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- 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.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- learn — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- lessen — to become less.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- starve — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
noun nurture
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.