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Main Entry:	put off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	defer, delay
Synonyms:	adjourn, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag one's feet, hold off, hold over, lag, lay over, linger, loiter, poke*, postpone, prorogue, put back, reschedule, retard, shelve, stay, suspend, tarry, trail
Antonyms:	accomplish, achieve, carry out, do, succeed

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Main Entry:	adjourn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop a proceeding
Synonyms:	curb, defer, delay, discontinue, hold up, postpone, put off, recess, restrain, shelve, stay, suspend, hold off, hold over, prorogue
Antonyms:	begin, convene, convoke, encourage, further, open, rally, stimulate, urge, keep on

Main Entry:	daunt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	frighten, alarm
Synonyms:	appall, baffle, browbeat, bully, cow, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, foil, horrify, intimidate, put off*, scare, shake, subdue, terrify, thwart, consternate, dispirit, overawe
Antonyms:	aid, assist, embolden, encourage, hearten, help, incite, stimulate, urge, inspirit, undaunt

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Main Entry:	dawdle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	delay; waste time
Synonyms:	amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair
Antonyms:	forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed

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Main Entry:	delay
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause stop in action
Synonyms:	adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand
Notes:	various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person
Antonyms:	advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed

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Main Entry:	deter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check, inhibit from action
Synonyms:	avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, turn off, warn, act like a wet blanket, disadvise, forfend, put a damper on, talk out of, throw cold water on
Antonyms:	encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, stimulate, support, turn on, urge, put on to

Main Entry:	disconcert
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shake up; confuse
Synonyms:	abash, agitate, baffle, balk, bewilder, bug, confound, demoralize, disarrange, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foul up, frustrate, hinder, nonplus, perplex, perturb, put off, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, trouble, unbalance, undo, unsettle, upset, worry, discombobulate, get to, psych out, take aback, throw off balance, upset apple cart
Antonyms:	calm, comfort, soothe

Main Entry:	disgust
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause aversion; repel
Synonyms:	abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, fill with loathing, gross out, insult, irk, make one sick, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn one's stomach, upset
Antonyms:	admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere

Main Entry:	dismay
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disappoint, fill with consternation
Synonyms:	abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flummox, fluster, foul up, frighten, horrify, mess up, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up, shake, snafu, terrify, terrorize, throw, unhinge, unnerve, upset, dispirit, get to, louse up, muck up*, take aback, throw into a tizzy
Antonyms:	assure, encourage, make happy

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Main Entry:	dissuade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	talk out of
Synonyms:	chicken out, counsel, deprecate, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, faze, hinder, prevent, prick, put off, remonstrate, throw off, thwart, turn off, warn, advise against, caution against, cry out against, disadvise, disincline, lean on, persuade not to, throw a wet blanket on, throw cold water on, urge not to
Antonyms:	incite, persuade, talk into

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Main Entry:	evade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get away from
Synonyms:	avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, flee, fly, fudge, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle, weasel, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of
Antonyms:	face, meet, take on

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Main Entry:	hold back/hold off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	repress
Synonyms:	bit, bridle, check, control, curb, defer, delay, deny, forbear, inhibit, keep, postpone, prevent, put off, refrain, refuse, restrain, stop, suppress, withhold, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep out
Antonyms:	reveal, let go

Main Entry:	lag
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	move slowly; delay
Synonyms:	be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally*, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane
Antonyms:	run, rush

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Main Entry:	loiter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hang around; stroll
Synonyms:	amble, dabble, dally*, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shuffle, slacken, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time, fritter away, get no place fast, pass time, shamble, slough
Antonyms:	hurry, leave, rush, vamoose

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Main Entry:	pigeonhole
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	categorize; shelve
Synonyms:	assort, class, classify, defer, delay, dismiss, file, group, hold, hold up, label, peg*, postpone, put off, rank, sideline, sort, tab, table, hold off, lay aside, put aside, put down as, put on hold, put on ice, put on the bank burner, type cast

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Main Entry:	protract
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	extend, draw out
Synonyms:	continue, cool, defer, delay, drag out, draw, elongate, hold up, lengthen, pad, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, put off, stall, stretch, drag on, hold off, keep going, prolongate, put on hold, spin out, stretch out
Antonyms:	abbreviate, curtail, shorten

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Main Entry:	rebuff
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	turn away; give the cold shoulder*
Synonyms:	beat off, brush off, check, chide, cross, cut, decline, deny, disallow, discourage, dismiss, disregard, fend off, hold off, ignore, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, lash out at, neglect, not hear of, oppose, pass up, push back, put in one's place, put off, rebuke, refuse, reject, repel, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, send away, slight, snub, spurn, stave off, tell off*, turn down, ward off
Antonyms:	hug, include, take in, welcome

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Main Entry:	shelve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	defer, postpone
Synonyms:	delay, dismiss, drop, freeze, hold, hold up, pigeonhole, prolong, put off, scrub*, sideline, stay, suspend, table, tie up, waive, give up, hang up, hold off, hold over, lay aside, mothball, prorogue, put aside, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, slow up
Antonyms:	carry out, do, go ahead

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Main Entry:	stall
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	delay for own purposes
Synonyms:	arrest, avoid the issue, beat around the bush, brake, check, die, drag one's feet, equivocate, fence, filibuster, halt, hamper, hedge, hinder, hold off, interrupt, not move, play for time, postpone, prevaricate, put off, quibble, shut down, slow, slow down, stand, stand off, stand still, stay, still, stonewall*, stop, suspend, take one's time, tarry, temporize
Antonyms:	advance, allow, further, help

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Main Entry:	table
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	postpone a proposition
Synonyms:	cool, defer, delay, enter, hang, hold up, move, pigeonhole*, propose, put off, shelve, submit, suggest, hold off, put aside, put forward, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf
Antonyms:	decide, vote