| Main Entry: | tweak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
Synonyms: |
jerk, pinch, pluck, pull, tease, twist |
| Main Entry: | fine-tune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make small adjustments |
Synonyms: |
adjust, calibrate, make improvements, set, tune up, tweak |
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure; cause evil |
Synonyms: |
abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, dilapidate, discommode, disserve, do violence to, dump on, get, hurt, ill-treat, impair, incommode, inconvenience, louse up, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, muck up, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, scathe, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, traumatize, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, benefit, care, fix, help, improve, mend |
| Main Entry: | impair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm, hinder |
Synonyms: |
blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, ding, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, lose strength, make useless, mar, prejudice, queer, reduce, rough up, spoil, tarnish, total, tweak, undermine, unfit, vitiate, weaken, worsen |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lurching move |
Synonyms: |
bounce, bump, flick, flop, jolt, pull, quake, quiver, shiver, snag, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, wiggle, wrench, wriggle, yank |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move with lurch |
Synonyms: |
bounce, bump, dance, flick, fling, flip, flop, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spasm of muscular tissue |
Synonyms: |
charley horse, cramp, crick, knot, muscle spasm, pain, pang, pinch, stab, stitch, tweak, twinge |
| Main Entry: | mar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, damage |
Synonyms: |
bend, blemish, blight, blot, break, bruise, deface, deform, detract, ding, disfigure, foul up, harm, impair, injure, louse up, maim, mangle, mess up*, mutilate, queer*, rough up, ruin, scar, scratch, shake up, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tweak, vitiate, warp, wreck |
Antonyms: |
aid, heal, help |
| Main Entry: | modify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, change |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, customize, doctor, mutate, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, reshape, revise, rework, shift gears, switch over, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn one around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables, tweak*, vary |
Antonyms: |
leave alone, stagnate |
| Main Entry: | modulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, harmonize |
Synonyms: |
attune, balance, fine-tune, inflect, regulate, restrain, revamp, switch, temper, tone, transmogrify, tune, tweak, vary |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |