by Damon Suede
TERRIFY (/): affright, agitate, alarm, amaze, appall, astound, awe, blackjack, blackmail, bludgeon, boggle, browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, chill, cow, daunt, deafen, demoralize, demotivate, -deter, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, emasculate, faze, floor, freeze, frighten, funk, haunt, horrify, intimidate, jolt, menace, numb, panic, paralyze, perturb, petrify, railroad, rattle, repel, sandbag, savage, scare, shake, shock, spook, startle, strong-arm, stun, stupefy, terrorize, threaten, trash-talk, traumatize, unhinge, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, victimize, warn, worry (≠ allay, amuse, assuage, assure, baby, boost, buoy, calm, charm, cheer, coddle, comfort, compose, console, delight, embolden, enchant, encourage, entertain, exhilarate, fortify, gladden, guard, hearten, help, humor, inspire, invigorate, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurture, pacify, placate, please, protect, quiet, reassure, release, relieve, save, secure, seduce, soothe, stabilize, steady, steel, stimulate, strengthen, thrill, uplift, vamp, woo, wow)
TERRORIZE (/): abuse, agitate, alarm, blackjack, blackmail, blindside, bludgeon, browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, chill, coerce, daunt, dehumanize, demoralize, dismay, endanger, frighten, hijack, horrify, intimidate, jeopardize, jump, lynch, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, muscle, oppress, outrage, panic, persecute, perturb, petrify, plague, railroad, rattle, sandbag, scare, shock, startle, steamroll, strong-arm, surprise, target, terrify, threaten, traumatize, unnerve, upset, warn, wrong (≠ aid, allay, alleviate, amuse, assist, assuage, assure, baby, boost, buoy, calm, coddle, comfort, defend, delight, elevate, embattle, encourage, entertain, fortify, gladden, gratify, guard, help, humor, hush, -ignore, inspire, lift, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurture, pacify, patrol, placate, please, protect, reassure, relieve, rescue, save, secure, sedate, shelter, shield, soothe, thrill, uplift, woo)
TEST (←): analyze, appraise, ascertain, assay, assess, audition, benchmark, beta, burden, calculate, calibrate, categorize, check, compare, compute, confirm, consult, critique, cross-examine, decide, demonstrate, determine, discover, evaluate, examine, eyeball, gauge, grill, impose, inspect, interrogate, interview, investigate, judge, measure, peg, probe, prove, quantify, question, quiz, rank, rate, read, reappraise, reassess, reevaluate, reinvestigate, sample, scale, scan, score, screen, scrutinize, settle, substantiate, survey, suss, time, try, validate, verify, weigh (≠ accept, assume, await, believe, blow, bomb, botch, bungle, cheat, conclude, deceive, discredit, disprove, estimate, excuse, fake, flub, flunk, fudge, half-ass, invalidate, learn, misgauge, misjudge, mistake, muff, -neglect, overestimate, -overlook, pass, predetermine, pretend, ruin, -shirk, skip, study, trick, trust, underestimate, wreck)
TEST (/): aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, burden, demand, drain, earbash, encumber, enervate, exact, exasperate, exhaust, gall, harass, harry, hassle, importune, impose, irk, irritate, load, lumber, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, overextend, overload, pain, peeve, pester, press, pressure, push, rile, sap, spite, strain, stretch, tax, tire, try, vex, weaken, wear, weary (≠ animate, boost, brace, energize, enhance, fortify, hearten, help, inspire, invigorate, motivate, prioritize, protect, redeem, rejuvenate, restore, save, strengthen, toughen)
TESTIFY (→): affirm, assert, assure, attest, avow, certify, confirm, convince, corroborate, declare, demonstrate, depose, endorse, establish, forswear, guarantee, maintain, pledge, promise, prove, show, state, substantiate, support, swear, verify, vow, warrant, witness (≠ contradict, deceive, -deny, disavow, disclaim, -disown, double-talk, -ignore, recant, refute, -repudiate, retract, silence) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
