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Related Words:
silky
collapse
related words >
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
buffed
,
burnished
,
capillary
,
cirrose
,
cirrous
,
cottony
,
dainty
,
deferential
,
delicate
,
disarming
,
downy
,
fibered
,
fibroid
,
fibrous
,
filmy
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
finespun
,
finished
,
flagelliform
,
flossy
,
fluffy
,
funicular
,
furbished
,
fuzzy
,
gauzy
,
glace
,
glassy
,
glazed
,
gleaming
,
glossy
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
hairlike
,
hairy
,
insinuating
,
insinuative
,
lacquered
,
ligamental
,
lustrous
,
plush
,
plushy
,
polished
,
pubescent
,
refined
,
ropy
,
rubbed
,
saccharine
,
satin
,
satinlike
,
satiny
,
sericeous
,
shellacked
,
shiny
,
silken
,
silklike
,
sleek
,
slick
,
smooth
,
soft
,
soft as silk
,
stringy
,
taeniate
,
taeniform
,
thin-spun
,
threadlike
,
thready
,
varnished
,
velutinous
,
velvetlike
,
velvety
,
wiredrawn
,
wiry
fluffy
collapse
related words >
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
birdbrained
,
birdwitted
,
bubbly
,
dainty
,
delicate
,
downy
,
ethereal
,
featherbrained
,
feathery
,
filmy
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
finespun
,
fleecy
,
flighty
,
flossy
,
foamy
,
frivolous
,
frothy
,
furry
,
fuzzy
,
gauzy
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
hirsute
,
imponderous
,
insubstantial
,
lanate
,
leger
,
light
,
light as air
,
lighter than vanity
,
lightweight
,
mousse
,
nappy
,
peachy
,
pinnate
,
pubescent
,
puffy
,
refined
,
satin
,
satiny
,
shallow
,
shallow-headed
,
shallow-minded
,
shallow-pated
,
shallow-witted
,
silky
,
smooth
,
soft
,
souffle
,
superficial
,
thin
,
thin-spun
,
trivial
,
unheavy
,
unimportant
,
unprofound
,
velutinous
,
velvety
,
volatile
,
weightless
,
whipped up
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
,
woolly
,
yeasty
shrivel
collapse
wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
related words >
Sanforize
,
age
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
blot
,
brush
,
burn
,
cheat the undertaker
,
consume
,
contract
,
cure
,
curl up
,
decline
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
diminish
,
dodder
,
drain
,
droop
,
dry
,
dry up
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fail
,
fire
,
flag
,
fossilize
,
get along
,
get on
,
grow old
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
languish
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
parch
,
pine
,
preshrink
,
pucker up
,
rub
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shake
,
shrink
,
shrivel up
,
sink
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
thin
,
torrefy
,
totter
,
towel
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weazen
,
welter
,
wilt
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
,
wrinkle
downy
collapse
covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
like down or as soft as down
related words >
airy
,
artful
,
astute
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
bubbly
,
crafty
,
cunning
,
dainty
,
deep
,
delicate
,
ethereal
,
even
,
feathery
,
filmy
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
finespun
,
flat
,
fleecy
,
flossy
,
fluffy
,
foamy
,
frothy
,
furry
,
fuzzy
,
gauzy
,
glabrate
,
glabrescent
,
glabrous
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
guileful
,
hirsute
,
imponderous
,
insidious
,
lanate
,
leger
,
leiotrichous
,
level
,
light
,
light as air
,
lighter than vanity
,
mousse
,
nappy
,
peachy
,
pinnate
,
plane
,
pubescent
,
refined
,
regular
,
satin
,
satiny
,
silky
,
sly
,
smooth
,
smooth-shaven
,
smooth-textured
,
souffle
,
suave
,
thin-spun
,
tricky
,
unbroken
,
unheavy
,
uniform
,
unrough
,
unroughened
,
unruffled
,
velutinous
,
velvety
,
volatile
,
weightless
,
wily
,
wiredrawn
,
woolly
,
yeasty
vaporous
collapse
related words >
adulterated
,
aerial
,
aerodynamic
,
aerostatic
,
aery
,
air-built
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
chimeric
,
chimerical
,
cloud-born
,
cloud-built
,
cloud-woven
,
cloudy
,
cut
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
dreamlike
,
ethereal
,
fanciful
,
fatuitous
,
fatuous
,
fine
,
flimsy
,
foggy
,
fuming
,
fumy
,
gaseous
,
gasified
,
gasiform
,
gaslike
,
gassy
,
gossamery
,
illusory
,
imaginary
,
insubstantial
,
mephitic
,
miasmal
,
miasmatic
,
miasmic
,
misty
,
mushy
,
oxyacetylene
,
oxygenous
,
ozonic
,
phantasmal
,
phantomlike
,
pneumatic
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
reeking
,
reeky
,
shadowy
,
slight
,
smoking
,
smoky
,
spirituous
,
steaming
,
steamy
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thinned
,
thinned-out
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unreal
,
unsubstantial
,
vague
,
vaporing
,
vaporish
,
vaporlike
,
vapory
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
windy
,
wispy
baptize
collapse
administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
related words >
adulterate
,
asperge
,
asperse
,
attenuate
,
bath
,
bathe
,
bury
,
call
,
christen
,
cleanse
,
cut
,
define
,
deluge
,
denominate
,
designate
,
dilute
,
dip
,
douche
,
douse
,
drown
,
dub
,
duck
,
dunk
,
engulf
,
entitle
,
flush
,
flush out
,
gargle
,
holystone
,
identify
,
immerge
,
immerse
,
inundate
,
irrigate
,
label
,
lather
,
launder
,
lave
,
merge
,
mop
,
mop up
,
name
,
nickname
,
nominate
,
overwhelm
,
plunge in water
,
purify
,
rarefy
,
reduce
,
regenerate
,
rinse
,
rinse out
,
ritually immerse
,
scour
,
scrub
,
scrub up
,
shampoo
,
shower
,
sink
,
sluice
,
sluice out
,
soap
,
souse
,
specify
,
sponge
,
sprinkle
,
style
,
submerge
,
submerse
,
swab
,
syringe
,
