All worsted antonyms
worΒ·sted
W w adjective worsted
- enchanted β Simple past tense and past participle of enchant.
- encouraged β Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- fulfilled β to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- happy β delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- heartened β to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- pleased β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- satisfied β content: a satisfied look.
- unworried β having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- delighted β If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.
- excited β awakened
verb worsted
- give in β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- 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.
- release β to lease again.
- 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.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- 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.
- encourage β Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- 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.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- capitulate β If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- forfeit β a fine; penalty.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- succumb β to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- abet β If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- appease β If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- clear up β When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- compose β The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- enlighten β Give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation.
- explain β Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- reassure β to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- construct β to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- commence β When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- initiate β to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- introduce β to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.