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All disincline synonyms

disΒ·inΒ·cline
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verb disincline

  • restrain β€” to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • depress β€” If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  • talk out of β€” dissuade
  • dismay β€” to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
  • discourage β€” to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • dispirit β€” to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
  • humble β€” not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
  • deter β€” To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
  • deject β€” to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
  • daunt β€” If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
  • demoralize β€” If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
  • humiliate β€” to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
  • thwart β€” to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
  • faze β€” to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
  • hinder β€” to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • inhibit β€” to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
  • frighten β€” to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
  • curb β€” If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
  • impede β€” to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
  • scare β€” to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
  • discountenance β€” to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
  • deprecate β€” If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
  • withhold β€” to hold back; restrain or check.
  • quiet β€” making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
  • interfere β€” to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
  • warn β€” to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • shake β€” to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • disfavor β€” unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • divert β€” to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
  • repress β€” to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • chill β€” When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
  • indispose β€” to make ill, especially slightly.
  • crush β€” To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
  • dampen β€” To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
  • damp β€” Something that is damp is slightly wet.
  • dash β€” If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
  • disparage β€” to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
  • counsel β€” Counsel is advice.
  • prick β€” a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
  • remonstrate β€” to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • derail β€” To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned.
  • control β€” Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  • obstruct β€” to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • hold back β€” to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • put off β€” to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • turn off β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • hold off β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keep back β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
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