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tune down
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abridge
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
compress
,
constrain
,
control
,
curtail
,
cushion
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
extenuate
,
fluff
,
gentle
,
keep within bounds
,
knead
,
laxate
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limber
,
limber up
,
listen in
,
loosen
,
lower
,
mash
,
massage
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
pare
,
play down
,
plump
,
pulp
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
relax
,
restrain
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
scale down
,
shake up
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smash
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soften up
,
squash
,
step down
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
supple
,
suppress
,
take from
,
tame
,
temper
,
tenderize
,
tone down
,
tune in
,
tune up
,
underplay
,
weaken
rally round
collapse
related words >
act with
,
align with
,
come together
,
crystallize
,
draw up
,
fall in
,
fall into line
,
fall into place
,
fall into rank
,
flock to
,
form
,
gather around
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
place itself
,
range itself
,
range with
,
shape up
,
side with
,
stand in with
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take form
,
take its place
,
take order
,
take part with
,
take rank
,
take shape
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
throw in with
,
unite with
decorous
collapse
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
related words >
Christian
,
accepted
,
according to Hoyle
,
acknowledged
,
admitted
,
appropriate
,
approved
,
au fait
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
being done
,
ceremonial
,
ceremonious
,
civil
,
civilized
,
comely
,
comme il faut
,
condign
,
conformable
,
conforming
,
conventional
,
correct
,
customary
,
de rigueur
,
decent
,
delicate
,
demure
,
dignified
,
done
,
due
,
earnest
,
elegant
,
felicitous
,
fit
,
fitting
,
formal
,
frowning
,
genteel
,
gentlemanly
,
good
,
grave
,
grim
,
grim-faced
,
grim-visaged
,
happy
,
hieratic
,
kosher
,
ladylike
,
liturgic
,
long-faced
,
mannerly
,
meet
,
modest
,
nice
,
normal
,
normative
,
orthodox
,
polished
,
polite
,
pompous
,
prim
,
proper
,
punctilious
,
received
,
recognized
,
refined
,
respectable
,
right
,
right and proper
,
righteous
,
rightful
,
rigid
,
ritual
,
ritualistic
,
sacerdotal
,
seasonable
,
sedate
,
seemly
,
serious
,
sober
,
sober-minded
,
sobersided
,
solemn
,
somber
,
staid
,
stately
,
stiff
,
stone-faced
,
straight-faced
,
stuffy
,
suitable
,
thoughtful
,
traditional
,
unsmiling
,
urbane
,
weighty
,
well-behaved
,
well-mannered
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
look the other way
collapse
related words >
abide with
,
accept
,
be big
,
be blind
,
be blind to
,
be caught out
,
be content with
,
be easy with
,
be inattentive
,
be unwary
,
blink at
,
brook
,
condone
,
connive at
,
disregard
,
give no heed
,
go blind
,
hear nothing
,
ignore
,
judge not
,
lean over backwards
,
let pass
,
listen to reason
,
live with
,
make light of
,
miss
,
not attend
,
not heed
,
not listen
,
not notice
,
not see
,
not write off
,
overlook
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pay no attention
,
pay no mind
,
see both sides
,
see nothing
,
slight
,
suspend judgment
,
think little of
,
tolerate
,
view with indulgence
,
walk in darkness
,
wear blinkers
,
wink at
pettifog
collapse
related words >
argue
,
argufy
,
bandy words
,
bicker
,
carp
,
catch at straws
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
contend
,
contest
,
cross swords
,
cut and thrust
,
cut up
,
discept
,
dispute
,
fault-find
,
find fault
,
give and take
,
hassle
,
have it out
,
join issue
,
lock horns
