Antonyms for pluck
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1. pluck

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, root out, exterminate

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Fearlessness
   • Gather
   • Pull
   • Steal
   • Strip

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1. gutsiness, pluck, pluckinessnoun

   the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

   Synonyms:
   gutsiness, pluckiness

2. pluckverb

   the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

   Synonyms:
   gutsiness, pluckiness

3. pluck, tweak, pull off, pick offverb

   pull or pull out sharply

   "pluck the flowers off the bush"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, cull, manage, bring off, surcharge, carry off, hustle, pick, deplume, hook, displume, tweak, fine-tune, pull off, pull, roll, overcharge, tear, soak, plunk, negociate, draw away, gazump, rob, deplumate, pick off, plume, draw off

4. hustle, pluck, rollverb

   sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

   Synonyms:
   roll, vagabond, hook, wind, ramble, cull, wrap, range, rob, pick, stray, rove, wave, deplumate, twine, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cast, flap, pull, wander, gazump, hustle, plunk, plume, bustle about, revolve, roll up, swan, deplume, roll out, pick off, tramp, turn over, bustle, undulate, tear, drift, tweak, seethe, displume, fleece, roam, wheel

5. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   Synonyms:
   crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

6. pluck, plunk, pickverb

   pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

   "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

   Synonyms:
   roll, peck, hook, find fault, cull, flump, piece, blame, beak, plank, rob, pick, displume, break up, plonk, deplumate, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, plump, pull, plop, clunk, dive, hustle, clean, foot, clump, plunk, plume, clop, deplume, plunge, pick off, nibble, plunk down, tear, tweak, plump down, gazump, fleece

7. pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displumeverb

   strip of feathers

   "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

   Synonyms:
   roll, shoot, hook, pull in, attract, cull, overstretch, perpetrate, commit, rob, pick, snap, deplumate, rive, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, buck, draw out, pull, get out, take out, gazump, hustle, root for, bust, plunk, plume, charge, deplume, pull up, pick off, shoot down, pull out, force, draw, tear, rend, tweak, draw in, extract, rip, displume, rupture, fleece

8. pick, pluck, cullverb

   look for and gather

   "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, foot, clean, nibble, hustle, pick, surcharge, beak, deplume, gazump, hook, overcharge, tweak, pull off, pull, roll, displume, find fault, tear, soak, plunk, blame, piece, break up, rob, peck, deplumate, pick off, plume, cull

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1. plucknoun

   Synonyms:
   courage, energy, spirit, stamina, pluckiness

2. pluckverb

   Synonyms:
   pull, draw, pick, gather

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1. pluck

   Synonyms:
   See Organ pluck
   

How to use pluck in a sentence?

1. Dr. Urooj Umer:

   Don't let others to spoil your inner peace and don't allow yourself to pluck your fortitude by rot raps of anyone...

2. Charles de LEUSSE:

   To pluck the fruit of hope, we must be as high as him. (Pour cueillir de l’espoir le fruit, Il faut être aussi haut que lui)

3. Abraham Lincoln:

   All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

4. James A. Garfield:

   A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

5. Laura DiDio:

   You're not going to pluck a Steve Jobs out of a genie jar, apple Music needed to make some moves.

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