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wince
collapse
a reflex response to sudden pain
the facial expression of sudden pain
make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
withdraw
,
writhe
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
fall back
collapse
retreat
fall backwards and down
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
related words >
avoid
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
back up
,
backslide
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
come after
,
come last
,
cringe
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
disengage
,
disimprove
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
flinch
,
follow
,
get worse
,
give back
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
grow worse
,
hang back
,
have a relapse
,
jib
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
recur to
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return to
,
revert
,
revert to
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sicken
,
sidestep
,
sink back
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
worsen
,
yield again to
sapless
collapse
destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer
related words >
Saharan
,
anemic
,
anhydrous
,
arid
,
asthenic
,
athirst
,
bland
,
bloodless
,
bone-dry
,
chicken
,
cowardly
,
dead
,
debilitated
,
desert
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
driveling
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
droughty
,
dry
,
dry as dust
,
dull
,
dusty
,
effete
,
etiolated
,
fade
,
faint
,
faintish
,
feeble
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
floppy
,
gone
,
gruelly
,
gutless
,
high and dry
,
imbecile
,
impotent
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
innocuous
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
juiceless
,
languid
,
languorous
,
like parchment
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
lustless
,
marrowless
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
namby-pamby
,
nerveless
,
pappy
,
pithless
,
pooped
,
powerless
,
pulpy
,
rubbery
,
sandy
,
savorless
,
sinewless
,
slack
,
soft
,
spiceless
,
spineless
,
stale
,
strengthless
,
tasteless
,
thin
,
thirsting
,
thirsty
,
undamped
,
unflavored
,
unhardened
,
unnerved
,
unsavory
,
unstrung
,
unwatered
,
vapid
,
washy
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
waterless
,
watery
,
weak
,
weakly
,
wishy-washy
emerge
collapse
come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"
become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"
come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge"
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accrue from
,
appear
,
arise
,
arise from
,
bail out
,
be contingent on
,
be due to
,
be revealed
,
become known
,
become manifest
,
become visible
,
break cover
,
break forth
,
break out
,
break through
,
bud from
,
burst forth
,
come
,
come forth
,
come forward
,
come from
,
come in sight
,
come out
,
come out of
,
come to hand
,
come to light
,
come up
,
crop out
,
crop up
,
debouch
,
depend on
,
derive
,
derive from
,
descend from
,
develop
,
disembogue
,
effuse
,
emanate
,
emanate from
,
emerge from
,
ensue from
,
enter
,
erupt
,
evolve
,
exit
,
extrude
,
fade in
,
find vent
,
flow
,
flow from
,
follow from
,
germinate from
,
grow from
,
grow out of
,
hang on
,
happen
,
heave in sight
,
hinge on
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
issue from
,
jump out
,
leak out
,
look forth
,
loom
,
materialize
,
ooze out
,
originate
,
originate in
,
outcrop
,
peep out
,
proceed
,
proceed from
,
protrude
,
rear its head
,
rise
,
run out
,
sally
,
sally forth
,
see the light
,
show
,
show up
,
spring
,
spring from
,
sprout from
,
stem
,
stem from
,
stream forth
,
strike the eye
,
surface
,
transpire
,
turn on
,
turn out
,
turn up
diminution
collapse
the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
related words >
abatement
,
abridgment
,
allayment
,
alleviation
,
analgesia
,
anesthesia
,
anesthetizing
,
appeasement
,
assuagement
,
attenuation
,
attrition
,
blunting
,
calming
,
concavity
,
contraction
,
curtailment
,
cut
,
cutting
,
dampening
,
damping
,
de-escalation
,
deadening
,
debasement
,
decrease
,
decrement
,
decrescence
,
deduction
,
deflation
,
degradation
,
demotion
,
demulsion
,
depletion
,
depreciation
,
depression
,
derogation
,
descent
,
detraction
,
detrusion
,
diminishment
,
dip
,
disparagement
,
ducking
,
dulcification
,
dulling
,
dying
,
dying off
,
ease
,
easement
,
easing
,
extenuation
,
extraction
,
fade-out
,
falling-off
,
hauling down
,
hollowness
,
hushing
,
impairment
,
languishment
,
leniency
,
lessening
,
letdown
,
letup
,
lightening
,
loosening
