All disincline synonyms
disΒ·inΒ·cline
D d 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.