by Damon Suede
BULLY (/): abuse, admonish, badger, beat, blackjack, blackmail, bluff, bogart, browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bullyrag, chide, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, dehumanize, dictate, domineer, dragoon, drive, earbash, forebode, frighten, goad, harangue, harass, haze, heckle, hector, henpeck, hijack, hint, hound, injure, insinuate, insult, intimidate, isolate, jeopardize, menace, mistreat, molest, motivate, muscle, nag, oblige, oppress, overwhelm, persecute, pester, press, pressure, punish, push, railroad, sandbag, scare, stalk, steamroller, stress, strong-arm, terrorize, threaten, torment, trash-talk, tyrannize, victimize, warn, wrong (≠ alleviate, allow, blandish, cajole, champion, coax, commend, compliment, defend, endorse, favor, flatter, help, honor, laud, pity, praise, promote, protect, regret, rescue, respect, serve, soft-sell, soft-soap, support, sweet-talk, wheedle)
BUMP (→): bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, clap, concuss, conk, crack, crash, elbow, hit, jab, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, nudge, pat, plop, plunk, pound, prod, punch, push, rap, rattle, shake, shunt, sideswipe, slam, slap, smack, strike, thump, thwack, whack (≠ -avert, -avoid, block, brush, -bypass, catch, deflect, -disregard, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -evade, grasp, guard, miss, nudge, pass, protect, pull, repel, shave, -sidestep, skim, skip, yank)
BUMP (→): budge, crowd, depose, disinherit, dislocate, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, exorcise, expel, extricate, fire, hustle, move, oust, overthrow, relegate, relocate, remove, replace, sack, shift, shove, shunt, sideline, supersede, supplant, topple, unhorse, uninstall, unseat, uproot (≠ affix, attach, authorize, confirm, cram, embed, entrench, establish, greenlight, install, lodge, permit, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, stuff, support, wedge)
BUMP (→): accent, accentuate, accrue, affirm, amplify, assert, augment, bolster, boost, cube, develop, double, emphasize, encourage, enhance, escalate, expand, flavor, foster, further, heighten, improve, increase, intensify, jack, magnify, marinate, maximize, multiply, prioritize, promote, punctuate, raise, refine, richen, season, spice, strengthen, treble, triple, upgrade (≠ abate, contract, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, minimize, mitigate, rarefy, reduce, shorten, shrink, truncate, weaken)
BUNGLE (/): blemish, blight, blow, bobble, boggle, botch, butcher, damage, destroy, dismiss, -disregard, doom, drop, fail, flaw, flub, fluff, foozle, forget, fumble, goof, half-ass, harm, hurt, -ignore, impair, jumble, lose, louse, mangle, mar, miscarry, mishandle, mislay, mismanage, misplace, miss, mistake, misunderstand, mix, muddle, muff, murder, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, overshoot, ruin, scramble, skip, spoil, undershoot, wreck (≠ accomplish, achieve, actualize, ameliorate, bemoan, better, claim, crest, doctor, enhance, fix, help, improve, lament, manage, mourn, nail, optimize, overhaul, patch, perfect, recondition, rectify, refine, reform, regret, remedy, renovate, repair, revamp, revolutionize, rue, steady, succeed)
BURDEN (→): baffle, block, bottleneck, charge, check, choke, clog, clutter, complicate, compromise, congest, constrain, cramp, cripple, crush, curb, delay, detain, -deter, drag, encumber, fetter, fill, foist, freight, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, heap, hinder, impair, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, involve, jam, load, lumber, mound, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overextend, overload, overtax, overwhelm, pack, paralyze, pile, press, restrain, restrict, saddle, shelve, stack, strain, surcharge, task, tax, -thwart, tie, trammel, trouble, weigh, weight (≠ aid, alleviate, assist, -avoid, boost, buoy, clear, discard, discharge, disencumber, dispatch, -ditch, divest, drop, -dump, ease, exempt, expedite, facilitate, further, hasten, hurry, lift, lighten, loosen, lose, mislay, misplace, open, organize, permit, promote, release, relieve, remove, separate, support, unblock, unburden, unclog, uncomplicate, unencumber, unload)
