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Antonyms for nigs
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : nig |
| Phonetic Transcription : nɪg |
Definition of nigs
Origin :- c.1300, "niggardly person" (see niggard). As an abbreviated form of nigger, attested by c.1832, American English.
- As in nullify : verb cancel, revoke
- As in retract : verb take back; renege on
- We hustled to sort out the nigs that belonged to us and get them on board.
- Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
- As good cowhands as ever I saw were nigs, but they need a white man to blow and brag on them.
- Extract from : « The Outlet » by Andy Adams
- But the little "nigs" kill me outright, they looking so much like a lot of monkeys, I know of nothing so comical.
- Extract from : « The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion » by George P. Bissell
- If things is true, ye'll have ter begin on yer own nigs, mighty sudden.'
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 » by Various
Synonyms for nigs
- abate
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- ax
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- blue pencil
- bring to naught
- call all bets off
- call off
- cancel
- change one's mind
- compensate
- confine
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countermand
- countervail
- deny
- disannul
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eat one's words
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- invalidate
- kill
- limit
- negate
- neutralize
- nig
- offset
- pull back
- pull in
- quash
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reel in
- render null and void
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- restrict
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rule out
- scratch
- scrub
- sheathe
- squash
- stamp out
- suspend
- take back
- take in
- take out
- torpedo
- trash
- undo
- unsay
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- wash out
- welsh
- wipe out
- withdraw
- zap
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