Antonyms for slap in the face
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
- acceptance
- admiration
- aid
- allowance
- appeasement
- approval
- approve
- attainment
- attention
- attraction
- beautify
- choice
- commend
- commendation
- compliment
- conceal
- delight
- enchantment
- encouragement
- endorsement
- enunciate
- esteem
- exalt
- exoneration
- flatter
- flattery
- glee
- happiness
- health
- help
- hide
- honor
- humility
- joy
- kindness
- love
- obedience
- pleasantry
- please
- pleasure
- politeness
- praise
- pronounce
- ratification
- regard
- respect
- reverence
- right
- sanction
- success
- welcome
- win
Definition of slap in the face
- As in insult : noun hateful communication
- As in offense : noun insult, displeasure
- As in rebuke : noun reprimand; harsh criticism
- As in rejection : noun denial, refusal
- As in repulse : noun snub; rejection
- As in slight : noun insult, disrespect
- As in left-handed compliment : noun damning with faint praise
- As in ruffled feathers : noun offense
- As in affront : noun an insult
- As in slur : verb insult
- As in add insult to injury : verb make worse
Synonyms for slap in the face
- abuse
- add fuel to the fire
- admonishment
- admonition
- affliction
- affront
- aggravate
- aggression
- aspersion
- assailment
- assault
- attack
- back-handed compliment
- backhanded compliment
- battery
- bawling-out
- berating
- black eye
- blacken
- blame
- blasphemy
- blemish
- blister
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- blot
- blow off
- bounce
- brand
- brickbat
- brush-off
- call-down
- calumniate
- cap
- castigation
- censure
- cheap shot
- check
- chewing-out
- chiding
- chop
- cold shoulder
- comeuppance
- condemnation
- contempt
- contumely
- correction
- cut
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- defame
- defeat
- denigrate
- derision
- despite
- detract
- dig
- dirty deed
- dirty dig
- disallowance
- disappointment
- disapproval
- discourtesy
- discredit
- disdain
- disdainfulness
- disgrace
- dismissal
- disregard
- disrespect
- dressing-down
- dudgeon
- dump on
- earful
- elimination
- exacerbate
- exclusion
- expostulation
- failure
- give a black eye
- going-over
- hard time
- harm
- heighten
- hit
- hit where one lives
- home truth
- huff
- hurt
- ignominy
- impertinence
- impudence
- inattention
- incivility
- indifference
- indignation
- indignity
- injury
- injustice
- insinuate
- insolence
- insult
- invective
- kick
- kick in teeth
- kick in the teeth
- lecture
- left-handed compliment
- lesson
- libel
- malign
- miff
- mockery
- mugging
- neglect
- nix
- no compliment
- no dice
- no go
- no way
- nothing doing
- objurgation
- obloquy
- offend
- offense
- onset
- onslaught
- opprobrium
- ostracism
- outrage
- pass
- pique
- provocation
- provoke
- punishment
- push
- put down
- put-down
- rap
- rating
- rebuff
- refusal
- rejection
- remonstrance
- renunciation
- reprehension
- reproach
- reproof
- reproval
- repudiation
- repulse
- resentment
- reverse
- roast
- row
- rub salt in the wound
- rudeness
- scolding
- scorch
- scorn
- scurrility
- shame
- skin alive
- slam
- slander
- slap
- slap in the face
- slight
- slur
- smear
- snub
- spatter
- spurning
- stain
- superciliousness
- talking-to
- taunt
- tear down
- telling-off
- thumbs down
- tongue-lashing
- traduce
- turndown
- twist the knife
- umbrage
- uncomplimentary remark
- unpleasantry
- upbraiding
- veto
- vexation
- vilification
- vilify
- vituperation
- worsen
- wrong
- zing
- zinger
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