| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
Synonyms: |
KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
Antonyms: |
animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | demoralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, unnerve |
Synonyms: |
abash, blow out, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, get to, jumble, muddle, nonplus, psych out, rattle, sap, send up, shake, snarl, take apart, take steam out, undermine, unglue, unman, unsettle, unzip, upset, weaken |
Antonyms: |
boost, comfort, encourage, uplift |
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deject, make despondent; exhaust |
Synonyms: |
abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down |
Antonyms: |
cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | deter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, inhibit from action |
Synonyms: |
act like a wet blanket, avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, disadvise, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, forfend, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a damper on, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, talk out of, throw cold water on, turn off, warn |
Antonyms: |
encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, put on to, stimulate, support, turn on, urge |
| Main Entry: | dishearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, ruin one's hopes |
Synonyms: |
cast down, chill*, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deter, discourage, disincline, dismay, disparage, dispirit, get down, humble, humiliate, indispose, put a damper on, put down, shake, throw a pall over |
Antonyms: |
encourage, hearten, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | soak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet |
Synonyms: |
absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe, soften, sop, souse, steep, submerge, take in, wash, water, waterlog |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let soak |
Synonyms: |
bathe, damp, drench, fill, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog |
| Notes: | a gentle slope is a glacis; a precipitous slope is a steep |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | water |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dampen; put water in |
Synonyms: |
baptize, bathe, damp, dilute, doctor, douse, drench, drool, flood, hose, imbue, inundate, irrigate, moisten, saturate, soak, sodden, souse, spatter, spray, sprinkle, steep, thin, wash, weaken, wet |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | wet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to become damp, moist |
Synonyms: |
bathe, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drown, hose, humidify, imbue, irrigate, moisten, rinse, saturate, soak, sop, souse, splash, spray, sprinkle, steep, wash, water |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | water |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
adlittoral, aquatic, aqueous, balneal, brashy, cloacal, diluent, diluted, drenching, eupotamic, grandinous, hydrodynamic, hyetal, interlacustrine, lacuscular, lacustrine, lenitic, lentic, limnal, lymphate, lymphatic, moiré, phreatic, pluvial, pluvious, rainy, showery, stagnicolous, stillicidous, subriguous, undigenous, vadose, watery, weak, wet
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