,
logomachize
,
moot
,
nitpick
,
pick holes
,
pick to pieces
,
plead
,
polemicize
,
polemize
,
pull apart
,
pull to pieces
,
quibble
,
spar
,
take exception
,
take sides
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
thrash out
,
try conclusions
,
wrangle
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
assuage
collapse
related words >
abate
,
adjust to
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
alter
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
box in
,
chasten
,
circumscribe
,
condition
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
diminish
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
extenuate
,
feast
,
feed
,
foment
,
give relief
,
gratify
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
leaven
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limit
,
lull
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
narrow
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
palliate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
qualify
,
quench
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
regale
,
regulate by
,
relieve
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
salve
,
sate
,
satiate
,
satisfy
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
weaken
condone
collapse
related words >
abide with
,
accept
,
allow for
,
be big
,
be content with
,
be easy with
,
bear
,
bear with
,
blink at
,
brook
,
connive at
,
countenance
,
disregard
,
endure
,
forget
,
forgive
,
grin and abide
,
have
,
hear of
,
ignore
,
indulge
,
judge not
,
lean over backwards
,
leave unavenged
,
let go by
,
let it go
,
let pass
,
listen to reason
,
live with
,
make allowances for
,
not write off
,
obey
,
overlook
,
pardon
,
pass over
,
pocket the affront
,
put up with
,
regard with indulgence
,
remit
,
rise above
,
see both sides
,
shrug
,
shrug it off
,
stand for
,
stomach
,
submit to
,
suffer
,
suspend judgment
,
take
,
tolerate
,
view with indulgence
,
wink at
,
yield to
darkish
collapse
slightly dark; "darkish red"
related words >
blackish
,
dark
,
dark-colored
,
darksome
,
dim
,
dimmish
,
dimpsy
,
dusk
,
dusky
,
funereal
,
grave
,
murk
,
murksome
,
murky
,
nigrescent
,
sad
,
semidark
,
sober
,
somber
,
sombrous
,
subfusc
,
swart
,
swarthy
pragmatical
collapse
related words >
Cyrenaic
,
Eleatic
,
Epicurean
,
Megarian
,
Stoic
,
advantageous
,
animist
,
animistic
,
appropriate
,
atomistic
,
balanced
,
banausic
,
beneficial
,
commodious
,
commonsense
,
cool
,
coolheaded
,
cosmotheistic
,
down-to-earth
,
earthy
,
eclectic
,
effective
,
effectual
,
efficient
,
empirical
,
employable
,
eudaemonistic
,
existential
,
expedient
,
feasible
,
fitting
,
functional
,
good for
,
hard
,
hardheaded
,
hedonic
,
hedonist
,
hedonistic
,
helpful
,
humanist
,
humanistic
,
idealistic
,
instrumentalist
,
levelheaded
,
logical
,
materialistic
,
matter-of-fact
,
mechanistic
,
metaphysical
,
monistic
,
naturalistic
,
nominalist
,
of general utility
,
of help
,
of service
,
of use
,
operable
,
panlogistical
,
pantheistic
,
philosophical
,
positivist
,
positivistic
,
practicable
,
practical
,
practical-minded
,
pragmatic
,
pragmatist
,
proper
,
rational
,
rationalistic
,
realist
,
realistic
,
realizable
,
reasonable
,
sane
,
scholastic
,
scientific
,
scientistic
,
secular
,
sensationalistic
,
sensible
,
serviceable
,
sober
,
sober-minded
,
sound
,
sound-thinking
,
straight-thinking
,
syncretistic
,
theistic
,
transcendentalist
,
transcendentalistic
,
unideal
,
unidealistic
,
unromantic
,
unsentimental
,
useful
,
utilitarian
,
vitalistic
,
voluntarist
,
voluntaristic
,
well-balanced
,
workable
,
worldly
poker faced
collapse
related words >
abstract
,
blank
,
colorless
,
deadpan
,
detached
,
disinterested
,
dispassionate
,
earnest
,
empty
,
expressionless
,
fishy
,
glassy
,
grave
,
impassive
,
impersonal
,
inexpressive
,
sedate
,
sober
,
sobersided
,
solemn
,
somber
,
staid
,
unexpressive
,
vacant
,
weighty
,
wooden
pragmatic
collapse
of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
related words >
Cyrenaic
,
Eleatic
,
Epicurean
,
Megarian
,
Stoic
,
advantageous
,
animist
,
animistic
,
appropriate
,
atomistic
,
balanced
,
banausic
,
beneficial
,
commodious
,
commonsense
,
cool
,
coolheaded
,
cosmotheistic
,
down-to-earth
,
earthy
,
eclectic
,
effective
,
effectual
,
efficient
,
empirical
,
employable
,
eudaemonistic
,
existential
,
expedient
,
feasible
,
fitting
,
functional
,
good for
,
hard
,
hard-boiled
,
hardheaded
,
hedonic
,
hedonist
,
hedonistic
,
helpful
,
humanist
,
humanistic
,
idealistic
,
instrumentalist
,
levelheaded
,
logical
,
materialistic
,
matter-of-fact
,
mechanistic
,
metaphysical
,
monistic
,
naturalistic
,
nominalist
,
of general utility
,
of help
,
of service
,
of use
,
operable
,
panlogistical
,
pantheistic
,
philosophical
,
positivist
,
positivistic
,
practicable
,
practical
,
practical-minded
,
pragmatical
,
pragmatist
,
proper
,
rational
,
rationalistic
,
realist
,
realistic
,
realizable
,
reasonable
,
sane
,
scholastic
,
scientific
,
scientistic
,
secular
,
sensationalistic
,
sensible
,
serviceable
,
sober
,
sober-minded
,
sound
,
sound-thinking
,
straight-thinking
,
syncretistic
,
theistic
,
transcendentalist
,
transcendentalistic
,
unideal
,
unidealistic
,
unromantic
,
unsentimental
,
useful
,
utilitarian
,
vitalistic
,
voluntarist
,
voluntaristic
,
well-balanced
,
workable
,
worldly
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
tolerate
collapse
have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"
related words >
abide
,
abide with
,
accept
,
admit
,
allow
,
be big
,
be content with
,
be easy with
,
bear
,
bear with
,
bide
,
blink at
,
brave
,
brook
,
concede
,
condone
,
connive at
,
consent to
,
countenance
,
disregard
,
endure
,
go
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang tough
,
have
,
hear of
,
ignore
,
indulge
,
judge not
,
lean over backwards
,
listen to reason
,
live with
,
lump
,
lump it
,
not write off
,
overlook
,
permit
,
persevere
,
pocket
,
put up with
,
sanction
,
see both sides
,
spare the rod
,
stand
,
stand for
,
stick
,
stomach
,
submit to
,
suffer
,
support
,
suspend judgment
,
sustain
,
swallow
,
take
,
take up with
,
undergo
,
view with indulgence
,
weather
,
wink at
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
scientism
collapse
related words >
down-to-earthness
,
earthiness
,
freedom from illusion
,
hardheadedness
,
lack of feelings
,
matter-of-factness
,
positivism
,
practical-mindedness
,
practicality
,
practicalness
,
pragmaticism
,
pragmatism
,
rationality
,
realism
,
reasonableness
,
saneness
,
secularism
,
sensibleness
,
sober-mindedness
,
unidealism
,
unromanticalness
,
unsentimentality
,
worldliness
stand by
collapse
be available or ready for a certain function or service
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
adjoin
,
advocate
,
around
,
aye
,
back
,
back up
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
be prepared
,
be ready
,
border
,
border on
,
butt
,
champion
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
defend
,
flank
,
follow close upon
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
go with
,
guard
,
guard against
,
hang about
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
join
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
neighbor
,
protect
,
run interference for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
second
,
secure
,
shield
,
side with
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand ready
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
tailgate
,
take sides with
,
verge upon
keep the peace
collapse
related words >
be conservative
,
be moderate
,
be pacifistic
,
keep within bounds
,
