Antonyms for bated

Grammar : Verb

Spell : beyt

Phonetic Transcription : beɪt

Definition of bated

Origin : "to reduce, to lessen in intensity," c.1300, shortening of abate (q.v.). Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" (1596).

verb subside

Example sentences :

The first words which he said were spoken sacredly, with bated breath.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Dorothy listened with bated breath, then turned quickly to Katy.
Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey

In the political clubs, his passing was discussed with bated breath.
Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

Serina listened with bated breath as Horace read the confirmation.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

To flee was impossible, so with bated breath he stood his ground.
Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill

He waited with bated breath, expecting her amazement, her indignation, her distress.
Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace

The knot of spectators around the table watched with bated breath.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

In silence they waited with bated breath while the awful moments passed.
Extract from : « Great Pirate Stories » by Various

All admitted that they did hear some sort of a sound and sat with bated breath.
Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs

At night in their cabin she repeated to him with bated breath all she had heard.
Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham

Synonyms for bated

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