tag
,
term
,
thin
,
title
,
toivel
,
tub
,
wash
,
wash out
,
wash up
,
water
,
water down
,
whelm
wispy
collapse
related words >
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
boyish
,
breakable
,
brittle
,
cheap-jack
,
cobwebby
,
crumbly
,
dainty
,
delicate
,
delicately weak
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
effeminate
,
ethereal
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
fragile
,
frail
,
frangible
,
gauzy
,
gimcrack
,
gimcracky
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
gracile
,
insubstantial
,
jerry
,
jerry-built
,
lacy
,
light
,
lightweight
,
misty
,
namby-pamby
,
papery
,
pasteboardy
,
puny
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
shattery
,
sissified
,
sleazy
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tacky
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
unsubstantial
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wiredrawn
,
womanish
slinky
collapse
related words >
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
back-door
,
backstairs
,
boyish
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
cowering
,
cringing
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
ethereal
,
feline
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
frail
,
furtive
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gracile
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
insubstantial
,
lacy
,
light
,
misty
,
papery
,
privy
,
quailing
,
quiet
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinking
,
sly
,
small
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
subtle
,
surreptitious
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
wither
collapse
related words >
Sanforize
,
age
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
blot
,
brush
,
burn
,
cave in
,
cheat the undertaker
,
collapse
,
constrict
,
consume
,
contract
,
cure
,
decline
,
deflate
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
diminish
,
dodder
,
drain
,
droop
,
dry
,
dry up
,
dwindle
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fail
,
fire
,
flag
,
fold
,
get along
,
get on
,
grow old
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
languish
,
lose strength
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
parch
,
peak
,
pine
,
preshrink
,
rub
,
run down
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shake
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
sink
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
thin
,
torrefy
,
totter
,
towel
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weaken
,
weazen
,
welter
,
wilt
,
wipe
,
wither away
,
wizen
,
wrinkle
girlish
collapse
befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"
related words >
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
beardless
,
boyish
,
boylike
,
calflike
,
childish
,
childlike
,
coltish
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
distaff
,
ethereal
,
female
,
feminine
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
frail
,
gauzy
,
gentlewomanlike
,
girllike
,
gossamer
,
gracile
,
gynecic
,
gynecoid
,
gynic
,
insubstantial
,
kiddish
,
kittenish
,
lacy
,
ladylike
,
light
,
little-girlish
,
maiden
,
maidenly
,
matronal
,
matronlike
,
matronly
,
misty
,
muliebral
,
papery
,
petticoat
,
puerile
,
puplike
,
puppyish
,
puppylike
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
,
womanish
,
womanlike
,
womanly
diaphanous
collapse
so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
related words >
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
boyish
,
clear
,
clear as crystal
,
cloudless
,
crystal
,
crystal-clear
,
crystalline
,
delicate
,
diaphane
,
diluted
,
ethereal
,
filmy
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
frail
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
gracile
,
insubstantial
,
lacy
,
light
,
light-pervious
,
lightish
,
lightsome
,
limpid
,
lucent
,
lucid
,
luculent
,
misty
,
nonopaque
,
papery
,
peekaboo
,
pellucid
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
relucent
,
revealing
,
see-through
,
serene
,
sheer
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
translucent
,
translucid
,
transparent
,
transpicuous
,
unclouded
,
unobscured
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
enervate
collapse
weaken mentally or morally
related words >
abate
,
afflict
,
attenuate
,
beat
,
blunt
,
break
,
burn out
,
castrate
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
defeat
,
demasculinize
,
dematerialize
,
derange
,
desex
,
desexualize
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disembody
,
disorder
,
do in
,
do up
,
drain
,
dull
,
effeminize
,
emasculate
,
enfeeble
,
etherealize
,
etiolate
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fag
,
fag out
,
fatigue
,
flag
,
frazzle
,
gruel
,
harass
,
hospitalize
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
jade
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
lay low
,
lay up
,
mitigate
,
overfatigue
,
overstrain
,
overtire
,
overweary
,
poop
,
poop out
,
prostrate
,
rarefy
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
sicken
,
soften up
,
spiritualize
,
sterilize
,
strain
,
subtilize
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tucker
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
use up
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
weary
,
wilt
,
wind
abbreviate
collapse
shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
related words >
abridge
,
abstract
,
attenuate
,
be telegraphic
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowdlerize
,
cancel
,
capsulize
,
censor
,
circumscribe
