The phrase "hand one" generally has a positive connotation, implying that someone is doing something helpful or kind. Its antonyms, therefore, tend to have negative connotations. Some possible antonyms include "disappoint," "let down," "fail," "hurt," and "betray." These words suggest that someone has not fulfilled their obligations, has caused harm or injury, or has broken trust. While "hand one" can be a simple act of extending assistance, its antonyms carry strong emotional weight, highlighting the importance of acting with integrity and keeping one's promises.

What are the antonyms for Hand one?

• v.

  • credit
  • disbelieve
  ,
  • discard
  ,
  • discredit
  ,
  • mistrust
  ,
  • not buy
  ,
  • not subscribe
  ,
  • reject
  ,
  • renege
  .

Famous quotes with Hand one

• To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

  Orison Swett Marden
• One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

  Lois McMaster Bujold
• Present-day students are often puzzled at the apparent contradictions of Southern slavery. One hears, on the one hand, of the staid and gentle patriarchy, the wide and sleepy plantations with lord and retainers, ease and happiness; on the other hand one hears of barbarous cruelty and unbridled power and wide oppression of men. Which is the true picture? The answer is simple: both are true. They are not opposite sides of the same shield; they are different shields.

  W. E. B. Du Bois
• On the other hand one must not entertain any fantastic illusions on the productive power of the credit system, so far as it supplies or sets in motion money-capital.

  Karl Marx

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