Antonyms for fanned

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fan

Phonetic Transcription : fæn

Definition of fanned

Origin : device to make an air current, Old English fann (West Saxon) "a basket or shovel for winnowing grain" (by tossing it in the air), from Latin vannus, related to ventus "wind" (see wind (n.1)).
The chaff, being lighter, would blow off. Sense of "device for moving air" first recorded late 14c.; the hand-held version is first attested 1550s. A fan-light (1819) was shaped like a lady's fan.

verb blow on
verb provoke

Example sentences :

Protection grew fierce, and fanned the burning sense of wrong.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Tillie, at Mrs. McKee's, stood in the doorway and fanned herself with her apron.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Weary Willie stood up in his stirrups and fanned Glory with his hat.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

An' then she set down in a chair, an' fanned herself with a newspaper.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

It was all the nonsense contained in these stories that fanned Guillaume's irritation.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Sir John fanned himself gently with the newspaper, and nodded.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Coupeau had a cudgel, which he called his ass's fan, and he fanned his old woman.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

It has the climate of Madeira, and is fanned by the sea-breezes that invigorate but do not chill.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

Martha said nothing, fanned at a fly that crawled across his pillow.
Extract from : « Death of a Spaceman » by Walter M. Miller

The speed of the towing had fanned the smoldering destruction.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for fanned

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019