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cramp
,
crop
,
cross out
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
decrease
,
delete
,
dock
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
edit
,
edit out
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
extenuate
,
foreshorten
,
kill
,
knit
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
omit
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
rescind
,
retrench
,
rub out
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
slash
,
snub
,
solidify
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
telescope
,
trim
,
truncate
,
void
,
waste no words
,
wrinkle
gauzy
collapse
related words >
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
boyish
,
clear
,
clear as crystal
,
crystal
,
crystal-clear
,
crystalline
,
dainty
,
delicate
,
diaphane
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
downy
,
ethereal
,
filmy
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
fluffy
,
frail
,
fuzzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
gracile
,
insubstantial
,
lacy
,
light
,
light-pervious
,
limpid
,
lucid
,
misty
,
nonopaque
,
papery
,
peekaboo
,
pellucid
,
pubescent
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
refined
,
revealing
,
satin
,
satiny
,
see-through
,
sheer
,
silky
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
smooth
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
transparent
,
transpicuous
,
unclouded
,
vague
,
velutinous
,
velvety
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
dispel
collapse
related words >
attenuate
,
be consumed
,
be gone
,
blow off
,
break up
,
cast forth
,
cast off
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
clear away
,
crumble
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
dilute
,
disappear
,
disband
,
disintegrate
,
dismiss
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
diverge
,
do a fade-out
,
do away with
,
drive away
,
dwindle
,
eject
,
eliminate
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expel
,
exterminate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
flee
,
fling off
,
fly
,
get rid of
,
go
,
go away
,
go separate ways
,
hide
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
liquidate
,
melt
,
melt away
,
oust
,
part
,
part company
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
purge
,
retire from sight
,
scatter
,
separate
,
shake off
,
shoo
,
sink
,
sink away
,
split up
,
suffer an eclipse
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
unimportant
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
volatilize
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
satin
collapse
a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
related words >
alabaster
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
billiard table
,
blubber
,
bowling alley
,
bowling green
,
breeze
,
butter
,
clay
,
cushion
,
daintiness
,
dainty
,
delicacy
,
delicate
,
dough
,
down
,
downiness
,
downy
,
eiderdown
,
feather bed
,
feathers
,
filminess
,
filmy
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
fine-grainedness
,
fineness
,
finespun
,
flat
,
fleece
,
floss
,
flue
,
fluff
,
fluffiness
,
fluffy
,
foam
,
fuzz
,
fuzziness
,
fuzzy
,
gauzy
,
glass
,
gossamer
,
gossameriness
,
gossamery
,
ice
,
ivory
,
kapok
,
level
,
mahogany
,
marble
,
peach fuzz
,
pillow
,
plane
,
plush
,
pubescence
,
pubescent
,
pudding
,
puff
,
putty
,
refined
,
refinement
,
rubber
,
satininess
,
satiny
,
silk
,
silkiness
,
silky
,
slide
,
smooth
,
smoothness
,
softness
,
swansdown
,
tennis court
,
thin-spun
,
thistledown
,
velutinous
,
velvet
,
velvetiness
,
velvety
,
wax
,
wiredrawn
,
wool
,
zephyr
undermine
collapse
related words >
abate
,
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
attenuate
,
blunt
,
bugger up
,
confound
,
confute
,
contradict
,
controvert
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
crush
,
damage
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
defeat
,
demolish
,
deny
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
drain
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
finish
,
floor
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
gruel
,
harm
,
honeycomb
,
hurt
,
impair
,
lay low
,
mine
,
mitigate
,
nonplus
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
parry
,
put to silence
,
queer
,
rattle
,
rebut
,
reduce
,
reduce to silence
,
refute
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
sap the foundations
,
settle
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shut up
,
silence
,
smash all opposition
,
soften up
,
spoil
,
squash
,
squelch
,
subvert
,
threaten
,
throw down
,
throw over
,
thwart
,
unbrace
,
undercut
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
upend
,
upset
,
weaken
,
wreck
diluted
collapse
reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
made less strong or severe; "a pale gleam of diluted sunlight"
related words >
adulterated
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
boyish
,
cut
,
dead
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
dilute
,
ethereal
,
fade
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
flimsy
,
frail
,
gaseous
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gracile
,
gruelly
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
insubstantial
,
jejune
,
lacy
,
light
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
misty
,
papery
,
pappy
,
pulpy
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
reduced
,
sapless
,
savorless
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
spiceless
,
stale
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tasteless
