All be-little synonyms
be-litΒ·tle
B b verb be-little
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- disesteem β to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- devaluate β (transitive) To reduce in value.
- vilipend β to regard or treat as of little value or account.
- traverse β to pass or move over, along, or through.
- revoke β to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- abjure β If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- retract β to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- contravene β To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- abnegate β to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- spurn β to reject with disdain; scorn.
- contradict β If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- forswear β to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- 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.
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- recant β to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- slight β small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- mistrust β lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- overpass β a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- scout β a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- hate β to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- chill β When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- dispirit β to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- deject β to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dishearten β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- disdain β to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- demoralize β If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- dim β DIM statement
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- stunt β to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- predominate β to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- minify β to make less.
- cavil β If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- carp β A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.