THANK (+): accredit, acknowledge, admire, appreciate, bless, cherish, credit, enjoy, esteem, owe, praise, prize, recognize, regard, relish, repay, respect, reward, savor, treasure, value, welcome (≠ beg, beseech, conceal, desire, entreat, -ignore, implore, -negate, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, plead, press, request, resent, solicit)
THAW (+): crack, defrost, de-ice, disarm, dissolve, flux, fuse, heat, liquefy, mellow, melt, relax, render, soften, sweeten, thin, warm (≠ clot, coagulate, congeal, fortify, freeze, harden, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken, toughen)
THREATEN (/): abuse, admonish, alarm, blackjack, blackmail, browbeat, brutalize, bully, caution, challenge, command, compromise, cow, curse, daunt, demand, endanger, enforce, extort, hector, hijack, imperil, insist, intimidate, jeopardize, menace, muscle, pressure, railroad, sandbag, scare, target, terrorize, trash-talk, traumatize, undermine, victimize, warn, worry (≠ alleviate, amuse, approve, assist, calm, commend, compliment, defend, entertain, flatter, gratify, guard, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurture, pacify, patrol, placate, please, praise, preserve, protect, reassure, relax, relieve, safeguard, satisfy, save, shelter, shield)
THRILL (→): amaze, amuse, animate, arouse, astonish, astound, bewitch, captivate, charge, charm, dazzle, delight, distract, dizzy, electrify, enchant, energize, enrapture, entertain, enthrall, enthuse, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, gobsmack, grab, hypnotize, incite, inspire, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, jolt, juice, mesmerize, move, provoke, quicken, rally, razzle-dazzle, rivet, rouse, send, shock, spellbind, startle, stimulate, stir, surprise, tantalize, tickle, titillate, transport, wow (≠ anger, bore, bother, bug, burden, dampen, daunt, deaden, demoralize, demotivate, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, drain, exhaust, hallucinate, jade, nag, nauseate, needle, repel, repulse, revolt, sadden, sicken, tire, traumatize, vex, weary, worry, wrack)
THROTTLE (/): asphyxiate, burke, check, choke, confine, constrict, control, curb, dampen, daunt, demotivate, depress, -deter, discourage, dishearten, disincline, dissuade, endanger, extinguish, -frustrate, gag, garrote, hamper, hinder, hush, impede, imperil, inhibit, kill, limit, lynch, muffle, murder, mute, muzzle, paralyze, quiet, repress, restrain, shush, silence, smother, squeeze, squelch, stifle, stop, strangle, stymie, subdue, suffocate, suppress, wring (≠ air, clear, encourage, evince, express, flood, free, heal, help, inhale, inspire, loose, nurture, open, oxygenate, reinvigorate, release, restimulate, restore, resuscitate, revive, unclog, unseal, vent, ventilate, verbalize, vocalize, voice)
THROW (→): bowl, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, compel, direct, distract, drive, fire, flick, fling, flip, floor, goad, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, pelt, pitch, precipitate, prod, project, propel, push, ram, send, shed, shove, shunt, shy, skitter, sling, 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)
THRUST (→): bulldoze, burden, butt, compel, compress, depress, drive, foist, force, force-feed, frogmarch, further, hustle, impel, impose, inflict, jab, jam, lunge, march, move, muscle, pierce, plunge, poke, press, pressure, prod, propel, punt, push, ram, saddle, shove, squash, squeeze, stab, stick, urge, wedge (≠ accept, attract, bore, discourage, dissuade, draw, drop, extract, guard, -halt, pull, -rebuff, receive, repress, slide, stop, yank)
THWACK (→): backhand, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, buffet, clout, club, cuff, flick, flog, hit, knock, rap, slap, smack, sock, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, wallop, whack (≠ block, brush, caress, deflect, -dodge, -duck, miss, nudge, pet, repel, shave, shield, skim)