,
lowering
,
lulling
,
miniaturization
,
mitigation
,
modulation
,
mollification
,
numbing
,
pacification
,
palliation
,
quietening
,
quieting
,
reduction
,
relaxation
,
relief
,
remedy
,
remission
,
retraction
,
retrenchment
,
sagging
,
salving
,
scaling down
,
shortening
,
shrinkage
,
simplicity
,
sinking
,
slackening
,
softening
,
soothing
,
subduement
,
submergence
,
subtraction
,
tempering
,
thrusting under
,
tranquilization
,
truncation
,
weakening
poop out
collapse
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
related words >
beat
,
blow
,
blow up
,
break
,
break down
,
burn out
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
debilitate
,
decline
,
disintegrate
,
do in
,
do up
,
droop
,
drop
,
enervate
,
exhaust
,
explode
,
fade
,
fag
,
fag out
,
fail
,
fail miserably
,
faint
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall through
,
fatigue
,
fizz out
,
fizzle
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
frazzle
,
gasp
,
get bogged down
,
get hung up
,
get mired
,
get nowhere
,
get tired
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go phut
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
grow weary
,
hang up
,
harass
,
hit the skids
,
jade
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
languish
,
misfire
,
overfatigue
,
overstrain
,
overtire
,
overweary
,
pant
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
play out
,
poop
,
prostrate
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
run down
,
run out
,
sink
,
succumb
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tucker
,
use up
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
wear thin
,
weary
,
wheeze
,
wilt
,
wind
,
yield
timeworn
collapse
related words >
age-old
,
aged
,
anile
,
antediluvian
,
antique
,
back-number
,
banal
,
bare
,
bewhiskered
,
bromidic
,
cliched
,
common
,
commonplace
,
corny
,
crabbed
,
crumbling
,
cut-and-dried
,
debilitated
,
decrepit
,
deep-worn
,
dilapidated
,
doddered
,
doddering
,
doddery
,
dog-eared
,
dusty
,
fade
,
familiar
,
feeble
,
fossilized
,
fusty
,
gerontal
,
gerontic
,
gone to seed
,
hack
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
hoary
,
infirm
,
mildewed
,
moldering
,
moldy
,
moss-grown
,
mossbacked
,
moth-eaten
,
mummylike
,
musty
,
old
,
old hat
,
palsied
,
papery-skinned
,
platitudinous
,
ravaged with age
,
rickety
,
ruined
,
ruinous
,
run to seed
,
rusty
,
senile
,
sere
,
set
,
shaky
,
shelfworn
,
shopworn
,
shriveled
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
stricken in years
,
threadbare
,
time-scarred
,
tottering
,
tottery
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unoriginal
,
venerable
,
warmed-over
,
weak
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
withered
,
wizened
,
worn
,
worn ragged
,
worn thin
,
worn to rags
,
worn to threads
,
worn-down
,
worn-out
back number
collapse
related words >
Methuselah
,
antediluvian
,
antique
,
banal
,
behind the times
,
bewhiskered
,
bromidic
,
collection
,
common
,
commonplace
,
conservative
,
copy
,
corny
,
cut-and-dried
,
dad
,
dated
,
dodo
,
edition
,
elder
,
fade
,
familiar
,
fogy
,
fossil
,
fud
,
fuddy-duddy
,
fusty
,
granny
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
has-been
,
impression
,
issue
,
library
,
library edition
,
longhair
,
matriarch
,
mid-Victorian
,
mossback
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
number
,
old believer
,
old crock
,
old dodo
,
old fogy
,
old hat
,
old liner
,
old man
,
old poop
,
old woman
,
old-fashioned
,
old-timer
,
old-timey
,
oldfangled
,
out of fashion
,
out of season
,
out-of-date
,
outdated
,
outmoded
,
patriarch
,
platitudinous
,
pop
,
pops
,
printing
,
reactionary
,
regular old fogy
,
relic
,
school edition
,
series
,
set
,
square
,
stale
,
starets
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
styleless
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
trade book
,
trade edition
,
traditionalist
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unfashionable
,
unoriginal
,
volume
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn thin
cringe
collapse
related words >
apple-polish
,
avoid
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
blench
,
blink
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
brown-nose
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe to
,
croodle
,
crouch
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
defer
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
eat dirt
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flinch
,
funk
,
genuflect
,
get down
,
grovel
,
hang back
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
jib
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
quiver
