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All be-little synonyms

be-litΒ·tle
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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.
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