-THWART (←): -abort, anticipate, arrest, -avert, baffle, -balk, bar, beat, block, bottleneck, brake, bung, burden, cage, catch, check, checkmate, choke, -circumvent, clog, complicate, confuse, congest, conquer, constipate, constrain, counter, counteract, cramp, crimp, cripple, cross, curb, dam, dampen, dash, daunt, defeat, defy, delay, demotivate, depress, detain, -deter, disadvantage, disappoint, discomfit, discourage, dishearten, disincline, dissuade, -ditch, double-cross, drag, -duck, -elude, encumber, entangle, entrap, fetter, flummox, foil, forestall, foul, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hogtie, hold, impair, impede, inhibit, interrupt, jam, -kibosh, kneecap, lumber, manacle, mire, monkey-wrench, muzzle, -negate, neutral
ize, -nullify, obstruct, -obviate, offset, oppose, outlast, outwit, overcome, override, paralyze, parry, pause, plug, postpone, -preclude, preempt, -prevent, -prohibit, resist, restrain, restrict, retard, ruin, scotch, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, skin, snag, snarl, snooker, spite, stagnate, stall, stay, stem, stifle, stop, straightjacket, stultify, stump, stunt, stymie, tangle, throttle, -thwart, trammel, wing (≠ abet, accelerate, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, await, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, clear, compel, cultivate, disencumber, disentangle, ease, encourage, expedite, extricate, facilitate, fast-forward, fast-track, forward, foster, free, frogmarch, fuel, further, grease, hasten, heal, help, hurry, improve, inspire, instigate, legalize, liberate, loosen, lubricate, march, mend, midwife, nurture, oblige, open, optimize, overhaul, prioritize, prod, promote, prompt, propel, quicken, release, relieve, remedy, rush, slacken, smooth, speed, steady, stimulate, stir, stoke, strengthen, support, transcend, unclog, uncomplicate, unleash, unlock, untangle, untie, urge)
TICKLE (→): amaze, amuse, astonish, brush, caress, cheer, contact, convulse, delight, distract, divert, enchant, entertain, excite, gratify, hearten, interest, itch, lift, pat, pet, please, provoke, rub, stimulate, stroke, strum, tease, thrill, titillate, touch, uplift, wow (≠ anger, annoy, bore, bother, compose, depress, disappoint, discipline, disenchant, disturb, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, pain, pester, placate, repulse, sicken, trouble, upset, vex, weary)
TIDY (+): arrange, barber, brush, clean, clear, dandify, declutter, groom, gussy, manicure, neaten, order, organize, police, pomade, preen, primp, rectify, regiment, right, sleek, slick, smarten, sort, spiff, spruce, straighten, tauten, titivate, trim (≠ bedraggle, clutter, diffuse, dirty, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, jumble, litter, muss, rumple, scatter, scramble, shuffle, smudge, trash, untidy, wreck)
TIE (→): approach, approximate, beat, better, compare, eclipse, equal, excel, match, meet, oppose, outdistance, outdo, outperform, outrank, outshine, outstrip, parallel, reach, rival, suggest, surpass, top, touch, transcend (≠ abide, advance, back, bear, cede, concede, endure, fail, flunk, foster, further, nurture, promote, suffer, support, survive)
TIE (←): band, bind, chain, cinch, coil, confine, constrain, constrict, cord, curb, encumber, enslave, entangle, entwine, fetter, fix, gird, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hogtie, hold, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knot, lace, lash, leash, lock, manacle, pinion, restrain, restrict, rope, secure, shackle, snarl, straightjacket, strap, subjugate, tangle, tether, thread, truss, twist, wind, wire (≠ cut, detach, disentangle, divide, divorce, emancipate, free, loose, loosen, release, separate, unbind, uncoil, unfasten, unlace, unlash, unleash, unlock, unloose, unravel, unsnarl, unspool, unstrap, unstring, untangle, untether, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind)
