by Damon Suede
INFATUATE (←): absorb, allure, arouse, attract, bait, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, compel, court, dazzle, delight, disarm, draw, enamor, enchant, engross, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, glamour, grab, gratify, grip, hog, hold, hook, hypnotize, influence, interest, intrigue, invite, involve, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, please, possess, pull, razzle-dazzle, rivet, seduce, solicit, spellbind, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, win, woo, wow (≠ anger, annoy, appall, -balk, bore, bother, bug, dampen, deaden, depress, disappoint, disenchant, disgust, dull, enrage, exhaust, frustrate, infuriate, irk, irritate, nag, nauseate, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, numb, offend, outrage, repulse, revolt, sicken, stifle, tire, underwhelm, vex, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
INFECT (→): activate, affect, agitate, animate, arouse, charge, churn, drive, empower, encourage, energize, enliven, enthuse, excite, fan, fire, force, freshen, fuel, generate, incite, influence, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, motivate, move, overwhelm, power, prompt, provoke, quicken, recharge, reinvigorate, restore, revive, rouse, spark, spread, spur, stimulate, stoke, strengthen, swamp, tempt, touch, trigger (≠ alienate, barricade, block, confuse, dampen, daunt, deaden, discourage, dull, enervate, hamper, hinder, isolate, menace, -prevent, quiet, sedate, sequester, stall, stop, stymie, -thwart)
INFECT (/): afflict, blight, carry, contaminate, corrupt, curse, damage, defile, dirty, disease, give, harm, injure, mar, overcome, pass, pervert, plague, poison, pollute, sicken, spoil, spread, sully, taint, transmit, ulcerate, vitiate, weaken (≠ cure, decontaminate, disinfect, doctor, dose, heal, help, immunize, inoculate, isolate, medicate, nurse, -prevent, protect, quarantine, sanitize, seclude, treat, vaccinate)
INFEST (→): annoy, assail, beset, besiege, colonize, contaminate, crowd, defile, fill, flood, harass, harry, honeycomb, infect, infiltrate, infuse, inject, instill, invade, overload, overrun, overwhelm, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, pollute, press, ravage, spread, swamp, swarm, throng, worry (≠ cleanse, clear, defend, delouse, destroy, eject, eliminate, eradicate, expel, expurgate, exterminate, guard, maintain, oust, protect, purge, purify, quarantine, remove, rescue, save, scour, ward, wash)
INFILTRATE (→): access, colonize, crack, embed, enter, filter, foist, hack, impregnate, infect, infest, infuse, insert, insinuate, instill, interpenetrate, interpolate, interpose, introduce, invade, marinate, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pierce, presoak, puncture, saturate, slip, sneak, soak, tinge, wiggle, wind, worm, wriggle (≠ blackball, block, clarify, clean, clear, cordon, delouse, disgorge, -exclude, exorcise, expel, extract, filter, jettison, purge, quarantine, remove, separate, sift, strip, tug, withdraw, yank)
INFLAME (→): afflict, affront, aggravate, agitate, agonize, anger, anguish, animate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, awaken, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, compound, cramp, cross, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, electrify, embitter, embolden, encourage, energize, enrage, envenom, escalate, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, exhilarate, fan, fire, fret, fuel, gall, galvanize, generate, grate, harass, harry, hassle, heat, hurt, ignite, Impassion, impel, incense, incite, increase, infuriate, inspire, intensify, intoxicate, invigorate, irk, irritate, kindle, light, madden, miff, militarize, motivate, nag, needle, nerve, nettle, niggle, nitpick, offend, outrage, pain, peeve, perturb, pester, pique, prod, propel, provoke, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, steam, stimulate, sting, stir, stitch, stoke, strengthen, tantalize, tease, tempt, torment, torture, trigger, troll, trouble, upset, vex, vitalize, worsen, wrack, wrench (≠ allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, castrate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, cool, dampen, deactivate, deaden, delight, demilitarize, devitalize, disarm, douse, emasculate, enchant, enervate, extinguish, freeze, gratify, help, humor, hush, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, paralyze, petrify, placate, please, propitiate, quench, quiet, relieve, satisfy, settle, slake, smother, soothe)
