by Damon Suede
BETRAY (←): -abandon, abdicate, abnegate, abuse, backstab, beguile, bilk, bluff, camouflage, cheat, con, counterfeit, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, -deny, -desert, disavow, discard, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, ensnare, entrap, falsify, finger, fool, forge, -forsake, gull, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, jilt, knife, misguide, mislead, outsmart, outwit, -reject, -renounce, retract, seduce, sucker, swindle, trick, two-time, underpay, victimize, wrong (≠ aid, alert, assist, caution, defend, guard, help, honor, pity, protect, regret, repent, rue, safeguard, save, secure, shield, support, warn)
BETTER (+): adapt, adjust, advance, alter, ameliorate, automate, benefit, calibrate, change, convert, correct, elevate, enhance, enrich, equalize, flavor, forward, further, help, improve, mend, modernize, optimize, overhaul, perfect, promote, raise, rarefy, realign, rectify, refine, reform, rephrase, restructure, revamp, revolutionize, right, season, shift, spice, transform, tune, tweak, update, upgrade (≠ -abort, afflict, bastardize, bestialize, blemish, blight, damage, debase, freeze, harm, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, injure, paralyze, plague, stop, transfix, worsen)
BEWILDER (/): amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, befuddle, bemuse, bother, cloud, confound, confuse, daze, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, floor, flummox, foil, forestall, gaslight, gobsmack, hobble, jumble, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, outwit, perplex, puzzle, shock, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, tangle, throw, -thwart, trouble (≠ clarify, decipher, deduce, demonstrate, disentangle, edify, educate, explain, floodlight, illuminate, illustrate, instruct, profile, rephrase, reveal, school, simplify, solve, teach, train, tutor, untangle)
BEWITCH (→): becharm, bespell, bind, brew, captivate, cast, charm, compel, conjure, constrain, curse, dazzle, dedicate, devise, devote, enchant, ensorcel, enthrall, entice, entrance, evoke, fascinate, force, glamour, hex, hoodoo, hypnotize, invoke, jinx, juggle, lure, maledict, mesmerize, possess, prophesy, seduce, spell, spellbind, strike, taint, tantalize, tempt, trigger, voodoo, weave, whammy, witch (≠ aid, banish, bless, cleanse, consecrate, defend, disenchant, dislodge, dispel, dissipate, exorcise, expel, free, heal, liberate, protect, purge, purify, rectify, release, sanctify, shield, slake, unbind, ward)
BEWITCH (←): allure, appropriate, arrest, attract, bait, beckon, beguile, candy-coat, captivate, capture, catch, charm, conquer, court, delight, disarm, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, ensnare, entangle, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, grab, gratify, grip, hitch, hoodwink, hook, hypnotize, influence, interest, intrigue, invite, kill, lead, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, overtake, paralyze, please, pull, ravish, razzle-dazzle, seduce, seize, solicit, spellbind, strike, tangle, tantalize, tempt, thrill, transfix, transport, trap, win, woo, wow (≠ annoy, bore, deplete, disenchant, disgust, displease, exhaust, irk, lose, nag, nauseate, niggle, nitpick, offend, -reject, repel, repulse, revolt, sadden, sicken, tire, upset, weary)
BID (→): advance, bet, gamble, offer, play, present, propose, render, risk, spare, spitball, submit, tender, venture, volunteer, wager (≠ accept, -deny, deprive, receive, -refuse, -reject, stiff, take, withhold)
BID (←): ask, call, charge, command, conjure, demand, desire, direct, instruct, invite, order, request, require, solicit, summon, tell (≠ allow, claim, command, defy, -deny, enforce, exact, extort, follow, mind, obey, permit, -refuse, serve, withstand)
