RISES Antonyms

• the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

• a steep descent of the water of a river

• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

• fold or close up

• fall apart

• cause to burst

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• lose significance, effectiveness, or value

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• grow progressively worse

• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

• come as if by falling

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• a depression in an otherwise level surface

• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

• tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

• a brief immersion

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

• a brief swim in water

• a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• dip into a liquid while eating

• go down momentarily

• stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

• take a small amount from

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• lower briefly

• appear to move downward

• slope downwards

• dip into a liquid

• place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

• immerse in a disinfectant solution

• plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

• scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

• a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

• gradually ceasing to be visible

• become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

• lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

• disappear gradually

• become feeble

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• wear off or die down

• the bottom one of two

• the lower of two berths

• look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

• move something or somebody to a lower position

• set lower

• make lower or quieter

• cause to drop or sink

• the metal bob of a plumb line

• drop sharply

• a brief swim in water

• a steep and rapid fall

• thrust or throw into

• drop steeply

• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

• begin with vigor

• cause to be immersed

• fall abruptly

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• devote (oneself) fully to

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• make less complex

• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

• be the essential element

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• lessen and make more modest

• make smaller

• to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

• narrow or limit

• put down by force or intimidation

• undergo meiosis

• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

• a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

• evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

• (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

• several exercises intended to be done in series

• representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

• the act of putting something in position

• a unit of play in tennis or squash

• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

• the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon

• (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

• any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals

• (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

• fixed and unmoving

• situated in a particular spot or position

• set down according to a plan

• being below the horizon

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• converted to solid form (as concrete)

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• fix conclusively or authoritatively

• decide upon or fix definitely

• establish as the highest level or best performance

• put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state

• fix in a border

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly

• locate

• disappear beyond the horizon

• adapt for performance in a different way

• put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

• apply or start

• become gelatinous

• set in type

• put into a position that will restore a normal state

• insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

• give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

• urge to attack someone

• estimate

• equip with sails or masts

• get ready for a particular purpose or event

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• produce fruit

• arrange attractively

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• become smaller or draw together

• decrease in size, range, or extent

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• cause to sink

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• go under

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• appear to move downward

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall or sink heavily

• embed deeply