keep within compass
,
live temperately
,
not make waves
,
not resist
,
practice nonviolence
,
practice self-control
,
relent
,
remain at peace
,
remit
,
settle down
,
sober down
,
strike a balance
,
take in sail
,
wage peace
throw in with
collapse
related words >
act with
,
affiliate
,
align with
,
ally
,
associate
,
band together
,
be in cahoots
,
bunch
,
bunch up
,
cabal
,
cement a union
,
centralize
,
club
,
club together
,
come together
,
confederate
,
consociate
,
conspire
,
couple
,
federalize
,
federate
,
flock to
,
gang
,
gang up
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in partners
,
go in partnership
,
go in with
,
hook up with
,
join
,
join forces
,
join fortunes with
,
join hands with
,
join together
,
join up with
,
join with
,
league
,
line up with
,
marry
,
organize
,
pair
,
pair off
,
partner
,
rally round
,
range with
,
side with
,
stand in with
,
stand together
,
stand up with
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
team with
,
tie in with
,
tie up with
,
unionize
,
unite with
,
wed
simmer down
collapse
related words >
calm down
,
collect
,
collect oneself
,
compose oneself
,
control
,
cool
,
cool it
,
cool off
,
get organized
,
quiet down
,
rein
,
relax
,
repress
,
restrain
,
smother
,
sober down
,
subside
,
suppress
,
take it easy
,
unwind
pacifistic
collapse
related words >
bland
,
civilian
,
conciliatory
,
dovish
,
gentle
,
irenic
,
judicious
,
mild
,
mild as milk
,
moderate
,
nonaggressive
,
noncombatant
,
nonmilitant
,
nonviolent
,
pacific
,
pacifist
,
peace-loving
,
peaceable
,
peaceful
,
prudent
,
sober
,
soft
,
tame
,
temperate
,
unbellicose
,
uncontentious
,
unhostile
,
unmilitant
,
unmilitary
cognitive
collapse
of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"
related words >
cogitative
,
concentrating
,
concentrative
,
conceptive
,
conceptual
,
conceptualized
,
contemplating
,
contemplative
,
deliberating
,
deliberative
,
excogitating
,
ideative
,
introspective
,
meditating
,
meditative
,
mental
,
museful
,
musing
,
noetic
,
pensive
,
pondering
,
prehensive
,
reflecting
,
reflective
,
ruminant
,
ruminating
,
ruminative
,
serious
,
sober
,
speculative
,
thinking
,
thought
,
thoughtful
,
wistful
semigloss
collapse
a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat
related words >
creamy
,
delicate
,
eggshell
,
flat
,
gloss
,
iridescent
,
light
,
mellow
,
mother-of-pearl
,
nacreous
,
opalescent
,
pale
,
pastel
,
patinaed
,
pearly
,
quiet
,
sad
,
simple
,
sober
,
soft
,
soft-colored
,
soft-hued
,
softened
,
somber
,
subdued
,
subtle
,
sweet
,
tender
nonviolent
collapse
achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
related words >
bland
,
civilian
,
conciliatory
,
dovish
,
gentle
,
irenic
,
judicious
,
mild
,
mild as milk
,
moderate
,
nonaggressive
,
noncombatant
,
nonmilitant
,
pacific
,
pacificatory
,
pacifist
,
pacifistic
,
peace-loving
,
peaceable
,
peaceful
,
prudent
,
sober
,
soft
,
tame
,
temperate
,
unbellicose
,
uncontentious
,
unhostile
,
unmilitant
,
unmilitary
swarthy
collapse
related words >
black
,
blackish
,
brunet
,
coal-black
,
dark
,
dark-colored
,
dark-skinned
,
darkish
,
darksome
,
dusk
,
dusky
,
ebon
,
ebony
,
funereal
,
grave
,
nigrescent
,
pitch-black
,
raven
,
sable
,
sad
,
sober
,
somber
,
sombrous
,
swart
,
swarth
palliate
collapse
related words >
abate
,
adjust to
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
allow for
,
alter
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
box in
,
camouflage
,
chasten
,
circumscribe
,
cloak
,
color
,
conceal
,
condition
,
condone
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
diminish
,
disguise
,
dissemble
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
excuse
,
extenuate
,
foment
,
give relief
,
gloss over
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
hush up
,
ignore
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
