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Antonyms for de-scends
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-send |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnd |
- accept
- admire
- aid
- appear
- approve
- arrange
- arrive
- ascend
- assist
- attach
- begin
- boost
- brave
- build
- cease
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- clear up
- collect
- combine
- come
- come in
- comfort
- commence
- complete
- compliment
- conclude
- confuse
- connect
- construct
- continue
- contradict
- correct
- couple
- cure
- decline
- decrease
- deny
- depart
- destroy
- develop
- die
- disagree
- disallow
- disappear
- disapprove
- discourage
- dislodge
- disobey
- displace
- dispute
- dissent
- dissuade
- do
- downpour
- dry
- elevate
- end
- enhance
- enlarge
- even
- exalt
- excite
- expand
- extend
- face
- fight
- fill
- finish
- fix
- float
- flourish
- forget
- gain
- gather
- get better
- get up
- go
- go on
- go up
- grow
- halt
- heal
- heighten
- help
- hinder
- hold
- honor
- improve
- increase
- initiate
- join
- keep
- land
- laud
- leave
- leave alone
- lessen
- level
- lie
- lift
- link
- liquefy
- live
- lower
- maintain
- make happy
- meld
- mend
- mix up
- moralize
- mount
- move
- neglect
- oppose
- order
- organize
- persevere
- pour
- praise
- prevent
- progress
- prolong
- protest
- purify
- pursue
- put together
- raise
- raze
- recede
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- remove
- repress
- resist
- restart
- retreat
- rise
- rise above
- run away
- shoot up
- shrink
- soften
- soothe
- start
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- surface
- take
- take up
- trouble
- underwhelm
- unite
- unsettle
- upgrade
- upset
- value
- veto
- walk
- withhold
- worry
Definition of de-scends
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French descendre (10c.) "descend, dismount; fall into; originate in," from Latin descendere "come down, descend, sink," from de- "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb," from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "originate" is late 14c. in English. Related: Descended; descending.
- As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
- As in lower : verb let down; fall
- As in pitch : verb dive, roll
- As in plummet : verb fall hard and fast
- As in plunge : verb dive or fall fast
- As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
- As in set : verb decline
- As in settle : verb come to rest; fall
- As in sink : verb fall in, go under
- As in sink : verb deteriorate
- As in slant : verb angle off, slope
- As in slope : verb slant, tilt
- As in spring : verb originate, emerge
- As in step : verb move foot to walk
- As in stoop : verb bow down
- As in stoop : verb condescend; lower oneself to another
- As in submerge : verb dunk in liquid
- As in subside : verb die down; decrease
- As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
- As in worsen : verb diminish, decay
- As in cascade : verb fall in a rush
- As in glissade : verb glide
- As in submerse : verb sink
- As in come down : verb worsen
- As in condescend : verb stoop, humble oneself
- As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
- As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
- As in derive from : verb come from; arise
- As in descend : verb move down, lower a
- As in descend : verb condescend
- As in descend : verb trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
- As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
- As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
- As in dismount : verb get off something higher
- As in drop : verb fall in globules
- As in drop : verb let go of; fall
- As in alight : verb land
- As in get down : verb dismount
- As in get off : verb depart
- As in glide : verb move smoothly and quickly on a surface
- As in go down : verb lose, fall
- As in gravitate : verb be drawn toward; fall to
Synonyms for de-scends
- abandon
- abase
- abase oneself
- abate
- accommodate
- accord
- acquiesce
- act beneath oneself
- adulterate
- advance
- aggravate
- agree
- aim
- alight
- alloy
- ambulate
- angle
- apostatize
- appear
- approach
- arise
- arrive
- ascend
- atomize
- backslide
- bad-mouth
- bank
- be attracted
- be beaten
- be bowed
- be courteous
- be defeated
- be derived
- be descended
- be influenced
- be pulled
- be servile
- be worse for wear
- bead
- beam
- become obsolete
- become worse
- bed down
- begin
- belittle
- belly-flop
- bemean
- bend
- bevel
- bicker
- birth
- bleed
- blow
- bore
- bow
- bowl down
- break
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- bring down
- bring low
- burgeon
- cant
- capsize
- careen
- career
- cascade
- cast
- cast down
- cataract
- cave in
- cease
- charge
- climb down
- coast
- collapse
- come
- come apart