TIGHTEN (←): brace, check, choke, cinch, close, constrict, control, cramp, crush, curb, -deter, discourage, dissuade, extinguish, fasten, fix, flex, -frustrate, gag, garrote, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, limit, lynch, narrow, pucker, restrain, screw, secure, squeeze, squelch, stiffen, stop, strangle, stretch, stymie, subdue, suppress, tauten, tense, wring (≠ allow, clear, ease, encourage, enlarge, evince, expand, extend, flood, free, help, increase, lengthen, loose, loosen, open, reinvigorate, relax, release, restore, revive, slack, slacken, stretch, unclog, unfasten, unseal, unspool)
TILT (→): angle, bank, bend, cant, careen, cock, -decline, descend, dip, heel, incline, lean, list, pitch, rake, recline, rock, seesaw, shift, slant, slope, swag, sway, swerve, tip, toss, trip, turn, wiggle, wriggle (≠ align, anchor, balance, calm, center, equalize, even, flatten, level, position, right, root, settle, stabilize, steady, straighten)
TIME (→): adjust, arrange, calendar, calibrate, choreograph, coordinate, direct, fix, govern, integrate, manage, mastermind, orchestrate, organize, prepare, present, program, schedule, set, stage-manage, steer, timetable (≠ addle, -cancel, confuse, disarrange, discompose, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, end, forget, jumble, mess, miss, mix, muddle, unsettle, unstring, upset)
TIME (←): appraise, ascertain, assess, benchmark, calculate, clock, compare, compute, control, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, fathom, gauge, judge, measure, meter, order, quantify, rank, read, record, regulate, survey, weigh (≠ allege, conceal, conjecture, contradict, -deny, -discount, dispute, -disregard, estimate, guess, guesstimate, hide, -ignore, invalidate, miss, mistake, -neglect, skim, skip)
TIRE (/): bore, burden, debilitate, depress, drain, enervate, enfeeble, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, harass, incapacitate, irk, irritate, jade, leech, nauseate, overextend, overload, pain, prostrate, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, weary (≠ activate, agitate, animate, charge, electrify, enliven, excite, inspire, jolt, kindle, motivate, quicken, reinvigorate, restimulate, revitalize, revive, spark, stimulate, stir)
TITILLATE (←): amuse, arouse, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charge, charm, delight, dizzy, electrify, enchant, entertain, enthrall, excite, exhilarate, fascinate, galvanize, grab, grapple, heat, hook, hypnotize, ignite, incite, inspire, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, mesmerize, palpate, provoke, razzle-dazzle, rivet, seduce, spark, spellbind, stimulate, tantalize, tease, thrill, tickle, trigger, warm (≠ aggravate, blunt, bore, bother, buffer, bug, confound, deaden, demoralize, demotivate, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dull, exasperate, frustrate, irk, irritate, jade, lull, nauseate, sadden, tire, vex, weary)
TOAST (→): bake, barbecue, braise, broil, brown, burn, char, cook, crisp, desiccate, dry, fire, griddle, grill, heat, overheat, parch, roast, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, singe, warm (≠ chill, cool, dampen, douse, drench, extinguish, freeze, frost, ice, marinate, refrigerate, soak, water, wet)
TOAST (+): applaud, approve, celebrate, commend, congratulate, esteem, exalt, extol, flatter, glorify, gratify, hail, honor, idealize, idolize, pledge, praise, salute, trumpet, venerate, welcome (≠ attack, blame, blast, boo, censure, chastise, condemn, criticize, critique, defame, denigrate, denounce, disparage, diss, fault, finger, frame, fulminate, insult, knock, lambaste, rebuke, regret, repent, reprimand, rue, shame, -shun, slam)
TOLERATE (+): abide, accept, allow, bear, brave, brook, concede, condone, confront, countenance, endure, experience, face, hack, harden, incur, indulge, know, outlast, overcome, permit, receive, sanction, season, shoulder, stand, stomach, suffer, support, surmount, survive, sustain, swallow, sweat, take, weather, withstand (≠ bar, battle, block, -bypass, -circumvent, combat, contest, -deter, discourage, dismiss, -dodge, -elude, enjoy, -escape, -evade, fight, -forbid, oppose, -prevent, -prohibit, -reject, -repudiate, resist, seek, -shun, -spurn)