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinned
,
thinned-out
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unflavored
,
unsavory
,
unsubstantial
,
vague
,
vapid
,
vaporous
,
washy
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
waterish
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
windy
,
wiredrawn
,
wishy-washy
,
wispy
debilitate
collapse
related words >
abate
,
afflict
,
attenuate
,
beat
,
blunt
,
bugger
,
burn out
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
derange
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disenable
,
disorder
,
do in
,
do up
,
drain
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fag
,
fag out
,
fatigue
,
flag
,
frazzle
,
gruel
,
hamstring
,
harass
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
hurt
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
jade
,
kibosh
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
lame
,
lay low
,
lay up
,
maim
,
mar
,
mitigate
,
overfatigue
,
overstrain
,
overtire
,
overweary
,
poop
,
poop out
,
prostrate
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
sicken
,
soften up
,
spike
,
spoil
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tucker
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
use up
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
weary
,
wilt
,
wind
,
wing
,
wreck
extenuate
collapse
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
allow for
,
apologize
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
color
,
constrain
,
control
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
devitalize
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
explain
,
gloss over
,
gruel
,
ignore
,
justify
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
make allowance for
,
mince
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
play down
,
qualify
,
rationalize
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
remit
,
restrain
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
slur over
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften up
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
sugarcoat
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
varnish
,
veneer
,
water down
,
weaken
,
white
,
whiten
,
whitewash
willowy
collapse
related words >
adaptable
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
bendable
,
bending
,
boyish
,
compliant
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
ductile
,
elastic
,
ethereal
,
extensible
,
extensile
,
fabricable
,
facile
,
fictile
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flexible
,
flexile
,
flexuous
,
flimsy
,
formable
,
formative
,
frail
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
giving
,
gossamer
,
gracile
,
impressible
,
impressionable
,
insubstantial
,
lacy
,
light
,
like putty
,
limber
,
lissome
,
lithe
,
lithesome
,
malleable
,
misty
,
moldable
,
papery
,
plastic
,
pliable
,
pliant
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
receptive
,
responsive
,
sensitive
,
sequacious
,
shapable
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
springy
,
submissive
,
subtle
,
supple
,
susceptible
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
tractable
,
tractile
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
whippy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
,
yielding
papery
collapse
thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"
related words >
airy
,
atrophied
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
boyish
,
breakable
,
brittle
,
cheap-jack
,
cobwebby
,
crumbly
,
dainty
,
delicate
,
delicately weak
,
desiccated
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
dried-up
,
effeminate
,
emaciated
,
ethereal
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
fragile
,
frail
,
frangible
,
gauzy
,
gimcrack
,
gimcracky
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
gracile
,
insubstantial
,
jerry
,
jerry-built
,
lacy
,
light
,
lightweight
,
misty
,
namby-pamby
,
parchmenty
,
pasteboardy
,
puny
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
sere
,
shattery
,
shriveled
,
shrunken
,
sissified
,
sleazy
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tacky
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
unsubstantial
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
wasted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wilted
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
,
withered
,
wizened
,
womanish
,
wrinkled
,
,
take the edge off
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
blunt
,
calm
,
chasten
,
conciliate
,
constrain
,
control
,
cool
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
defuse
,
devitalize
,
diminish
,
disedge
,
downplay
,
draw the teeth
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
gruel
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lay the dust
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
obtund
,
pacify
,
palliate
,
placate
,
play down
,
pour balm on
,
propitiate
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retund
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soften up
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tranquilize
,
tune down
,
turn
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
subtile
collapse
related words >
Byzantine
,
Machiavellian
,
Machiavellic
,
acute
,
adulterated
,
air-built
,
airy
,
arch
,
artful
,
astute
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
cagey
,
calculating
,
canny
,
chimerical
,
clever
,
cloud-built
,
crafty
,
cunning
,
cut
,
cute
,
dainty
,
deceitful
,
deep
,
deep-laid
,
delicate
,
designing
,
devious
