by Damon Suede
DISCOVER (←): analyze, ascertain, calculate, clock, consult, deduce, descry, detect, determine, discern, distinguish, divine, espy, establish, fathom, find, hear, identify, lay, learn, locate, mind, note, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, place, position, post, put, realize, recognize, retrace, see, sense, set, situate, spot, spy, station, suss, trace, unmask (≠ blanket, blind, blindfold, blot, cloak, conceal, confound, confuse, cover, curtain, deceive, disguise, -disregard, enshroud, fake, forget, fudge, hide, -ignore, lose, mask, mislead, miss, mistake, muddle, mystify, -neglect, occult, -overlook, perplex, puzzle, screen, shroud, trick, unlearn, veil)
DISCOVER (+): anticipate, begin, brainstorm, colonize, compose, conceive, contrive, create, design, develop, devise, establish, explore, foreshadow, found, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, invent, launch, lead, map, open, originate, pioneer, prepare, spearhead, start, trail-blaze (≠ abolish, adopt, annihilate, annul, ape, close, conceal, copy, damage, destroy, duplicate, emulate, end, exterminate, finish, -halt, hide, mimic, -nullify, ruin, shut, stop, terminate, wrap, wreck)
DISCREDIT (/): abase, abash, affront, anathematize, badmouth, belittle, bestialize, blackguard, blame, blast, boo, castigate, censure, chasten, cheapen, condemn, confound, confuse, criticize, damage, damn, debase, decry, defame, defile, degrade, demean, demonize, denounce, depreciate, destroy, detract, diminish, discomfit, disconcert, -discount, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disprove, doom, embarrass, execrate, explode, expose, faze, fluster, foul, fulminate, humble, humiliate, incriminate, insult, invalidate, libel, lower, malign, minimize, mock, mortify, nonplus, pillory, pooh-pooh, puncture, rattle, reproach, ridicule, rubbish, ruin, shame, shoot, sink, slam, slander, slate, slur, smear, smirch, tarnish, topple, trash, vilify, vulgarize (≠ accentuate, acclaim, acknowledge, advance, affirm, aggrandize, applaud, assert, boast, boost, canonize, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hail, heroicize, highlight, honor, idealize, laud, lift, lionize, magnify, praise, promote, raise, recognize, respect, romanticize, salute, sentimentalize, spotlight, tout, upgrade, uplift)
DISCREDIT (/): belie, challenge, confound, confront, confute, consult, contest, crosscheck, cross-examine, debate, debunk, deflate, demean, demolish, -deny, disbelieve, discard, -discount, discuss, disprove, dispute, distrust, divulge, doubt, explode, expose, falsify, grill, interrogate, invalidate, lampoon, mistrust, mock, nail, overthrow, overturn, pillory, puncture, quash, query, question, rebuke, rebut, refute, -reject, reveal, ridicule, scathe, -scorn, scruple, show, suspect, tell, trust, uncloak, uncover, undress, unmask, unveil (≠ adduce, attest, authenticate, back, believe, buttress, camouflage, certify, chronicle, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, concede, confirm, consult, convince, corroborate, credit, demonstrate, disguise, display, document, endorse, establish, evidence, evince, hide, identify, illustrate, interview, manifest, mask, notarize, prove, record, rubber-stamp, secrete, show, substantiate, support, trust, validate, veil, verify, witness)
-DISDAIN (/): abhor, abominate, belittle, -cold-shoulder, condemn, demean, deplore, deprecate, deride, -despise, -detest, disavow, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disparage, -disregard, disrespect, execrate, -hate, high-hat, -ignore, jeer, -loathe, mock, pillory, pooh-pooh, -rebuff, -reject, ridicule, -scorn, scout, -slight, -snub, -spurn, undervalue (≠ accept, admire, appreciate, brave, brook, cherish, countenance, esteem, face, favor, hallow, honor, lionize, okay, prize, respect, revere, tolerate, treasure, value, venerate, worship)
DISEMBOWEL (/): bone, clean, cut, dissect, draw, dress, empty, eviscerate, excise, extract, gore, gut, harvest, mangle, maul, remove, transplant, unpack, vivisect, withdraw, yank (≠ clog, cram, fill, jam, load, pack, reinstate, replace, restore, seal, stuff, wedge)
DISENCHANT (/): advise, apprise, chagrin, confess, confide, confront, crush, curb, dampen, debunk, deflate, demoralize, demotivate, disabuse, disappoint, disclose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit, dissatisfy, divulge, enlighten, expose, frustrate, inhibit, jade, refute, shake, sophisticate, sour, spill, tell, trust, uncloak, uncover, undeceive, unmask, unveil, upset (≠ beguile, bewitch, bluff, captivate, cheat, cozen, delude, dupe, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, josh, kid, mesmorize, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, snow, stiff, trick)
