| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give as security for a loan |
Synonyms: |
deposit, give in earnest, hazard, hock, hook*, mortgage, pledge |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
Synonyms: |
contract, covenant, engage, give word, hock, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, sign for, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow |
Antonyms: |
break, disobey, falsify |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
Synonyms: |
accede, affiance, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock, insure, live up to, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, say so, secure, stipulate, string along, subscribe, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant |
Antonyms: |
break, renege |
| Main Entry: | dire straits |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disastrous predicament |
Synonyms: |
desperate straits, difficulties, hardship, hock, straits |
| Main Entry: | thigh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leg part |
Synonyms: |
femur, flank, gammon, groin, ham, hock, loins |
| Main Entry: | hypothecate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pawn |
Synonyms: |
deposit, give in earnest, hazard, hock, hook*, mortgage, pledge |
| Main Entry: | immobilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disable |
Synonyms: |
action, attenuate, batter, blunt, cripple, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap*, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck |