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Antonyms for dash
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dash |
| Phonetic Transcription : dæʃ |
- abet
- aid
- allow
- apathy
- assist
- clear up
- dawdle
- drab
- dullness
- encourage
- enervation
- enlighten
- explain
- fix
- frumpiness
- glob
- grow
- help
- idleness
- inability
- inactivity
- incompetence
- information
- inspirit
- laziness
- lethargy
- lose
- lot
- lump
- make happy
- mend
- permit
- powerlessness
- relieve
- retreat
- slow
- slowness
- stay
- wait
- walk
- weakness
Definition of dash
Origin :- c.1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish daska, Danish daske "to beat, strike"), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intransitive meaning "move quickly" appeared c.1300, that of "to write hurriedly" is 1726. Related: Dashed; dashing.
- noun fast race for short distance
- noun flair, style
- noun small amount; suggestion
- verb run very fast for short distance
- verb break by hitting or throwing violently
- verb discourage, frustrate
- "With just a dash of orange bitters in it," another might add.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Chip really felt that way about it, after the first dash of wounded pride.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Once having agreed to the change, she would carry it off with a dash.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Is there a back door where we can dash out and give them the slip?
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- For goodness' sake, let's dash as fast as we can, down into the garden, and do the same thing!
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- You little think it, but you was the first to dash my hopes.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- It was a look of resentment and contempt, with just a dash of feminine reproach in it.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- I made a dash, caught it in my hands and triumphantly brought it ashore.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- Nearly every dash of foam brought with it biting bits of seaweed now.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- The constancy of his companions braced Madden like a dash of ice water.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
Synonyms for dash
- abash
- animation
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- birr
- bit
- blast
- blight
- bludgeon
- boil
- bolt
- bound
- brio
- career
- cast
- chagrin
- charge
- chase
- chill
- circumvent
- cloud
- confound
- course
- crash
- cudgel
- dampen
- dart
- destroy
- disappoint
- discomfort
- dismay
- dispirit
- drop
- éclat
- élan
- energy
- esprit
- few drops
- flavor
- fling
- flourish
- fly
- foil
- force
- gallop
- get on it
- grain
- haste
- hasten
- hint
- hit
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- impressiveness
- intensity
- lash
- lick
- life
- little
- lunge
- make a run for it
- make it snappy
- might
- nip
- onset
- oomph
- panache
- part
- pinch
- plunge
- power
- race
- ruin
- run
- rush
- rush at
- scamper
- scattering
- scoot
- scurry
- seasoning
- shatter
- shiver
- shoot
- slam
- sling
- smack
- smash
- smidgen
- sortie
- soupçon
- speed
- spirit
- splash
- splatter
- splinter
- spoil
- spring
- sprinkle
- sprinkling
- sprint
- spurt
- squirt
- streak
- strength
- suspicion
- taste
- tear
- throw
- thwart
- tincture
- tinge
- touch
- trace
- trifle
- vehemence
- verve
- vigor
- vim
- vivacity
- zest
- zing
- zip
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