Related Words:
- tempering
collapse - moderating by making more temperate related words >
- abatement,
- abating,
- ability,
- aging,
- allaying,
- allayment,
- alleviating,
- alleviation,
- arteriosclerosis,
- assuagement,
- assuaging,
- atherosclerosis,
- background,
- blaseness,
- blunting,
- calcification,
- callusing,
- calming,
- capability,
- case hardening,
- chastening,
- chisel temper,
- competence,
- competency,
- concretion,
- condition,
- cornification,
- crystallization,
- cushioning,
- dampening,
- damping,
- dash,
- deadening,
- demulsion,
- development,
- die temper,
- diminishing,
- diminution,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- easing,
- experience,
- falling-off,
- firming,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- fortification,
- fossilization,
- granulation,
- hardening,
- hardness scale,
- heat treating,
- hint,
- hornification,
- hushing,
- indenter,
- induration,
- infusion,
- inkling,
- intimation,
- invigoration,
- lapidification,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- lithification,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- mastery,
- maturation,
- maturescence,
- maturity,
- mellowing,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- ossification,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- past experience,
- petrifaction,
- petrification,
- practical knowledge,
- practice,
- precipitation hardening,
- preparedness,
- proficiency,
- qualification,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- razor temper,
- readiness,
- reducing,
- reduction,
- refreshment,
- reinforcement,
- reinvigoration,
- relaxation,
- relaxing,
- remission,
- restrengthening,
- revivification,
- ripeness,
- ripening,
- sagacity,
- sauce,
- saw file temper,
- sclerosis,
- seasoning,
- senescence,
- set temper,
- setting,
- shade,
- slackening,
- smack,
- softening,
- solidification,
- soothing,
- sophistication,
- soupcon,
- spice,
- spindle temper,
- sprinkling,
- steeling,
- stiffening,
- strengthening,
- subduement,
- subduing,
- suggestion,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- suspicion,
- taint,
- temper,
- thought,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tool temper,
- touch,
- toughening,
- trace,
- tranquilization,
- trim,
- vestige,
- vitrifaction,
- vitrification,
- worldly wisdom
- obstruction
collapse
- getting in someone's way
- the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"
- any structure that makes progress difficult
- the state or condition of being obstructed related words >
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bar,
- barrier,
- bind,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottleneck,
- bureaucratic delay,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cessation,
- check,
- checking,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- cramp,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- detention,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drawback,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidding,
- gorge,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- interruption,
- jam,
- joker,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- limitation,
- limiting,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- mountain,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstructionism,
- obstructive,
- occlusion,
- one small difficulty,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- proscription,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- snag,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- stranglehold,
- strangulation,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- abort,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- be disappointing,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- blow up,
- blubber,
- boil,
- boil over,
- boiling,
- bomb,
- bubble,
- bubble over,
- bubble up,
- bubbliness,
- bubbling,
- buffet,
- burble,
- burn out,
- bust,
- buzz,
- carbonation,
- cave in,
- collapse,
- come short,
- come to grief,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- comedown,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- defeat,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- dull thud,
- ebullience,
- ebulliency,
- ebullition,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescency,
- effervescing,
- expire,
- explode,
- fail,
- fail miserably,
- failure,
- fall short,
- fall through,
- fallen countenance,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fiasco,
- fizz,
- fizz out,
- fizzle out,
- fizzling,
- flame out,
- flat failure,
- flop,
- floperoo,
- foaming,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- frost,
- frothiness,
- frothing,
- frustration,
- get nowhere,
- go out,
- go phut,
- go wrong,
- guggle,
- gurgle,
- hang up,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- hope deferred,
- hush,
- hushing,
- lemon,
- letdown,
- lisp,
- mirage,
- miscarry,
- misfire,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- peter out,
- plop,
- poop out,
- rhonchus,
- seethe,
- setback,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigmatism,
- simmer,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- sore disappointment,
- sparkle,
- spit,
- splutter,
- spumescence,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- swish,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- total loss,
- turkey,
- turn sour,
- washout,
- wheeze,
- whish,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- work,