- come apart at seams
- come down
- come down off high horse
- come into being
- come into existence
- come out
- commence
- comply
- concede
- contemn
- corrode
- corrupt
- couch
- crash
- cringe
- crouch
- crumble
- crumple
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- damage
- dance
- dash
- de-escalate
- debark
- debase
- debase oneself
- debauch
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- decrease
- decry
- degenerate
- degrade
- degrade oneself
- deign
- deliquesce
- deluge
- demean oneself
- demit
- demoralize
- deplane
- deprave
- depreciate
- depress
- derive
- derogate
- descend
- despise
- detach
- deteriorate
- detract
- detrain
- detrude
- develop
- deviate
- die
- die away
- die on vine
- dig
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dip
- direct
- dis
- disappear
- disarrange
- disarray
- disband
- disconnect
- disembark
- disgorge
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- dismantle
- dismount
- disorder
- disorganize
- disparage
- disperse
- distill
- disturb
- disunite
- dive
- diverge
- divide
- do a pratfall
- douse
- down
- downturn
- drain
- drench
- dribble
- drift
- drill
- drip
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drop away
- drop down
- drown
- duck
- dump
- dump on
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ebb
- elapse
- emanate
- end
- engulf
- escape
- exacerbate
- excavate
- exit
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fail
- fall
- fall apart
- fall headlong
- fall off
- fall prostrate
- fall to pieces
- favor
- fell
- fester
- flag
- flatten
- fling
- flit
- float
- flood
- floor
- flop
- flounder
- flow
- fly
- fold
- force down
- founder
- get down
- get off
- get worse
- give up
- glissade
- go
- go away
- go backward
- go bad
- go belly up
- go by
- go down
- go downhill
- go forward
- go the limit
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to the bottom
- go to the dogs
- go under
- go up
- go whole hog
- grade
- grant
- gravitate
- ground
- grow
- gush
- hail
- hatch
- head
- heave
- heel
- high hat
- hit the dirt
- hit the skids
- hoof
- humble oneself
- hunch
- hurtle
- immerge
- immerse
- impair
- impregnate
- incline
- injure
- inundate
- issue
- jumble
- jump
- keel
- keel over
- kneel
- knock
- knock down
- knock over
- land
- languish
- lapse
- lay
- leak
- lean
- leave
- lessen
- let down
- let up
- level
- level off
- lie obliquely
- light
- list
- lodge
- loom
- loosen
- lose balance
- lose footing
- lose it
- lose quality
- lower
- lower oneself
- lull
- lunge
- lurch
- make less
- make lower
- mar
- melt
- mess up
- mince
- moderate
- molder
- move
- move backward
- move forward
- mushroom
- nose-dive
- oblige
- ooze
- originate
- overflow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pace
- pan
- pass
- patronize
- penetrate
- perch
- percolate
- perish
- pervert
- peter out
- pitch
- place
- plop
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- plunk
- point
- poor-mouth
- pour
- prance
- precipitate
- proceed
- prolapse
- propel
- pull out
- pulverize
- push down
- put
- put down
- putrefy
- quieten
- quit
- rake
- ram
- recede
- recidivate
- recline
- reduce
- regress
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relinquish
- repose
- resort
- retire
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- revert
- rise
- rock
- roll
- roost
- rot
- run
- run out
- rush
- sag
- sail
- scorn
- scud
- scuttle
- seat
- see fit
- seep
- seesaw
- separate
- set
- set down
- settle
- settle down
- sever
- shatter
- shed
- shelve
- shipwreck
- shoot
- shoot the works
- shoot up
- sink
- sit
- skate
- skew
- skid
- skim
- skip
- skirr
- slacken
- slant
- slide
- slink
- slip
- slither
- slope
- slough off
- slump
- smooth along
- snow
- soar
- sound
- souse
- spew
- spill
- spiral
- spit up
- splash
- splay
- splinter
- spoil
- spring
- spring from
- squat
- stab
- stagger
- stain
- start
- stem
- stem from
- step down
- stick
- stoop
- stream
- stride
- stumble
- submerge
- submerse
- submit
- subside
- succumb
- suffer
- suffer defeat
- surge
- swamp
- swerve
- swoop
- taint
- take a flyer
- take a header
- take apart
- take down
- talk down to
- taper
- tear
- tend
- terminate
- thaw
- throw
- throw oneself
- throw up
- thrust
- tilt
- tip
- tip over
- tiptoe
- toboggan
- topple
- toss
- toss a few crumbs
- touch bottom
- touch down
- train
- traipse
- tread
- trickle
- trill
- trip
- troop
- tumble
- turn
- turn to dust
- unbend
- undermine
- unload
- unsettle
- upset
- upspring
- vanish
- vault
- veer
- vitiate
- vomit
- vouchsafe
- waft
- walk
- wallow
- wane
- warp
- wash away
- wash out
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- weep
- welter
- whelm
- wing
- withdraw
- wither
- worsen
- wreck
- yaw
- yield
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