kiss off

• abandon
• abortion
• abuse
• adios
• adjournment
• asperse
• bad-mouth
• ballgame
• banish
• banishment
• belittle
• bestow
• blackball
• blow off
• bounce
• breakoff
• brush-off
• cease
• censure
• cessation
• chuck
• close
• cold shoulder
• cold-shoulder
• completion
• conclusion
• condemn
• consequence
• contemn
• criticize
• cry down
• curtains
• cut
• cutoff
• decry
• deep-six
• defame
• denigrate
• denounce
• deportation
• deposal
• deposition
• deprecate
• depreciate
• deride
• derogate
• desert
• desistance
• despise
• destroy
• diminish
• dis
• discard
• discharge
• discommend
• discontinuation
• discount
• discredit
• disdain
• disgrace
• dislike
• dislodgment
• dismiss
• dismissal
• disparage
• dispel
• displacement
• dispossession
• disregard
• diss
• dissolution
• ditch
• door
• drop
• dump
• dump on
• effect
• eighty-six
• eliminate
• end
• end of the line
• ending
• eviction
• exile
• exorcism
• expatriation
• expiry
• expulsion
• file in circular file
• finale
• finis
• finish
• flout
• forsake
• freedom
• freeing
• get rid of
• gibe
• gird
• give away
• high-hat
• housecleaning
• issue
• jeer
• jettison
• jilt
• junk
• kiss
• kiss good-bye
• kiss-off
• landing
• laugh away
• lay aside
• layoff
• leave
• liberation
• make over
• malign
• marching orders
• maroon
• minimize
• mock
• notice
• old heave-ho
• ostracism
• ouster
• outcome
• part with
• payoff
• period
• permission
• pink slip
• play down
• pooh-pooh
• poor-mouth
• put down
• quit
• rally
• rebuff
• reject
• rejection
• relegate
• relegation
• relinquish
• removal
• reprehend
• reprobate
• repudiate
• repulse
• result
• ridicule
• rip
• run down
• scoff
• scold
• scorn
• scout
• scrap
• sell
• set aside
• shelve
• silent treatment
• slander
• slight
• slur
• snub
• spurn
• stop
• suspension
• talk down
• taunt
• terminus
• traduce
• transfer
• trash
• trash-talk
• twit
• unload
• vilify
• vilipend
• wrap-up
• write off

• accept
• acceptance
• acclaim
• admire
• applaud
• appoint
• appointment
• approve
• befriend
• begin
• beginning
• cause
• commencement
• commend
• compliment
• construction
• continuation
• continue
• countenance
• do
• embrace
• employ
• employment
• endorse
• engage
• esteem
• eulogize
• exalt
• extol
• extoll
• favor
• flatter
• glad hand
• glorify
• hire
• hiring
• hold
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• indorse
• initiation
• introduction
• keep
• laud
• like
• love
• magnify
• maintain
• maintainance
• open arms
• opening
• origin
• praise
• preserve
• recommend
• respect
• retain
• retention
• sanction
• save
• secure
• source
• start
• take
• weaken
• welcome
• welcome mat
• welcoming

• verb
  1. To bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.
  2. To dismiss casually.

• She decided to kiss off the rude comment and focus on her work.
• After being ignored repeatedly, he finally told them to kiss off.
• The boss gave the lazy employee a subtle kiss off during the meeting.
• Instead of explaining himself, he just gave a sarcastic kiss off and walked away.
• They were upset when the deal fell through, but he told them to kiss off and move on.

bad-mouth

• abuse
• asperse
• belittle
• censure
• condemn
• criticize
• cry down
• cut down to size
• decry
• defame
• denigrate
• denounce
• deprecate
• depreciate
• derogate
• diminish
• dis
• discommend
• discount
• discredit
• disgrace
• dislike
• dismiss
• disparage
• diss
• dump on
• find fault
• kiss off
• knock
• malign
• minimize
• mudsling
• pan
• play down
• pooh pooh
• poor-mouth
• put down
• rap
• reprehend
• reprobate
• rip
• roast
• run down
• scold
• slam
• slander
• slur
• take a dig at
• take down a peg
• talk down
• tear down
• tear to pieces
• traduce
• trash
• trash-talk
• vilify
• vilipend
• write off

jilt

• abandon
• blow off
• break off
• cold-shoulder
• coquette
• cut
• deceive
• desert
• disappoint
• discard
• ditch
• drop
• dump
• forsake
• get rid of
• high-hat
• kiss good-bye
• kiss off
• leave
• leave at the altar
• leave flat
• maroon
• quit
• reject
• slight
• snub
• throw over

kiss good-bye

• abandon
• abdicate
• abnegate
• back down
• blow off
• cast
• cast off
• cede
• cold-shoulder
• cut
• cut loose
• desert
• discard
• ditch
• drop
• drop like hot potato
• drop out
• dump
• forbear
• forgo
• forsake
• forswear
• hand over
• high-hat
• jilt
• kick
• kiss off
• lay aside
• leave
• maroon
• opt out
• quit
• quit cold turkey
• release
• renounce
• repudiate
• resign
• retire from
• sacrifice
• shed
• slight
• snub
• stand down
• surrender
• swear off
• take the oath
• take the pledge
• vacate
• waive
• withdraw
• yield