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scrouch down
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skulk
,
slaver
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squat
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stoop
,
swerve
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
tremble
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
turn aside
,
wallow
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
welter
,
wince
,
withdraw
molder
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
age
,
antiquate
,
atomize
,
become extinct
,
become obsolete
,
break down
,
break up
,
calm
,
calm down
,
canker
,
carver
,
cease
,
chaser
,
clay modeler
,
come apart
,
consume
,
corrode
,
corrupt
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
date
,
decay
,
decompose
,
die down
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disorganize
,
dissolve
,
dwindle
,
earth artist
,
ebb
,
erode
,
fade
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
figurer
,
figuriste
,
fission
,
fossilize
,
fust
,
gangrene
,
gem carver
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
graver
,
grow old
,
halt
,
lose currency
,
lull
,
mason
,
mildew
,
modeler
,
mold
,
monumental mason
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
obsolesce
,
outdate
,
pacify
,
perish
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
rankle
,
rot
,
rust
,
sculptor
,
sculptress
,
sculpturer
,
soothe
,
sphacelate
,
split
,
spoil
,
statuary
,
stonecutter
,
stop
,
subside
,
superannuate
,
suppurate
,
taint
,
tranquilize
,
turn
,
wane
,
waste away
,
wax modeler
,
wear away
,
wood carver
weasel
collapse
small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
related words >
Argus
,
Cape polecat
,
Skimobile
,
Sno-Cat
,
ape
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bar
,
bear
,
blade
,
blench
,
blink
,
cat
,
cavy
,
chimp
,
chimpanzee
,
coon
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
eagle
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
ferret
,
flinch
,
foumart
,
glutton
,
groundhog
,
guinea pig
,
hang back
,
hawk
,
hedge
,
hedgehog
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lynx
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
monk
,
monkey
,
mousehound
,
opossum
,
palter
,
parry
,
polecat
,
porcupine
,
possum
,
prairie dog
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quill pig
,
raccoon
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
runner
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skunk
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
slink
,
sneaker
,
snowmobile
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
waffle
,
weasel out
,
whistle-pig
,
wince
,
wolverine
,
woodchuck
,
zoril
quail
collapse
small gallinaceous game birds
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
related words >
Cornish hen
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
broiler
,
caille
,
canard
,
caneton
,
capon
,
chapon
,
chicken
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
damsel
,
demur
,
dindon
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duckling
,
evade
,
fade
,
faisan
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
fowl
,
fryer
,
funk
,
gal
,
goose
,
grouse
,
guinea hen
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
lass
,
lassie
,
maid
,
maiden
,
make bones about
,
miss
,
missy
,
oie
,
partridge
,
pause
,
pheasant
,
pigeon
,
pigeonneau
,
poulet
,
pull back
,
quiff
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
roaster
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
skulk
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squab
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stewing chicken
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turkey
,
turn aside
,
volaille
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wild duck
,
wince
hang back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
balance
,
be dilatory
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
drag
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
gain time
,
get behind
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
pause
,
play for time
,
ponder
,
procrastinate
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
straggle
,
strain
,
strain at
,
swerve
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
think twice about
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
trail
collapse
a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
related words >
afterclap
,
aftercrop
,
aftereffect
,
afterglow
,
aftergrowth
,
afterimage
,
aftermath
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
aftertaste
,
alameda
,
aroma
,
attend
,
back
,
back up
,
bag
,
beat
,
beaten path
,
beaten track
