All be-held antonyms
be-held
B b verb be-held
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- slight β small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- obey β to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- disobey β Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
- pass by β go past
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- violate β to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- misinterpret β Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- ask β If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- mistrust β lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- participate β to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
adj be-held
- unnoticed β an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- unseen β not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- forgotten β a past participle of forget.
- unperceived β to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- abandoned β An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- desecrated β to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.