TOP (→): ace, beat, best, better, checkmate, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, eclipse, exceed, finagle, fox, goose, lick, master, one-up, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outfox, outgrow, outgun, outlast, outpace, outperform, outrank, outreach, outrun, outsell, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, outthink, outweigh, outwit, overcome, overrun, overshadow, overtake, rout, rule, shame, skunk, subdue, surmount, surpass, thrash, total, transcend, trounce, trump, wallop, whip (≠ blow, botch, buck, bungle, concede, counter, defer, -dodge, fail, flub, flunk, follow, forfeit, -forsake, fumble, incapacitate, lose, mind, muff, obey, oppose, quit, relinquish, stop, surrender, topple)
TOPPLE (/): capsize, collapse, crash, crumple, depose, dethrone, displace, drop, knock, oust, overbalance, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, plunge, precipitate, raze, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, skittle, stagger, tip, trip, tumble, unbalance, undermine, unhorse, unseat, upend, upset, usurp, wreck (≠ ascend, boost, build, carry, construct, elect, elevate, enthrone, erect, hoist, lift, mount, pile, raise, right, stack, stand, straighten, uplift)
TORCH (/): ash, bake, bank, barbecue, blacken, blaze, brand, brighten, broil, burn, cauterize, char, consume, cook, cremate, damage, destroy, enkindle, fire, flame, frizzle, griddle, grill, heat, ignite, illuminate, illumine, immolate, incinerate, inflame, inspire, irradiate, kindle, light, lighten, melt, parch, radiate, reignite, rekindle, relight, roast, sauté, scald, scathe, scorch, sear, singe, spark,
stoke, trigger (≠ blacken, bolster, chill, choke, cool, darken, defend, dim, douse, drench, dull, extinguish, freeze, obscure, preserve, quench, rebuild, save, smother, snuff, stifle, suffocate, wet)
TORMENT (/): afflict, aggravate, agitate, agonize, anguish, annoy, assail, attack, badger, bait, bedevil, beset, besiege, bother, bug, burden, chafe, crucify, crush, curse, demean, demonize, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, dog, earbash, exasperate, excruciate, fluster, gall, get, grieve, hagride, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hound, hurt, impugn, irk, irritate, martyr, mistreat, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, pain, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pillory, pique, plague, prick, provoke, punish, pursue, rack, rag, rasp, ride, ridicule, rile, smite, stab, sting, strain, stress, strike, tantalize, tease, torture, troll, trouble, try, tyrannize, upset, vex, victimize, welt, worry, wrack, wrench, wring, wrong (≠ abet, aid, amuse, assist, befriend, buoy, comfort, console, content, deliver, help, -ignore, inspire, pity, please, protect, quiet, regret, relax, release, relieve, reprieve, satisfy, settle, solace, soothe, steady, succor, thrill, uplift)
TORTURE (/): abuse, afflict, aggravate, agitate, agonize, anguish, assail, attack, avenge, badger, beat, bedevil, beset, besiege, bestialize, blister, break, brutalize, castigate, chafe, chasten, chastise, confine, correct, crucify, crush, curse, dehumanize, discipline, excruciate, execute, exploit, fine, grieve, grill, harm, harrow, hurt, ill-treat, impale, imprison, incarcerate, inflame, injure, interrogate, judge, lacerate, lambaste, maim, malnourish, mangle, martyr, menace, mistreat, molest, mutilate, nettle, oppress, outrage, overpower, overwhelm, pain, penalize, persecute, pillory, plague, punish, rack, reprise, ride, rile, scalp, scourge, sentence, sicken, smite, stab, sting, strain, stress, strike, terrorize, threaten, torment, traumatize, trouble, tyrannize, upset, victimize, whip, worry, wound, wrack, wring, wrong (≠ abet, accommodate, aid, alleviate, amuse, assist, assuage, baby, buoy, cherish, coddle, comfort, console, content, cuddle, delight, deliver, elevate, entertain, favor, foster, gratify, help, humor, lift, mollify, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, pamper, pity, placate, pleasure, protect, quiet, regret, release, relieve, reprieve, reward, satisfy, soothe, spoil, stabilize, succor, thrill, tolerate, treat, uplift, wow)