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Synonyms for subdue
səbˈdu, -ˈdyusub·due
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
subdue
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
Synonyms:
afflict, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, punish, purify, refine, soften, tryPreposition:
"We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.
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repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduceverb
put down by force or intimidation
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Synonyms:
chasten, strangle, get over, suppress, concentrate, master, conquer, avoid, quash, slim down, boil down, surmount, scale down, annul, trim down, thin out, inhibit, lose weight, decoct, cut, foreshorten, nullify, abbreviate, trim, slenderize, subject, shorten, deoxidise, crucify, subjugate, cut down, abridge, reduce, contract, melt off, curb, stamp down, invalidate, deoxidize, come down, subordinate, tame, number, mortify, dilute, slim, shrink, smother, thin, bring down, trim back, cut back, overcome, muffle, keep down, stifle, void, repress, tightensuppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb
to put down by force or authority
"suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, suppress, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, curb, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, repress, checkmortify, subdue, crucifyverb
hold within limits and control
"subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
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chasten, get over, master, inhibit, conquer, pillory, quash, humble, surmount, frustrate, bedevil, suppress, abase, chagrin, savage, keep down, dun, gangrene, torment, crucify, subjugate, sphacelate, humiliate, reduce, curb, stamp down, subordinate, tame, necrose, mortify, rag, blast, overcome, repressovercome, get over, subdue, surmount, masterverb
get on top of; deal with successfully
"He overcame his shyness"
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chasten, cut through, bounce back, get over, overwhelm, master, inhibit, conquer, quash, sweep over, whelm, surmount, scale, get the best, cut across, have the best, dominate, suppress, outmatch, exceed, outgo, outperform, defeat, outstrip, crucify, subjugate, get the hang, reduce, control, surpass, curb, stamp down, traverse, subordinate, tame, pass over, get well, mortify, outdo, cover, repress, cross, overtake, get across, overcome, keep down, track, overpower, get the better ofsubordinate, subdueverb
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
"Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
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crucify, surmount, curb, chasten, tame, stamp down, inhibit, overcome, reduce, suppress, repress, subjugate, master, quash, subordinate, conquer, keep down, get over, mortifytame, chasten, subdueverb
correct by punishment or discipline
Synonyms:
chasten, get over, domesticate, naturalise, master, inhibit, conquer, moderate, quash, cultivate, surmount, objurgate, castigate, domesticise, reclaim, suppress, temper, tone down, crucify, subjugate, correct, reduce, curb, stamp down, domesticize, subordinate, tame, mortify, chastise, overcome, naturalize, keep down, repress
Dictionary of English Synonymes
subdueverb
Synonyms:
conquer, subjugate, vanquish, beat, crush, defeat, rout, discomfit, worst, overpower, overcome, overbear, overwhelm, master, choke, foil, quell, surmount, get the better of, get the upper hand of, put down, beat downsubdueverb
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tame, HAVE ON THE HIP, subject, control, make submissive, bring under rule
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How to use subdue in a sentence?
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Participants also believed that the black men were more capable of causing harm in a hypothetical altercation and, troublingly, that police would be more justified in using force to subdue them, even if the men were unarmed.
Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation):
If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Morticia Addams - from the Addams Family movie:
We gladly feast on those who would subdue us ... not just pretty words, Fester.
Translations for subdue
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- unterwerfen, unter Kontrolle bringenGerman
- doblegar, someterSpanish
- kukistaa, nujertaa, vallataFinnish
- subjuguer, assujettir, soumettreFrench
- leigázHungarian
- soggiogare, sottomettereItalian
- 征服, 平げるJapanese
- subicite, pācōLatin
- pēhipēhi, whakangohengoheMāori
- onderwerpen, onder controle brengenDutch
- pokonaćPolish
- submeter, subjugarPortuguese
- supune, subjuga, cuceri, închinaRomanian
- подчинять, завоевать, подчинить, завоёвыватьRussian
- 征服Chinese
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