| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, relieve |
| Main Entry: | chill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discourage |
Synonyms: |
cloud, dampen, dash, deject, demoralize, depress, dishearten, dismay, disparage, dispirit |
Antonyms: |
encourage, hearten, incite, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | dampen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spoil spirits |
Synonyms: |
allay, check, chill, cloud, cool, curb, dash, deaden, deject, depress, diminish, discourage, dismay, dispirit, dull, humble, inhibit, moderate, muffle, mute, restrain, stifle |
Antonyms: |
brighten, encourage, hearten, inspirit, uplift |
| 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: | deflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or cause to contract |
Synonyms: |
collapse, decrease, depreciate, depress, devalue, diminish, empty, exhaust, flatten, puncture, shrink, squash, void |
Antonyms: |
blow up, expand, inflate |
| Main Entry: | depreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue, lose value |
Synonyms: |
abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deflate, depress, deteriorate, devalorize, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, mark down, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write down, write off |
Antonyms: |
gain value, increase, overrate, raise, rate |
| 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: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue |
Synonyms: |
cheapen, debase, depreciate, diminish, downgrade, impair, lessen, lower, reduce |
Antonyms: |
increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push down |
Synonyms: |
couch, demit, dip, droop, flatten, let down, level, lower, press down, settle, sink, smoosh, squash |
Antonyms: |
push up, raise, uplift |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
Synonyms: |
bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fill |