Related Words:
- barrage,
- beat,
- beating,
- bongo drum,
- conga,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumhead,
- drumming,
- drumskin,
- drumstick,
- flutter,
- jazz stick,
- kettle,
- kettledrum,
- membranophone,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsation,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- roll,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- side drum,
- snare,
- snare drum,
- spatter,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- staccato,
- tabor,
- taboret,
- tabret,
- tam-tam,
- tambourine,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- tenor drum,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thrum,
- thumping,
- timbrel,
- timpani,
- troll-drum,
- tymp stick,
- tympan,
- tympanon,
- tympanum,
- war drum
- 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
- deterrent
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- tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices" related words >
- admonishing,
- admonitory,
- alarming,
- awing,
- bar,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- catch,
- cautionary,
- cautioning,
- check,
- chill,
- chilling,
- cold water,
- cordon,
- curtain,
- damp,
- damper,
- daunting,
- determent,
- deterring,
- difficulty,
- disconcerting,
- discouragement,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- disincentive,
- disinclining,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- dissuading,
- dissuasion,
- dissuasive,
- drawback,
- exemplary,
- expostulatory,
- fear-inspiring,
- fearful,
- fearsome,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- intimidating,
- joker,
- monitorial,
- monitory,
- notificational,
- notifying,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- overawing,
- preclusive,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- prophylactic,
- rub,
- scaring,
- scary,
- snag,
- startling,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- warning,
- wet blanket
- abandon,
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- ban,
- bar,
- bar out,
- blink at,
- blockade,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bowdlerize,
- cancel,
- censor,
- count out,
- cross out,
- cut,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- debar,
- dele,
- delete,
- discount,
- disregard,
- edit,
- edit out,
- embargo,
- eradicate,
- erase,
- except,
- exclude,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- fail,
- forget,
- freeze out,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- ignore,
- jump,
- keep out,
- kill,
- leave,
- leave loose ends,
- leave out,
- leave undone,
- let alone,
- let be,
- let dangle,
- let go,
- let slide,
- lock out,
- malinger,
- miss,
- neglect,
- obliterate,
- ostracize,
- overlook,
- overpass,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- preclude,
- pretermit,
- procrastinate,
- prohibit,
- reject,
- relegate,
- repudiate,
- rescind,
- rub out,
- send to Coventry,
- shirk,
- shut out,
- skip,
- slack,
- slight,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- taboo,
- trifle,
- void
- portray
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- portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
- make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" related words >
- act a part,
- act out,
- bring to life,
- cartoon,
- catch a likeness,
- chalk,
- character,
- characterize,
- charcoal,
- chart,
- color,
- copy,
- crayon,
- create a role,
- crosshatch,
- dash off,
- daub,
- delineate,
- depict,
- describe,
- design,
- diagram,
- doodle,
- draft,
- draw,
- duplicate,
- enact,
- evoke,
- express,
- give words to,
- hatch,
- hit off,
- image,
- impersonate,
- interpret,
- limn,
- map,
- notate,
- outline,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- pencil,
- personate,
- photograph,
- picture,
- picturize,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- pose as,
- print,
- register,
- render,
- represent,
- reproduce,
- rub,
- schematize,
- scratch,
- scumble,
- set forth,
- shade,
- show,
- sketch,
- stencil,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- symbolize,
- take a part,
- take a rubbing,
- tint,
- trace,
- trace out,
- trace over,
- write
- sideswipe
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- a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- strike from the side related words >
- appulse,
- bang,
- bang into,
- brunt,
- brush,
- brush by,
- bulldozing,
- bulling,
- bump,
- bump into,
- cannon,
- carambole,
- caress,
- carom,
- carom into,
- clash,
- collide,
- collision,
- come in contact,
- come into collision,
- concuss,
- concussion,
- confront each other,
- contact,
- crack up,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crash into,
- crump,
- crunch,
- dash into,
- encounter,
- fall foul of,
- foul,
- glance,
- graze,
- hammering,
- hit,
- hit against,
- hurt,
- hurtle,
- impact,
- impinge,
- impingement,
- kiss,
- knock,
- knock against,
- mauling,
- meet,
- meeting,
- nudge,
- onslaught,
- osculate,
- percuss,
- percussion,
- pot,
- ramming,
- rub,
- run into,
- scrape,
- shave,
- shock,
- shy,
- skim,
- skirt,
- slam into,
- sledgehammering,
- smack into,
- smash,
- smash into,
- smash up,
- smash-up,
- smashing,
- squeak by,
- strike,
- strike against,
- thrusting,
- touch,
- whomp
- act a part,
- act out,
- bring to life,
- cartoon,
- catch a likeness,
- chalk,
- character,
- characterize,
- charcoal,
- chart,
- color,
- copy,
- crayon,
- create a role,
- crosshatch,
- dash off,
- daub,
- delineate,
- describe,
- design,
- diagram,
- doodle,
- draft,
- draw,
- enact,
- evoke,
- express,
- give words to,
- hatch,
- hit off,
- image,
- impersonate,
- interpret,
- limn,
- map,
- narrate,
- notate,
- outline,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- pencil,
- personate,
- picture,
- picturize,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- portray,
- print,
- recite,
- recount,
- register,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- render,
- report,
- represent,
- rub,
- schematize,
- scratch,
- scumble,
- set forth,
