All in-dispose synonyms
in-disΒ·pose
I i verb in-dispose
- 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.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- obtain β to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- incur β to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- 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.
- 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.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- perturb β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- unnerve β to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
- distract β to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- afflict β If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- derange β to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- induce β to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- sicken β disgust
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- indispose β to make ill, especially slightly.
- 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.
- 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.