by Damon Suede
HOUND (→): accompany, bird-dog, chaperone, chase, dog, escort, eye, eyeball, follow, hunt, observe, pursue, retrace, run, scout, search, seek, shadow, spoor, tag, tail, target, trace, track, trail, watch (≠ -abandon, direct, dismiss, -disregard, -dodge, -evade, guide, head, hide, -ignore, lead, lose, -neglect, -overlook, pilot, spearhead, steer)
HOUND (/): annoy, badger, bait, beg, besiege, blandish, blitz, bombard, bother, bug, bully, cajole, chivy, coax, contact, disturb, dog, drive, earbash, egg, exasperate, exhort, force, goad, harass, harry, hassle, haunt, heckle, hector, henpeck, impel, importune, incite, insist, irk, nag, needle, nitpick, noodge, outlast, persecute, pester, plague, plead, press, pressure, prod, prompt, provoke, push, ride, scratch, spur, stalk, tail, track, trail, urge, vex, wheedle (≠ acclaim, applaud, boost, commend, compliment, defend, endorse, eulogize, extol, glorify, guard, hype, laud, plug, praise, promote, protect, publicize, recommend, secure, tout)
HOUSE (+): accommodate, barrack, bestow, billet, board, bunk, chamber, domicile, ensconce, harbor, home, host, lodge, niche, quarter, reunite, roof, room, secure, shed, shelter, stable, tent, warehouse, welcome (≠ alienate, attack, ban, banish, bar, deport, -desert, dismiss, displace, eject, evict, exile, incommode, inconvenience, inhabit, isolate, oppose, orphan, -ostracize, oust, relegate, repel, tenant, torment, turf, withhold)
HOUSE (+): archive, armor, bound, box, cage, carry, circumscribe, closet, cocoon, confine, contain, coop, corral, cover, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enlace, envelop, fence, frame, guard, hem, hold, holster, immure, include, incorporate, keep, limit, mew, package, pen, place, preserve, protect, receive, restrict, ring, secure, sheathe, shelter, shield, store, stow, surround, wall, wrap (≠ block, disgorge, displace, disseminate, eject, -exclude, exorcise, expel, extract, extricate, launch, loosen, -omit, -ostracize, oust, remove, spew, uninstall, vent)
HUMBLE (/): abase, abash, affront, badmouth, bastardize, belittle, bench, besmear, besmirch, bestialize, blast, blister, boo, castigate, censure, chagrin, chasten, cheapen, condemn, confound, confuse, criticize, critique, crush, damn, debase, decry, defame, defile, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, denounce, -deny, depreciate, detract, devalue, diminish, discomfit, disconcert, -discount, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, efface, embarrass, execrate, faze, fluster, foul, fulminate, hide, humiliate, insult, libel, lower, malign, minimize, mortify, neg, nonplus, outlast, overcome, pillory, rattle, reduce, ridicule, shame, sideline, silence, sink, slander, smirch, -snub, soil, spoil, squash, squelch, stain, subdue, sully, taint, upset, violate, vulgarize (≠ acknowledge, advance, affirm, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, assert, boast, boost, canonize, celebrate, cheer, cherish, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, crown, decorate, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, eulogize, exalt, extol, fetishize, glorify, gold-star, gratify, hail, heighten, heroicize, heroize, high-five, highlight, honor, idealize, idolize, laud, lift, magnify, praise, prioritize, promote, raise, recognize, revere, romanticize, salute, spotlight, tout, upgrade, uplift, venerate, worship)
HUMILIATE (/): abase, abash, attaint, beat, belittle, bench, besmear, besmirch, bestialize, blame, blast, blister, boo, break, chagrin, chasten, chastise, checkmate, confound, confuse, conquer, crush, -cut, debase, debauch, defame, defeat, defile, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, denigrate, depress, devalue, diminish, discomfit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downplay, embarrass, expose, flog, humble, insult, lower, mock, mortify, pan, pillory, reduce, ridicule, rip, -scorn, shame, -shun, sideline, slam, slander, -slight, smear, -snub, soil, spoil, squash, stain, subdue, sully, taint, tease, trounce, vilify, violate, whup, wither (≠ acclaim, applaud, blandish, boost, canonize, celebrate, cherish, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, eulogize, exalt, extol, fête, flatter, glorify, gold-star, gratify, high-five, highlight, honor, idealize, ingratiate, praise, prioritize, promote, raise, recognize, respect, revere, romanticize, salute, sentimentalize, spotlight, tout, upgrade, worship)
HUMOR (+): abide, accommodate, appease, blandish, brook, coax, coddle, condone, cosset, countenance, delight, endure, face, favor, flannel, flatter, gratify, indulge, infantilize, jolly, mollify, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, permit, please, pleasure, prioritize, sate, satiate, satisfy, spoil, stomach, suffer, swallow, tolerate (≠ attack, bridle, challenge, check, confront, constrain, contradict, counter, curb, defy, -deny, discipline, discomfit, disfavor, disrespect, fight, inhibit, oppose, oppress, -prohibit, punish, resist, restrain, -scorn, shame, stifle, straightjacket, torment)
HUMP (→): ball, bang, bed, boff, boink, bone, bonk, debauch, deflower, devour, diddle, drill, enter, fuck, impale, jump, nail, penetrate, pillage, pleasure, plow, plunder, poke, pork, pound, probe, prong, rail, ram, ravish, ream, ride, screw, seduce, shag, shtup, skewer, tap, tumble (≠ -avoid, -deny, -neglect, -refuse, -reject, -spurn)
HUMP (←): bear, carry, cart, chauffeur, convey, convoy, deliver, dispatch, drag, draw, express, haul, heave, hoist, jerk, lift, lug, move, pull, remove, schlep, send, shift, ship, shoulder, shuttle, smuggle, tote, tow, trail, transfer, transmit, transport, tug, yank (≠ -abandon, -desert, discard, drop, leave, lose, offload, plonk, push, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, repel, repulse, scrap, shove, stash, thrust)
HUNT (→): backtrack, bag, bird-dog, capture, chase, cull, decoy, dog, drag, drive, ferret, fish, follow, forage, harpoon, harry, hound, kill, net, persecute, poach, pursue, root, scent, scrounge, search, seek, shadow, shoot, sift, snare, spoor, stalk, tail, target, track, trail, trap, winnow (≠ acquire, capture, catch, corner, -evade, find, free, hide, -ignore, lead, liberate, lose, miss, -neglect, obtain, procure, secure, -sidestep, skip, source)
HUNT (→): case, check, disclose, discover, examine, explore, fathom, grill, interrogate, investigate, plumb, probe, prospect, prowl, question, ransack, reconnoiter, retrace, reveal, root, rummage, scour, scout, search, sound, trace, track, trail, unearth (≠ -boycott, -bypass, conceal, detect, discern, discover, -disregard, -eschew, expose, forget, hide, -ignore, learn, lose, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, -prohibit, protest, realize, reveal, spot)
HURL (→): bowl, buck, bung, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, dart, dash, eject, fire, fling, flip, gun, heave, hook, hurtle, impel, launch, lob, loft, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, roll, send, shoot, skitter, sling, throw, thrust, toss, wing (≠ accept, acquire, bring, carry, catch, clasp, clutch, convey, drag, give, grab, grasp, grip, hand, hold, keep, obtain, procure, pull, receive, retain, schlep, secure, snag, tow, tug, yank)
HURRY (→): accelerate, advance, agitate, aid, assist, bundle, catalyze, dispatch, dizzy, drive, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate, fast-track, fluster, frogmarch, goad, grease, hasten, hustle, incite, lubricate, march, midwife, nudge, oil, prod, prompt, propel, punt, push, quicken, race, rush, speed, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, whisk (≠ -abort, arrest, brake, check, decelerate, delay, encumber, fetter, freeze, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold, impede, leash, manacle, obstruct, pause, plant, restrain, retard, root, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, slow, stall, stay, still, stop, straightjacket, stymie, -thwart, trammel)
