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Giving The Green Light Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for giving the green light in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of giving the green light in 25 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for giving the green light alphabetically.

condemn
  • adjudge
  • belittle
  • blow whistle on
  • call down
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chide
  • come down on
  • criticize
  • damn
  • decry
  • denounce
  • denunciate
  • deprecate
  • depreciate
  • disapprove
  • disparage
  • doom
  • find fault with
  • find guilty
  • frame
  • hang something on
  • judge
decline
  • abatement
  • backsliding
  • comedown
  • cropper
  • decay
  • decrepitude
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • descent
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • diminution
  • dissolution
  • dive
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downturn
  • drop
  • dwindling
  • ebb
  • ebbing
  • enfeeblement
  • failing
demur
  • balk
  • cavil
  • challenge
  • combat
  • complain
  • deprecate
  • disapprove
  • dispute
  • doubt
  • fight
  • hem and haw
  • hesitate
  • object
  • oppose
  • pause
  • protest
  • pussyfoot
  • refuse
  • remonstrate
  • resist
  • scruple
  • shy
  • stick
denounce
  • accuse
  • adjudicate
  • arraign
  • blacklist
  • blame
  • boycott
  • brand
  • castigate
  • censure
  • charge
  • charge with
  • criticize
  • damn
  • declaim
  • decry
  • denunciate
  • derogate
  • dress down
  • excoriate
  • expose
  • finger
  • hang something on
  • impeach
deny
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • ban
  • begrudge
  • call on
  • contradict
  • contravene
  • controvert
  • curb
  • disacknowledge
  • disallow
  • disavow
  • disbelieve
  • discard
  • disclaim
  • discredit
  • disown
  • disprove
  • doubt
  • enjoin from
  • eschew
  • exclude
  • forbid
disagree
  • be discordant
  • be dissimilar
  • clash
  • conflict
  • contradict
  • counter
  • depart
  • deviate
  • differ
  • discord
  • disharmonize
  • dissent
  • diverge
  • run counter to
  • vary
  • war
disallow
  • abjure
  • cancel
  • censor
  • debar
  • deny
  • disacknowledge
  • disavow
  • disclaim
  • dismiss
  • disown
  • embargo
  • exclude
  • forbid
  • keep back
  • kill
  • nix
  • pass on
  • proscribe
  • put down
  • rebuff
  • refuse
  • repudiate
  • shut out
disapprove
  • blame
  • censure
  • chastise
  • criticize
  • damn
  • decry
  • denounce
  • deplore
  • deprecate
  • detract
  • disallow
  • discommend
  • discountenance
  • disesteem
  • disfavor
  • dislike
  • dismiss
  • dispraise
  • expostulate
  • find fault with
  • find unacceptable
  • frown on
  • look askance at
dispute
  • altercation
  • beef
  • bickering
  • bone of contention
  • brawl
  • broil
  • brouhaha
  • commotion
  • conflict
  • contention
  • controversy
  • debate
  • difference of opinion
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discussion
  • dissension
  • disturbance
  • embroilment
  • falling-out
  • feud
  • fireworks
  • flare-up
dissent
  • bone
  • bone of contention
  • bone to pick
  • clinker
  • conflict
  • contention
  • denial
  • difference
  • disaccord
  • discord
  • dissension
  • dissidence
  • disunity
  • far cry
  • flak
  • hassle
  • heresy
  • heterodoxy
  • misbelief
  • nonagreement
  • nonconcurrence
  • nonconformism
  • nonconformity
forbid
  • ban
  • block
  • cancel
  • censor
  • check
  • debar
  • declare illegal
  • deny
  • deprive
  • disallow
  • embargo
  • enjoin
  • exclude
  • forestall
  • forfend
  • freeze
  • halt
  • hinder
  • hold up
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interdict
  • lock up
hinder
  • arrest
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • burden
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • contravene
