desist
(de-sist)
2 syllables
Definition
verb. to bring to an immediate end
Example Sentence
The librarian urged them to desist their noisy discussion.
Synonyms
end; stop; discontinue; quit
Antonyms
start
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desist
Rhymes
- chryst
- cist
- crist
- cyst
- fist
- frist
- ghrist
- gist
- grist
- hissed
- kissed
- kist
- krist
- list
- liszt
- midst
- missed
- mist
- nist
- pissed
- quist
- rist
- schist
- twist
- wist
- wrist
- assist
- baptiste
- consist
- delist
- desist
- dismissed
- enlist
- exist
- insist
- persist
- resist
- subsist
- coexist
- preexist
- reminisced