All faulting synonyms
fault
F f verb faulting
- contemn β to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
- slander β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- roast β to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
- fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- disparage β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- calumniate β to slander
- underrate β to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- blink β When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- abort β If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- disappoint β to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- miscarry β to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- funk β Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ΛkΓ¦z ΙΛmΙͺΙr/ (Show IPA), 1884β1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
- swerve β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- about-face β An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
- replace β to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- substitute β a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- flip-flop β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- transpose β to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- rearrange β to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- tack β a lease, especially on farmland.
- transmogrify β to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- waffle β waffling language.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- vacillate β to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- budge β If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement.
- dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- yo-yo β a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- reposition β the act of depositing or storing.
- look down on β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- put down β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- run down β melted or liquefied: run butter.
- dispraise β to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- back out β If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- let down β British. a lease.
- overpass β a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- go astray β person: deviate from correct or good way
- break one's word β to fail to keep one's promise
- blow hot and cold β to vacillate
- do up β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- hem and haw β the utterance or sound of βhem.β.
- bottom out β If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.