BILK (←): bamboozle, beat, beguile, betray, cheat, chisel, -circumvent, con, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, entrap, euchre, falsify, fleece, flimflam, foil, fool, forge, frustrate, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, manipulate, mislead, mulct, outwit, rook, ruin, scam, snooker, snow, sting, sucker, swindle, -thwart, trick, trim, victimize, wrong (≠ accuse, aid, assist, assume, assure, believe, comp, compensate, confess, defend, donate, encourage, furnish, give, help, honor, indemnify, lose, offer, outbid, outlay, overpay, overspend, patronize, pay, protect, recoup, respect, supply, support)
BIND (→): browbeat, bulldoze, bully, coerce, compel, daunt, dictate, dragoon, foment, force, frogmarch, galvanize, hijack, impel, incite, intimidate, march, motivate, muscle, muzzle, nag, oblige, order, prescribe, press, pressure, railroad, require, spark, steamroller, stimulate, stress, urge (≠ allow, baffle, -balk, bar, block, check, convince, counteract, delay, foil, free, hamper, induce, let, obstruct, permit, persuade, -prevent, resist, stop, subvert, -thwart, unbind)
BIND (+): affix, annex, attach, bale, betroth, bond, bracket, braid, buckle, capture, cement, chain, charm, clamp, clinch, commit, confine, connect, constrain, couple, cover, encumber, endear, engage, fasten, fix, fuse, glue, hinge, hitch, hold, join, juxtapose, knot, lace, lash, link, marry, merge, mortar, paste, plait, relate, rope, secure, splice, stay, stick, stitch, strap, string, suture, tether, tie, truss, unify, unite, weave, wed, weld, wrap, yoke, zip (≠ break, cut, dissolve, divide, divorce, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, rend, rip, rupture, separate, sever, shred, slash, split, sunder, tatter, tear, unbind, unbrace, unbraid, unfasten, unlace, untie)
BIND (+): attend, bandage, cover, cure, doctor, dress, heal, medicate, mend, nurse, rehabilitate, remedy, swaddle, swathe, treat, wrap (≠ damage, expose, harm, hurt, injure, unbandage, uncover, unwrap)
BIND (/): attach, band, belt, chain, cinch, clinch, coil, confine, constrain, constrict, cord, cuff, curb, enchain, encumber, enslave, entangle, fasten, fetter, gird, girdle, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hobble, hogtie, hold, impede, indenture, interlace, intertwine, interweave, iron, join, knot, lace, lash, leash, limit, link, manacle, pinion, restrain, restrict, rope, secure, shackle, snarl, straiten, strap, subjugate, tangle, tether, thread, tie, trammel, truss, twist, wind, wire (≠ cut, detach, disengage, disentangle, emancipate, -escape, free, liberate, loose, open, razor, release, rescue, slice, unbind, uncoil, uncuff, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unhook, unlace, unlash, unleash, unlock, unravel, unshackle, unsnarl, unspool, unstrap, unstring, untangle, untether, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind)
BITE (/): champ, chaw, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, dispatch, eat, gnash, gnaw, grind, grip, gulp, gum, hold, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, nosh, peck, penetrate, pierce, pincer, pinch, rend, rip, ruminate, scrunch, seize, split, squeeze, tear, work, wound (≠ defend, -disregard, guard, heal, -ignore, kiss, lick, protect, seal, shield, spit, stitch, stroke, swallow, unite)
BLACKBALL (/): -abandon, ban, bar, blacklist, check, chop, cull, cut, debar, -decline, deep-six, -deny, disallow, disapprove, discard, discharge, disclaim, dismiss, disqualify, down, eject, eliminate, eradicate, excise, -exclude, exhaust, expel, fire, -forbid, -ignore, jettison, jilt, junk, kill, neg, -nix, -omit, oppugn, -ostracize, oust, -prohibit, proscribe, -refuse, -reject, relegate, -renounce, -repudiate, scrap, sideline, -snub, trash, -veto (≠ admit, allow, appoint, approve, assign, boost, commission, confirm, designate, elect, embrace, encourage, greet, hail, high-five, host, include, invite, nominate, pass, praise, prioritize, ratify, receive, salute, sanction, support, task, welcome)