leaven
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limit
,
lull
,
make allowance for
,
mask
,
mince
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
narrow
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
prettify
,
qualify
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
regulate by
,
relieve
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
salve
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
slur over
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
sugarcoat
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
varnish
,
veneer
,
weaken
,
white
,
whiten
,
whitewash
dignified
collapse
having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman"
having or showing self-esteem
related words >
aristocratic
,
august
,
courtly
,
distingue
,
distinguished
,
elegant
,
elevated
,
exalted
,
formal
,
grand
,
grave
,
honorable
,
imposing
,
inspiring
,
kingly
,
lofty
,
lordly
,
magisterial
,
majestic
,
moving
,
noble
,
princely
,
queenly
,
regal
,
reserved
,
royal
,
sedate
,
serious
,
sober
,
solemn
,
stately
,
statuesque
,
sublime
,
venerable
,
weighty
,
worthy
long face
collapse
related words >
decorousness
,
demureness
,
earnestness
,
formality
,
frown
,
glower
,
gravity
,
grimace
,
grimness
,
lower
,
moue
,
mow
,
pout
,
scowl
,
sedateness
,
seriousness
,
sober-mindedness
,
soberness
,
sobersidedness
,
sobersides
,
sobriety
,
solemnity
,
solemnness
,
somberness
,
staidness
,
straight face
,
thoughtfulness
,
weightiness
,
wry face
gravely
collapse
in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar"
related words >
bleakly
,
decorously
,
demurely
,
dismally
,
drearily
,
earnestly
,
formally
,
funereally
,
gloomily
,
grandly
,
grimly
,
heavily
,
imposingly
,
intensely
,
loftily
,
magisterially
,
majestically
,
nobly
,
regally
,
royally
,
sadly
,
sedately
,
seriously
,
severely
,
sober-mindedly
,
soberly
,
sobersidedly
,
solemnly
,
somberly
,
sombrously
,
staidly
,
stately
,
thoughtfully
,
venerably
,
with dignity
,
worthily
live with
collapse
related words >
abide with
,
accede
,
accept
,
acquiesce
,
assent
,
be agreeable
,
be big
,
be content with
,
be easy with
,
bear up
,
blink at
,
brook
,
come up fighting
,
comply
,
condone
,
consent
,
disregard
,
face the music
,
go along with
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang on
,
hang tough
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
ignore
,
judge not
,
knock under
,
knuckle down
,
knuckle under
,
lean over backwards
,
listen to reason
,
live through it
,
live with it
,
never say die
,
not give up
,
not resist
,
not write off
,
obey
,
overlook
,
relent
,
resign
,
see both sides
,
stand up
,
stay it out
,
stay the distance
,
stay with it
,
stick
,
stick it
,
stick it out
,
stick out
,
stick to it
,
stick with it
,
submit
,
succumb
,
suspend judgment
,
swallow it
,
swallow the pill
,
take
,
take it
,
tolerate
,
tough it out
,
view with indulgence
,
wink at
thoughtful
collapse
considerate of the feelings or well-being of others
having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
related words >
accommodating
,
accommodative
,
affable
,
agreeable
,
analytical
,
attentive
,
brainy
,
brooding
,
calculating
,
careful
,
caring
,
cautious
,
charitable
,
circumspect
,
civil
,
cogitative
,
cognitive
,
compassionate
,
complaisant
,
concentrating
,
concentrative
,
conceptive
,
conceptual
,
conceptualized
,
considerate
,
contemplating
,
contemplative
,
courteous
,
curious
,
decorous
,
deep
,
deferential
,
deliberating
,
deliberative
,
delicate
,
demure
,
discreet
,
discriminating
,
discriminative
,
earnest
,
engrossed
,
enlightened
,
excogitating
,
fair
,
formal
,
frowning
,
graceful
,
gracious
,
grave
,
grim
,
grim-faced
,
grim-visaged
,
heedful
,
helpful
,
ideative
,
indulgent
,
intellectual
,
introspective
,
judgmatic
,
judicial
,
