All rise antonyms
rise
R r verb rise
- jellied β containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.
- knuckles β a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- atrophying β Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /ΙΛtroΚ fi Ι/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- knock down β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- lessen β to become less.
- level off β a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- change one's mind β to alter one's decision or opinion
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- lose out 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.
- come to nothing β plan, idea: fail
- ease up β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- laid back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- nixing β nothing.
- wadding β a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- intermit β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- jellify β to make into a jelly; reduce to a gelatinous state.
- detouring β Present participle of detour.
- inactivate β to make inactive: The bomb was inactivated.
- give over β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- dis β lady; woman.
- humped β having a hump.
- immerse β to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- bedog β Lb transitive to refer to or treat like a dog; (by extension) to follow like a dog, harass, torment; bully.
- come to pass β to take place
- mis-shaped β to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- bate β (of hawks) to jump violently from a perch or the falconer's fist, often hanging from the leash while struggling to escape
- draw in β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- lull β to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
noun rise
- glom β to steal.
- weightiness β having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- gelidity β The state or quality of being gelid.
- lessening β to become less.
- followup β the act of following.
- hoarfrost β frost (def 2).
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- followups β the act of following up.
- deceleration β to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- downswing β a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- downthrow β a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
- downtick β a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- nonfeasance β the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def 2).
- nonsuccess β Absence of success; failure.