| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
Synonyms: |
alarm, appall, astonish, blow away, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, hotdog, impress, intimidate, knock socks off, overawe, scare, showboat, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | browbeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | castigate, nag |
Synonyms: |
badger, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, despotize, domineer, dragoon, frighten, harass, hector, intimidate, lean on, lord it over, oppress, overawe, overbear, put heat on, put the chill on, put through the wringer, threaten, tyrannize |
Antonyms: |
boost, coax, compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | cow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, intimidate |
Synonyms: |
abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, dragoon, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, lean on, overawe, push around, rattle, scare, showboat, strong-arm, subdue, terrorize, turn on the heat, unnerve, walk heavy |
Antonyms: |
encourage, hearten, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | daunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, alarm |
Synonyms: |
appall, baffle, browbeat, bully, consternate, cow, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, foil, horrify, intimidate, overawe, put off*, scare, shake, subdue, terrify, thwart |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, embolden, encourage, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, stimulate, undaunt, urge |
| Main Entry: | dazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
Synonyms: |
astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz, hypnotize, impress, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
bore |
| Main Entry: | discourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dishearten, dispirit |
Synonyms: |
abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh |
Antonyms: |
encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
Synonyms: |
affect, arouse, awe, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, bulldoze, carry, electrify, enforce, enthuse, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand, inspire, kill*, knock out, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, move, overawe, pique, provoke, push around, register, score, show off, slay, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch* |
| Main Entry: | intimidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, threaten |
Synonyms: |
alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm |
Antonyms: |
assist, encourage, help |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Antonyms: |
be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | quieten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |