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Antonyms for work over
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : wurk |
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk |
- abet
- accept
- agree
- aid
- allow
- answer
- approve
- assist
- assuage
- be honest
- be still
- bear
- belittle
- bully
- calm
- castigate
- certainty
- cheer
- comfort
- compliment
- condemn
- create
- criticize
- cure
- decrease
- delay
- delight
- denounce
- deter
- discourage
- disenchant
- disgust
- dissuade
- doubtlessness
- encourage
- exonerate
- fail
- find
- flatter
- force
- forfeit
- forget
- free
- give birth
- give up
- guard
- halt
- heal
- help
- hinder
- ignore
- inspirit
- insult
- irritate
- laud
- learn
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- lose
- maintain
- make happy
- mismatch
- neglect
- offend
- placate
- please
- praise
- prevent
- protect
- pull
- refuse
- release
- relieve
- remain
- remedy
- repel
- reply
- repress
- repulse
- respect
- retard
- retreat
- satisfy
- slow
- soothe
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- sureness
- surety
- surrender
- take care
- tap
- turn off
- uphold
- yield
Definition of work over
Origin :- Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
- Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
- In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.
- As in inculcate : verb implant, infuse information
- As in indoctrinate : verb brainwash
- As in interrogate : verb ask pointed questions
- As in inveigh : verb blame, denounce
- As in inveigle : verb entice, manipulate
- As in maul : verb mangle, abuse
- As in assail : verb attack, usually with words
- As in assault : verb attack
- As in persuade : verb cause to believe; convince to do
- As in pressure : verb bother, urge
- As in question : verb ask for answer
- As in reconsider : verb think about again
- As in thrash : verb flail about; beat
- As in besiege : verb surround; assault
- As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
- As in propagandize : verb indoctrinate
- As in reevaluate : verb reconsider
- As in rethink : verb reconsider
- As in sweet-talk : verb flatter
- As in thresh : verb thrash
- As in condition : verb adapt, prepare
- As in debrief : verb question
- As in defeat : verb conquer in athletic contest
- As in flatter : verb compliment excessively
- As in hurt : verb cause mental pain
- Sometimes he packed clumsily, and she was obliged to do his work over.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You can work over Arlt till the crack of doom, and that's all the good it will do him.
- Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
- Every day she hoped that she might be called, longing to get the hateful piece of work over.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- This, then, was the meaning of the masons at work over there since yesterday.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various
- But there were wilder spirits at work over which he had little control.
- Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
- He actually was to turn his work over to another man to finish.
- Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
- With an intensified interest, the coach resumed his work over Ashley.
- Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
- I have already spent in my work over a million dollars of my own money.
- Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
- The women who are made to work over hours—they want the vote.
- Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
- Max, we've just got to work over to the house and help them.
- Extract from : « Afloat on the Flood » by Lawrence J. Leslie
Synonyms for work over
- abuse
- accustom
- actuate
- admonish
- adulate
- advance
- advise
- affect
- afflict
- aggrieve
- allure
- amend
- annoy
- apple polish
- argue into
- ask about
- ask questions
- assail
- assault
- assure
- attack
- bait
- bamboozle
- bang
- banter
- bash
- batter
- beat
- beat up
- beguile
- belabor
- beleaguer
- belt
- berate
- beset
- beslaver
- birch
- blandish
- blast
- blister
- blitz
- blockade
- bludgeon
- bootlick
- brainwash
- break down
- break face
- bring around
- bring to senses
- brownnose
- buffet
- build up
- burn
- bury
- bushwhack
- bust
- butter
- butter up
