All beat down antonyms
beat down
B b verb beat down
- overrate β to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- dignify β to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- go up β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- overvalue β to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- value β relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- appreciate β If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- surrender β to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- prove β to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- abet β If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- clarify β To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- clear up β When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- 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.
- inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- hearten β to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- activate β If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- admire β If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- uplift β to lift up; raise; elevate.
- cheer β When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- flatter β to make flat.
- lift β to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- gladden β to make glad.
- reassure β to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- inspire β to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- assure β If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.