- zip
- comedown
collapse
- decline to a lower status or level related words >
- abasement,
- anticlimax,
- backset,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- bathos,
- belittling,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- breakdown,
- buffet,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- check,
- chute,
- collapse,
- contempt,
- crash,
- cropper,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- debacle,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decrial,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- defluxion,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- detraction,
- devolution,
- disappointment,
- disapproval,
- discomfiture,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disillusionment,
- disparagement,
- dissatisfaction,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- dropping,
- dump,
- dying,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- embarrassment,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- faint praise,
- fall,
- fallen countenance,
- falling,
- falling-off,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- gravitation,
- hangdog look,
- hope deferred,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- inclination,
- indignity,
- involution,
- knocking,
- lapse,
- letdown,
- loss of tone,
- lukewarm support,
- minimizing,
- mirage,
- mortification,
- nose dive,
- plummeting,
- pounce,
- pratfall,
- put-down,
- putting down,
- rapids,
- regression,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reverse of fortune,
- ruin,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setback,
- setdown,
- severe check,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slighting,
- slippage,
- slump,
- smash,
- sore disappointment,
- sour grapes,
- stoop,
- stumble,
- swoop,
- tailspin,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- throwback,
- tumble,
- undoing,
- wane,
- waterfall,
- wreck
- shame
collapse
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
- cause to be ashamed
- compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends" related words >
- abasement,
- abash,
- abashment,
- abomination,
- apologies,
- atrocity,
- attrition,
- ayenbite of inwit,
- bad,
- besmirch,
- bitterness,
- blacken,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- bully,
- burning shame,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- calamity,
- calumniate,
- calumniation,
- cast reproach upon,
- catastrophe,
- chagrin,
- chasten,
- coerce,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- contriteness,
- contrition,
- coyness,
- debase,
- debasement,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- defamation,
- defame,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- defrock,
- degradation,
- degrade,
- delicacy,
- denigration,
- deplume,
- derogation,
- descent,
- desecration,
- diffidence,
- dirty shame,
- disaster,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- discredit,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparagement,
- displume,
- disrepute,
- drive,
- dump,
- eclipse,
- elegance,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- error,
- evil,
- force,
- grief,
- guilt,
- hangdog look,
- humble,
- humbled pride,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- humility,
- ignominy,
- impute shame to,
- infamy,
- iniquity,
- knavery,
- let down,
- letdown,
- low-down dirty shame,
- modesty,
- mortification,
- mortify,
- obliquity,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- opprobrium,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outrage,
- outshine,
- outstrip,
- overshadow,
- peccancy,
- pillory,
- pity,
- profanation,
- propriety,
- prudishness,
- pudency,
- pudicity,
- push,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to shame,
- put-down,
- reflect discredit upon,
- regret,
- regretfulness,
- regrets,
- regretting,
- remorse,
- remorse of conscience,
- remorsefulness,
- repining,
- reproach,
- reprobacy,
- respectability,
- sacrilege,
- scandal,
- scandalize,
- seemliness,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- self-reproach,
- setdown,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- shamefulness,
- show up,
- shyness,
- sin,
- smear,
- sorriness,
- sorrow,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- surpass,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- terrible thing,
- timidity,
- unfrock,
- vilification,
- villainy,
- violation,
- wistfulness,
- wrong
- slowdown
collapse
- the act of slowing down or falling behind related words >
- action,
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- boycott,
- boycottage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- catabasis,
- check,
- cheeseparing,
- collapse,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- crash,
- crisis,
- curtailment,
- cutback,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- depression,
- detention,
- diminuendo,
- dive,
- double take,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- ebb,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- economization,
- economizing,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- fall,
- falloff,
- flagging,
- freeze,
- growth,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- high growth rate,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- inactivity,
- interim,
- jam,
- job action,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lockout,
- logjam,
- low,
- low growth rate,
