Antonyms for sustains

Grammar : Verb

Spell : suh-steyn

Phonetic Transcription : səˈsteɪn

Definition of sustains

Origin : late 13c., from Old French sustenir "hold up, endure," from Latin sustinere "hold up, support, endure," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Sustained; sustaining.

verb keep up, maintain
verb endure, experience

Example sentences :

The night's rest is as carefully to be fore-assured as the food that sustains you.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

This is the hope that strengthens and sustains him in his effort.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

What he cultivates is the tranquil mood that leads to slumber, and the calm that sustains it.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

And yet as regards the physical facts of mediumship, he sustains all the investigators.
Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

He seizes his story at the outset, and sustains its interest to the close.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 » by Various

But the opinion of those by whom he is surrounded approves his acts and sustains him.
Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat

If, for a century, it sustains us, it represses us for a century.
Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine

Then he sustains Scott, some say, for future political capital.
Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski

Sometimes it provokes it; always it spreads it, sustains and strengthens it.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park

It sustains the frequent use of the veto, and under the name of Democracy delights in the exercise of monarchical prerogative.
Extract from : « Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; » by William Gannaway Brownlow

Synonyms for sustains

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