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
diplomatic
,
dreamlike
,
ethereal
,
fanciful
,
fatuitous
,
fatuous
,
feline
,
fine
,
flimsy
,
foxy
,
gaseous
,
gossamery
,
guileful
,
illusory
,
imaginary
,
ingenious
,
insidious
,
insubstantial
,
inventive
,
knowing
,
pawky
,
phantomlike
,
politic
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
ready
,
resourceful
,
scheming
,
serpentine
,
shadowy
,
sharp
,
shifty
,
shrewd
,
slick
,
slight
,
slippery
,
sly
,
smooth
,
snaky
,
sneaky
,
sophistical
,
spirituous
,
stealthy
,
strategic
,
subtle
,
supple
,
tactical
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thinned
,
thinned-out
,
trickish
,
tricksy
,
tricky
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unreal
,
unsubstantial
,
vaporous
,
vulpine
,
wary
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
wily
,
windy
alleviate
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
be light
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
constrain
,
control
,
cure
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disburden
,
disencumber
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
extenuate
,
foment
,
give relief
,
have little weight
,
keep within bounds
,
kick the beam
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lull
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
numb
,
obtund
,
off-load
,
pad
,
palliate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
remit
,
restrain
,
salve
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unballast
,
unburden
,
underplay
,
unlade
,
unload
,
water down
,
weaken
,
weigh lightly
rarefied
collapse
reserved for an elite group
related words >
adulterated
,
air-built
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
boyish
,
chimerical
,
clannish
,
cliquish
,
cloud-built
,
cut
,
dainty
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
dreamlike
,
elevated
,
esoteric
,
ethereal
,
exalted
,
exclusive
,
fanciful
,
fatuitous
,
fatuous
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
frail
,
gaseous
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
gracile
,
high
,
illusory
,
imaginary
,
insubstantial
,
lacy
,
lean
,
light
,
lofty
,
misty
,
noble
,
papery
,
phantomlike
,
private
,
rare
,
reduced
,
scant
,
scanty
,
select
,
shadowy
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
sparse
,
spirituous
,
sublime
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinned
,
thinned-out
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unreal
,
unsubstantial
,
vague
,
vaporous
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
windy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
cripple
collapse
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
related words >
abate
,
amputee
,
attenuate
,
blunt
,
bugger
,
burden
,
castrate
,
cramp
,
cumber
,
damage
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
defective
,
deformity
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disarm
,
disenable
,
dismember
,
drain
,
dull
,
emasculate
,
embarrass
,
encumber
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
enmesh
,
ensnarl
,
entangle
,
entoil
,
entrammel
,
entrap
,
entwine
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fetter
,
gruel
,
hamper
,
hamstring
,
handicap
,
handicapped person
,
hobble
,
hors de combat
,
idiot
,
imbecile
,
immobilize
,
impair
,
impede
,
inactivate
,
incapable
,
incapacitate
,
involve
,
kibosh
,
lame
,
lay low
,
lime
,
lumber
,
maim
,
mayhem
,
mitigate
,
mutilate
,
net
,
paralytic
,
paraplegic
,
press down
,
prostrate
,
put
,
quadriplegic
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sabotage
,
saddle with
,
sap
,
shackle
,
shake
,
shake up
,
snarl
,
soften up
,
spike
,
tangle
,
the crippled
,
the handicapped
,
toil
,
trammel
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
,
weigh down
,
wing
,
wreck
soften up
collapse
related words >
abate
,
affect
,
attenuate
,
beleaguer
,
bend
,
beset
,
besiege
,
bias
,
blarney
,
blockade
,
blunt
,
butter
,
butter up
,
color
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
devitalize
,
dispose
,
dull
,
ease
,
encircle
,
encompass
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
envelop
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fluff
,
gentle
,
get around
,
gruel
,
harass
,
harry
,
honey
,
incline
,
induce
,
influence
,
invest
,
jolly
,
kid along
,
knead
,
laxate
,
lay it on
,
lay low
,
lay siege to
,
lead
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
mash
,
massage
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mitigate
,
mollify
,
move
,
oil
,
overdo it
,
persuade
,
play up to
,
plump
,
predispose
,
prompt
,
pulp
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
relax
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
smash
,
soap
,
soft-soap
,
soften
,
squash
,
string along
,
stroke
,
subdue
,
supple
,
surround
,
sway
,
tenderize
,
tinge
,
tone
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
,
wear down
,
weigh with
,
work
parch
collapse
cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
related words >
Sanforize
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
be in heat
,
blaze
,
blister
,
bloom
,
blot
,
boil
,
brand
,
broil
,
brush
,
burn
,
burn in
,
burn off
,
cast
,
cauterize
,
char
,
choke
,
coal
,
combust
,
consume
,
cook
,
crack
,
cupel
,
cure
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
drain
,
dry
,
dry up
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fire
,
flame
,
flame up
,
flare
,
flare up
,
flicker
,
flush
,
found
,
fry
,
gasp
,
glow
,
incandesce
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
oxidate
,
oxidize
,
pant
,
preshrink
,
pyrolyze
,
radiate heat
,
roast
,
rub
,
scald
,
scorch
,
sear
,
seethe
,
shimmer with heat
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
shrivel up
,
simmer
,
singe
,
smoke
,
smolder
,
smother
,
soak up
,
solder
,
spark
,
sponge
,
steam
,
stew
,
stifle
,
suffocate
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
sweat
,
swelter
,
swinge
,
thin
,
toast
,
torrefy
,
towel
,
vesicate
,
vulcanize
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weazen
,
weld
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
lighten
collapse
become lighter; "The room lightened up"
become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
be light
,
beacon
,
blunt
,
break
,
brighten
,
brighten up
,
chasten
,
cheer up
,
constrain
,
control
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dawn
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disburden
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
enlighten
,
extenuate
,
flood with light
,
floodlight
,
gladden
,
grow bright
,
grow light
,
have little weight
,
highlight
,
illume
,
illuminate
,
illumine
,
irradiate
,
keep within bounds
,
kick the beam
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
light
,
light up
,
luminate
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
obtund
,
off-load
,
overshine
,
palliate
,
play down
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
relume
,
relumine
,
restrain
,
set at ease
,
shed light upon
,
shine
,
shine upon
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smile
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
spotlight
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
thin
,
throw light upon
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unballast
,
unburden
,
underplay
,
unfreight
,
unlade
,
unload
,
weaken
,
weigh lightly
gracile
collapse
slender and graceful
related words >
Attic
,
Ciceronian
,
aesthetic
,
aesthetically appealing
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
attractive
,
beauteous
,
beautiful
,
boyish
,
chaste
,
civilized
,
classic
,
clear
,
cultivated
,
cultured
,
dainty
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
diluted
,
direct
,
discriminating
,
easy
,
elegant
,
endowed with beauty
,
ethereal
,
exquisite
,
eye-filling
,
fastidious
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
finished
,
flimsy
,
flowerlike
,
frail
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
graceful
,
gracious
,
handsome
,
heavy
,
insubstantial
,
lacy
,
light
,
limpid
,
lovely
,
lucid
,
misty
,
natural
,
neat
,
nice
,
papery
,
pellucid
,
perspicuous
,
plain
,
polished
,
pretty
,
pulchritudinous
,
pure
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
refined
,
restrained
,
round
,
simple
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
sophisticated
,
straightforward
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tasteful
,
tenuous
,
terse
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
trim
,
unaffected
,
unlabored
,
vague
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
willowy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
filmy
collapse
related words >
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
beclouded
,
blear
,
bleared
,
bleary
,
blurred
,
blurry
,
clear
,
clear as crystal
,
clouded
,
cloudy
,
cobwebby
,
confused
,
crystal
,
crystal-clear
,
crystalline
,
dainty
,
dark
,
delicate
,
diaphane
,
diaphanous
,
dim
,
downy
,
faint
,
feeble
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
fluffy
,
foggy
,
foliaceous
,
foliated
,
fuzzy
,
gauzy
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
half-seen
,
half-visible
,
hazy
,
ill-defined
,
in layers
,
inconspicuous
,
indefinite
,
indistinct
,
indistinguishable
,
insubstantial
,
lamellar
,
lamellate
,
lamellated
,
lamelliform
,
laminate
,
laminated
,
laminous
,
leaflike
,
leafy
,
light
,
light-pervious
,
limpid
,
low-profile
,
lucid
,
membranous
,
merely glimpsed
,
milky
,
misty
,
murky
,
nonopaque
,
obscure
,
opalescent
,
out of focus
,
pale
,
pearly
,
peekaboo
,
pellucid
,
pubescent
,
refined
,
revealing
,
satin
,
satiny
,
scummy
,
see-through
,
semivisible
,
shadowy
,
sheer
,
silky
,
smooth
,
spathic
,
spathose
,
stratified
,
stratiform
,
thin
,
thin-spun
,
three-ply
,
translucent
,
transparent
,
transpicuous
,
two-ply
,
uncertain
,
unclear
,
unclouded
,
undefined
,
unplain
,
unrecognizable
,
vague
,
velutinous
,
velvety
,
weak
,
wiredrawn
bate
collapse
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abstract
,
alleviate
,
allow
,
attenuate
,
bar
,
be eaten away
,
blunt
,
charge off
,
close
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
count out
,
crumble
,
curtail
,
cut
,
debar
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deliquesce
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
die away
,
die down
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disedge
,
disparage
,
dive
,
drain
,
draw the teeth
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat away
,
ebb
,
eliminate
,
erode
,
except
,
extenuate
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
file away
,
impair
,
kick back
,
languish
,
leach
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
loose
,
loosen
,
make allowance
,
melt away
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obtund
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
relax
,
remit
,
remove
,
repress
,
retrench
,
retund
,
rub away
,
rule out
,
run low
,
sag
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
subduct
,
subside
,
subtract
,
suspend
,
tail off
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
taper
,
taper off
,
thin
,
thin out
,
turn