DISENGAGE (/): alienate, amputate, axe, bisect, break, clear, cleave, cut, decouple, deliver, detach, disaffect, disarticulate, disassemble, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disintegrate, disjoin, dismantle, dismiss, dissect, disunite, divide, divorce, drop, ease, emancipate, estrange, excise, extricate, fragment, free, halve, incise, insulate, isolate, liberate, loose, loosen, -omit, -ostracize, oust, pare, part, partition, release, remove, rend, reprieve, rip, rupture, scissor, segregate, separate, sever, slice, split, sunder, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unglue, unhinge, unhitch, unhook, untie, withdraw (≠ attach, bind, burden, chain, clasp, clip, collect, combine, connect, embroil, encumber, engage, entangle, fasten, gather, hamper, hinder, hold, impede, implicate, join, keep, link, load, maintain, network, obstruct, reunite, secure, span, straddle, tie, unite)
DISFIGURE (/): blemish, blight, bloody, botch, break, compromise, crab, cripple, damage, deface, defile, deform, dent, ding, disable, distort, efface, erode, flaw, hamstring, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, palsy, razor, ruin, scalp, scar, scour, scourge, smash, spoil, tarnish, torment, torture, vitiate, welt, wound, wreck (≠ ameliorate, beautify, better, cure, doctor, enhance, fix, glamorize, glitz, heal, help, improve, mend, optimize, overhaul, patch, rebuild, reconstruct, rectify, refine, regret, rehabilitate, remedy, remodel, renovate, repair, revamp)
DISGRACE (/): abase, abuse, bed, belittle, besmirch, bestialize, blackguard, blame, blast, blot, boo, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, debunk, defame, defile, deflower, degrade, demean, demonize, demote, depress, deride, desecrate, devalue, diminish, discomfit, discredit, dishonor, disparage, disrespect, embarrass, expose, humble, humiliate, insult, libel, lower, malign, mock, mortify, muckrake, -ostracize, out, pillory, ravish, reduce, reproach, ridicule, scandalize, seduce, shame, sideline, slander, slur, -snub, soil, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, vilify, violate, vulgarize, wrong (≠ aggrandize, applaud, blandish, boost, canonize, celebrate, commend, congratulate, decorate, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enthrone, esteem, exalt, flatter, glorify, heroicize, heroize, highlight, honor, idealize, ingratiate, praise, promote, purify, raise, recognize, regard, respect, reverence, reward, romanticize, salute, sentimentalize, spotlight, tout, upgrade, uplift)
DISGUISE (←): act, adopt, affect, ape, assume, beard, blanket, bleep, blot, camouflage, cloak, conceal, copy, costume, counterfeit, cover, curtain, deceive, double-talk, dress, dupe, emulate, enshroud, fake, feign, gild, gloss, hide, impersonate, mantle, mask, mimic, obscure, occult, -omit, paint, play, playact, pose, pretend, roleplay, screen, sheathe, shroud, simulate, spackle, varnish, veil, whitewash (≠ bare, betray, brandish, circulate, confess, confide, confirm, confront, convince, disclose, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, flaunt, parade, reveal, show, showcase, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undrape, unmask, unveil, wag)
DISGUISE (/): act, affect, alter, beard, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blanket, bleep, block, blot, blur, bury, camouflage, candy-coat, change, cloak, clothe, cloud, color, conceal, costume, couch, counterfeit, cover, curtain, darken, -deny, dissimulate, dress, -duck, eclipse, ensconce, enshroud, fake, falsify, feign, fudge, gild, gloss, guard, hide, holster, hood, hush, impersonate, kill, mask, misrepresent, muddy, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, obstruct, occlude, occult, -omit, overshadow, paint, play, playact, pretend, rephrase, repress, roleplay, screen, shade, sheathe, shield, shrink, shroud, simulate, smother, spackle, sugarcoat, suppress, varnish, veil, whitewash (≠ accost, admit, advertise, air, amplify, augment, bare, betray, boost, brandish, broadcast, circulate, clarify, concede, confess, confide, confirm, confront, disclo
se, discover, display, disseminate, divulge, elevate, enhance, enlarge, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, flaunt, floodlight, glorify, heighten, herald, highlight, hype, identify, illuminate, limelight, magnify, maximize, out, parade, present, proclaim, publicize, publish, reveal, show, showcase, sport, spotlight, spread, telegraph, trumpet, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil, volunteer)
DISGUST (/): abuse, affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, appall, bother, depress, disappoint, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, grate, horrify, incense, insult, irk, irritate, jar, muckrake, nauseate, offend, outrage, provoke, repel, repulse, revolt, rile, scandalize, shock, sicken, -slight, -snub, trigger, troll, upset, vex (≠ allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, comfort, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, gratify, lure, magnetize, please, razzle-dazzle, rejoice, restore, seduce, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle, woo)
DISH (→): administer, allocate, apportion, assign, chunk, contribute, deliver, dispense, distribute, dole, dollop, feed, force-feed, fuel, furnish, give, hand, ladle, offer, portion, present, prorate, provide, scoop, serve, spoon, supply, transfer (≠ budget, conserve, -deny, deprive, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, remove, reserve, retain, save, seize, starve, withdraw, withhold)
DISH (→): admit, analyze, anatomize, broadcast, chide, circulate, communicate, confess, consider, criticize, critique, debate, declare, disclose, discuss, dissect, disseminate, divulge, estimate, evaluate, examine, interpret, investigate, judge, knock, muckrake, neg, process, promulgate, provoke, review, rumor, scandalize, scold, -scorn, scrutinize, share, slam, spill, spite, spread, study, test, transmit, weigh (≠ applaud, bury, camouflage, censor, conceal, contradict, defend, -deny, disguise, dispute, flatter, gainsay, hide, honor, hush, muzzle, obscure, praise, promote, protect, quiet, redact, refute, shield, silence, suppress, withhold)
DISHEARTEN (/): afflict, appall, bother, browbeat, bully, chagrin, chill, cow, crush, curb, damp, dampen, daunt, deaden, debilitate, deflate, demoralize, demotivate, depress, -deter, disabuse, disappoint, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, disenchant, disillusion, dismay, dispirit, distress, enervate, enfeeble, enlighten, frighten, frustrate, horrify, intimidate, irk, oppress, sadden, scare, shake, sicken, -thwart, trouble, try, undermine, unman, unnerve, vex, weaken, weigh, worry, wrong (≠ animate, assure, boost, buoy, cheer, comfort, congratulate, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enforce, enliven, excite, fortify, galvanize, gladden, gold-star, hearten, high-five, inspire, invigorate, lift, nerve, provoke, quicken, rally, reassure, reinforce, revitalize, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen)
DISHONOR (/): abase, attaint, bed, belittle, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blot, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, declass, defame, defile, deflower, degrade, demean, demote, desecrate, devalue, diminish, discredit, disgrace, disoblige, disparage, humble, humiliate, insult, libel, lower, mortify, reduce, seduce, shame, sideline, slander, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, violate, wrong (≠ acclaim, aggrandize, cleanse, compliment, credit, dignify, elevate, enhance, esteem, exalt, glorify, honor, praise, purify, raise, respect, revere, reverence, reward, treasure, upgrade)
DISILLUSION (/): advise, alienate, appall, apprise, caution, chill, confess, confide, confirm, confront, crush, curb, dampen, debunk, deflate, demoralize, demotivate, depress, disabuse, disaffect, disappoint, disclose, disconcert, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, dissatisfy, divulge, embitter, enlighten, expose, frustrate, jade, quash, refute, sadden, shake, sophisticate, sour, spill, tell, uncloak, uncover, undeceive, unmask, unveil, warn (≠ beguile, bluff, bullshit, cozen, delight, delude, dupe, enchant, fascinate, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, mesmerize, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, ravish, snooker, snow, trick)
DISINTEGRATE (/): abolish, anatomize, annihilate, atomize, break, collapse, corrode, crumble, decay, decimate, decompose, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, diffuse, digest, disburse, dislocate, dismantle, disorder, disperse, dissolve, distribute, doom, eradicate, erode, exterminate, extirpate, flatten, fracture, fragment, fuse, level, liquefy, melt, mortify, pulverize, radiate, refract, rot, rupture, scatter, separate, shatter, shred, smash, soften, splinter, split, spoil, tatter, thaw, turn, vaporize, weaken, wreck (≠ accumulate, amass, assemble, attach, brace, build, collect, combine, compose, concentrate, connect, constellate, couple, craft, crystallize, develop, fix, freeze, garner, gather, harden, incorporate, integrate, join, link, meld, mend, petrify, renew, reshape, restore, set, solidify, steel, strengthen, survive, sustain, temper, toughen, unite, weather, withstand)
DISLODGE (→): budge, bulldoze, bump, butt, catapult, convulse, crash, discard, disentangle, dislocate, dismiss, displace, dispossess, disturb, drive, eject, elbow, evacuate, evict, exorcise, expel, extricate, fire, force, goad, hustle, impel, jab, jettison, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, knock, move, muscle, nudge, oust, poke, press, prod, push, ram, relegate, relocate, remove, sack, shake, shift, shove, shunt, slam, strike, supersede, supplant, thrust, uproot (≠ affix, attach, block, bolster, cram, ensconce, fasten, fill, fortify, glue, jam, link, lodge, obstruct, occlude, order, overstuff, paste, pin, pinion, plant, plug, sow, stash, stick, stow, strengthen, stuff, tack, tuck, wedge)
DISMANTLE (/): annihilate, bankrupt, beggar, decimate, deconstruct, demolish, deprive, destroy, detach, disarticulate, disassemble, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, dismount, disunite, divest, divide, fell, level, raze, ruin, separate, strike, strip, subvert, topple, unsew, wrack, wreck (≠ assemble, build, combine, construct, craft, erect, fashion, machine, make, manufacture, pitch, raise, sculpt, sew, stitch, survive, sustain, suture, unite, weather, weld, withstand)
DISMAY (/): alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, bug, chagrin, concern, daunt, demoralize, demotivate, depress, disappoint, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit, distress, disturb, dread, enervate, flummox, frighten, horrify, irk, irritate, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rile, sadden, scare, shake, shock, sorrow, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, worry (≠ amuse, appease, assure, calm, comfort, congratulate, content, delight, ease, elate, embolden, encourage, entertain, grace, gratify, hallucinate, help, intoxicate, lull, mellow, mollify, mollycoddle, pacify, placate, please, quiet, reassure, restore, satisfy, settle, soothe, sugarcoat, thrill, uplift, wow)
DISMEMBER (/): amputate, axe, behead, butcher, chop, cleave, crack, cripple, crush, cut, damage, decapitate, deface, deform, disable, disarticulate, disfigure, disjoint, dislocate, dissect, distort, divide, excise, guillotine, hack, hew, hurt, impair, injure, joint, lacerate, lame, lop, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, ravage, razor, remove, rend, ruin, scratch, separate, sever, slash, slice, split, spoil, sunder, truncate, vivisect, weaken (≠ aid, assemble, build, combine, connect, construct, cure, doctor, erect, fix, heal, help, join, mend, patch, pitch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rehabilitate, remedy, renovate, repair, restore, unite)
DISMISS (→): axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, chase, chuck, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, displace, dispossess, eject, evict, exile, exorcise, expatriate, expel, fire, furlough, -ostracize, oust, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, rout, sack, spare, supersede, terminate, unseat (≠ accept, admit, appoint, assign, contract, delegate, employ, engage, entertain, harbor, hire, house, invite, keep, lodge, promote, protect, receive, recruit, reemploy, rehire, retain, shelter, sign, subcontract, take, task, welcome)
DISMISS (/): abuse, badmouth, belittle, blame, blast, boo, censure, condemn, criticize, critique, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, diminish, disbelieve, -discount, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disparage, -disregard, -ignore, incriminate, malign, minimize, -overlook, rip, scold, slander, slur, traduce, trash, vilify, wrong (≠ accent, accentuate, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, affirm, amplify, analyze, applaud, approve, assert, assess, believe, brook, commend, compare, compliment, consider, countenance, endure, evaluate, face, favor, honor, judge, mark, mull, note, ponder, punctuate, read, recognize, recommend, regard, sanction, spitball, stomach, tolerate, value, weigh)
; DISOBEY (/): breach, break, buck, challenge, combat, contest, contradict, contravene, counter, counteract, debate, defy, dismiss, disoblige, dispute, -disregard, disrespect, exceed, fight, flout, gate-crash, -ignore, infringe, mock, offend, oppose, -overlook, overstep, pooh-pooh, -reject, resist, -scorn, transgress, trespass, violate, withstand (≠ abide, accept, attend, command, demand, dominate, follow, hear, heed, insist, keep, mandate, mark, mind, note, notice, obey, oblige, observe, regard, require, serve, watch)
DISORGANIZE (/): agitate, blur, botch, capsize, churn, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, convulse, derange, destroy, disarrange, disarray, disband, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disperse, displace, disrupt, disturb, embroil, half-ass, hash, infuse, jumble, litter, mislay, misplace, mix, muddle, muss, perturb, roil, roughen, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, scramble, shuffle, swirl, toss, tousle, trouble, tumble, unsettle, unstring, untidy, upset, whip, whisk (≠ adapt, adjust, align, arrange, calibrate, catalog, clarify, classify, codify, collect, compile, compose, coordinate, enlighten, explain, fix, gather, groom, gussy, hierarchize, line, methodize, neaten, order, organize, pace, plan, regiment, regulate, right, script, shelve, soothe, spruce, straighten, systematize, systemize, tidy, tweak, uncomplicate, unscramble)