BURDEN (/): afflict, agitate, agonize, ail, anguish, avenge, bother, bum, castigate, chain, chasten, concern, confine, constipate, curb, dash, daunt, delay, demoralize, demotivate, depress, derail, discomfort, discompose, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, embarrass, enmesh, enslave, ensnare, entangle, execute, fetter, foil, freak, handcuff, handicap, hedge, hem, hinder, hobble, hogtie, hold, impede, imprison, incarcerate, inconvenience, incriminate, inhibit, lambaste, leash, manacle, mire, monkey-wrench, oppress, persecute, perturb, pillory, -preclude, -prevent, rein, repress, reprise, retard, roadblock, sabotage, sadden, sentence, shackle, slow, smother, stifle, straightjacket, strain, strangle, stress, stump, stymie, subvert, suffocate, suppress, torment, torture, trouble, try, undo, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, upset, weary, weigh, worry (≠ animate, assure, benefit, boost, brighten, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, delight, elate, elevate, encourage, enliven, excite, exhilarate, free, gladden, gratify, hearten, help, inspire, invigorate, liberate, lift, lighten, please, prioritize, reassure, rejoice, rush, smooth, solace, soothe, speed, stimulate, thrill, uplift, wow)
BURGLE (←): appropriate, bogart, boost, burglarize, cheat, comb, defraud, deprive, despoil, grab, gut, harry, hijack, hunt, invade, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, nobble, pilfer, pillage, pluck, plunder, poach, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, ravish, relieve, requisition, rifle, rob, rummage, sack, salvage, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, trespass (≠ bestow, bury, conceal, defend, donate, furnish, give, guard, hide, hoard, hog, insure, keep, lock, lose, maintain, offer, police, preserve, protect, receive, refund, -refuse, reimburse, -reject, repay, rescue, restore, save, secure, shield, stash, supply, wall)
BURN (→): bake, bank, barbecue, blacken, brand, broil, cauterize, char, consume, cook, cremate, crisp, damage, destroy, enkindle, fire, flame, frizzle, heat, ignite, immolate, incinerate, inflame, kindle, light, melt, parch, rekindle, roast, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, singe, smoke, stoke, toast, torch, wither (≠ braise, chill, choke, cool, dim, douse, drench, embalm, extinguish, fortify, freeze, preserve, quench, rebuild, renew, repair, revive, smother, snuff, stifle, suffocate, wet)
BURN (←): abuse, afflict, bamboozle, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, buffalo, catch, cheat, chisel, con, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double-cross, dupe, exploit, falsify, fiddle, fool, forge, gaslight, gull, harm, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, maltreat, manipulate, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, mistreat, outwit, overreach, plague, ream, sandbag, scam, snooker, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, trick, underpay, victimize, violate, wrong (≠ aid, assume, assure, believe, clarify, comp, compensate, confess, confide, confirm, confront, counter, debunk, defend, disabuse, disclose, divulge, enlighten, explain, expose, foster, give, gratify, guard, help, inform, pity, placate, profit, protect, recoup, repay, replace, restore, reveal, reward, save, shield, support, treat, uncover, undeceive, unmask, unveil)
BURST (/): annihilate, atomize, blast, blow, break, crack, dash, decimate, demolish, destroy, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, disrupt, doom, dynamite, erupt, explode, fracture, fragment, part, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, pulverize, puncture, rend, ruin, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, split, spout, spring, tear, vaporize, wreck (≠ attach, bind, calm, close, collapse, combine, fasten, fix, fuse, implode, join, meld, mend, overhaul, rectify, renovate, repair, salvage, save, seal, secure, solder, unite, weld)
BURY (→): cloak, coffin, conceal, cover, curtain, deposit, embalm, ensconce, enshrine, enshroud, entomb, hide, immure, inter, lay, mummify, obscure, plant, rebury, reinter, sepulcher, shade, shield, shroud (≠ bare, burn, cremate, disclose, discover, disinter, display, exhibit, exhume, expose, resuscitate, reveal, revive, show, showcase, suss, uncoffin, uncover, unearth)
BURY (→): cover, cram, embed, enclose, engulf, fix, graft, immerse, implant, insert, jam, lodge, place, plant, put, root, scatter, seed, set, sink, situate, sow, submerge, transplant, wedge (≠ derive, distill, draw, elicit, exact, extract, free, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick, pluck, prize, pull, quarry, recover, remove, suck, tug, uproot, withdraw, worm, wrench, wrest, wring, yank)
BURY (←): absorb, busy, concentrate, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, grip, hold, immerse, interest, involve, obsess, occupy, preoc
cupy, rivet (≠ addle, anger, annoy, bore, bother, deflect, disorient, distract, divert, irk, irritate, nitpick, sidetrack, tire, vex, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