judicious
,
kind
,
kindly
,
lenient
,
logical
,
long-faced
,
loving
,
meditating
,
meditative
,
melancholy
,
mental
,
mindful
,
mindful of others
,
museful
,
musing
,
noetic
,
obliging
,
pensive
,
polite
,
politic
,
pondering
,
prehensive
,
provident
,
prudent
,
prudential
,
rapt
,
rational
,
reflecting
,
reflective
,
regardful
,
respectful
,
ruminant
,
ruminating
,
ruminative
,
sedate
,
serious
,
sober
,
sober-minded
,
sobersided
,
solemn
,
solicitous
,
somber
,
speculative
,
staid
,
stone-faced
,
straight-faced
,
studious
,
sympathetic
,
tactful
,
tender
,
thinking
,
thought
,
tolerant
,
unsmiling
,
unthoughtful
,
urbane
,
wary
,
weighty
,
well-advised
,
well-judged
,
wistful
allay
collapse
related words >
abate
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
balm
,
bank the fire
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
calm
,
chasten
,
cloy
,
compose
,
conciliate
,
constrain
,
control
,
cool
,
cram
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
defuse
,
deliver
,
diminish
,
disburden
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
downplay
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
engorge
,
extenuate
,
feast
,
feed
,
fill
,
fill up
,
foment
,
free
,
give relief
,
glut
,
gorge
,
gratify
,
jade
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lay the dust
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lull
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
numb
,
obtund
,
overdose
,
overfeed
,
overfill
,
overgorge
,
oversaturate
,
overstuff
,
pacify
,
pad
,
pall
,
palliate
,
placate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour balm on
,
pour oil on
,
propitiate
,
quench
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
regale
,
release
,
relieve
,
restrain
,
salve
,
sate
,
satiate
,
satisfy
,
saturate
,
settle
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
still
,
stuff
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
supersaturate
,
suppress
,
surfeit
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tranquilize
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
weaken
blink at
collapse
related words >
abide with
,
accept
,
allow for
,
be big
,
be blind
,
be blind to
,
be caught out
,
be content with
,
be easy with
,
be inattentive
,
be unwary
,
bear
,
bear with
,
brook
,
condone
,
connive at
,
countenance
,
discount
,
disregard
,
endure
,
fail
,
forget
,
give no heed
,
go blind
,
have
,
hear nothing
,
hear of
,
ignore
,
indulge
,
judge not
,
lean over backwards
,
leave unavenged
,
let it go
,
let pass
,
listen to reason
,
live with
,
make allowances for
,
make light of
,
miss
,
not attend
,
not heed
,
not listen
,
not notice
,
not see
,
not write off
,
omit
,
overlook
,
overpass
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pay no attention
,
pay no mind
,
pocket the affront
,
put up with
,
regard with indulgence
,
see both sides
,
see nothing
,
slight
,
stand for
,
stomach
,
suffer
,
suspend judgment
,
take
,
think little of
,
tolerate
,
view with indulgence
,
walk in darkness
,
wear blinkers
,
wink at
infinitely
collapse
continuing forever without end; "there are infinitely many possibilities"
related words >
a outrance
,
abroad
,
absolutely
,
abundantly
,
acervatim
,
ad infinitum
,
all out
,
beyond all bounds
,
beyond compare
,
beyond comparison
,
beyond measure
,
boundlessly
,
broadly
,
ceaselessly
,
completely
,
constantly
,
continually
,
copiously
,
countlessly
,
dead
,
downright
,
endlessly
,
essentially
,
eternally
,
everlastingly
,
extensively
,
extremely
,
far and near
,
far and wide
,
flat out
,
forever
,
fundamentally
,
illimitably
,
immeasurably
,
immensely
,
in crowds
,
in heaps
,
in perpetuity
,
in the extreme
,
in throngs
,
incalculably
,
incessantly
,
incomprehensibly
,
indefinitely
,
indestructibly
,
inexhaustibly
,
innumerably
,
interminably
,
