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Un-tightening Antonyms

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aggravate
  • be at
  • be on the back of
  • bother
  • bug
  • bum
  • dog
  • drive up the wall
  • exasperate
  • gall
  • get
  • get on one's nerves
  • get to
  • give a hard time
  • grate
agitate
  • beat
  • churn
  • concuss
  • convulse
  • disturb
  • rock
  • rouse
  • stir
  • toss
annoy
  • T-off
  • abrade
  • agitate
  • ask for it
  • badger
  • be at
  • be on the back of
  • bedevil
  • beleaguer
  • bore
  • bother
  • break
  • bug
  • burn up
block
  • bar
  • brick
  • cake
  • chunk
  • cube
  • hunk
  • ingot
  • loaf
  • lump
  • oblong
  • piece
  • section
  • segment
  • slab
bring down
  • KO
  • abase
  • cut down
  • damage
  • drop
  • fell
  • floor
  • injure
  • knock down
  • lay low
  • level
  • lower
  • mow down
  • murder
burden
  • Herculean task
  • accountability
  • affliction
  • albatross
  • anxiety
  • ball and chain
  • blame
  • care
  • charge
  • clog
  • concern
  • deadweight
  • difficulty
  • duty
cease
  • back off
  • break off
  • bring to an end
  • call it a day
  • call it quits
  • close
  • close out
  • come to an end
  • culminate
  • cut it out
  • desist
  • die
  • discontinue
  • drop
check
  • analysis
  • audit
  • checkup
  • control
  • inquiry
  • investigation
  • poll
  • rein
  • research
  • review
  • scrutiny
  • test
condemn
  • adjudge
  • belittle
  • blow whistle on
  • call down
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chide
  • come down on
  • criticize
  • damn
  • decry
  • denounce
  • denunciate
  • deprecate
delay
  • adjournment
  • bind
  • check
  • cooling-off period
  • cunctation
  • dawdling
  • demurral
  • detention
  • discontinuation
  • downtime
  • filibuster
  • hangup
  • hindrance
  • hold-up
demote
  • bench
  • break
  • bump
  • bust
  • declass
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demerit
  • dismiss
  • disrate
  • hold back
  • kick downstairs
  • lower
  • reduce
depress
  • abase
  • afflict
  • ail
  • bear down
  • beat
  • beat down
  • bother
  • bug
  • bum out
  • cast down
  • chill
  • cow
  • damp
  • dampen
enlarge
  • add to
  • aggrandize
  • amplify
  • augment
  • beef up
  • blow up
  • boost
  • broaden
  • build
  • bulk
  • develop
  • diffuse
  • dilate
  • distend
exasperate
  • T-off
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • bug
  • disturb
  • drive up the wall
  • embitter
  • enrage
  • exacerbate
  • excite
  • gall
  • get
excite
  • accelerate
  • agitate
  • amaze
  • anger
  • animate
  • annoy
  • arouse
  • astound
  • awaken
  • bother
  • chafe
  • delight
  • discompose
  • disturb
extend
  • add to
  • aggrandize
  • amplify
  • augment
  • beef up
  • boost
  • broaden
  • carry on
  • continue
  • crane
  • develop
  • dilate
  • drag one's feet
  • drag out
halt
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • close
  • cutoff
  • freeze
  • grinding halt
  • impasse
  • interruption
  • layoff
  • letup
  • pause
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
harm
  • abuse
  • banefulness
  • damage
  • deleteriousness
  • detriment
  • disservice
  • foul play
  • hurt
  • ill
  • immorality
  • impairment
  • infliction
  • iniquity
  • loss
hinder
  • arrest
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • burden
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • contravene
  • counteract
  • crab
  • cramp
hold
  • authority
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clinch
  • clout
  • clutch
  • control
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • grip
  • influence
  • occupancy
  • occupation
  • ownership
hurt
  • aching
  • aggrieved
  • agonized
  • all torn up
  • battered
  • bleeding
  • bruised
  • buffeted
  • burned
  • busted up
  • contused
  • crushed
  • cut
  • damaged
impede
  • bar
  • block
  • blow whistle on
  • brake
  • check
  • clog
  • close off
  • cramp one's style
  • curb
  • cut off
  • dam
  • delay
  • deter
  • discomfit
incite
  • abet
  • activate
  • actuate
  • agitate
  • animate
  • arouse
  • coax
  • craze
  • drive
  • egg on
  • encourage
  • excite
  • exhort
  • fan the fire
increase
  • access
  • accession
  • accretion
  • accrual
  • accumulation
  • aggrandizement
  • augmentation
  • boost
  • breakthrough
  • burgeoning
  • cumulation
  • development
  • elaboration
  • enlargement
injure
  • abuse
  • aggrieve
  • batter
  • blemish
  • blight
  • break
  • contort
  • cripple
  • cut up
  • damage
  • deface
  • deform
  • disable
  • disfigure
intensify
  • accent
  • accentuate
  • add fuel
  • add to
  • aggrandize
  • aggravate
  • augment
  • beef up
  • boost
  • brighten
  • build up
  • concentrate
  • darken
  • deepen
irritate
  • abrade
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • annoy
  • bother
  • bug
  • burn
  • chafe
  • confuse
  • distemper
  • disturb
  • drive up the wall
  • enrage
  • exasperate
keep
  • accumulate
  • amass
  • cache
  • care for
  • carry
  • conduct
  • conserve
  • control
  • deal in
  • deposit
  • detain
  • direct
  • enjoy
  • garner
maintain
  • advance
  • carry on
  • conserve
  • continue
  • control
  • cultivate
  • finance
  • go on with
  • guard
  • keep
  • keep going
  • look after
  • manage
  • nurture
make difficult
  • block
  • charge
  • clog
  • cramp
  • discommode
  • embarrass
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • hog-tie
  • hold up
  • impede
  • incommode
perplex
  • astonish
  • astound
  • baffle
  • balk
  • befuddle
  • beset
  • bewilder
  • buffalo
  • complicate
  • confound
  • discombobulate
  • discompose
  • dumbfound
  • encumber
provoke
  • abet
  • abrade
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • bother
  • bug
  • chafe
  • enrage
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • foment
  • fret
slow
  • apathetic
  • crawling
  • creeping
  • dawdling
  • delaying
  • deliberate
  • dilatory
  • disinclined
  • dreamy
  • drowsy
  • easy
  • gradual
  • heavy
  • idle
stop
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • conclusion
trouble
  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • bad news
  • bind
  • bother
  • commotion
  • concern
  • danger
  • difficulty
  • dilemma
  • dire straits
  • discontent
  • discord
  • disorder
upset
  • agitated
  • all torn up
  • amazed
  • antsy
  • apprehensive
  • blue
  • broken up
  • bummed out
  • capsized
  • chaotic
  • come apart
  • confused
  • disconcerted
  • dismayed
vex
  • abrade
  • afflict
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • be at
  • chafe
  • depress
  • displease
  • disquiet
  • disturb
  • eat
  • embarrass
weaken
  • abate
  • adulterate
  • break up
  • cripple
  • crumble
  • cut
  • debase
  • debilitate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • depress
  • devitalize
  • dilute
  • diminish
worry
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • apprehension
  • bad news
  • care
  • concern
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturbance
  • doubt
  • fear
  • headache
  • heartache
  • irritation
worsen
  • aggravate
  • corrode
  • damage
  • decline
  • degenerate
  • depress
  • descend
  • deteriorate
  • disintegrate
  • exacerbate
  • fall off
  • get worse
  • go downhill
  • impair

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