- shade,
- sketch,
- state,
- stencil,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- symbolize,
- take a part,
- take a rubbing,
- tint,
- trace,
- trace out,
- trace over,
- write
- 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
- thrum
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- a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo" related words >
- barrage,
- beat,
- beat a ruffle,
- beat a tattoo,
- beat the drum,
- beat time,
- beating,
- birr,
- bombilate,
- bombinate,
- boom,
- bum,
- bumble,
- burr,
- buzz,
- count,
- count the beats,
- drone,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- flutter,
- go pitapat,
- hum,
- keep time,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- pick,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- play drum,
- pluck,
- plunk,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsate,
- pulsation,
- purr,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- roll,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- sound a tattoo,
- spatter,
- splatter,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- staccato,
- strum,
- sweep the strings,
- tap,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thump,
- thumping,
- tom-tom,
- twang,
- whir,
- whiz
- awful,
- banging,
- barrage,
- beat,
- beating,
- behemoth,
- bumping,
- clicking,
- colossal,
- complete,
- deadly,
- dreadful,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- elephantine,
- enormous,
- fearful,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- frightful,
- gargantuan,
- gigantic,
- great,
- horrible,
- howling,
- huge,
- immense,
- jumbo,
- mammoth,
- massive,
- monumental,
- palpitant,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- perfect,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsation,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- roll,
- rousing,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- slapping,
- spanking,
- spatter,
- spattering,
- splutter,
- spluttering,
- sputter,
- sputtering,
- staccato,
- stupendous,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thrum,
- thrumming,
- thundering,
- ticking,
- titanic,
- tom-tom,
- unmitigated,
- utter,
- walloping,
- whacking,
- whaling,
- whopping
- 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
- fly in the ointment
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- an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something related words >
- abomination,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- bane,
- befoulment,
- blemish,
- blight,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- bug,
- catch,
- cordon,
- corruption,
- crack,
- crying evil,
- curtain,
- damage,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- defilement,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- detriment,
- difficulty,
- drawback,
- evil,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- flaw,
- foible,
- frailty,
- grievance,
- hang-up,
- harm,
- havoc,
- hazard,
- hitch,
- hole,
- hurdle,
- hurt,
- ill,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- infection,
- infirmity,
- injury,
- joker,
- kink,
- little problem,
- mischief,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- outrage,
- poison,
- pollution,
- problem,
- rift,
- rub,
- shortcoming,
- snag,
- something missing,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- taint,
- the worst,
- toxin,
- venom,
- vexation,
- vulnerable place,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- woe,
- wrong
- spruce up
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- dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
- make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" related words >
- adorn,
- array,
- beautify,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- blazon,
- brighten up,
- brush up,
- clean up,
- clear the decks,
- clear up,
- color,
- dandify,
- deck,
- deck out,
- decorate,
- dizen,
- doll up,
- dress,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enrich,
- fancy up,
- fig out,
- fix,
- fix up,
- freshen,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- garnish,
- get up,
- grace,
- groom,
- gussy up,
- neaten,
- ornament,
- overdress,
- paint,
- police,
- police up,
- polish,
- polish up,
- prank,
- prank up,
- preen,
- prettify,
- pretty up,
- primp,
- primp up,
- prink,
- prink up,
- put in trim,
- rag out,
- redecorate,
- redo,
- refurbish,
- renovate,
- repair,
- retouch,
- revive,
- rub up,
- set off,
- set out,
- shine,
- slick up,
- smarten,
- smarten up,
- spruce,
- straighten up,
- tidy,
- tidy up,
- titivate,
- tone up,
- touch up,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim up,
- vamp,
- vamp up
- rubbing
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- representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal related words >
- apograph,
- brushing,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- caressing,
- companion,
- confrication,
- contacting,
- contingent,
- copy,
- dead ringer,
- double,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- effigy,
- exact likeness,
- feeling,
- fellow,
- fiche,
- fingering,
- frication,
- fricative,
- friction,
- frictional,
- frottage,
- glancing,
- grazing,
- handling,
- hectography,
- icon,
- idol,
- image,
- impingent,
- impinging,
- in contact,
- likeness,
- living image,
- living picture,
- manifold,
- manipulation,
- match,
- mate,
- meeting,
- microcopy,
- microfiche,
- microform,
- mimeography,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- nudging,
- osculatory,
- palpation,
- perfrication,
- petting,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- pressure,
- recording,
- reduplication,
- reflection,
- reproduction,
- reprography,
- resemblance,
- rub,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- stroking,
- tangent,
- tangential,
- tenor,
- touching,
- trace,
- tracing,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- transfer,
- twin,
- very image,
- very picture,
- xerography
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