BLACKMAIL (←): badger, bleed, bribe, bully, cheat, coerce, compel, cultivate, daunt, demand, exact, exploit, extort, fleece, force, frighten, gouge, induce, intimidate, leverage, manipulate, milk, muckrake, muscle, nobble, oblige, pressure, ransom, sandbag, scandalize, shake, shame, skin, squeeze, steamroller, suborn, swindle, terrorize, threaten, wrest, wring (≠ broadcast, bury, buy, cloak, conceal, defy, exonerate, expose, give, hide, hush, out, pay, publicize, ransom, redeem, -refuse, rescue, reveal, save, vindicate)
BLAME (/): accuse, admonish, allege, arraign, assail, attack, badmouth, belittle, berate, blast, boo, castigate, censure, charge, chasten, chastise, chide, clobber, condemn, criticize, crucify, decry, defame, defile, demean, demonize, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, disapprove, discredit, disparage, drub, excoriate, fault, finger, flay, frame, gibbet, hammer, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, inculpate, indict, keelhaul, knock, lambaste, lash, nag, pan, pillory, rebuke, -renounce, reprimand, reproach, reprove, resent, roast, saddle, scapegoat, scold, -scorn, skewer, skin, slam, slash, tax, tweak, upbraid, vilify (≠ ab
solve, acclaim, acquit, alibi, applaud, approve, blandish, bless, cheer, clear, commend, credit, endorse, exalt, excuse, exonerate, extol, flatter, forgive, help, honor, ingratiate, justify, laud, pardon, praise, recommend, sanction, spare, thank, vindicate)
BLAST (→): blaze, cast, catapult, discharge, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loose, pelt, pepper, pitch, project, propel, shoot, sling, snipe, throw, toss, wing (≠ catch, defend, deflect, drag, ease, hamper, heal, hold, holster, impede, nurse, receive, shield)
BLAST (→): abuse, affront, assail, attack, badmouth, bash, beat, belabor, belittle, berate, blackguard, blaspheme, castigate, chastise, chide, clobber, criticize, critique, curse, defame, disparage, drub, excoriate, execrate, flay, fulminate, harangue, harass, harry, imprecate, impugn, insult, jump, lambaste, libel, lick, profane, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, revile, savage, scalp, scathe, scold, shellac, slam, slander, slate, slur, traduce, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, whip, zap (≠ acclaim, approve, back, boost, commend, compliment, contradict, counter, defend, hail, honor, praise, promote, retort, uphold)
BLAST (/): annihilate, assail, atomize, attack, blight, blow, bomb, break, burst, collapse, crack, damage, dash, decimate, demolish, destroy, detonate, discharge, doom, dynamite, explode, fracture, fragment, injure, kill, pop, pulverize, ruin, rupture, shatter, shrivel, smash, splinter, spoil, strike, stunt, torpedo, vaporize, wither, wreck (≠ aid, armor, build, defend, erect, guard, implode, mend, raise, repair, rescue, restore, salvage, save, secure, shield, survive, sustain, weather, withstand)
BLEED (←): blackmail, burgle, cannibalize, confiscate, consume, defalcate, deplete, depredate, drain, embezzle, empty, exhaust, extort, extract, fleece, gazump, impoverish, leach, leech, milk, overcharge, pauperize, reduce, rob, rook, sap, skin, squeeze, steal, stick, strong-arm, suck, tap (≠ comfort, douse, earn, fill, infuse, inject, inundate, protect, reassure, recoup, recover, replenish, restore, staunch, swamp)