make over

• abalienate
• abdicate
• acclimation
• acclimatization
• accommodate
• accommodation
• accord
• actuate
• adapt
• adaptation
• adaption
• adios
• adjust
• adjustment
• administer
• alchemize
• alien
• alienate
• allow
• alter
• alter conviction
• alteration
• alternate
• ameliorate
• amend
• ante up
• assign
• assimilate to
• attunement
• award
• baby
• back
• baptize
• be born again
• bear
• bend
• bequeath
• bestow
• better
• bias
• brainwash
• bring
• bring around
• bring up to code
• budge
• capitulate
• caress
• carry
• cart
• cater to
• cause to adopt
• cede
• change
• change into
• change of heart
• chuck
• clean
• clean up
• clean up act
• cleanse
• come across
• come across with
• come through with
• commend
• commit
• communicate
• commute
• concede
• confer
• conformation
• consign
• contribute
• conversion
• convert
• convey
• convince
• cook
• copy
• correct
• correction
• cosset
• cotton
• create anew
• cure
• debug
• deduce
• deed
• deep-six
• deform
• delegate
• deliver
• denature
• destroy
• diminish
• discard
• disfigure
• dish out
• dislocate
• dispatch
• dispense
• displace
• dispose of
• distort
• disturb
• diverge
• diversify
• do
• do over
• do up
• doctor
• dole out
• donate
• drop
• dump
• edit
• eighty-six
• eliminate
• emend
• empower
• enable
• endow
• endue
• enhance
• enrich
• entrust
• establish
• evolve
• exchange
• express
• face-lift
• favor
• feed
• ferry
• fiddle with
• file in circular file
• finance
• find
• fix
• fix up
• fluctuate
• fold
• fork over
• forward
• found
• fund
• furnish
• get rid of
• get with it
• gift
• give
• give away
• give in
• give up
• go over
• go straight
• grant
• gussy up
• hand
• hand down
• hand out
• hand over
• harmonization
• haul
• heap upon
• heighten
• help
• humor
• impel
• improve
• incline
• intrust
• invest
• jettison
• junk
• kiss
• kiss off
• launder
• lavish upon
• lay on
• lay upon
• lead
• lead to believe
• lease
• leave
• lend
• let
• let have
• loan
• lug
• mail
• make amends
• make much of
• make right
• make up for
• mend
• merge
• metamorphose
• moderate
• modernize
• modification
• modify
• modulate
• mold
• mollycoddle
• move
• mutate
• naturalize
• nurse
• organize
• overhaul
• parcel out
• part with
• pass
• pass down
• pass on
• pass out
• pass the buck
• patch
• pay dues
• permit
• persuade
• pet
• pick up
• piece together
• play up to
• polish
• pony up
• post
• present
• promote
• proselyte
• proselytize
• provide
• put in order
• reactivate
• readaptation
• readjustment
• rearrange
• reassemble
• rebuild
• recast
• reclaim
• recondition
• reconstitute
• reconstruct
• recreate
• rectify
• redeem
• redefine
• redesign
• redo
• redress
• reduce
• reengineer
• reestablish
• refashion
• refit
• reform
• refresh
• refurbish
• regenerate
• regulate
• rehabilitate
• rejigger
• rejuvenate
• rekindle
• release
• relegate
• relinquish
• relocate
• remake
• remediate
• remedy
• remise
• remit
• remodel
• remold
• remove
• renew
• renounce
• renovate
• rent
• reorganize
• reorient
• repair
• replace
• reproduce
• reshuffle
• resign
• resolve
• restore
• restyle
• resurrect
• resuscitate
• retool
• retouch
• retread
• retrieve
• revamp
• review
• revise
• revision
• revitalize
• revive
• revivify
• revolutionize
• rework
• right
• save
• scrap
• scrub
• see the light
• sell
• send
• set right
• set straight
• settle on
• shape
• shape up
• shell out
• shift
• shift gears
• ship
• shoulder
• sign over
• sing different tune
• spoil
• sponsor
• spruce
• spruce up
• standardize
• straighten out
• subscribe
• subsidize
• substitute
• supplant
• supply
• support
• surrender
• sway
• swear off
• switch
• switch over
• taxi
• temper
• throw in
• throw in the sponge
• throw in the towel
• tip
• tote
• touch up
• transfer
• transfigure
• transform
• transformation
• translate
• transmit
• transmogrify
• transmute
• transplant
• transport
• transpose
• transubstantiate
• trust
• turn
• turn around
• turn in
• turn over
• turn over a new leaf
• turn over new leaf
• turn the corner
• turn the tables
• unload
• update
• upgrade
• uplift
• vacillate
• vary
• vest
• vest in
• vouchsafe
• waive
• will
• yield

talk down

• abuse
• asperse
• bad-mouth
• belittle
• censure
• condemn
• criticize
• cry down
• decry
• defame
• denigrate
• denounce
• deprecate
• depreciate
• derogate
• diminish
• dis
• discommend
• discount
• discredit
• disgrace
• dislike
• dismiss
• disparage
• diss
• dump on
• kiss off
• malign
• minimize
• play down
• poor-mouth
• put down
• reprehend
• reprobate
• rip
• run down
• scold
• slander
• slur
• traduce
• trash
• trash-talk
• vilify
• vilipend
• write off

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