List of antonyms from "bumpkin" to antonyms from "buoy (up)"
Discover our 281 antonyms available for the terms "buoy up, bumpy, bundle up, bungalow" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.
- Bumpkin (1 antonym)
- Bumps (6 antonyms)
- Bumptious (3 antonyms)
- Bumpy (4 antonyms)
- Bunch (9 antonyms)
- Bunches (9 antonyms)
- Bunco (29 antonyms)
- Bunco artist (1 antonym)
- Bundle (16 antonyms)
- Bundle of joy (1 antonym)
- Bundle of nerves (38 antonyms)
- Bundle off (20 antonyms)
- Bundle up (26 antonyms)
- Bundled (14 antonyms)
- Bung (34 antonyms)
- Bung up (44 antonyms)
- Bungalow (1 antonym)
- Bungle (6 antonyms)
- Bungling (1 antonym)
- Bunion (2 antonyms)
- Bunk (2 antonyms)
- Bunkum (10 antonyms)
- Buoy up (2 antonyms)
- Buoy (up) (2 antonyms)
Definition of the day : « buoy up »
- verb make light, encourage
- In this fashion did Dick seek to buoy up the low spirits of his companion.
- Extract from : « The Pioneer Boys on the Missouri » by Harrison Adams
- His hopeful spirits had helped to buoy up her expectations and assuage the sorrows of the present.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Floats formed of cork, goose and swan quills, &c., are often used to buoy up the hook so that it may float clear of the bottom.
- Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 » by Various
- It was a feeble straw for the buried man to clutch at, yet it was strong enough to buoy up Hope in a stout heart.
- Extract from : « The Rover of the Andes » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The air being less dense in wet weather, cannot buoy up smoke so readily, as when more dry and heavy.
- Extract from : « A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar » by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
- He knew perfectly well that Seton was deceiving him in an attempt to buoy up his spirits.
- Extract from : « The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge » by Percy F. Westerman
- Very slender hopes serve to buoy up people in circumstances like ours.
- Extract from : « A Voyage round the World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Her temper had been soured by disappointment and p. 43trouble; and hope, so long deferred, ceased to buoy up her spirit.
- Extract from : « Palissy the Huguenot Potter » by C. L. Brightwell
- It not only rose itself, but helped to buoy up its unfortunate brother.
- Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. » by David Hume
- "I should say we had," Frank immediately replied, anxious to buoy up the spirits of his companion as much as possible.
- Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point » by Quincy Allen