limitlessly
,
measurelessly
,
most
,
multitudinously
,
never-endingly
,
no end
,
numerously
,
on all sides
,
on every side
,
perdurably
,
perennially
,
perfectly
,
permanently
,
perpetually
,
prodigally
,
profusely
,
purely
,
radically
,
right and left
,
steadily
,
thickly
,
time without end
,
to infinity
,
totally
,
unceasingly
,
unconditionally
,
unendingly
,
unequivocally
,
utterly
,
vastly
,
widely
,
with a vengeance
,
without end
,
without limit
,
world without end
perjurer
collapse
a person who deliberately gives false testimony
related words >
Ananias
,
Baron Munchausen
,
Father of Lies
,
Satan
,
Sir John Mandeville
,
consummate liar
,
dirty liar
,
equivocator
,
fabricator
,
fabulist
,
false witness
,
falsifier
,
fibber
,
fibster
,
habitual liar
,
liar
,
mythomaniac
,
palterer
,
pathological liar
,
prevaricator
,
pseudologist
,
pseudologue
,
sober
,
spinner of yarns
,
storyteller
,
yarn spinner
,
yarner
around
collapse
in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"
to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"
related words >
about
,
again
,
alive
,
all about
,
all over
,
all round
,
all through
,
almost
,
along toward
,
anticlockwise
,
any which way
,
anyhow
,
anywise
,
approximately
,
at close quarters
,
at hand
,
at random
,
back
,
backward
,
by
,
by way of
,
circa
,
clockwise
,
close
,
close about
,
close at hand
,
close by
,
close upon
,
counterclockwise
,
encircling
,
enclosing
,
encompassing
,
enveloping
,
every which way
,
everywhence
,
everywhere
,
everywhither
,
existent
,
existing
,
far and wide
,
fast by
,
from every quarter
,
haphazard
,
haphazardly
,
hard
,
hard by
,
head over heels
,
heels over head
,
helter-skelter
,
here and there
,
hereabout
,
hereabouts
,
in a circle
,
in a spin
,
in a whirl
,
in all directions
,
in circles
,
in every quarter
,
in reverse
,
in spitting distance
,
in the neighborhood
,
in the vicinity
,
just about
,
living
,
near
,
near at hand
,
near enough to
,
near upon
,
nearabout
,
nearabouts
,
nearby
,
nearly
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far
,
on all sides
,
on every side
,
only a step
,
over
,
passing by
,
passing through
,
random
,
randomly
,
roughly
,
round
,
round about
,
round and round
,
somewhere about
,
surrounding
,
thereabout
,
thereabouts
,
through
,
throughout
,
upwards of
,
via
,
widdershins
,
within call
,
within earshot
,
within hearing
,
within reach
horse sense
collapse
related words >
balance
,
common sense
,
cool head
,
coolheadedness
,
coolness
,
due sense of
,
good sense
,
gumption
,
judgment
,
level head
,
levelheadedness
,
plain sense
,
practical mind
,
practical wisdom
,
practicality
,
rationality
,
reason
,
reasonableness
,
saneness
,
sanity
,
sense
,
sensibleness
,
sober-mindedness
,
soberness
,
sobriety
,
soundness
,
wisdom
solemnly
collapse
in a grave and sedate manner; "the judge sat there solemnly"
related words >
bleakly
,
ceremoniously
,
decorously
,
demurely
,
dismally
,
drearily
,
earnestly
,
formally
,
funereally
,
gloomily
,
grandly
,
gravely
,
grimly
,
heavily
,
imposingly
,
in due form
,
in set form
,
loftily
,
magisterially
,
majestically
,
nobly
,
pro forma
,
regally
,
ritualistically
,
ritually
,
royally
,
sadly
,
sedately
,
seriously
,
sober-mindedly
,
soberly
,
sobersidedly
,
somberly
,
sombrously
,
staidly
,
stately
,
thoughtfully
,
venerably
,
with dignity
,
worthily
stinting
collapse
related words >
cheeseparing
,
economy
,
economy of assumption
,
economy of means
,
elegance
,
frugal
,
frugal to excess
,
frugality
,
law of parsimony
,
measured
,
moderate
,
overfrugal
,
parsimonious
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
penny-wise
,
penny-wise and pound-foolish
,
pinching
,
restrained
,
scamping
,
scrimping
,
skimping
,
sober
,
sparing
,
temperate
,
too frugal
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