Thesaurus / take wind out of sails
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synonyms for take wind out of sails
- block
- obstruct
- buck
- deny
- sell
- thwart
- stymie
- flummox
- cramp
- stonewall
- frustrate
- resist
- foil
- impede
- oppose
- crab
- backtalk
- stump
- crimp
- interfere
- snafu
- double-cross
- foul up
- sell out
- stab in the back
- take on
- louse up
- bollix
- have bone to pick
- knock props out
- outwit
- thwart
- blank
- shave
- invalidate
- stump
- subdue
- neutralize
- puzzle
- reduce
- confound
- surmount
- circumvent
- refute
- ruin
- cross
- checkmate
- disappoint
- shellac
- victimize
- contravene
- balk
- disprove
- discomfit
- disconcert
- nonplus
- squash
- undo
- baffle
- foil
- scuttle
- spoil
- cook
- overturn
- bury
- nullify
- quell
- subjugate
- skunk
- block
- counterplot
- edge out
- beat down
- beat the system
- cast down
- cause setback
- nose out
- put end to
- throw for loop
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- separate
- part
- divide
- stay
- forward
- encourage
- go along
- allow
- support
- help
- remain
- facilitate
- assist
- aid
- abet
- inspirit
- encourage
- lose
- give up
- open
- support
- endorse
- allow
- yield
- clear up
- win
- clarify
- help
- approve
- abet
- prove
- assist
- aid
- surrender
- enlighten
- grow
- explain
- validate
- permit
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How to use take wind out of sails in a sentence
And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNELiszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThe most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSSquinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANBut Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSI take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANSol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENAnd that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
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WORDS RELATED TO TAKE WIND OUT OF SAILS
- backtalked
- blocked
- bollixed
- bucked
- crabbed
- cramped
- crimped
- denied
- double-crossed
- flummoxed
- foiled
- foul up
- frustrated
- had bone to picked
- impeded
- interfered
- knocked props out
- loused up
- obstructed
- opposed
- resisted
- snafued
- sold
- sold out
- stab in the back
- stonewalled
- stumped
- stymied
- thwarted
- took on
- took wind out of sails
- baffle
- balk
- beat down
- beat the system
- blank
- block
- bury
- cast down
- cause setback
- checkmate
- circumvent
- confound
- contravene
- cook
- counterplot
- cross
- disappoint
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disprove
- edge out
- foil
- invalidate
- neutralize
- nonplus
- nose out
- nullify
- outwit
- overturn
- put end to
- puzzle
- quell
- reduce
- refute
- ruin
- scuttle
- shave
- shellac
- skunk
- spoil
- squash
- stump
- subdue
- subjugate
- surmount
- take wind out of sails
- throw for loop
- thwart
- undo
- victimize
- KOING
- beating
- busting
- clobbering
- creaming
- decking
- dropping
- drubbing
- edging
- flaxing
- flogging
- flooring
- knocking out
- lambasting
- licking
- outhitting
- outjumping
- outplaying
- outrunning
- overpowering
- plowing under
- pommelling
- pounding
- powdering
- pulverizing
- running roughshod over
- skinning
- steamrolling
- taking
- taking it all
- taking to cleaners
- tanning
- thrashing
- totaling
- trouncing
- walloping
- whacking
- whomping
- winning
- working over
- zapping
- KOS
- beats
- busts
- clobbers
- creams
- decks
- drops
- drubs
- edges
- flaxes
- flogs
- floors
- knocks out
- lambastes
- licks
- outhits
- outjumps
- outplays
- outruns
- overpowers
- plows under
- pommels
- pounds
- powders
- pulverizes
- runs roughshod over
- skins
- steamrolls
- takes
- takes it all
- takes to cleaners
- tans
- thrashes
- totals
- trounces
- wallops
- whacks
- whomps
- wins
- works over
- zaps
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.