  • counteract
  • crab
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • cripple
  • curb
  • debar
  • delay
  • deter
  • encumber
  • fetter
  • frustrate
hold
  • authority
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clinch
  • clout
  • clutch
  • control
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • grip
  • influence
  • occupancy
  • occupation
  • ownership
  • pull
  • purchase
  • retention
  • sway
  • tenacity
  • tenure
impede
  • bar
  • block
  • blow whistle on
  • brake
  • check
  • clog
  • close off
  • cramp one's style
  • curb
  • cut off
  • dam
  • delay
  • deter
  • discomfit
  • disconcert
  • disrupt
  • embarrass
  • faze
  • flag one
  • freeze
  • hamper
  • hang up
  • hold up
keep
  • accumulate
  • amass
  • cache
  • care for
  • carry
  • conduct
  • conserve
  • control
  • deal in
  • deposit
  • detain
  • direct
  • enjoy
  • garner
  • grasp
  • grip
  • have
  • heap
  • hold back
  • manage
  • own
  • pile
  • place
obstruct
  • arrest
  • bar
  • barricade
  • block
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • close
  • congest
  • crab
  • curb
  • cut off
  • drag one's feet
  • fill
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • get in the way
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • hang up
  • hide
  • hinder
  • hold up
oppose
  • argue
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bar
  • battle
  • bombard
  • call in question
  • check
  • combat
  • confront
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • counter
  • counterattack
  • cross
  • debate
  • defy
  • deny
  • disagree
  • disapprove
  • dispute
  • encounter
prevent
  • anticipate
  • arrest
  • avert
  • avoid
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • check
  • chill
  • cool
  • cork
  • counter
  • counteract
  • dam
  • debar
  • defend against
  • foil
  • forbid
  • forestall
  • forfend
  • frustrate
  • halt
protest
  • bellyache
  • big stink
  • blackball
  • challenge
  • clamor
  • declaration
  • demonstration
  • demur
  • demurral
  • difficulty
  • dissent
  • flak
  • formal complaint
  • grievance
  • gripe
  • grouse
  • holler
  • howl
  • kick
  • knock
  • march
  • moratorium
  • nix
refuse
  • debris
  • dregs
  • dross
  • dump
  • dunghill
  • dust
  • hogwash
  • junk
  • leavings
  • litter
  • muck
  • offal
  • rejectamenta
  • remains
  • residue
  • rubbish
  • scraps
  • scum
  • sediment
  • slop
  • sweepings
  • swill
  • trash
reject
  • burn
  • cashier
  • cast aside
  • cast off
  • cast out
  • chuck
  • decline
  • deny
  • despise
  • disallow
  • disbelieve
  • discard
  • discount
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • dismiss
  • eliminate
  • exclude
  • give thumbs down to
  • jettison
  • jilt
  • kill
  • nix
repel
  • beat back
  • beat off
  • brush off
  • buck
  • cast aside
  • chase away
  • check
  • confront
  • cool
  • cut
  • decline
  • dismiss
  • disown
  • dispute
  • drive away
  • drive back
  • drive off
  • duel
  • fend off
  • fight
  • force back
  • force off
  • give cold shoulder to
repudiate
  • abandon
  • abjure
  • apostatize
  • banish
  • be against
  • break with
  • cast
  • cast off
  • cut off
  • decline
  • default
  • defect
  • demur
  • deny
  • desert
  • disacknowledge
  • disapprove
  • disavow
  • discard
  • disclaim
  • dishonor
  • disinherit
  • dismiss
resist
  • abide
  • abstain from
  • antagonize
  • assail
  • assault
  • battle
  • bear
  • brook
  • buck
  • check
  • combat
  • confront
  • contend
  • continue
  • counteract
  • countervail
  • curb
  • defy
  • die hard
  • dispute
  • duel
  • endure
  • fight back
veto
  • ban
  • blackball
  • declination
  • denial
  • embargo
  • interdict
  • interdiction
  • negative
  • nonconsent
  • prohibition

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