Thesaurus / blowing off
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synonyms for blowing off
- insult
- offend
- persecute
- revile
- backbite
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- oppress
- reproach
- ride
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- smear
- sound
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- bad-mouth
- blow off
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- rip up
- run down
- sling mud
- swear at
- tear apart
- back down
- cancel
- give up
- renege
- surrender
- avoid
- back pedal
- beg off
- blow it off
- chicken out
- cop out
- get cold feet
- go back on
- recant
- resign
- scratch
- shy from
- throw in the towel
- weasel out
- wiggle out
- worm out
- blacken
- blemish
- blister
- blot
- brand
- calumniate
- cap
- chop
- defame
- denigrate
- detract
- discredit
- disgrace
- insinuate
- libel
- malign
- miff
- offend
- push
- reproach
- roast
- scorch
- slander
- slight
- smear
- snub
- spatter
- stain
- traduce
- vilify
- zing
- blow off
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hit where one lives
- kick in the teeth
- put down
- skin alive
- slap in the face
- tear down
- break
- cease
- close
- drop
- end
- halt
- hold
- kill
- pause
- put an end to
- quit
- stall
- stand
- stay
- conclude
- desist
- discontinue
- finish
- refrain
- scrub
- tarry
- terminate
- be over
- blow off
- break off
- call it a day
- cold turkey
- come to a standstill
- cool it
- cut out
- cut short
- draw up
- hang it up
- pull up
- quit cold
- run its course
- shut down
- sign off
- wind up
- wrap up
- avoid
- back down
- back out
- back pedal
- beg off
- blow it off
- bow out
- cancel
- cop out
- funk out
- get cold feet
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- have no stomach for
- make concessions
- pull out
- recant
- renege
- resign
- scratch
- shy from
- surrender
- throw in the towel
- turn yellow
- weasel out
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- withdraw
- worm out
- yield
- abandon
- break off
- cease
- give up
- halt
- interrupt
- quit
- suspend
- terminate
- close
- desist
- disconnect
- disjoin
- dissever
- disunite
- drop
- end
- finish
- interpose
- intervene
- kill
- part
- pause
- scrub
- separate
- stop
- bag it
- blow off
- call it quits
- give over
- knock off
- leave off
- put an end to
- refrain from
- surcease
- carp
- grumble
- moan
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- squawk
- bellyache
- crab
- fuss
- groan
- grouch
- grouse
- kvetch
- whine
- yammer
- yawp
- blow off
- take on
antonyms for blowing off
MOST RELEVANT
- approve
- beautify
- commend
- compliment
- conceal
- exalt
- flatter
- hide
- honor
- please
- praise
- enunciate
- pronounce
- advance
- allow
- begin
- commence
- continue
- do
- go
- initiate
- release
- start
- carry on
- introduce
- restart
- encourage
- begin
- complete
- continue
- go
- initiate
- start
- bear
- commence
- connect
- create
- give birth
- join
- restart
- unite
- carry on
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START THE QUIZ How to use blowing off in a sentence
But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYIt was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSHe laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUYet, so curiously constituted is the native mind, the blowing-up of the magazine was the final tocsin of revolt.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThe Southern sun shone from a cloudless sky; a light, keen wind blowing from the distant snow-clad Canigou set the blood tingling.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEAll the time there was a tremendous beating of drums and blowing of horns and ringing of bells.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEHe glanced rather wistfully in a puzzled way at the lovely little face framed with blowing golden hair.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONWe could hear the puffer blowing at Gurlyn, five or six miles from the Herland Mine.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKTo be sure, it is a horrible thing blowing smoke out; but every man needs something to quiet him—as, beating with his feet.'
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