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Friendship & conflict

Getting on, falling out, arguing and making up. Foundation words are free for everyone; the harder levels come with Premium.

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Stretch, Advanced, Core levels: the first 12 of 12, A to Z.

  • defame

    verbStretch

    to harm someone's good name by saying false things

    Similar:
    slander
    Opposite:
    flatter

  • denounce

    verbAdvanced

    to say publicly that something or someone is wrong or bad

    Similar:
    condemn
    Opposite:
    commend

  • deride

    verbAdvanced

    to laugh at someone in a cruel, scornful way

    Similar:
    mock
    Opposite:
    admire

  • derision

    nounAdvanced

    scornful laughter or mockery aimed at someone

    Similar:
    ridicule
    Opposite:
    admiration

  • derisive

    adj.Advanced

    showing scorn by mocking someone

    Similar:
    mocking
    Opposite:
    admiring

  • detractors

    nounStretch

    people who say bad things about someone or something

    Similar:
    critics
    Opposite:
    admirers

  • disband

    verbAdvanced

    to break up a group so that it no longer meets

    Similar:
    break up
    Opposite:
    assemble

  • disparage

    verbStretch

    to speak about something as if it has little value

    Similar:
    belittle
    Opposite:
    admire

  • disparaging

    adj.Advanced

    showing that you think someone or something is poor or worthless

    Similar:
    belittling
    Opposite:
    admiring

  • disputatious

    adj.Stretch

    always ready to argue or quarrel with others

    Similar:
    argumentative
    Opposite:
    agreeable

  • dispute

    nounCore

    an argument or disagreement about something

    Similar:
    argument
    Opposite:
    accord

  • dissuade

    verbAdvanced

    to talk someone out of doing something

    Similar:
    discourage
    Opposite:
    encourage

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