Okay, so I had half a sandwich that I offered to my boyfriend. He hesitated, but said he'd eat it. As a joke, I acted like I was going to give it to my dog, and my boyfriend didn't "try to stop me." I kept saying "You didn't even..." but I couldn't think of the word. I think there's one word that means the same as my boyfriend trying to stop me from feeding it to my dog. I know this is a dumb question, but it's driving me crazy! The more I think about it, the more I realize that there probably isn't a word anyway. You'd probably just say that he didn't try to stop me. Anyway, thanks a lot!
2007-08-24 15:09:29 · 13 answers · asked by abay98 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You're right.
2007-08-24 15:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by ♂ ♫ Timberwolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't care. He didn't protest. He didn't challenge you. He didn't object. He didn't squawk. He didn't resist.
Did you want him to beg like a dog for half of a sandwich?
2007-08-24 22:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by yancychipper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Object.
2007-08-24 22:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"You didn't even object!"
That's all i can think of, it was the first word that popped into my head.
(i hate that! when you forgot something and it bugs you for a few days until one day it just clicks in your head!)
2007-08-24 22:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe there's a word for that. But you could make one!
2007-08-24 22:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by future_r0ckstar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly....flinch?
2007-08-25 03:08:34 · answer #6 · answered by imrt70 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forestall
It means to act beforehand, prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance.
intervene
It means to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder.
2007-08-24 22:19:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
protest? object? deter? remonstrate? expostulate? intervene? intrude? break in? interrupt? obtrude?
2007-08-24 22:17:45 · answer #8 · answered by oldsalt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hesitate
2007-08-24 22:46:49 · answer #9 · answered by Manz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't even think twice about it.
2007-08-25 00:03:36 · answer #10 · answered by LuLu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