BLEMISH (/): abase, adulterate, bastardize, bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, bestialize, blacken, blot, blur, botch, bungle, canker, chagrin, chasten, cheapen, cloud, compromise, contaminate, corrupt, crucify, curse, damn, darken, debase, debauch, debilitate, decay, defame, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depress, desecrate, destroy, deteriorate, dirty, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, distort, embarrass, foul, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, harshen, humble, humiliate, impair, incriminate, infect, infest, jinx, lessen, lower, malign, mar, mishandle, mock, monkey-wrench, mortify, -nullify, pervert, poison, pollute, prejudice, reduce, ruin, sabotage, shame, shrivel, sink, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spoil, stain, stale, suborn, subvert, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, touch, trash, twist, undercut, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, weaken, wither, wreck (≠ adorn, advance, aggrandize, aid, alibi, apotheosize, assist, augment, benefit, better, bless, boost, build, buoy, burnish, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, defend, dignify, distinguish, elevate, encourage, enhance, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, exalt, exonerate, fancify, fix, glorify, guard, hallow, help, honor, improve, lionize, magnify, moralize, optimize, praise, promote, protect, purify, quarantine, raise, rarefy, rectify, refine, sanctify, serve, service, support, upgrade, uplift, vindicate)
BLEMISH (/): abrade, afflict, annihilate, bang, bash, batter, blast, blight, blister, bloody, blot, blotch, blur, break, bruise, callous, check, chip, clobber, coarsen, crab, crack, crimp, cripple, crush, damage, dash, decimate, deface, deform, demolish, dent, desolate, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, ding, disable, discolor, disease, disfigure, distort, doom, dot, efface, enervate, enfeeble, erode, flaw, fleck, fracture, freckle, gash, gouge, hack, hamstring, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, inflict, injure, kink, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, nick, nock, notch, pockmark, pulverize, raze, ruin, rust, scalp, scar, scathe, score, scour, scourge, scrape, scratch, scuff, shatter, slit, smash, snag, speck, split, splotch, spoil, spot, stain, strike, taint, tarnish, tear, torment, torture, total, twist, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, waste, weaken, wear, welt, wound, wreck, wrinkle, zap (≠ adorn, ameliorate, beautify, better, cure, decorate, doctor, edit, embellish, enhance, enrich, fix, glamorize, glitz, grace, heal, help, improve, mend, optimize, ornament, overhaul, patch, perfect, polish, rarefy, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, refine, regret, rehabilitate, remedy, remodel, renovate, repair, revamp, revise, shine, tinsel, tool, weather, withstand)
BLEND (+): add, alloy, amalgamate, beat, cement, churn, coalesce, collage, combine, commingle, composite, compound, concrete, conflate, conjoin, emulsify, fold, froth, fuse, homogenize, hybridize, incorporate, integrate, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, knit, link, meld, merge, mingle, mix, reintegrate, reunite, stir, synthesize, toss, unify, unite, weave, weld, whisk (≠ break, cleave, detach, diffuse, disengage, disjoin, disperse, dissolve, disunite, divide, divorce, filter, isolate, orphan, part, purify, rupture, scatter, seclude, separate, sever, split, sunder, unmix)
BLESS (→): accord, award, bequeath, bestow, boast, boost, clothe, confer, convey, cover, deliver, dispense, donate, empower, enable, endow, enhance, enrich, equip, favor, fund, furnish, gift, grant, heal, heighten, help, impart, improve, invest, leave, mend, offer, optimize, present, provide, restore, secure, spare, supply, support, tender, tithe, volunteer, will (≠ bankrupt, beggar, blight, cannibalize, consume, -deny, deplete, depredate, deprive, diminish, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disinherit, -disown, dispossess, divest, drain, exhaust, hoard, impoverish, keep, leach, leech, overextend, ruin, sap, scant, skimp, starve, stint, strip, tax, withdraw, withhold, wreck)