- market expansion,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- outlaw strike,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- peak,
- peaking,
- plunge,
- prosperity,
- protest,
- recession,
- recovery,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- remission,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- revolt,
- rulebook slowdown,
- saving,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- setback,
- sick-in,
- sit-down,
- sit-down strike,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- slump,
- sparing,
- stagnation,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- subsidence,
- suspension,
- sympathy strike,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- turnout,
- upturn,
- wait,
- walkout,
- wane,
- wildcat strike,
- work stoppage
- dissatisfaction
collapse
- the feeling of being displeased and discontent; "he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received" related words >
- Faustianism,
- aggravation,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienation,
- angst,
- anguish,
- annoyance,
- anxiety,
- apostasy,
- aversion,
- bad books,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- ban,
- betrayed hope,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- boredom,
- buffet,
- cheerlessness,
- cold comfort,
- comedown,
- complaint,
- counter-culture,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- defeat,
- difference,
- dim view,
- disaccord,
- disagreement,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discomfiture,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgruntlement,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- disinclination,
- dislike,
- disliking,
- dismay,
- disparity,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- disrelish,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfiedness,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- distaste,
- diversity,
- divine discontent,
- dread,
- dropping out,
- dullness,
- emptiness,
- ennui,
- envy,
- exasperation,
- exclusion,
- existential woe,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flatness,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- grimness,
- hope deferred,
- ill humor,
- indignation,
- indisposition,
- inquietude,
- irritation,
- joylessness,
- lack of pleasure,
- letdown,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- malaise,
- minority opinion,
- mirage,
- nausea,
- nonagreement,
- nonassent,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- objection,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- ostracism,
- painfulness,
- peevishness,
- petulance,
- protest,
- querulousness,
- rebelliousness,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- rejection,
- repudiation,
- resentfulness,
- resentment,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- savorlessness,
- secession,
- setback,
- sore disappointment,
- sourness,
- spleen,
- staleness,
- sulkiness,
- tantalization,
- tastelessness,
- tease,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- thumbs-down,
- uncomfortableness,
- underground,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unfulfillment,
- unhappiness,
- unpleasure,
- unsatisfaction,
- variance,
- vexation,
- vexation of spirit,
- withdrawal
- lag
collapse
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. related words >
- afterthought,
- antedate,
- arrest,
- be found wanting,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- cast out,
- check,
- closing,
- collapse,
- come short,
- con,
- concluding,
- confine,
- dalliance,
- dally,
- dallying,
- dawdle,
- dawdling,
- dead time,
- deceleration,
- decline,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deport,
- detain,
- detention,
- diddle,
- dilatoriness,
- dillydally,
- dillydallying,
- displace,
- doodle,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- eventual,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- fail,
- fall away,
- fall behind,
- fall short,
- falter,
- final,
- flag,
- flagging,
- foredate,
- gain,
- get behind,
- goof off,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang-up,
- hinder,
- hindmost,
- hindrance,
- hold back,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- hysteresis,
- impede,
- interim,
- jailbird,
- jam,
- keep back,
- lack,
- lagging,
- latest,
- latter,
- letdown,
- letup,
- linger,
- linger behind,
- lingering,
- logjam,
- loiter,
- loitering,
- lollygag,
- lollygagging,
- lose ground,
- loser,
- make late,
- minus acceleration,
- misdate,
- mistime,
- moratorium,
- not answer,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- not make out,
- not measure up,
- not stretch,
- not suffice,
- obstruct,
- obstruction,
- output lag,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- piddle,
- poke,
- postdate,
- process lag,
- procrastinate,
- procrastination,
- put off,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- relegate,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retard,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- run short,
- setback,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- slack-up,
- slacken,
- slackening,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- slump,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- straggle,
- suspension,
- tarry,
- tarrying,
- terminal,
- throughput,
- tie-up,
- time constants,
- time lag,
- time lead,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- transport,
- ultimate,
- wait,
- want,
- waste time
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