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water down
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
watered down
collapse
related words >
abated
,
ablated
,
adulterated
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
bated
,
belittled
,
boyish
,
consumed
,
contracted
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
dead
,
decreased
,
deflated
,
delicate
,
diaphanous
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
diminished
,
dissipated
,
dropped
,
eroded
,
ethereal
,
fade
,
fallen
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
flimsy
,
frail
,
gaseous
,
gauzy
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gracile
,
gruelly
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
insubstantial
,
jejune
,
lacy
,
less
,
lesser
,
light
,
lower
,
lowered
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
miniaturized
,
misty
,
papery
,
pappy
,
pulpy
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
reduced
,
retrenched
,
sapless
,
savorless
,
scaled-down
,
shorn
,
shorter
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
small
,
smaller
,
spiceless
,
stale
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
tasteless
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinned
,
thinned-out
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unflavored
,
unsavory
,
unsubstantial
,
vague
,
vapid
,
vaporous
,
washy
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
waterish
,
watery
,
weak
,
weakened
,
willowy
,
windy
,
wiredrawn
,
wishy-washy
,
wispy
,
worn
expand
collapse
become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
related words >
add to
,
adulterate
,
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
attenuate
,
augment
,
balloon
,
beef up
,
bloat
,
blow up
,
bolster
,
boost
,
branch
,
branch out
,
broaden
,
build
,
build up
,
bulk
,
bulk out
,
complete
,
crescendo
,
cut
,
deal in generalities
,
deepen
,
deploy
,
descant
,
detail
,
develop
,
dilate
,
dilute
,
discourse
,
disperse
,
distend
,
ecumenicize
,
elaborate
,
embellish
,
enlarge
,
enlarge upon
,
enter into detail
,
etherealize
,
evolve
,
exalt
,
expatiate
,
explicate
,
extend
,
fan
,
fan out
,
fatten
,
fill out
,
flare
,
generalize
,
globalize
,
go into
,
greaten
,
grow
,
heighten
,
hike
,
hike up
,
huff
,
increase
,
inflate
,
jack up
,
jump up
,
labor
,
lengthen
,
magnify
,
make a generalization
,
maximize
,
mount
,
multiply
,
mushroom
,
open
,
open up
,
outspread
,
outstretch
,
overgrow
,
overrun
,
parlay
,
particularize
,
prolong
,
protract
,
puff
,
puff up
,
pump
,
pump up
,
put up
,
pyramid
,
raise
,
ramify
,
rarefy
,
rehearse in extenso
,
relate at large
,
snowball
,
spell out
,
splay
,
spraddle
,
sprangle
,
sprawl
,
spread
,
spread like wildfire
,
spread out
,
stretch
,
subtilize
,
sufflate
,
swell
,
thicken
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tumefy
,
unfold
,
universalize
,
up
,
upsurge
,
vise
,
water
,
water down
,
wax
,
widen
,
work out
lay low
collapse
related words >
abate
,
align
,
attenuate
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
blow to pieces
,
blow up
,
blunt
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
brain
,
bring down
,
bulldog
,
burn to death
,
cast down
,
chop down
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cut down
,
cut to pieces
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash down
,
deaden
,
deal a deathblow
,
debilitate
,
deck
,
devitalize
,
disintegrate
,
down
,
drop
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
equalize
,
even
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
flatten
,
floor
,
flush
,
frag
,
give the quietus
,
grade
,
ground
,
gruel
,
gun down
,
hew down
,
incinerate
,
jugulate
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
lapidate
,
lay
,
lay down
,
lay flat
,
lay level
,
lay out
,
level
,
mitigate
,
mow
,
mow down
,
pistol
,
poleax
,
precipitate
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
rattle
,
raze
,
reduce
,
riddle
,
roll
,
roll flat
,
sap
,
send headlong
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shoot
,
shoot down
,
shoot to death
,
shotgun
,
silence
,
smooth
,
smooth out
,
smoothen
,
soften up
,
spread-eagle
,
stab to death
,
steamroll
,
steamroller
,
stone
,
stone to death
,
strike dead
,
supinate
,
take down
,
take off
,
throw
,
throw down
,
topple
,
trip
,
tumble
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
vaporize
,
weaken
,
whack down
attentive
collapse
(often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"
related words >
accommodating
,
accommodative
,
accurate
,
advertent
,
affable
,
agile
,
agog
,
agreeable
,
alert
,
alive
,
all ears
,
all eyes
,
assiduous
,
attenuate
,
awake
,
aware
,
bright
,
cap in hand
,
careful
,
cautious
,
ceremonious
,
circumspect
,
civil
,
close
,
complaisant
,
concentrated
,
concentrating
,
conscientious
,
conscious
,
considerate
,
correct
,
courteous
,
courtly
,
critical
,
curious
,
deferential
,
delicate
,
demanding
,
detailed
,
diligent
,
dutiful
,
eager
,
earnest
,
exact
,
exacting
,
exigent
,
exquisite
,
fair
,
fine
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
fussy
,
gallant
,
graceful
,
gracious
,
heedful
,
helpful
,
honorific
,
indulgent
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
interested
,
keen
,
lenient
,
listening
,
loving
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
mindful of others
,
minute
,
narrow
,
nice
,
niggling
,
nimble
,
obliging
,
observant
,
observing
,
on the
,
on the alert
,
on the ball
,
on the job
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
particular
,
polite
,
precise
,
precisianistic
,
precisionistic
,
prompt
