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RESOLVE Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word resolve. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For RESOLVE

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aggravate
verbv
verb

• make worse

• exasperate or irritate

complicate
verbv
verb

• make more complicated

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

confuse
verbv
verb

• mistake one thing for another

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• cause to feel embarrassment

• assemble without order or sense

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

deter
verbv
verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• turn away from by persuasion

discourage
verbv
verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

dishearten
verbv
verb

• take away the enthusiasm of

dispirit
verbv
verb

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

dissuade
verbv
verb

• turn away from by persuasion

stop
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the event of something ending

• the act of stopping something

• a brief stay in the course of a journey

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a spot where something halts or pauses

• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

verb

• come to a halt, stop moving

• put an end to a state or an activity

• stop from happening or developing

• interrupt a trip

• cause to end

• prevent completion

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• seize on its way

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• render unsuitable for passage

• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

unsettle
verbv
verb

• disturb the composure of

Alternatives for AGGRAVATE

Alternatives for COMPLICATE

Alternatives for CONFUSE

Alternatives for DETER

Alternatives for DISCOURAGE

Alternatives for DISHEARTEN

Alternatives for DISPIRIT

Alternatives for DISSUADE

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