BLESS (+): anoint, baptize, canonize, chasten, cleanse, commend, commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, elevate, eulogize, exalt, exorcise, expurgate, extol, glorify, hallow, honor, laud, magnify, moralize, ordain, praise, purify, rarefy, reconsecrate, refine, sacrifice, sanctify, spiritualize, thank, worship (≠ blaspheme, condemn, curse, cuss, damn, deconsecrate, defile, desacralize, desanctify, desecrate, dirty, doom, execrate, foul, pollute, profane, punish, soil, taint, violate)
BLIGHT (/): afflict, annihilate, blast, blemish, blotch, botch, bruise, bungle, canker, contaminate, corrupt, crimp, cripple, crush, curse, damage, damn, dash, debilitate, decay, deface, defile, deform, deprave, desecrate, destroy, ding, disappoint, discolor, disease, disfigure, distort, doom, fracture, frost, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, hurt, impair, infect, infest, inflict, injure, jinx, kill, mangle, mar, mishandle, monkey-wrench, mutilate, -nullify, pervert, poison, pollute, ruin, rust, sabotage, scar, scathe, shatter, shrivel, slash, slit, smash, snag, spoil, spot, stain, strike, taint, torment, trash, undercut, undermine, violate, vitiate, weaken, wither, wizen, wreck, wrinkle, zap (≠ adorn, advance, aggrandize, aid, ameliorate, amend, assist, augment, benefit, better, bless, boost, build, burnish, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, defend, dignify, distinguish, elevate, encourage, enhance, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, exalt, exonerate, fancify, fix, flavor, glorify, guard, hallow, heal, help, honor, improve, lionize, magnify, mend, optimize, ornament, praise, promote, protect, purify, quarantine, raise, rarefy, rectify, refine, repair, sanctify, season, serve, service, spice, support, survive, sustain, upgrade, uplift, vindicate, weather, withstand)
BLIND (/): baffle, bedazzle, blindfold, confuse, daze, dazzle, deceive, distract, gaslight, intimidate, mislead, overpower, overwhelm, stun, trap, trick, wow (≠ bare, clarify, conceal, depict, edify, educate, explain, expose, floodlight, guide, illuminate, reveal, show, teach)
BLINDSIDE (→): accost, ambush, assail, assault, attack, bushwhack, buttonhole, capture, catch, charge, corner, ensnare, entrap, fool, hit, hunt, impugn, intercept, invade, jump, mousetrap, mug, net, rush, sandbag, seize, snare, stalk, stampede, storm, strike, sucker-punch, surprise, tackle, trap, waylay (≠ alert, announce, broadcast, caution, confess, confide, confirm, daunt, display, divulge, expose, forewarn, menace, notify, publicize, reveal, taunt, telegraph, threaten, warn)
BLOCK (/): -abort, accost, anticipate, arrest, -balk, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, check, choke, clog, close, confound, confront, congest, cordon, co
ver, curb, dam, delay, -deter, forestall, -frustrate, gag, -halt, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, obscure, obstruct, occlude, pause, plug, preempt, -prohibit, proscribe, restrain, restrict, scotch, screen, seal, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, stall, stem, stonewall, stop, stopper, stump, stymie, tackle, -thwart, wrestle (≠ await, benefit, boost, brainstorm, breach, break, catalyze, clear, crack, expose, free, frogmarch, goad, help, instigate, legalize, loosen, march, midwife, open, oxygenate, prioritize, release, spur, stimulate, unblock, ventilate)
BLOT (+): absorb, anonymize, clean, cleanse, clear, dry, erase, mop, polish, purify, remove, scour, scrub, shine, sponge, swab, towel, wash, wipe (≠ bathe, cover, dampen, dirty, douse, mark, moisten, overdo, rinse, soak, stain, wet)
BLOT (/): bedraggle, befoul, bespatter, blacken, blemish, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disgrace, draggle, foul, grime, harshen, mar, mark, mire, muck, muddy, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, stipple, streak, sully, taint, tar, tarnish (≠ beautify, benefit, brighten, brush, clean, cleanse, clear, glamorize, glitz, grace, groom, launder, mop, prettify, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, spruce, wash, wipe)