harp on

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HARP

to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely <there were so many good things about the stage production that it seems churlish to harp on a couple of minor missteps>

Synonyms dwell (on or upon), harp (on)

Related Words accent, accentuate, emphasize, pay (up), point (up), stress, underline, underscore

Antonyms disregard, forget, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over)

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