All backlash synonyms
back·lash
B b noun backlash
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- resentment — the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- tangle — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- retroaction — action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
verb backlash
- snap back — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- resile — to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- come home to roost — If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions.