by Damon Suede
HARM (/): annihilate, bash, batter, blemish, blight, bloody, boobytrap, botch, break, canker, castrate, clobber, club, compromise, corrode, crab, cripple, crush, damage, dash, decimate, deface, demolish, dent, desolate, destroy, devastate, ding, disable, disadvantage, disfigure, efface, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, erode, flaw, fracture, fragment, half-ass, hamper, hamstring, hurt, ill-treat, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mistreat, mutilate, overdose, perforate, pulverize, queer, raze, rend, rip, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scour, scourge, scupper, shatter, shred, smash, splinter, spoil, subvert, sully, tarnish, tatter, tear, torment, torture, total, undercut, undermine, unman, vitiate, waste, weaken, wreck (≠ ameliorate, benefit, better, bless, doctor, edit, elevate, enhance, enrich, fix, help, improve, mend, optimize, overhaul, patch, perfect, rarefy, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, refine, rehabilitate, remedy, remodel, renovate, repair, rephrase, restore, retool, revamp, revise, revolutionize, survive, sustain, weather, withstand)
HARMONIZE (+): accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, align, approximate, arrange, attune, balance, blend, calibrate, center, combine, compose, contemporize, coordinate, correlate, equalize, fit, heal, integrate, match, mix, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, reintegrate, relate, reunite, set, settle, soothe, suit, synthesize, time, tune, tweak, unify, unite, unskew (≠ addle, alarm, alienate, battle, break, challenge, churn, confound, confuse, contradict, convulse, counteract, disaffect, disorganize, disrupt, interrupt, isolate, jar, jostle, jumble, mismatch, muddle, -omit, oppose, oust, race, rattle, rile, rock, roil, scramble, shake, skew, unsettle, upset)
HARNESS (+): access, apply, bind, bridle, cannibalize, channel, check, choreograph, cinch, clinch, collar, constrain, control, couple, curb, direct, domesticate, employ, equip, exercise, exert, exploit, fasten, fetter, fit, focus, funnel, furnish, gear, govern, handle, hitch, hold, leash, limit, manipulate, mobilize, muzzle, operate, orchestrate, outfit, recycle, reuse, rig, rope, run, saddle, secure, strap, tackle, tame, tap, tie, use, utilize, weaponize, wield, work, yoke (≠ allow, detach, discard, disconnect, emancipate, free, -ignore, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, misapply, misuse, -neglect, permit, release, slack, slacken, spur, unchain, unfasten, unharness, unlock, unshackle, untie, waste)
HARVEST (←): accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, bag, cache, capture, clutch, collect, compile, crop, cull, cut, discover, download, excavate, fish, forage, gain, garner, gather, glean, grasp, grow, harrow, hay, hoard, hunt, locate, mine, mow, net, obtain, pick, pile, plow, pluck, procure, pull, raise, reap, recycle, salvage, scavenge, secure, seize, snare, source, stash, stockpile, store, stow, strip, take, trap, uncover (≠ -abandon, blow, deprive, diffuse, discard, dissipate, donate, drop, -eschew, fallow, -forsake, furnish, give, grow, junk, lavish, lose, misuse, offer, pickle, plant, -reject, scatter, scrap, seed, skimp, skip, sow, squander, starve, stint, supply, trash, waste, withhold)
HASSLE (/): aggravate, aggrieve, agitate, annoy, antagonize, attack, badger, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bother, browbeat, bug, bully, burn, chafe, chaff, challenge, chide, chivy, contest, criticize, critique, demean, denigrate, deride, despoil, discomfort, disparage, disturb, dog, earbash, exasperate, fluster, fret, frost, gall, get, goad, harass, harry, haze, heckle, hector, henpeck, hound, importune, intimidate, irk, irritate, jeer, mock, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, noodge, oppose, oppress, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pillory, pique, plague, provoke, pursue, railroad, ride, ridicule, rile, ruffle, scold, spite, taunt, tease, terrorize, test, threaten, torment, torture, trash-talk, troll, trouble, try, vex, worry (≠ amuse, appease, assist, assuage, baby, calm, coddle, delight, endear, entertain, fascinate, gratify, help, humor, hush, indulge, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, relax, satisfy, sedate, smooth, stabilize, steady, thrill, woo)
HASTEN (→): accelerate, advance, aid, assist, boost, catalyze, dispatch, encourage, expedite, fast-forward, fast-track, -flee, fly, forward, frogmarch, fuel, further, goad, help, hurry, hustle, march, precipitate, press, prioritize, push, quicken, race, rush, speed, spur, tear, urge (≠ -abort, block, counteract, delay, end, finish, hamper, impede, interfere, interrupt, oppose, override, postpone, -prevent, short-circuit, stall, stop, stymie, terminate, -thwart)
HATCH (+): birth, brainstorm, breed, brood, conceive, concoct, contrive, create, cultivate, culture, design, develop, devise, engender, enlarge, evolve, expand, feed, form, formulate, foster, fuel, generate, gestate, grow, improvise, incubate, initiate, invent, lay, machinate, nourish, nurture, originate, plan, plot, produce, project, propagate, scheme, spawn, whelp (≠ -abandon, alter, botch, bungle, crush, damage, depopulate, destroy, doom, eradicate, exterminate, half-ass, hamper, impair, impede, inhibit, injure, kill, massacre, mutate, oppose, smash, snuff, starve, stifle, suppress, -thwart)
HAUL (←): attract, bear, bring, buck, carry, cart, chauffeur, convey, convoy, deliver, drag, draw, ferry, fetch, forward, heave, hoist, hump, jerk, lift, lug, move, pack, piggyback, pull, push, raise, remove, ride, schlep, send, shift, ship, shoulder, shuttle, smuggle, take, tote, tow, trail, transfer, transmit, transport, trawl, truck, tug, yank (≠ chuck, -desert, discard, -disown, -ditch, drive, drop, dump, eject, -forsake, jettison, keep, leave, lose, lower, offload, -omit, plonk, propel, punt, push, ram, -rebuff, -reject, repel, scrap, shove, -spurn, thrust)
HAUNT (→): assail, attend, claim, frequent, habituate, hound, infest, inhabit, invade, occupy, overrun, patronize, permeate, pervade, possess, stalk, stay, stop, swarm, travel, traverse, visit (≠ -abandon, -avoid, -desert, -disown, -disregard, -ditch, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -flee, forget, leave, lose, -neglect, shake, -shun)
HAUNT (/): affect, agitate, agonize, alarm, anguish, annoy, appall, bedevil, besiege, burden, depress, devastate, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, frighten, harass, harrow, harry, horrify, hound, infest, intimidate, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nag, nettle, obsess, oppress, outlast, overrun, panic, persecute, pester, petrify, plague, possess, rattle, return, scare, spook, tease, terrify, terrorize, threaten, torment, trouble, unnerve, upset, vex, worry, wrack (≠ -abandon, aid, assist, bolster, bore, brace, buoy, calm, cheer, comfort, console, delight, encourage, -forsake, hearten, help, humor, inspire, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, reassure, relax, settle, soothe, stabilize, steady, steel, thrill, uplift)
HAWK (→): auction, bootleg, cold-call, commercialize, commodify, deal, distribute, hard-sell, hustle, hype, leverage, market, merchandize, monetize, peddle, pimp, plug, presell, pressure, promote, prostitute, retail, sell, trade, vend, wholesale, whore (≠ borrow, buy, cadge, denigrate, discard, disparage, hoard, -ignore, import, keep, lease, -overlook, purchase, -refuse, -reject, rent, retain, -scorn, squirrel, stash, store)
HAZARD (→): ante, beard, bet, brave, brazen, breast, challenge, chance, compromise, confront, dare, defy, endanger, expose, face, gamble, imperil, jeopardize, menace, offer, risk, spare, spitball, stake, subject, submit, suggest, tempt, threaten, venture, volunteer, wage, wager (≠ assure, certify, crosscheck, defend, ensure, guarantee, guard, indemnify, insure, maintain, nurture, pledge, preserve, promise, protect, prove, rescue, save, secure, shelter, shield, sustain, warrant)
HEAD (→): address, administer, boss, captain, chair, choreograph, command, control, direct, dominate, govern, guide, handle, lead, manage, maneuver, monitor, orchestrate, order, oversee, pioneer, quarterback, rule, run, shepherd, show, skipper, spearhead, steer, superintend, supervise (≠ accept, challenge, defy, deride, -disregard, disrespect, follow, heed, -ignore, mind, misrule, obey, -refuse, respect, -scorn, subvert, trail)
HEAD (→): accompany, aim, announce, attend, bear, bend, cast, concentrate, conduct, direct, escort, face, focus, guide, herald, hold, incline, lead, level, navigate, orient, pilot, pinpoint, set, show, sight, steer, train, usher (≠ -avert, conclude, curve, deflect, detour, divert, dog, end, finish, follow, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack, stop, tail, tailgate, terminate, trail)
HEAL (+): aid, align, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, a
ssuage, attend, bandage, better, comfort, compose, cure, diagnose, doctor, dose, dress, drug, ease, fix, fortify, harmonize, help, hospitalize, improve, inoculate, lighten, medicate, mend, moderate, nurse, palliate, patch, physic, quarantine, reanimate, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, relieve, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restimulate, restore, resuscitate, reunite, revitalize, revive, salve, set, settle, soothe, splint, temper, treat, vaccinate (≠ abuse, afflict, aggravate, ail, castrate, cripple, damage, debilitate, disable, enervate, enfeeble, harm, hurt, impair, indispose, infect, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, misdiagnose, mutilate, overextend, sap, scar, shrivel, sicken, waste, weaken, welt, wither, wizen, worsen, wound, wrong)
HEAP (←): accumulate, add, amass, archive, arrange, assemble, augment, bank, bestow, build, bunch, burden, clump, collect, compile, concentrate, confer, congest, deposit, dump, fill, garner, gather, group, hoard, increase, jam-pack, lavish, layer, load, lumber, lump, mass, mound, mow, pack, pile, pour, pyramid, ruck, shower, stack, stockpile, store, stuff, swell (≠ confiscate, -deny, deprive, disperse, distribute, ditch, divest, downsize, economize, empty, fling, keep, -refuse, reserve, retain, scant, scatter, scrimp, skimp, squander, stint, strip, withhold)
HEAT (→): animate, annoy, arouse, bake, barbecue, boil, burn, char, cook, crisp, de-ice, enrage, excite, fire, flush, griddle, grill, inflame, microwave, overheat, parch, reheat, rewarm, roast, rouse, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, singe, steam, stimulate, stir, superheat, thaw, toast, warm (≠ chill, congeal, cool, douse, extinguish, freeze, frost, glaciate, harden, ice, refrigerate, solidify, supercool, temper)
HEAVE (→): bowl, buck, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, dart, dash, disgorge, eject, fire, fling, flip, gun, hook, hurl, hurtle, impel, launch, lob, loft, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, propel, puke, punt, ram, rifle, roll, shoot, skitter, sling, spew, spit, throw, thrust, toss, upchuck, vomit (≠ capture, clutch, contract, engulf, extract, field, grab, grasp, grip, hold, hook, inhale, keep, net, receive, seize, snag, snare, snatch, stop, swallow, take, trap, withhold, yank)
HEAVE (←): boost, crane, elevate, force, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack, levitate, lift, pull, pulley, raise, rear, up, upend, uphold, uplift, upraise, winch (≠ bear, compress, decrease, depress, descend, dip, drop, hide, lower, pitch, plonk, plunge, press, push, shrink, sink, slip, submerge, topple)
HECKLE (/): abuse, aggravate, aggrieve, agitate, annoy, antagonize, badger, bait, barrack, bedevil, beleaguer, belittle, blame, blast, blister, boo, bother, browbeat, bug, bully, catcall, chafe, chaff, chivy, demean, deride, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, disrupt, diss, disturb, dog, embarrass, exasperate, faze, fret, frost, gall, get, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hassle, haze, hector, hound, insult, interrupt, irk, irritate, jeer, mock, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pillory, pique, plague, rattle, ride, ridicule, rile, ruffle, spite, taunt, tease, terrorize, test, torment, torture, trash-talk, vex, worry (≠ -abandon, aid, appease, applaud, assist, assuage, buoy, calm, celebrate, cheer, cherish, commend, congratulate, delight, encourage, facilitate, gratify, heed, help, high-five, humor, indulge, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, praise, promote, respect, support, treasure)
HEDGE (←): -avoid, border, -bypass, circle, circumnavigate, -circumvent, detour, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -eschew, -evade, flank, fudge, miss, -omit, orbit, shake, -shirk, shuffle, -sidestep, skirt, stall, stonewall, straddle (≠ accost, brave, challenge, claim, confront, contradict, debunk, defy, expound, face, fight, insist, meet, oppose, promote, provoke, -renounce, support)
HEDGE (+): abut, belt, block, border, cage, confine, coop, corral, cover, edge, encircle, enclose, fence, fortify, girdle, guard, hinder, immure, indemnify, insure, limit, obstruct, pen, protect, restrict, ring, safeguard, shield, surround, wrap (≠ allow, bare, broaden, discharge, encourage, exceed, expand, expose, free, -ignore, imperil, liberate, loose, open, outreach, permit, release, reveal)
HEED (←): abide, accept, answer, attend, catch, clock, consider, contemplate, discharge, embrace, execute, follow, fulfill, hear, keep, mark, mind, mull, note, notice, obey, observe, perform, ponder, regard, respect, scan, scope, scrutinize, see, serve, spot, watch, weigh (≠ -blank, defy, -discount, dismiss, disobey, -disregard, flout, gloss, -ignore, mind, -neglect, -overlook, pass, pooh-pooh, resist, -scorn, -slight, -snub, subvert, violate) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
HEIGHTEN (→): accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, add, advance, affirm, aggravate, amp, amplify, assert, augment, beef, boost, broaden, build, consolidate, deepen, develop, elaborate, elevate, emphasize, enforce, enhance, enlarge, enliven, escalate, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, flavor, foster, hasten, heroicize, heroize, idealize, idolize, improve, increase, inflate, intensify, jazz, lengthen, lift, magnify, marinate, maximize, multiply, optimize, overdramatize, overhaul, oversell, poeticize, prioritize, punctuate, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, revolutionize, richen, romanticize, season, sentimentalize, sharpen, spice, strengthen, stress, stretch, supplement, swell, underline, upgrade, widen (≠ abate, abridge, alleviate, compress, concentrate, condense, curtail, decrease, deepen, depress, diminish, discourage, drop, ease, lessen, lighten, lower, minimize, moderate, reduce, shorten, shrink, subdue, submerge, underemphasize, weaken, worsen)
HELM (→): administer, captain, chair, choreograph, command, commandeer, conduct, control, direct, drive, govern, guide, head, hijack, lead, manage, navigate, orchestrate, oversee, pilot, rein, skipper, spearhead, steer, usher (≠ -abandon, block, checkmate, crash, defy, disobey, follow, misrule, -neglect, obey, overthrow, resist, serve, shadow, tail, trail, undermine, wreck)
HELP (+): abet, accommodate, advance, advantage, advise, advocate, affirm, aid, alleviate, assist, attend, augment, back, ballyhoo, befriend, benefit, bless, bolster, boost, buttress, champion, comfort, condone, console, content, counsel, decongest, delight, deliver, develop, drive, ease, embolden, encourage, endorse, endow, energize, facilitate, favor, feed, finance, forward, foster, fuel, fund, further, gladden, grant, gratify, greenlight, guide, heal, hearten, hype, incite, incubate, inspire, kindle, launch, legalize, lift, maintain, mentor, midwife, mother, motivate, nerve, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, patronize, please, plug, prioritize, profit, promote, prop, provoke, publicize, push, reinforce, reinvigorate, relieve, remedy, rescue, restore, revitalize, revive, rubber-stamp, sanction, satisfy, save, second, serve, spark, sponsor, spur, stimulate, strengthen, subsidize, support, sustain, tout, tutor, unclog, underwrite, uphold, urge (≠ afflict, antagonize, baffle, -balk, ban, bar, block, checkmate, constrain, contradict, counter, counteract, countercheck, cramp, curb, damage, delay, demotivate, depress, -desert, -deter, disappoint, discourage, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, dissuade, distress, encumber, fail, fight, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, handicap, harm, hide, hinder, hobble, hurt, impede, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, injure, monkey-wrench, muzzle, -neglect, neutralize, obstruct, occlude, oppose, outlaw, paralyze, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, sabotage, sadden, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, short-circuit, slow, squash, stagnate, stale, stall, stifle, stop, straightjacket, strangle, stunt, subdue, subvert, suppress, terrorize, throttle, -thwart, traumatize, undermine, upset)
HELP (+): advance, alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, augment, automate, beef, better, boost, coach, correct, cultivate, cure, decontaminate, develop, doctor, ease, edit, emend, enhance, enrich, facilitate, fine-tune, fortify, foster, grow, heal, hone, improve, increase, intensify, mend, mentor, mitigate, modernize, nourish, optimize, overhaul, palliate, perfect, polish, realign, reconceive, reconceptualize, recover, rectify, redraft, refine, reform, refurbish, rehabilitate, reimagine, reinforce, reinvent, reinvigorate, relieve, remediate, remedy, repair, restore, restructure, rethink, retool, retouch, revamp, revise, revive, rework, right, shine, splint, stimulate, streamline, strengthen, teach, tend, treat, update, upgrade (≠ afflict, attack, blemish, blight, callous, coars
en, contaminate, cripple, damage, decrease, deface, destroy, diminish, disease, disfigure, distort, doom, efface, eradicate, exacerbate, flaw, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harm, harshen, hinder, hobble, hurt, impair, impede, infect, infest, injure, lessen, lower, malign, mar, poison, pollute, reduce, ruin, spoil, stunt, sully, tarnish, vitiate, worsen, wound, wreck, wrong)
HENPECK (/): abuse, accuse, admonish, berate, blame, blast, browbeat, castigate, caution, censure, chasten, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, critique, denigrate, denounce, disparage, earbash, exasperate, fault, fulminate, harass, hector, lambaste, lecture, mock, nag, punish, ream, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, ridicule, scold, taunt, upbraid, villainize (≠ appease, approve, blandish, brook, commend, compliment, countenance, delight, endorse, endure, eulogize, flannel, flatter, gratify, help, ingratiate, mollify, please, praise, recommend, sanction, soften, soothe, support, thank, thrill, tolerate, tout)
HEX (→): becharm, bespell, bewitch, bind, brew, captivate, cast, charm, compel, conjure, constrain, curse, dazzle, dedicate, devise, devote, enchant, ensorcel, enthrall, entice, entrance, evoke, fascinate, force, glamour, 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, unbind, ward)