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Antonyms for flesh out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : flesh |
Phonetic Transcription : flɛʃ |
- abbreviate
- abridge
- block
- break
- compress
- concentrate
- condemn
- condense
- confuse
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- damage
- debase
- decrease
- deduct
- deface
- deflate
- demote
- denounce
- deny
- deplete
- depress
- destroy
- detach
- diminish
- dirty
- disarrange
- discourage
- disgrace
- disperse
- divide
- drop
- end
- exclude
- fail
- fix
- forget
- halt
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- impoverish
- lessen
- let air out
- lower
- make simple
- mar
- minimize
- narrow
- neglect
- play down
- prevent
- raze
- reduce
- refuse
- remove
- repress
- ruin
- separate
- shorten
- shrink
- simplify
- spoil
- stop
- subtract
- summarize
- take
- take away
- uncomplicate
- undermine
- veto
- weaken
- withdraw
- worsen
Definition of flesh out
Origin :- 1520s, "to render (a hunting animal) eager for prey by rewarding it with flesh from a kill," with figurative extensions, from flesh (n.). Meaning "to clothe or embody with flesh," with figurative extensions, is from 1660s. Related: Fleshed; fleshing.
- As in inflate : verb blow up, increase
- As in pad : verb elaborate, amplify
- As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
- As in constitute : verb comprise, form
- As in elaborate : verb make detailed; expand
- As in enhance : verb improve, embellish
- As in enrich : verb improve, embellish
- As in expand : verb go into detail
- As in amplify : verb increase in size or effect
- So he took his bit of skin, got his flesh out of the pot and made off.
- Extract from : « More Russian Picture Tales » by Valery Carrick
- With it he cut pieces of flesh out of his body and presented the Yakshas with them.
- Extract from : « The Gtakaml » by rya Sra
- For souls—if there are souls— But keep the flesh out of its merriment.
- Extract from : « The Countess Cathleen » by William Butler Yeats
- Before he could stir, two of them had bitten pieces of flesh out of the calves of both of his legs.
- Extract from : « The Inca Emerald » by Samuel Scoville
- The fangs were so powerful that when I put my fingers to them, they literally tore a piece of flesh out.
- Extract from : « In the Wilds of Africa » by W.H.G. Kingston
- His miracles are attributed to sorcery, the secret of which He brought in a slit in His flesh out of Egypt.
- Extract from : « Secret Societies And Subversive Movements » by Nesta H. Webster
- Poll had made a snap at his finger, and hooked a piece of flesh out sufficient to make it bleed pretty freely.
- Extract from : « Hollowdell Grange » by George Manville Fenn
- I saw Marquesan women eating insects, worms, and other repellant bits of flesh out of sheer instinct and stomachic need.
- Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien
Synonyms for flesh out
- add
- add to
- adorn
- aerate
- affix
- aggrandize
- aggregate
- ameliorate
- amplify
- annex
- ante
- append
- appreciate
- augment
- balloon
- beautify
- bedeck
- beef up
- better
- bloat
- boom
- boost
- build
- build up
- bulk
- charge up
- clarify
- comment
- complement
- complete
- complicate
- compose
- compound
- construct
- continue
- cook up
- cram
- create
- cue in
- cultivate
- deck
- decorate
- deepen
- develop
- devise
- dilate
- discourse
- discuss
- distend
- drag out
- dream up
- elaborate
- elevate
- embellish
- embody
- embroider
- enact
- endow
- enhance
- enlarge
- escalate
- establish
- evolve
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- expatiate
- explain
- expound
- extend
- figure in
- fill out
- fix
- flesh out
- found
- frame
- fudge
- fudge together
- garnish
- grace
- heat up
- heighten
- hike
- hike up
- hitch on
- hook on
- hook up with
- hop up
- improve
- include
- incorporate
- increase
- inflate
- integrate
- intensify
- interpret
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- lengthen
- lift
- magnify
- make
- make rich
- make up
- maximize
- ornament
- overdraw
- overestimate
- overstate
- pad
- parlay
- particularize
- piggyback
- plug into
- polish
- pour it on
- produce
- protract
- puff up
- pump up
- pyramid
- raise
- refine
- reinforce
- reply
- run up
- say further
- set up
- slap on
- snowball
- soup up
- specify
- speed up
- spell out
- spike
- spin
- spread
- step up
- strengthen
- stretch
- supplement
- surcharge
- sweeten
- swell
- swell up
- tack on
- tag
- unfold
- up
- upgrade
- widen
- work out
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