Antonyms for kick in teeth
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kik |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɪk |
- acceptance
- aid
- allow
- allowance
- approval
- approve
- assist
- attract
- beautify
- blow up
- boost
- build up
- choice
- commend
- commendation
- compliment
- conceal
- enchant
- encourage
- encouragement
- endorsement
- enunciate
- exalt
- exoneration
- expand
- flatter
- flattery
- help
- hide
- honor
- inclusion
- inflate
- please
- praise
- pronounce
- ratification
- sanction
- soothe
- welcome
Definition of kick in teeth
Origin :- late 14c., "to strike out with the foot" (earliest in biblical phrase now usually rendered as kick against the pricks), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikna "bend backwards, sink at the knees." "The doubts OED has about the Scandinavian origin of kick are probably unfounded" [Liberman]. Related: Kicked; kicking.
- Figurative sense of "complain, protest, rebel against" (late 14c.) probably is from the Bible verse. Slang sense of "die" is attested from 1725 (kick the wind was slang for "be hanged," 1590s; see also bucket). Meaning "to end one's drug habit" is from 1936. Kick in "contribute" is from 1908; kick out "expel" is from 1690s. To kick oneself in self-reproach is from 1891. The children's game of kick the can is attested from 1891.
- As in rebuff : noun turning away; ignoring
- As in rebuke : noun reprimand; harsh criticism
- As in rejection : noun denial, refusal
- As in short shrift : noun short end of the deal
- As in repulse : verb push away
- As in slur : verb insult
- As in deflate : verb humiliate
Synonyms for kick in teeth
- admonishment
- admonition
- affliction
- bawling-out
- beat off
- berating
- blacken
- blame
- blemish
- blister
- blot
- blow off
- bounce
- brand
- brush off
- brush-off
- brushoff
- calumniate
- cap
- castigation
- censure
- chasten
- check
- chewing-out
- chiding
- chop
- cold shoulder
- comeuppance
- condemnation
- correction
- cut
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- dash
- debunk
- defame
- defeat
- denial
- denigrate
- detract
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disconcert
- discouragement
- discredit
- disgrace
- dismissal
- dispirit
- dressing-down
- drive back
- dump on
- earful
- elimination
- exclusion
- expostulation
- fend off
- fight off
- give a black eye
- go-by
- going-over
- hard time
- heave-ho
- hit where one lives
- hold off
- humble
- insinuate
- insult
- keep off
- kick in teeth
- kick in the teeth
- knock down
- lecture
- lesson
- let down easy
- let wind out of sails
- libel
- malign
- miff
- mortify
- nix
- no dice
- no go
- no pity
- no quarter
- no way
- nothing doing
- objurgation
- offend
- opposition
- ostracism
- overthrow
- pass
- pitilessness
- puncture balloon
- punishment
- push
- push back
- put down
- put-down
- rap
- rating
- rebuff
- rebuke
- rebut
- refusal
- reject
- rejection
- remonstrance
- renunciation
- repel
- reprehension
- reprimand
- reproach
- reproof
- reproval
- repudiation
- repulse
- resist
- roast
- row
- scolding
- scorch
- set back
- shoot down
- skin alive
- slander
- slap in the face
- slight
- small portion
- smear
- snub
- spatter
- stain
- stave off
- take down
- talking-to
- tear down
- telling-off
- tender mercies
- throw back
- thumbs down
- tongue-lashing
- traduce
- turndown
- unsympathetic treatment
- upbraiding
- veto
- vilify
- ward off
- zing
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