All lay antonyms
lay
L l verb lay
- pick up β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- energise β Alternative form of energize.
- energize β Give vitality and enthusiasm to.
- exonerate β (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- disestablish β to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- lift β to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- rough β having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- 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.
- 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.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- 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.
- aggravate β If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- mislay β to lose temporarily; misplace: He mislaid his keys.
adj lay
- professional β following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- ordained β to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.