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set back
[set-bak] 
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set back
[set-bak]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hinder |
| Synonyms: | bog down, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward |
| Main Entry: | bog down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick; become stuck |
| Synonyms: | decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall |
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command a price of |
| Synonyms: | amount to be asked, be demanded, be given, be marked at, be needed, be paid, be priced at, be received, be valued at, be worth, bring in, come to, mount up, move back, nick, rap, require, sell at, sell for, set back, take, to the tune of, yield |
| Main Entry: | demote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | downgrade, lower in rank |
| Synonyms: | bench, break, bump, bust, declass, degrade, demean, demerit, dismiss, disrate, hold back, kick downstairs, lower, reduce, relegate, set back |
| Antonyms: | improve, promote, rate, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concave, pushed down |
| Synonyms: | hollow, indented, recessed, set back, sunken |
| Antonyms: | bulging, convex, pushed up, raised |
| Main Entry: | detain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, keep back; arrest |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bog down, bust, buttonhole, check, confine, constrain, decelerate, delay, hang up, hinder, hold up, ice*, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, put away, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up, withhold |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downgrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower in opinion or rank |
| Synonyms: | abase, bench, break*, bump*, bust, declass, decrease, decry, degrade, demerit, demote, denigrate, depreciate, detract from, devalorize, devalue, disparage, disrate, humble, mark down, minimize, reduce, run down, set back, take down a peg, undervalue, write off |
| Antonyms: | improve, promote, raise, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hold up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | postpone |
| Synonyms: | delay, detain, hinder, hold off, impede, interfere, interrupt, pause, prorogue, retard, set back, slow down, stay, stop, suspend, waive |
| Antonyms: | allow, continue, forward, permit, promote |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, catch up in |
| Synonyms: | bog down, cling, decelerate, detain, dirty, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, flounder, hang up, implicate, involve, retard, set back, sink, slow down, slow up, snare, soil, stick, tangle, trap |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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