- cajole
- cane
- castigate
- catechize
- cater to
- censure
- chafe
- challenge
- change one's mind
- charge
- charm
- chasten
- chastise
- claw
- clean
- clobber
- coax
- come at
- come at from all sides
- come down on
- communicate
- compel
- con
- condemn
- confine
- congregate
- consider again
- constrain
- convert
- convince
- correct
- counsel
- court
- crack down on
- cream
- criticize
- cross-examine
- cross-question
- crowd
- crush
- cut to the quick
- deceive
- deck
- decoy
- defeat
- delude
- discomfit
- discommode
- displease
- distress
- draw
- drill
- drive
- drop
- drub
- drum into
- dupe
- edge
- educate
- egg on
- emend
- encircle
- encompass
- encounter
- enlist
- enquire
- ensnare
- entice
- entrap
- environ
- equip
- examine
- except
- excruciate
- exhort
- expostulate
- fawn
- faze
- flagellate
- flail
- flax
- flog
- floor
- gain confidence of
- gather intelligence
- get
- get around
- get next to
- give no quarter
- give the third degree
- glorify
- go after
- go for
- go for jugular
- go over
- grieve
- grill
- ground
- grovel
- habituate
- hammer into
- hand a line
- handle roughly
- haul off on
- have at
- have second thoughts
- hem in
- hit
- hit up
- hit where one lives
- hold out for
- honey
- hook
- humor
- hurt
- ill-treat
- imbue
- impart
- impel
- implant
- impress
- impugn
- incite
- incline
- inculcate
- indoctrinate
- induce
- influence
- initiate
- injure
- inquire
- inseminate
- insist
- instill
- instruct
- interrogate
- interview
- inure
- invade
- inveigle
- invest
- investigate
- jerk
- jolly
- jump
- jump down one's throat
- jump on one's case
- kick
- kill
- knock
- knock about
- knock around
- knock out
- KO
- lacerate
- lambaste
- lash
- lay a bad trip on
- lay into
- lay it on thick
- lay out
- lay siege to
- lead
- lead on
- lead to believe
- lead to do
- lean on
- let have it
- lick
- light into
- loosen up
- lure
- make inquiry
- make ready
- make up to
- malign
- maltreat
- maneuver
- martyr
- martyrize
- massage
- maul
- mislead
- modify
- molest
- move
- mug
- murder
- muscle
- object
- oil
- outhit
- outjump
- outplay
- outrun
- overdo it
- overpower
- overpraise
- overwhelm
- paste
- paw
- pelt
- persuade
- petition
- pick one's brains
- pitch
- plant
- play up to
- plow under
- polish
- politick
- pommel
- pound
- powder
- practice
- praise
- prejudice
- press
- prevail upon
- probe
- program
- prompt
- propagandize
- proselyte
- proselytize
- protest
- pry
- pulverize
- pummel
- pump
- punish
- push
- push around
- put down
- put in the hospital
- put out
- put the screws to
- put through the wringer
- put to the question
- query
- quest
- question
- quiz
- rail
- raise question
- rape
- read out
- ready
- rearrange
- reason
- reassess
- recheck
- recriminate
- reevaluate
- reexamine
- rehash
- remonstrate
- replan
- reproach
- rethink
- retrace
- review
- revile
- revise
- reweigh
- rework
- rip into
- roast
- rope in
- rough up
- rout
- rub the right way
- ruin
- run roughshod over
- run through
- rush
- sadden
- salve
- satisfy
- school
- scold
- scorch
- scourge
- search
- seduce
- see in a new light
- seek
- seesaw
- sell
- set upon
- shape up
- sharpen
- shoot down
- show curiosity
- shut in
- skin
- slam
- slap around
- slaughter
- slaver
- sleep on
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- soften up
- solicit
- sound off
- sound out
- spank
- spread it on
- squeeze
- steamroll
- sting
- stir
- storm
- strike
- string along
- stroke
- suck up to
- surge
- sway
- sweat it out of
- sweat out
- sweet talk
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- take
- take another look
- take care of
- take it all
- take to cleaners
- talk into
- tan
- tan one's hide
- tantalize
- teach
- tempt
- think better of
- think over
- think twice
- thrash
- thresh
- thumb nose at
- toady
- toll
- tone up
- tongue-lash
- torment
- torture
- toss
- toss and turn
- total
- touch
- toughen up
- train
- trample
- trap
- trash
- trim
- trounce
- try
- turn on to
- twist arm
- upbraid
- upset
- urge
- vex
- vilify
- violate
- vitiate
- vituperate
- wallop
- warm up
- wax
- wear down
- whack
- wheedle
- whip
- whip into shape
- whomp
- win
- win argument
- win over
- woo
- work on
- work out
- work over
- wound
- writhe
- zap
- zing
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