INFLATE (→): accent, accentuate, accrue, aerate, affirm, aggrandize, amplify, assert, augment, boost, bulge, deepen, dilate, distend, elevate, emphasize, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, extend, fill, heighten, heroicize, heroize, honor, idealize, idolize, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, maximize, overdramatize, overestimate, overrate, oversell, overstate, poeticize, punctuate, raise, romanticize, sentimentalize, strengthen, swell (≠ abridge, collapse, compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, curtail, decrease, deflate, diminish, flatten, lessen, lower, minimize, précis, puncture, reduce, shrink, shrivel, summarize, tighten, underemphasize)
INFLICT (/): administer, apply, blackmail, burden, command, deal, deliver, dispense, dole, enforce, exact, execute, expose, express, extort, foist, force, force-feed, give, impose, invite, levy, loose, mete, perpetrate, precipitate, require, saddle, spark, strike, subject, unleash, vent, visit, wreak (≠ -avert, check, curb, foil, hide, hold, inhibit, keep, -preclude, -prevent, stop, stymie, suppress, take, -thwart, withhold)
INFLUENCE (←): affect, afflict, agitate, allure, alter, arouse, attract, bewitch, bias, bother, bribe, buttonhole, captivate, carry, change, charm, choreograph, color, compel, concern, condition, control, convince, dazzle, determine, direct, discomfort, discompose, dispose, disquiet, distress, disturb, dizzy, dominate, enchant, encourage, engage, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fluster, goad, guide, harass, harry, impact, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, infect, inspire, instigate, interest, involve, manage, maneuver, manipulate, modify, mold, motivate, move, operate, orchestrate, outsmart, outthink, outwit, penetrate, permeate, persuade, perturb, pester, pierce, plague, predetermine, prejudge, prejudice, prepossess, prompt, ravish, reach, rouse, shape, smite, steer, stir, strain, stress, strike, sway, tantalize, tease, tempt, touch, train, transform, transmute, transport, trigger, trouble, try, upset, urge, win, woo, work, worry, wring (≠ allow, -avoid, bore, -bypass, -deter, discourage, dissuade, hinder, -ignore, impede, inhibit, miss, -neglect, nobble, -omit, permit, -prevent, quarantine, restrain, -shun, -sidestep, subvert, tire, underwhelm, weary)
INFORM (→): acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, betray, blab, blaze, blurt, brief, caution, certify, clue, coach, communicate, cultivate, debrief, discipline, drill, edify, educate, email, endow, enlighten, familiarize, forewarn, illuminate, impart, influence, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, level, mentor, message, notify, nurture, possess, post, relate, school, snitch, squeal, teach, tell, text, tip, tout, train, tutor, update, warn (≠ conceal, contradict, debate, -deny, discredit, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, gainsay, hide, misinform, mislead, refute, -reject, retract, scruple, suspect, withhold)
INFRINGE (→): breach, break, contravene, crash, defy, dismiss, disobey, -disregard, disrespect, flout, fracture, -ignore, invade, -neglect, offend, -overlook, pooh-pooh, resist, -scorn, subvert, traduce, transgress, violate, withstand (≠ attend, -bypass, -circumvent, -dodge, follow, hear, heed, mark, mind, note, notice, obey, observe, regard, serve, shunt, skirt, watch)
INFRINGE (←): bootleg, borrow, breach, break, contravene, defy, dismiss, disobey, -disregard, flout, fracture, freeboot, -ignore, impose, lift, -neglect, offend, -overlook, overstep, pirate, poach, pooh-pooh, presume, resist, -scorn, steal, traduce, transgress, violate, withstand (≠ attend, follow, hear, heed, honor, mark, mind, note, notice, obey, observe, regard, respect, serve, watch)
INFURIATE (/): affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, arouse, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, bug, burn, chafe, challenge, confront, contradict, counter, cross, defy, discompose, disconcert, displease, disturb, earbash, embitter, enrage, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, get, goad, grate, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hound, incense, incite, inflame, irk, irritate, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, offend, outrage, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pique, provoke, rankle, rattle, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, tease, torment, troll, trouble, upset, vex (≠ allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, c
harm, comfort, conciliate, console, content, delight, disarm, enchant, expiate, gladden, gratify, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, propitiate, quiet, rejoice, relieve, satisfy, sedate, settle, soothe, sugarcoat, thrill, tranquilize)
INFUSE (+): animate, brew, brine, charge, deluge, dose, draw, drizzle, drown, endow, enliven, fill, flavor, flood, glut, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, ingrain, inject, inoculate, insinuate, inspire, instill, interpenetrate, intersperse, introduce, inundate, invest, invigorate, lace, leaven, lend, mainline, marinate, meld, mingle, overwhelm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plant, presoak, saturate, soak, steep, submerge, suffuse, surfeit, tinge, tint (≠ bleed, cleanse, clear, debit, deplete, deprive, distill, divest, drain, draw, eliminate, empty, expel, extract, filter, flush, jettison, leach, leech, offload, pour, purge, purify, remove, screen, separate, siphon, spew, strain, strip, take, tap, unload, unpack, withdraw, withhold)