BURY (/): archive, cache, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, costume, cover, curtain, darken, disguise, eclipse, ensconce, enshroud, entomb, hide, hoard, holster, mask, obscure, obstruct, occult, -omit, plant, screen, secrete, shade, shadow, sheathe, shield, shroud, squirrel, stash, store, stow, suppress, tuck, veil, withhold (≠ accost, bare, brandish, circulate, concede, confess, confide, confirm, confront, detect, disclose, discover, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, externalize, flaunt, light, manifest, open, out, parade, present, reveal, show, showcase, strip, suss, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap, wag)
BURY (/): ace, annihilate, beat, best, better, bomb, break, cap, clobber, conquer, cream, crush, deep-six, destroy, dispatch, drub, dust, eclipse, edge, exceed, finish, flatten, hurdle, lick, master, obliterate, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outlast, outrank, outsell, outshine, outstrip, outthink, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, paste, rout, ruin, shellac, sink, skin, skunk, slaughter, snooker, snow, steamroller, subdue, subjugate, surmount, surpass, sweep, take, thrash, throw, top, topple, transcend, trim, trounce, upend, upset, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, whomp, whup, wrack, wreck (≠ aid, assist, augment, boost, cede, champion, defend, emancipate, empower, enfranchise, enhance, forfeit, free, guard, help, improve, liberate, preserve, prioritize, protect, release, safeguard, save, shield, surrender, survive, underwhelm, yield)
BUST (→): abase, break, can, cashier, debase, degrade, demean, demote, dismiss, downgrade, downsize, fire, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, relegate, sack, sideline (≠ advance, elevate, foster, further, hire, promote, raise, recommend, upgrade)
BUST (←): apprehend, arrest, bag, bind, capture, catch, collar, commit, confine, convict, cop, detain, enchain, fetter, get, grab, grapple, handcuff, hogtie, hold, hook, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, land, manacle, nab, nail, pinch, police, raid, remand, restrain, search, seize, shackle, snaffle, snare, snatch, trammel, trap (≠ absolve, acquit, alibi, clear, discharge, emancipate, exonerate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, redeem, release, spring, unbind, unchain, vindicate)
BUST (/): bankrupt, beggar, bleed, break, cannibalize, consume, deplete, depredate, drain, exhaust, exploit, impoverish, pauperize, reduce, ruin, straiten, waste, weaken (≠ bank, budget, compensate, conserve, earn, enrich, invest, pay, preserve, profit, protect, reward, stash, stow)
BUST (/): atomize, blast, break, burst, chip, crack, crush, damage, destroy, detonate, dismember, disrupt, explode, fold, fracture, fragment, grind, harm, pestle, pop, powder, pulverize, reduce, rive, ruin, rupture, shatter, shiver, sliver, smash, splinter, split, vaporize, wreck (≠ aid, doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, refurbish, renovate, repair, restore, save salvage, secure, stitch, suture, unify, unite)
BUTCHER (/): annihilate, assassinate, behead, blitzkrieg, carve, castrate, clean, cleave, cure, cut, decapitate, decimate, depopulate, destroy, dispatch, dress, eradicate, execute, exterminate, fell, guillotine, joint, kill, liquidate, mangle, massacre, maul, murder, mutilate, portion, razor, slaughter, slay, slice, smite, snuff, stick, waste (≠ aid, armor, assist, block, defend, doctor, grow, heal, mend, nurse, nurture, preserve, protect, repair, rescue, save, sew, shield, stitch, survive)
BUTCHER (/): blemish, blight, blow, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, botch, bungle, damage, destroy, disrupt, emasculate, flaw, flub, fluff, foozle, foul, fumble, half-ass, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, injure, lessen, louse, mangle, mar, mess, mishandle, mismanage, mistake, muddle, muff, murder, mutilate, poison, pollute, ruin, sabotage, scupper, spoil, stain, undercut, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, wreck (≠ accomplish, actualize, ameliorate, bandage, bemoan, better, broker, contrive, doctor, enhance, finagle, fix, handle, heal, help, improve, lament, machinate, manage, maneuver, mourn, negotiate, optimize, overhaul, patch, protect, recondition, rectify, refine, reform, regret, remedy, renegotiate, renovate, repair, repent, restore, revamp, revolutionize, rue, wangle)
BUTT (→): batter, buck, buffet, bump, bunt, gore, hit, hook, horn, jab, knock, poke, prod, punch, push, ram, shove, smack, strike, thrust, toss (≠ -bypass, calm, counter, defend, deflect, -disregard, guard, miss, parry, shield, skip, soften)
BUTTER (←): adulate, anoint, applaud, blandish, blarney, bluff, brownnose, bullshit, cajole, candy-coat, charm, coat, coax, commend, compliment, con, congratulate, court, dulcify, endear, eulogize, felicitate, flannel, flatter, glad-hand, grease, hero-worship, honey, humor, hustle, idolize, ingratiate, inveigle, jolly, lard, leverage, lube, lubricate, massage, moisturize, oil, overpraise, pomade, praise, puff, romance, salve, schmooze, sell, slick, smear, smooth, snooker, snow, soften, soft-sell, soft-soap, stroke, sugarcoat, sweeten, sweet-talk, syrup, wheedle, woo, worship (≠ abrade, badmouth, belittle, berate, boo, browbeat, bully, callous, case-harden, chafe, coarsen, compel, condemn, criticize, critique, decry, depreciate, disparage, force, harden, insult, intimidate, inure, mock, offend, railroad, repel, retort, ridicule, steamroller, toughen, trash-talk)
BUTTRESS (+): anchor, anneal, back, base, bear, beef, bolster, brace, buffer, build, bulwark, carry, clinch, cover, cushion, defend, embattle, entrench, fence, fix, fortify, garrison, gird, ground, guard, harden, hinge, hold, patch, prepare, prop, protect, rampart, ready, reinforce, safeguard, secure, shore, stabilize, stand, stay, steady, steel, stiffen, strengthen, strut, support, sustain, temper, toughen, truss, undergird, underpin, uphold, wall (≠ agitate, attack, boobytrap, breach, break, burden, canker, compromise, convulse, corrode, corrupt, crack, damage, destabilize, destroy, doom, drop, endanger, erode, fail, forget, harm, hurt, imperil, injure, lumber, mar, melt, monkey-wrench, -neglect, rattle, release, roil, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shake, soften, subvert, threaten, undermine, weaken)
BUTTRESS (+): affirm, assert, attest, authenticate, avow, back, bolster, certify, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, document, ensure, establish, guarantee, notarize, prove, reinforce, substantiate, support, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, warrant, witness (≠ challenge, contest, contradict, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, disprove, dispute, expose, gainsay, invalidate, -negate, question, rebut, refute, undercut, undermine, weaken)
BUY (+): accept, account, accredit, affirm, assume, believe, comprehend, conclude, conjecture, credit, decide, declare, deduce, endorse, expect, gather, grok, hold, imagine, infer, judge, maintain, presume, profess, reason, reckon, recognize, suppose, surmise, swallow, take, trust, understand, wonder (≠ challenge, consult, cross-examine, debate, -deny, determine, disbelieve, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, interrogate, invalidate, mistrust, -negate, oppugn, question, refute, -reject, scruple, suspect) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
BUY (←): acquire, attain, barter, bid, claim, earn, exchange, finance, find, gain, garner, get, horse-trade, land, negotiate, obtain, offer, outbid, overpay, pay, procure, purchase, renegotiate, secure, source, swap, take, trade, win (≠ advertise, bootleg, broker, commodify, comp, deal, donate, give, lease, leverage, market, merchandize, monetize, offer, outlay, plug, promote, purloin, remainder, rent, retail, rob, sell, smuggle, steal, supply, swipe, tender, transact, vend)
BUY (/): abase, allure, bait, beguile, bribe, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, demean, deprave, dishonor, entice, fix, flatter, goad, induce, ingratiate, lure, motivate, nobble, persuade, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, provoke, seduce, snare, spur, square, stimulate, suborn, subvert, taint, tempt, trap, warp (≠ arrest, blackmail, bust, catch, collar, extort, indict, nab, nail, penalize, -refuse, -reject, resist, snaffle)
-BYPASS (→): -avoid, -boycott, circumnavigate, -circumvent, detour, -discount, disobey, -disregard, divert, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -flee, leapfrog, orbit, outflank, -overlook, pass, shake, shortcut, -shun, sidetrack, skirt, subvert, waive (≠ accept, accost, catch, chase, confront, court, embrace, face, hu
nt, include, invite, keep, meet, pursue, seek, target, welcome, woo)
-BYPASS (→): -blank, burke, -disdain, -disregard, -dodge, flout, forget, -ignore, miss, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, overtake, pass, pooh-pooh, -reject, scant, -scorn, shortcut, skimp, skip, -slight, slough, slur (≠ appreciate, attend, bemoan, cherish, contact, cultivate, follow, foster, heed, indulge, invite, lament, mark, mind, mourn, note, notice, nurse, nurture, obey, observe, pamper, prize, pursue, regard, regret, remark, remember, rue, tend, treasure, value, watch)
-BYPASS (→): -avert, -avoid, beat, -circumvent, deflect, disobey, -disregard, divert, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -end-run, -escape, -eschew, -evade, finesse, flout, -ignore, -obviate, outflank, override, parry, -prevent, shake, -shirk, -shun, shunt, -sidestep, skirt, ward (≠ accede, accept, catch, clock, contract, court, embrace, follow, incur, keep, obey, observe, pursue, seek, treasure, welcome, woo)
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