All intermit synonyms

verb intermit

• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
• lag — netlag
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• drag — drag and drop
• interfere — 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.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• remand — to send back, remit, or consign again.
• punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
• tamper — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
• make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
• inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
• obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• incommode — to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.
• intermediate — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• intercede — to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition: to intercede with the governor for a condemned man.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• discommode — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
• butt in — If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
• horn in — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
• step in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
• get in the way — be an obstacle
• get involved — play a part
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• intermeddle — to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.
• ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• hold off — 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.