What are the opposite words for calls forth?

The expression "calls forth" indicates a situation when something evokes a particular response or reaction from someone or something else. Some antonyms that express opposite meanings of "calls forth" are "suppress," "restrain," "halt," "subdue," and "quell." To suppress something is to prevent it from happening or expressing itself. To restrain is to hold something back or limit its influence. To halt is to stop something from continuing or progressing. To subdue is to conquer or overcome something, often with force. To quell is to calm or suppress a strong emotion or rebellion. If you want to convey a contrary idea to "calls forth," you can use any of these antonyms.

What are the antonyms for Calls forth?

• v.

  • awake
  • bore
  ,
  • calm
  ,
  • deaden
  ,
  • discourage
  ,
  • go to sleep
  ,
  • kill
  ,
  • lull
  ,
  • quiet
  ,
  • sleep
  ,
  • stop
  .
  • draw
  • alienate
  ,
  • disenchant
  ,
  • disgust
  ,
  • dissuade
  ,
  • estrange
  ,
  • exhale
  ,
  • fail
  ,
  • halt
  ,
  • hinder
  ,
  • keep
  ,
  • lose
  ,
  • misunderstand
  ,
  • offend
  ,
  • prevent
  ,
  • propel
  ,
  • push
  ,
  • push away
  ,
  • put in
  ,
  • rebuff
  ,
  • reject
  ,
  • repel
  ,
  • repress
  ,
  • repulse
  ,
  • shorten
  ,
  • turn off
  .
  • elicit
  • cover
  ,
  • give
  ,
  • hide
  ,
  • placate
  ,
  • soothe
  ,
  • supress
  .
  • evoke
  • decrease
  ,
  • ignore
  ,
  • quell
  ,
  • silence
  ,
  • stifle
  ,
  • suppress
  .
  • invoke
  • answer
  ,
  • reply
  .
  • prompt
  • depress
  ,
  • hurt
  .
  • provoke
  • delight
  ,
  • demote
  ,
  • destroy
  ,
  • deter
  ,
  • dishearten
  ,
  • dull
  ,
  • end
  ,
  • make happy
  ,
  • please
  ,
  • put out
  ,
  • ruin
  ,
  • wait
  ,
  • weaken
  .
  • summon
  • cancel
  ,
  • dismiss
  ,
  • disperse
  ,
  • divide
  ,
  • free
  ,
  • scatter
  ,
  • send away
  ,
  • separate
  .

Famous quotes with Calls forth

• Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.

  Hal Borland
• The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

  Epictetus
• Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.

  Clarence Darrow
• The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.

  William Hazlitt
• The test of the worth of a school is not the amount of knowledge it imparts, but the self-activity it calls forth.

  John Lancaster Spalding

Synonyms:

parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parrot, parrot, parakeet, paraquet, paroquet.