throw cold water on

Strongest matches

• afflict
• beat down
• bother
• damp
• dampen
• daunt
• discourage
• dishearten
• dismay
• dispirit
• disturb
• dull
• lower
• reduce
• sadden
• sap
• slow
• trouble
• upset
• weaken
• weigh down

Strong matches

• abase
• ail
• beat
• bug
• chill
• cow
• darken
• debase
• debilitate
• degrade
• desolate
• devitalize
• distress
• drag
• drain
• enervate
• faze
• mock
• mortify
• oppress
• perturb
• press
• scorn
• torment
• try
• weary

Weak matches

• bear down
• bum out
• cast down
• keep under
• put down
• reduce to tears
• run down
• turn one off

Strongest matches

• avert
• block
• dampen
• daunt
• discourage
• dissuade
• forestall
• frighten
• hinder
• impede
• intimidate
• obstruct
• preclude
• prevent
• prohibit
• restrain
• scare
• stop

Strong matches

• caution
• chill
• cool
• damp
• debar
• divert
• forfend
• obviate
• warn

Weak matches

• act like a wet blanket
• disadvise
• put a damper on
• put off
• rule out
• shut out
• stave off
• talk out of

Strongest matches

• alarm
• bother
• confuse
• dampen
• daunt
• demoralize
• depress
• dismay
• frighten
• intimidate
• irk
• scare
• trouble
• unnerve

Strong matches

• abash
• afflict
• awe
• bully
• chill
• cow
• dash
• deject
• deprecate
• disparage
• distress
• droop
• overawe
• prostrate
• repress
• try
• vex
• weigh

Weak matches

• beat down
• break one's heart
• cast down

Strongest matches

• curb
• frighten
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• prevent
• scare

Strong matches

• check
• chill
• control
• deprecate
• discountenance
• disfavor
• disincline
• divert
• indispose
• interfere
• obstruct
• quiet
• repress
• shake
• warn
• withhold

Weak matches

• disadvise
• hold back
• hold off
• keep back
• put off
• talk out of
• turn aside
• turn off

Strongest matches

• deter
• discourage
• divert
• faze
• prevent
• thwart
• warn

Strong matches

• counsel
• deprecate
• derail
• disincline
• exhort
• expostulate
• hinder
• prick
• remonstrate

Weak matches

• advise against
• caution against
• chicken out
• cry out against
• disadvise
• lean on
• persuade not to
• put off
• throw a wet blanket on
• throw off
• turn off
• urge not to

Strongest matches

• ban
• block
• constrain
• enjoin
• forbid
• freeze
• halt
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• outlaw
• preclude
• prevent
• proscribe
• restrain
• restrict
• rule out

Strong matches

• cool
• cork
• debar
• disallow
• forfend
• hamper
• interdict
• kill
• nix
• obstruct
• spike
• stymie
• taboo
• veto

Weak matches

• bottle up
• box in
• bring to screeching halt
• gridlock
• hang up
• hold up
• jam up
• keep lid on
• lock up
• pass on
• put a lock on
• put a stopper in
• put chill on
• put down
• put half nelson on
• shut out
• tie up
• zing

Strongest matches

• crush
• inhibit
• muffle
• quash
• quell
• restrain
• squelch
• stifle
• subdue
• subjugate
• suppress

Strong matches

• bottle
• chasten
• check
• collect
• compose
• control
• cool
• cork
• curb
• hinder
• kill
• lock
• master
• overcome
• overpower
• rein
• shush
• silence
• smother
• swallow

Weak matches

• black out
• gridlock
• hold back
• jam up
• keep in
• keep in check
• keep under wraps
• quelch
• simmer down
• tie up

Strongest matches

• discourage
• dishearten
• dispirit
• grieve

Strong matches

• dash
• deject
• deplore
• desolate
• distress
• down
• oppress
• press

Weak matches

• break one's heart
• bring one down
• bum out
• cast down
• dampen spirits
• drag down
• make blue
• put a damper on
• put into a funk
• turn one off
• weigh down