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deprecate v.
discountenance v.
veto v.

VERB

deprecate

Synonyms

STRONG

depreciate derogate detract discountenance disesteem disfavor disparage expostulate frown object pooh-pooh rip

WEAK

cut down to size disapprove of discommend mudsling poor-mouth protest against put down run down take dim view of take down take exception to

Antonyms

STRONG

approve commend compliment increase laud praise sanction

WEAK

build up endorse

VERB

discountenance

Synonyms

STRONG

condemn deprecate disapprove discourage disesteem disfavor dispute resist

WEAK

count me out discommend frown on hold no brief for not stand for object to put down take a dim view of take exception to

Antonyms

STRONG

agree approve endorse go along

WEAK

back countenance sanction support

VERB

veto

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deny refuse reject rule out turn down

STRONG

ban blackball burn cut decline defeat disallow disapprove discountenance forbid interdict kill negate negative nix pass prohibit

WEAK

give thumbs down pass by pass on put down shoot down throw away throw out thumbs-down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accept allow approve grant sanction

STRONG

aid help lose permit

WEAK

ratify

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not go for

“The guaranteed safe bet is to go home or to not go for it. The other one is, ‘Shoot, let’s see what happens.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

Villarreal: Hugh Jackman’s character would not go for that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

Rovers' ambition at the start of the season was to stay up, not go for promotion - which shows how far the club has fallen - but I like the brand of football they play.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

The majority of the court did not go for it, because it makes no sense.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2023

“I would not go for a million dollars,” he said.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

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