,
bedog
,
berm
,
bicycle path
,
boardwalk
,
breath
,
bridle path
,
cascade
,
catwalk
,
chase
,
chivy
,
come after
,
come behind
,
come last
,
condensation trail
,
contrail
,
course
,
daggle
,
dally
,
dangle
,
dawdle
,
decrease
,
definite odor
,
delay
,
depend
,
detectable odor
,
die out
,
dillydally
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
displace
,
dog
,
drabble
,
drag
,
drag along
,
draggle
,
drape
,
draw
,
drive
,
droop
,
dwindle
,
effluvium
,
emanate
,
emanation
,
ensue
,
esplanade
,
essence
,
exhalation
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
falcon
,
fall
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fastwalk
,
flag
,
flap
,
flavor
,
flop
,
flow
,
flush
,
follow
,
follow a clue
,
follow after
,
follow the hounds
,
follow up
,
foot pavement
,
footpath
,
footprints
,
footsteps
,
footway
,
fowl
,
fragrance
,
fume
,
garden path
,
get behind
,
go after
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
go hunting
,
goof off
,
groove
,
grow dim
,
gun
,
hale
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang down
,
haul
,
hawk
,
heave
,
heel
,
hiking trail
,
hound
,
hunt
,
hunt down
,
issue
,
jack
,
jacklight
,
lag
,
lag behind
,
lessen
,
line
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lop
,
lug
,
mall
,
move
,
move behind
,
nod
,
nose
,
nose out
,
odor
,
overtake
,
parade
,
path
,
pathway
,
pend
,
peter out
,
piste
,
plod
,
poke
,
prado
,
procrastinate
,
promenade
,
prowl after
,
public walk
,
pull
,
pursue
,
queue
,
redolence
,
regress
,
replace
,
result
,
retrogress
,
revert
,
ride to hounds
,
route
,
run
,
run down
,
run to earth
,
runway
,
rut
,
sag
,
savor
,
scent
,
shadow
,
shikar
,
shilly-shally
,
shoot
,
sidewalk
,
signs
,
smell
,
smell out
,
snake
,
sniff out
,
spoor
,
sport
,
stalk
,
start
,
stench
,
still-hunt
,
straggle
,
stream
,
string along
,
subside
,
subtle odor
,
succeed
,
supervene
,
swag
,
sweep
,
swing
,
tab
,
tag
,
tag after
,
tag along
,
tail
,
tailgate
,
tailpiece
,
take in tow
,
taper off
,
tarry
,
tow
,
towing path
,
towpath
,
trace
,
trace down
,
traces
,
track
,
track down
,
trail after
,
trail behind
,
trailer
,
train
,
traipse
,
trawl
,
tread close upon
,
troll
,
trottoir
,
trudge
,
tug
,
vapor trail
,
wake
,
walk
,
walkway
,
waste time
,
way
,
weaken
,
weep
,
whiff
pointless
collapse
lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
related words >
abrupt
,
absurd
,
aimless
,
arid
,
asinine
,
barren
,
blah
,
blank
,
bloodless
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
bootless
,
characterless
,
cold
,
colorless
,
dead
,
dismal
,
draggy
,
drearisome
,
dreary
,
dry
,
dryasdust
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
dusty
,
edgeless
,
effete
,
elephantine
,
empty
,
etiolated
,
fade
,
faired
,
fatuous
,
feckless
,
flat
,
fruitless
,
futile
,
heavy
,
ho-hum
,
hollow
,
impotent
,
inane
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
inexcitable
,
insignificant
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
leaden
,
lifeless
,
low-spirited
,
meaningless
,
no go
,
nonsensical
,
obtuse
,
of no use
,
pale
,
pallid
,
pedestrian
,
plodding
,
poky
,
ponderous
,
preposterous
,
purportless
,
purposeless
,
ridiculous
,
rounded
,
senseless
,
silly
,
slow
,
smoothed
,
solemn
,
spiritless
,
sterile
,
stiff
,
stodgy
,
stuffy
,
stupid
,
superficial
,
superfluous
,
tasteless
,
tedious
,
unavailing
,
unedged
,
unlively
,
unmeaning
,
unpointed
,
unproductive
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
,
useless
,
vain
,
vapid
,
wooden
,
worthless
tone down
collapse
make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
related words >
abate
,
achromatize
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
atone
,
attemper
,
attune
,
baffle
,
bank the fire
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
chord
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
dim
,
diminish
,
discolor
,
downplay
,
drain
,
drain of color
,
dull
,
ease
,
etiolate
,
extenuate
,
fade
,
fluff
,
fume
,
gentle
,
keep within bounds
,
knead
,
laxate
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
mash
,
massage
,
mat
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
muffle
,
mute
,
obtund
,
pale
,
palliate
,
peroxide
,
play down
,
plump
,
pulp
,
put in tune
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
relax
,
restrain
,
shake up
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smash
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften up
,
squash
,
stifle
,
stop
,
string
,
subdue
,
supple
,
suppress
,
tame
,
tarnish
,
temper
,
tenderize
,
tone up
,
tune
,
tune down
,
tune up
,
underplay
,
voice
,
wash out
,
weaken
,
whiten
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