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Antonyms for fleshing out
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : flesh |
Phonetic Transcription : flɛʃ |
- abatement
- abbreviate
- abridge
- abridgement
- abridgment
- block
- break
- compress
- compression
- concentrate
- condemn
- condensation
- condense
- confuse
- contract
- contraction
- curtail
- cut
- damage
- debase
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- deduction
- deface
- deflate
- degradation
- demote
- denounce
- deny
- deplete
- depress
- destroy
- destruction
- detach
- diminish
- diminishment
- dirty
- disarrange
- discourage
- disgrace
- disperse
- divide
- drop
- end
- exclude
- fail
- failure
- fall
- fix
- forget
- halt
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- impoverish
- lessen
- lessening
- let air out
- loss
- lower
- make simple
- mar
- minimize
- narrow
- neglect
- play down
- prevent
- raze
- reduce
- reduction
- refuse
- remove
- repress
- ruin
- separate
- shorten
- shortening
- shrink
- shrinkage
- simplify
- spoil
- stagnation
- stop
- subtract
- subtraction
- summarize
- take
- take away
- uncomplicate
- underdevelopment
- undermine
- veto
- weaken
- withdraw
- worsen
- worsening
Definition of fleshing out
Origin :- 1520s, "to render (a hunting animal) eager for prey by rewarding it with flesh from a kill," with figurative extensions, from flesh (n.). Meaning "to clothe or embody with flesh," with figurative extensions, is from 1660s. Related: Fleshed; fleshing.
- As in augmentation : noun making greater; improving
- As in amplification : noun increase in size or effect
- As in growth : noun development, progress
- As in inflate : verb blow up, increase
- As in pad : verb elaborate, amplify
- As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
- As in constitute : verb comprise, form
- As in elaborate : verb make detailed; expand
- As in enhance : verb improve, embellish
- As in enrich : verb improve, embellish
- As in expand : verb go into detail
- As in amplify : verb increase in size or effect
Synonyms for fleshing out
- accession
- accretion
- add
- add to
- addition
- adorn
- advance
- advancement
- aerate
- affix
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggregate
- ameliorate
- amplification
- amplify
- annex
- ante
- append
- appreciate
- augment
- augmentation
- balloon
- beautify
- bedeck
- beef up
- beefing up
- better
- bloat
- boom
- boost
- boosting
- build
- build up
- buildup
- bulk
- charge up
- clarify
- comment
- complement
- complete
- complicate
- compose
- compound
- construct
- continue
- cook up
- cram
- create
- crop
- cue in
- cultivate
- cultivation
- deck
- decorate
- deepen
- deepening
- develop
- development
- devise
- dilate
- discourse
- discuss
- distend
- drag out
- dream up
- elaborate
- elaboration
- elevate
- embellish
- embody
- embroider
- enact
- endow
- enhance
- enhancement
- enlarge
- enlargement
- enrichment
- escalate
- establish
- evolution
- evolve
- evolvement
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- exalt
- expand
- expansion
- expatiate
- expatiation
- explain
- expound
- extend
- extension
- figure in
- fill out
- fix
- flesh out
- fleshing out
- flowering
- found
- frame
- fudge
- fudge together
- gain
- garnish
- germination
- grace
- growth
- heat up
- heighten
- heightening
- hike
- hike up
- hitch on
- hook on
- hook up with
- hop up
- improve
- improvement
- include
- incorporate
- increase
- increment
- inflate
- inflation
- integrate
- intensification
- intensify
- interpret
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- lengthen
- lengthening
- lift
- magnification
- magnify
- make
- make rich
- make up
- maturation
- maturing
- maximize
- multiplication
- ornament
- overdraw
- overestimate
- overstate
- pad
- padding
- parlay
- particularize
- piggyback
- plug into
- polish
- pour it on
- produce
- production
- proliferation
- prosperity
- protract
- puff up
- pump up
- pyramid
- raise
- raising
- refine
- reinforce
- reinforcement
- reply
- rise
- run up
- say further
- set up
- slap on
- snowball
- soup up
- specify
- speed up
- spell out
- spike
- spin
- spread
- sprouting
- step up
- strengthen
- strengthening
- stretch
- stretching
- success
- supplement
- supplementing
- surcharge
- surge
- sweeten
- swell
- swell up
- swelling
- tack on
- tag
- thickening
- unfold
- unfolding
- up
- upgrade
- upping
- vegetation
- waxing
- widen
- widening
- work out
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