1. Attenuate
- to make something weaker or less in amount, effect, or force
- Synonyms: depreciate, break, cheapen, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce
2. Peremprory
- having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they should be obeyed without question
- Synonyms: authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic , despotic, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, bossy
She had such a peremptory approach to running the club that people started to avoid her
3. Bemoan
- to say that you are unhappy about something
- Synonyms: lament, bewail, deplore, grieve for, mourn, wail for
She bemoaned the death of her mother at the funeral.
4. Emancipate
- to free someone from someone else's control or power
- Synonyms: discharge, disenthrall, free, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release
5. Whet
- to make (something, such as a person's appetite or curiosity) sharper or stronger
- Synonyms: edge, grind, hone, stone, strop, sharpen
Somehow, to whet others spirit isn't a crude things to do.
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