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Antonyms for working over
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : wurk |
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk |
- abet
- accept
- agree
- aid
- allow
- answer
- approve
- assist
- assuage
- atheism
- be honest
- be still
- bear
- belittle
- bully
- calm
- castigate
- certainty
- cheer
- comfort
- compliment
- condemn
- create
- criticize
- cure
- decrease
- delay
- delight
- denounce
- deter
- disability
- disbelief
- discourage
- discouragement
- disenchant
- disgust
- dissuade
- dissuasion
- doubtlessness
- encourage
- exonerate
- fail
- find
- flatter
- force
- forfeit
- forget
- free
- give birth
- give up
- guard
- halt
- heal
- help
- hinder
- hindrance
- ignore
- impotence
- incompetence
- ineffectiveness
- inspirit
- insult
- irritate
- laud
- learn
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- lose
- maintain
- make happy
- mismatch
- neglect
- offend
- placate
- please
- praise
- prevent
- prevention
- 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
- weakness
- yield
Definition of working 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 persuasion : noun influencing to do, believe
- 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
- And I saw that Potan was working over a deck telescope-finder.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
- They had had all they wanted, and we spent an hour working over them.
- Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
- All morning I have been working over that car, and I can't find that knock.
- Extract from : « Battling the Clouds » by Captain Frank Cobb
- Is that why you were working over that map of the city last night?
- Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- The doctor is working over him, but they all think he is going to die.
- Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Champions » by Arthur M. Winfield
- Luke here displays his freedom in working over the story of Mark.
- Extract from : « Sources of the Synoptic Gospels » by Carl S. Patton
- She went back to where she had been working over some sewing.
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
- And I saw that Potan was working over a deck telescope finder.
- Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
- We were working over him, however, when he signed for paper and pencil.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Wolf » by Jack London
- Moreover, the yacht was now working over a strong, foul tide.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Share » by E. Arnold Bennett
Synonyms for working over
- abuse
- accustom
- actuate
- admonish
- adulate
- advance
- advise
- affect
- afflict
- aggrieve
- alignment
- allure
- alluring
- amend
- annoy
- apple polish
- argue into
- arm-twist
- 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
- blandishment
- blast
- blister
- blitz
- blockade
- bludgeon
- bootlick
- brainwash
- brainwashing
- break down
- break face
- bring around
- bring to senses
- brownnose
- buffet
- build up
- burn
- bury
- bushwhack
- bust
- butter
- butter up
- cajole
- cajolery
- cane
- castigate
- catechize
- cater to
- censure
- chafe
- challenge
- change one's mind
- charge
- charm
- chasten
- chastise
- claw
- clean
- clobber
- coax
- cogency
- come at
- come at from all sides
- come down on
- communicate
- compel
- con
- condemn
- confine
- congregate
- consider again
- constrain
- conversion
- 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
- enticement
- entrap
- environ
- equip
- examine
- except
- excruciate
- exhort
- exhortation
- expostulate
- fawn
- faze
- flagellate
- flail
- flax
- flog
- floor
- force
- 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
- goose
- grieve
- grill
- ground
- grovel
- habituate
- hammer into
- hand a line
- handle roughly
- hard sell
- 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
- inducement
- influence
- initiate
- injure
- inquire
- inseminate
- insist
- instill
- instruct
- interrogate
- interview
- inure
- invade
- inveigle
- inveiglement
- 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
- persuasiveness
- petition
- pick one's brains
- pitch
- plant
- play up to
- plow under
- polish
- politick
- pommel
- potency
- pound
- powder
- power
- practice
- praise
- prejudice
- press
- prevail upon
- probe
- program
- promote
- prompt
- propagandize
- proselyte
- proselytize
- protest
- pry
- pull
- 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
- seduction
- 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
- snow job
- soap
- soft 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
- wheedling
- whip
- whip into shape
- whomp
- win
- win argument
- win over
- winning over
- woo
- work on
- work out
- work over
- working over
- wound
- writhe
- zap
- zing
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