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Synonyms for backlash
ˈbækˌlæʃback·lash
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Princeton's WordNet
recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlashnoun
a movement back from an impact
Synonyms:
repercussion, rebound, reverberation, kick, recoilbacklashverb
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
"there was a backlash of intolerance"
Synonyms:
recoil, rebound, repercussionbackfire, backlash, recoilverb
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
Synonyms:
rebound, spring, quail, flinch, bound, funk, kick, squinch, ricochet, kick back, cringe, bounce, wince, recoil, backfire, resile, reverberate, take a hop, shrink
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List of paraphrases for "backlash":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1249 | spring | |
#3403 | bound | |
#3771 | revolution | |
#3960 | reaction | |
#5089 | kick | |
#8260 | funk | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#10952 | bounce | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#21804 | setback | |
#22782 | quail | |
#25905 | backlash | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#31924 | wince | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#47072 | ricochet | |
#52900 | backfire | |
#74626 | reverberation | |
#76457 | flinch | |
#113280 | reverberate | |
#144931 | repercussion |
How to use backlash in a sentence?
I would sincerely like to apologize to Michael B. Jordan’s entire family, his extended family, and him directly as he is an idol of mine, taking part in a trend like this is completely disrespectful. I don’t wish any bad ramifications of this of my actions upon his family nor my parents as they deserve none of the backlash.
Passengers are really starting to get more vocal, you do wonder when we will reach the tipping point and it gets so uncomfortable that there's going to be serious backlash.
We have just seen a clear backlash to progress in Minneapolis City.
I think what we're seeing is kind of a backlash against migration, in this context, because the numbers are so high.
The initial attacks that we face from the media and Big Tech came from this angle that we’re spreading misinformation, and we need to be fact checked, and it was really weird how they were treating these jokes so seriously and giving them a truth rating, that didn’t really work out too well for them, they actually faced a lot of backlash for that, they were mocked very heavily, so there seems to be this shift in strategy. We’re now, instead of focusing on the misinformative nature of our satirical claims, they’re focusing more on the fact that we’re punching down without jokes or aiming at the wrong targets.
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