,
punctilious
,
punctual
,
qui vive
,
quick
,
ready
,
reedy
,
refined
,
regardful
,
religious
,
respectful
,
rigid
,
rigorous
,
scrupulous
,
scrutinizing
,
sharp
,
sleepless
,
slender
,
slight
,
slim
,
smart
,
solicitous
,
strict
,
subtle
,
tactful
,
tender
,
tenuous
,
thoughtful
,
tolerant
,
twiggy
,
unblinking
,
unnodding
,
unsleeping
,
unwinking
,
urbane
,
wakeful
,
watchful
,
wide-awake
dwindle
collapse
become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
attenuate
,
bate
,
be consumed
,
be eaten away
,
be gone
,
calm
,
calm down
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
close
,
condense
,
consume
,
consume away
,
contract
,
corrode
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die down
,
die out
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
dive
,
do a fade-out
,
drift away
,
droop
,
drop
,
drop off
,
ebb
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
extenuate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fail
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
fall short
,
flag
,
flee
,
fly
,
go
,
go away
,
halt
,
hide
,
languish
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
lessen
,
let up
,
lose strength
,
lull
,
melt
,
melt away
,
moderate
,
molder
,
move away
,
move off
,
pacify
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
peak
,
perish
,
peter out
,
pine
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
pull away
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
recede
,
reduce
,
retire
,
retire from sight
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
run down
,
run low
,
sag
,
shrink
,
shrivel up
,
sink
,
sink away
,
soothe
,
stand off
,
stop
,
subside
,
suffer an eclipse
,
tail off
,
taper
,
taper off
,
thin
,
tranquilize
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
widen the distance
,
wilt
,
withdraw
,
wither
,
wither away
unman
collapse
cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
related words >
abase
,
abate
,
affright
,
alarm
,
attenuate
,
beat down
,
bend
,
blunt
,
break
,
break down
,
bring low
,
bring to terms
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
castrate
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
conquer
,
cow
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
crush
,
curdle the blood
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash
,
daunt
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
degrade
,
demasculinize
,
demoralize
,
deplete
,
desex
,
desexualize
,
despotize
,
devitalize
,
disqualify
,
disquiet
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
drain
,
dull
,
effeminize
,
emasculate
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
enslave
,
etiolate
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fright
,
frighten
,
funk
,
grind
,
grind down
,
gruel
,
henpeck
,
horripilate
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
impoverish
,
intimidate
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
knock down
,
lay low
,
lord it over
,
make one tremble
,
master
,
mitigate
,
oppress
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overcome
,
overmaster
,
override
,
overwhelm
,
paralyze
,
press heavy on
,
prostrate
,
psych out
,
quell
,
raise apprehensions
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
repress
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
sap
,
scare
,
shake
,
shake up
,
soften up
,
spook
,
stagger
,
startle
,
sterilize
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
terrorize
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread underfoot
,
tread upon
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
undo
,
unfit
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
upset
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
weaken
,
weigh heavy on
dissipate
collapse
live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
related words >
ablate
,
attenuate
,
be consumed
,
be gone
,
be promiscuous
,
blow
,
blow off
,
blunder away
,
break up
,
burn up
,
carouse
,
cast forth
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
chase women
,
clear away
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
commit adultery
,
consume
,
crumble
,
debauch
,
decrease
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
deplete
,
depreciate
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diffuse
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
disintegrate
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
disseminate
,
dissolve
,
distribute
,
do a fade-out
,
drain
,
dribble away
,
drive away
,
dwindle
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exhaust
,
exit
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
flee
,
fly
,
fool
,
fornicate
,
fritter away
,
gamble away
,
go
,
go away
,
go through
,
go to pot
,
go to seed
,
go to waste
,
grovel
,
hang the expense
,
hide
,
lavish
,
leak
,
leak away
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
live hard
,
make merry
,
melt
,
melt away
,
party
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
peter out
,
philander
,
plunge into dissipation
,
rake
,
retire from sight
,
revel
,
roister
,
run riot
,
run through
,
run to seed
,
run to waste
,
scatter
,
seize the day
,
shrink
,
sink
,
sink away
,
slather
,
sleep around
,
sow
,
sow broadcast
,
spread out
,
squander
,
suffer an eclipse
,
swing
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw away
,
throw money around
,
use up
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
vaporize
,
volatilize
,
wallow
,
wanton
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
,
whore
,
womanize
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