HURT (/): annihilate, bash, batter, blemish, blight, bloody, botch, break, callous, canker, castrate, clobber, club, coarsen, compromise, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crab, crack, cripple, cross, crucify, crush, damage, dash, debilitate, decimate, deface, defile, demolish, dent, desecrate, desolate, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, ding, dirty, disable, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, doom, efface, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, erode, fade, flaw, fracture, gnaw, half-ass, hamper, hamstring, harm, harshen, hinder, impair, incapacitate, injure, kneecap, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, pulverize, queer, ravage, raze, rot, ruin, rust, sabotage, scotch, scour, scourge, scupper, shatter, smash, spoil, stain, taint, tarnish, tear, torment, torture, total, undercut, undermine, unman, vandalize, vitiate, waste, weaken, wear, welt, whip, wound, wreck (≠ advantage, ameliorate, benefit, better, boost, cure, decontaminat
e, doctor, edit, enhance, enrich, fix, guard, heal, help, improve, mend, patch, perfect, polish, protect, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, refine, rehabilitate, remedy, remodel, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, revise, save, secure, sophisticate, splint, survive, sustain, withstand)
HURT (/): abuse, afflict, aggrieve, assault, attack, batter, beat, blemish, blight, bloody, break, bruise, brutalize, burn, burst, castrate, club, contuse, crease, cripple, cut, damage, disfigure, fracture, gash, gore, graze, hamstring, harm, hit, impair, infect, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, nick, punish, razor, rend, rupture, savage, scald, scalp, scar, scathe, scorch, scrape, scratch, shank, shiv, sicken, slash, slice, smash, split, spoil, stab, sting, strain, tear, torment, torture, traumatize, wound (≠ aid, alleviate, armor, assist, bandage, bind, cure, defend, doctor, dose, dress, drug, ease, fix, heal, hospitalize, maintain, medicate, mend, nurse, preserve, -prevent, protect, quarantine, remedy, renew, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, sew, shelter, shield, splint, stitch, support, treat)
HURT (/): afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, bleed, crucify, defame, discipline, grieve, harass, harm, indispose, injure, insult, malnourish, menace, mistreat, -neglect, oppress, outrage, persecute, plague, rack, sadden, sicken, sorrow, threaten, torment, torture, traumatize, upset, vex, victimize, violate, wound, wrong (≠ accommodate, amuse, appease, assure, baby, cheer, cherish, comfort, console, cuddle, defend, delight, ease, endure, entertain, favor, featherbed, foster, gratify, guard, humor, indulge, mollify, nourish, nurture, oblige, pacify, placate, please, reassure, satiate, satisfy, shield, solace, soothe, spoon-feed, support, thrill, tolerate, weather)
HUSH (/): anesthetize, appease, calm, compose, devoice, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, muffle, mute, muzzle, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, sedate, settle, shush, silence, soothe, squelch, squench, stifle, still, subdue, suppress, tranquilize (≠ aggravate, agitate, alarm, communicate, deafen, disrupt, disturb, exacerbate, express, intensify, kindle, mobilize, rally, rattle, rile, roil, rouse, say, shake, stir, verbalize, worsen)
HUSTLE (→): accelerate, bulldoze, bump, bundle, bustle, crowd, dash, drive, elbow, fast-forward, fast-track, fly, force, grease, hasten, hurry, impel, jog, jostle, manhandle, move, nudge, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake, press, prod, push, quicken, race, rush, shove, speed, spur, stir, thrust (≠ decelerate, defer, delay, drag, hamper, hinder, impede, pacify, pause, postpone, shelve, short-circuit, -sidestep, slow, stall, stymie, -thwart)
HUSTLE (←): bamboozle, beat, betray, bilk, blackmail, bleed, bluff, butter, charm, cheat, chisel, clip, cold-call, commodify, con, convince, cozen, dazzle, deceive, defraud, double-cross, double-talk, dupe, elbow, encourage, euchre, exploit, extort, fast-talk, fiddle, finagle, finesse, fleece, flimflam, fool, force, gazump, glad-hand, gouge, grease, gull, gyp, hoodwink, hornswoggle, leverage, lobby, manipulate, milk, monetize, nick, nudge, oil, overcharge, pressure, ream, rook, schmooze, screw, sell, short, shortchange, skin, soak, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, trick, underpay, victimize, wrench, wrest, wring, wrong (≠ accept, assume, assure, believe, confess, defend, doubt, expose, face, guard, help, honor, indemnify, preserve, protect, refund, regret, reimburse, repay, rescue, respect, safeguard, save, shield, support, suspect, trust, verify)
HYBRIDIZE (+): adulterate, allow, alloy, amalgamate, bastardize, blend, braid, commingle, compound, conjoin, cross, crossbreed, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate, fuse, graft, incorporate, infiltrate, infuse, inseminate, instill, interbreed, intermingle, knit, lump, merge, mingle, mix, stir, suffuse, synthesize, tangle, transfuse, unite, weave (≠ amputate, cleanse, detach, disconnect, disengage, divide, excise, -exclude, expunge, insulate, isolate, part, purge, purify, quarantine, remove, segregate, separate, sequester, sever, simplify, split, uncomplicate, unmix)
HYPE (→): acclaim, advertise, aggrandize, aid, announce, back, bait, ballyhoo, boost, broadcast, bulletin, champion, circulate, commend, commercialize, commodify, disseminate, elevate, encourage, endorse, favor, feature, further, handle, hawk, highlight, hustle, inspire, laud, leverage, limelight, lobby, lure, mainstream, market, mention, merchandize, monetize, motivate, notify, offer, overestimate, overstate, peddle, pimp, pitch, plug, popularize, praise, presell, prioritize, promo, promote, promulgate, propagandize, publicize, publish, puff, push, recommend, sanction, sell, shill, spark, spotlight, spur, stimulate, support, telegraph, tout (≠ attack, ban, battle, -boycott, bury, buy, camouflage, conceal, condemn, criticize, critique, demean, demonize, denigrate, denounce, deride, discourage, discredit, disguise, dismiss, disparage, distrust, -eschew, foil, hide, insult, knock, mock, monkey-wrench, muffle, muzzle, neg, pan, picket, pillory, -prohibit, protest, prove, purchase, recall, recant, -reject, ridicule, -scorn, -shun, slam, -snub, -spurn, suppress, undersell, understate)
HYPE (+): accelerate, accent, accentuate, accumulate, add, affirm, aggrandize, amass, amp, amplify, assert, augment, boost, build, bump, collect, complement, compound, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, emphasize, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, foster, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, maximize, multiply, prioritize, prolong, pump, raise, ratchet, reinforce, spike, strengthen, stretch, supersize, supplement, swell, up (≠ abate, abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, constrict, contract, crush, curtail, cut, decrease, de-escalate, deflate, diminish, downplay, downsize, kill, lessen, lower, mellow, minimize, mitigate, moderate, modulate, reduce, retrench, shorten, subdue, subtract, underemphasize)
HYPNOTIZE (←): absorb, amaze, anesthetize, appease, arrest, assuage, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, command, compel, control, dazzle, deaden, distract, dizzy, drug, ease, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fixate, galvanize, grab, gratify, grip, hold, hush, immerse, immobilize, involve, lull, magnetize, mellow, mesmerize, mitigate, mollify, monopolize, motivate, narcotize, numb, pacify, paralyze, quell, quiet, razzle-dazzle, relax, relieve, rivet, settle, silence, soothe, spellbind, still, stun, stupefy, subdue, subjugate, suggest, thrill, torpefy, tranquilize, transfix, vamp, win, wow (≠ aggravate, agitate, alarm, annoy, bore, bother, bug, convulse, crucify, disenchant, disgust, disillusion, displease, disturb, drain, dull, enliven, enrage, excite, exhilarate, harass, hector, horrify, incite, infuriate, inspire, irk, irritate, jar, jolt, knacker, menace, numb, offend, poke, prod, rankle, rattle, repel, repulse, rile, roil, rouse, shake, shock, sicken, spur, startle, stimulate, stir, terrify, terrorize, threaten, tire, torment, trouble, unnerve, upset, victimize, violate, wake, weary, worry, wound, wrong)
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IDEALIZE (+): admire, adore, adulate, aggrandize, amplify, apotheosize, canonize, celebrate, cherish, commemorate, defend, deify, dignify, dramatize, elevate, embellish, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, eulogize, euphemize, exaggerate, exalt, extol, fantasize, fetishize, flatter, glamorize, glorify, hail, heighten, heroicize, heroize, hype, idolize, immortalize, inflate, intensify, lionize, magnify, overdramatize, overemphasize, oversell, overstate, panegyrize, poeticize, praise, respect, reverence, romanticize, sensationalize, sentimentalize, shield, treasure, varnish, venerate, worship (≠ bare, belittle, chide, condemn, criticize, decry, deemphasize, defile, deglamorize, demean, denigrate, deprecate, deride, diminish, disparage, downplay, humble, humiliate, insult, judge, knock, libel, marginalize, minimize, mock, pan, regret, ridicule, rue, scold, -scorn, -shun, slam, slander, slate, -spurn, trash, trivialize, vilify)
IDENTIFY (←): ascertain, betray, catalog, check, classify, clock, deduce, define, detect, determine, diagnose, discern, disclose, discover, distinguish, establish, examine, find, finger, hierarchize, inspect, investigate, know, label, locate, monogram, name, notice, observe, package, perceive, pick, pinpoint, place, profile, recognize, reveal, scrutinize, specify, spot, suss, tag (≠ anonymize, baffle, bleep, blind, bury, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, contrast, costume, counterfeit, deceive, disguise, feign, hide, -ignore, juxtapose, mask, misdiagnose, mislabel, miss, obscure, -o
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IDOLIZE (+): admire, adore, adorn, apotheosize, appreciate, approve, beatify, canonize, cherish, deify, endorse, enshrine, esteem, exalt, fancy, favor, fetishize, glorify, hallow, hero-worship, laud, limelight, lionize, praise, prefer, prize, regard, respect, revere, sanctify, support, treasure, value, venerate, worship (≠ abhor, abominate, belittle, defile, demean, demonize, denounce, deprecate, -despise, -detest, discredit, -disdain, disfavor, disgrace, disparage, fulminate, -hate, -ignore, -loathe, malign, pillory, ridicule, slam, vilify)
IGNITE (+): animate, arouse, awaken, bake, bank, barbecue, blast, brighten, broil, burn, burst, char, cook, cremate, electrify, embolden, encourage, enkindle, enliven, excite, exhilarate, explode, fire, frizzle, fuel, galvanize, generate, illuminate, immolate, incinerate, inflame, inspire, invigorate, irradiate, jolt, kindle, launch, light, motivate, provoke, quicken, reignite, rekindle, relight, rouse, scald, scathe, scorch, sear, shock, spark, stimulate, stoke, strengthen, thrill, torch, trigger, vitalize, waken, zap (≠ blacken, bury, chill, choke, dampen, darken, deactivate, deaden, dim, douse, drown, dull, extinguish, freeze, inactivate, obscure, paralyze, quench, smother, snuff, soak, suffocate, trample, wet)
-IGNORE (/): belittle, blackball, -blank, -boycott, -bypass, condone, -cut, defy, deprecate, -despise, detour, disbelieve, -discount, -disdain, dismiss, disobey, -disown, disparage, -disregard, disrespect, -ditch, drop, -dump, -exclude, fail, flout, forget, lose, miss, mistake, -neglect, -omit, -ostracize, -overlook, pass, pooh-pooh, -refuse, -reject, -repudiate, scant, -scorn, skimp, skip, -slight, slough, slur, -snub, -spurn, starve (≠ accept, acknowledge, appreciate, attend, await, believe, bemoan, buttonhole, cherish, clock, consider, cultivate, follow, foster, greet, heed, indulge, infantilize, lament, mark, mind, mourn, note, notice, nurse, nurture, observe, overindulge, pamper, prize, recognize, regard, regret, remark, remember, scan, scrutinize, tend, treasure, value, watch, waylay, weigh)