INGEST (←): absorb, accept, access, acquire, admit, appreciate, appropriate, assimilate, banquet, bolt, chew, consume, corrode, cram, demolish, devour, digest, dispatch, dissolve, down, drink, eat, engorge, engulf, enjoy, envelop, feast, finish, get, glut, gnaw, gobble, gorge, gulp, gum, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, incorporate, inhale, inspire, integrate, internalize, lap, lick, manage, metabolize, mouth, munch, nibble, nosh, nurse, overwhelm, pick, pocket, procure, quaff, raven, receive, regale, relish, ruminate, savor, scarf, sip, slop, slurp, snarf, sniff, stuff, suck, surfeit, swallow, swig, swill, take, taste, try, vacuum, welcome, wolf (≠ -avoid, barf, belch, brew, -bypass, concoct, content, cook, covet, crave, create, -decline, desire, disgorge, disperse, -ditch, drop, dump, eject, excrete, expel, exude, famish, fancy, favor, feed, fetishize, force-feed, forgo, fuel, furnish, grace, gratify, heave, hunt, jettison, make, malnourish, miss, nourish, offer, order, overfeed, pass, please, prepare, puke, quench, -refuse, regurgitate, -reject, request, satisfy, serve, skimp, skip, slake, spew, spit, splutter, starve, stint, supply, toss, trash, underfeed, victual, vomit, withhold)
INHABIT (+): abide, annex, claim, colonize, crash, locate, lodge, occupy, park, people, populate, possess, settle, stay, tenant (≠ -abandon, -avoid, depart, -desert, evacuate, -flee, forfeit, -forsake, leave, lose, miss, move, -reject, -shun, vacate)
INHERIT (←): accede, accept, acquire, assume, claim, collect, derive, gain, harvest, obtain, procure, reap, receive, recover, salvage, scavenge, secure, succeed, take (≠ bequeath, bestow, compensate, concede, deed, -deny, deprive, dower, endow, entrust, forfeit, grant, leave, lose, offer, surrender, will, withhold, yield)
INHIBIT (←): admonish, antagonize, -avert, baffle, -balk, ban, bar, bind, block, bottleneck, brake, bridle, burden, catch, challenge, check, checkmate, chill, choke, clog, collar, complicate, confront, congest, constipate, constrain, constrict, contradict, counter, counteract, counterattack, cramp, crimp, cripple, cross, curb, dam, dampen, daunt, deflect, defy, delay, demotivate, depress, derail, detain, -deter, discourage, dishearten, disincline, dispute, dissuade, divert, drag, encumber, entangle, entrap, fetter, fight, -forbid, foul, -frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, impair, impede, intercept, interrupt, intimidate, jam, leash, lumber, mire, object, obstruct, occlude, oppose, oppress, override, paralyze, pause, plug, postpone, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, -rebuff, repel, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, restrict, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, snag, snarl, stall, staunch, stay, stem, stop, straightjacket, straiten, stymie, suppress, tangle, tether, -thwart (≠ accelerate, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, augment, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, clear, compel, disencumber, disentangle, ease, encourage, expedite, extricate, facilitate, fast-forward, fast-track, feed, free, frogmarch, fuel, further, grease, hasten, heal, help, hurry, improve, inspire, legalize, liberate, lift, loosen, lubricate, march, mend, midwife, motivate, oblige, open, oxygenate, prioritize, prod, promote, prompt, propel, quicken, release, relieve, remedy, rush, slacken, smooth, speed, spur, steady, stimulate, stir, stoke, strengthen, support, transcend, unclog, uncomplicate, unleash, unlock, untangle, untie, urge, ventilate)
INITIATE (→): activate, arrange, author, bankroll, begin, brainstorm, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, create, develop, devise, endow, establish, fabricate, father, finance, foster, found, fund, hatch, ignite, inaugurate, induce, innovate, instigate, institute, introduce, invent, kick-start, launch, manufacture, open, organize, originate, patent, pioneer, plant, prompt, seed, sire, sow, spark, start, stimulate, subsidize, systematize, trigger, underwrite (≠ abolish, -abort, annihilate, annul, defund, end, finish, -halt, impede, -nullify, slow, stop, terminate, wrap)
INITIATE (+): accept, accustom, acquaint, admit, advise, apprise, brainwash, brief, crash, drill, educate, enlighten, enroll, enter, expose, familiarize, greet, ground, habituate, inculcate, induct, inform, install, instill, instruct, introduce, invest, ordain, orient, present, reacquaint, receive, retrain, school, subject, teach, train, tutor, wait-list, warn, welcome (≠ banish, blackball, clear, confound, confuse, -cut, deprive, divest, eliminate, empty, -exclude, exile, expel, learn, mystify, -neglect, -ostracize, oust, -refuse, -reject, remove, -spurn, strip, terminate)
INJECT (→): add, administer, append, attach, cram, cure, dose, drug, ease, force-feed, imbue, immunize, implant, impregnate, include, infuse, inlay, inoculate, inseminate, insert, inset, insinuate, install, instill, interject, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, lard, mainline, medicate, ram, sandwich, shoot, shove, thrust, treat, vaccinate, weave, wedge (≠ bleed, deduct, detach, disgorge, drain, draw, eject, eliminate, -exclude, expel, extract, jettison, leach, leech, milk, -omit, oust, pull, -reject, remove, subtract, suck, withdraw)
INJURE (/): abuse, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, attack, bark, bash, batter, beat, blemish, blight, blind, bloody, bludgeon, break, bruise, brutalize, burn, castrate, choke, concuss, conk, contort, contuse, crease, cripple, crucify, cut, damage, deaden, debilitate, deface, deform, disable, disadvantage, disfigure, dislocate, distress, fracture, gash, gore, graze, hamstring, harm, hit, hurt, ill-treat, impair, incapacitate, infect, insult, kneecap, lacerate, lame, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, misdiagnose, mistreat, mutilate, nick, offend, overdose, pain, paralyze, pinch, poison, prejudice, razor, rend, ruin, sadden, savage, scald, scalp, scar, scathe, scorch, scrape, sear, shank, shatter, shiv, shoot, shrivel, sicken, slice, smash, sorrow, spoil, sprain, stab, sting, strain, target, tarnish, tear, torment, torture, traumatize, undermine, upset, victimize, vitiate, weaken, welt, wing, wither, wound, wrench, wrong (≠ aid, armor, assuage, bandage, brace, cure, diagnose, doctor, drug, fix, heal, help, hospitalize, medicate, mend, nurse, nurture, pacify, pamper, patch, pity, protect, regret, shield, soothe, splint, spoil, spoon-feed, stabilize, steady, strengthen, treat)
INJURE (/): abrade, adulterate, affect, annihilate, attack, backhand, bang, bash, batter, betray, blemish, blight, blister, botch, break, canker, clobber, club, compromise, corrode, corrupt, crab, crack, crash, cripple, cross, crush, damage, dash, decimate, deface, demolish, dent, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, ding, disable, disfigure, disqualify, distress, doom, efface, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, erode, flaw, fracture, gash, graze, grieve, hamstring, harm, hurt, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, jam, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, offend, overload, pollute, prejudice, pulverize, raze, ruin, rust, sabotage, scorch, scour, scourge, scrape, scuff, shatter, sideline, sideswipe, smash, snag, snarl, spoil, squash, stain, straiten, sully, tarnish, tear, torment, torture, total, trample, undercut, undermine, unman, vandalize, vitiate, warp, waste, weaken, wear, wreck, wrench (≠ align, ameliorate, augment, better, boost, doctor, edit, enhance, enrich, fix, help, improve, mend, patch, perfect, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, refine, rehabilitate, remedy, remodel, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, revise, survive, weather, withstand)
INOCULATE (+): animate, charge, defend, deluge, dose, drown, enliven, fill, flood, imbue, immunize, implant, impregnate, inculcate, infuse, ingrain, inject, instil
l, insulate, inundate, invest, invigorate, leaven, mainline, medicate, overwhelm, permeate, pervade, plant, -prevent, protect, quarantine, remedy, safeguard, saturate, shield, steep, submerge, suffuse, treat, vaccinate (≠ afflict, clear, damage, deprive, divest, eliminate, empty, endanger, extract, harm, -ignore, infect, injure, jeopardize, remove, -shirk, sicken, strip, take)
INSINUATE (→): allude, connote, couch, embed, foist, hint, implant, imply, infect, infer, infiltrate, inject, insert, instill, interpolate, interpose, intimate, introduce, lodge, mention, penetrate, pierce, propose, purport, signal, signify, sneak, suggest, whisper, worm (≠ announce, ascertain, broadcast, conceal, debunk, declare, delineate, describe, discern, elucidate, explain, hide, isolate, plug, proclaim, profile, quarantine, segregate, sequester, telegraph, withhold) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
INSINUATE (+): add, append, attach, braid, cram, embed, implant, inject, inlay, insert, inset, install, interject, interpenetrate, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, jam, lard, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plait, possess, ram, sandwich, saturate, shove, slide, suffuse, thrust, weave, wedge (≠ blackball, deduct, detach, disgorge, eject, eliminate, excise, -exclude, exorcise, expel, extract, leach, leech, -omit, oppose, oust, -reject, remove, repel, subtract, withdraw)