Antonyms for cherish
ˈtʃɛr ɪʃcher·ish

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. cherish

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. cherish

   Antonyms:
   stifle, abandon, discard, discourage, check

   Synonyms:
   foster, nurse, promote, nourish, nurture, comfort, protect, entertain, value, encourage

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1. • Love

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasureverb

   be fond of; be attached to

   Synonyms:
   prize, treasure, value, appreciate, treat, care for, hold dear

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1. cherishverb

   Synonyms:
   treasure

How to use cherish in a sentence?

1. Evelyn Waugh:

   We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

2. Chuang-tzu:

   Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without.

3. President Donald Trump:

   We have a thing called the Constitution, which I cherish, now in some cases we'll supersede... it depends on the individual state that you're talking about. ... If I saw something wrong, if I saw a massive outbreak, of which there's not, I would come down very hard.

4. Christen Kuikoua:

   Don’t take away my family time and tell me I need Facebook, because at times it’s hard to face that book, or tell me to go on Pinterest because at times it’s very hard to pin that interest. I’d rather cherish moments than chase posts, and savor memories instead of pins on a digital coast.

5. Shayan Das:

   I would rather cherish nightmares than dreams in life for at least the former has the power to wake me up from my sleep.

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