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Synonyms for de-creasing
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : dih-kree-sing |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkri sɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for de-creasing Other synonyms for the word de-creasing
- abase
- abating
- abbreviate
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abrade
- abridge
- abridging
- abridgment
- absolve
- abstract
- adulterate
- allay
- amnesty
- amputate
- anchor it
- appease
- arrest
- assuage
- attenuate
- back
- back off
- back-water
- backbite
- backslide
- baffle
- balk
- balm
- bate
- be beaten
- be behind
- be defeated
- be of no avail
- be precipitated
- be worthless
- becalm
- become smaller
- become threadbare
- become worn
- belittle
- bench
- bind
- blanch
- bleed
- bleed dry
- blemish
- blister
- blue pencil
- bob
- bog
- bog down
- boil down
- bottle up
- bound
- brake
- break
- break down
- break up
- brighten
- bring to screeching halt
- buckle
- bump
- buoy
- burn up
- bust
- calm
- calm down
- cancel
- carve
- cascade
- catheterize
- cave in
- cease
- chafe
- chain
- change
- chasten
- cheapen
- check
- chill out
- chip
- choke
- chop
- circumscribe
- classify
- clench
- clip
- clog
- close
- close off
- coagulate
- coast
- codify
- collapsing
- come apart at seams
- come down on
- comfort
- compose
- compress
- compressing
- compression
- conceal
- concentrate
- conciliate
- condensation
- condense
- condensing
- condone
- confine
- confinement
- confining
- console
- consolidate
- constrain
- constrict
- constriction
- consume
- contain
- contract
- contracting
- contraction
- cook
- cool
- cool down
- cool it
- cool off
- cool out
- corrode
- corrupt
- cover
- cram
- cramp
- crash
- crimp
- cripple
- crop
- crowd
- crumble
- crumbling
- crumple
- crush
- curb
- cure
- curtail
- curtailing
- curtailment
- cushion
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- cut to bone
- cutting down
- dally
- damage
- dampen
- dawdle
- de-escalate
- deaden
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decelerate
- declass
- decline
- declining
- decorticate
- decrease
- decreasing
- decry
- deduct
- defer
- define
- deflate
- deflating
- deflation
- degenerate
- degrade
- dehydrate
- delay
- delete
- delimit
- delimitate
- deliquesce
- demarcate
- demark
- demerit
- demote
- denigrate
- densen
- densify
- depart
- deplete
- deprave
- deprecate
- depreciate
- depress
- derogate
- descend
- descending
- desist
- destroy
- detain
- deteriorate
- detract
- detract from
- devalorize
- devaluate
- devalue
- devitalize
- die
- die away
- die down
- die off
- die on vine
- die out
- dieting
- diffuse
- dig into
- digest
- dillydally
- dilute
- dim
- diminish
- diminishing
- diminution
- ding
- dip
- disable
- disappear
- disburden
- discount
- discounting
- discredit
- disencumber
- disesteem
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disparage
- disperse
- disqualify
- disrate
- dissipate
- dive
- divert
- dock
- doctor
- doctor up
- dodge
- down
- downgrade
- downplay
- downsize
- downsizing
- downturn
- draft
- drag
- drag one's feet
- drain
- drain away
- draw
- draw away
- draw back
- draw in
- draw off
- draw to a close
- drawing together
- drink up
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- drop off
- drown
- dry
- dry up
- dulcify
- dull
- dump
- dwarf
- dwindle
- dwindling
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- eat away
- ebb
- ebbing
- edit
- effuse
- eliminate
- elision
- emaciate
- embog
- empty
- encircle
- enclose
- encumber
- enervate
- enfeeble
- envelop
- epitomize
- eradicate
- erode
- evacuate
- evaporate
- evaporating
- evaporation
- excuse
- exhaust
- exonerate
- expand
- expend
- extenuate
- exude
- facilitate
- fade
- fade away
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall off
- fall short
- falter
- fashion
- fatigue
- featherbed
- fetter
- filter off
- finish
- fix up
- flag
- flatten
- flay
- flop
- flow
- flow back
- flow out
- fold
- fold up
- forbear
- force into space
- forgive
- form
- founder
- fray
- free
- free from
- fritter away
- frivol away
- gag
- gall
- gamble away
- get last drop
- get no place fast
- get rid of
- get to meat
- get to the meat
- give way
- gnaw
- go away
- go back
- go down
- go downhill
- go out
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- go to waste
- go under
- go white
- go with the flow
- goldbrick
- goof off
- gravitate
- graze
- grind
- grow dull
- grow less
- grow smaller
- gulp down
- halt
- hamper
- handicap
- hang back
- hang easy
- hang loose
- hang up
- hem in
- hesitate
- hew
- hide
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hit the dirt
- hit the skids
- hobble
- hold back
- hold down
- hold off
- hold up
- humble
- hurt
- hush
- idle
- impair
- impede
- impoverish
- inch
- inch along
- inclose
- inhibit
- injure
- intermit
- interrupt
- invalidate
- inventory
- irrigate
- jade
- jelly
- jettison
- justify
- keel
- keel over
- keep waiting
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- knock
- knock down
- knock off
- lace
- lag
- land
- languish
- lapse
- laugh at
- lavish
- lax
- lay back
- leak
- leave dry
- lessen
- lessening
- let down flaps
- let go
- let it all hang out
- let up
- levitate
- lie down on job
- lighten
- limit
- limp
- linger
- liquefy
- loaf
- loiter
- loose
- lop
- lopping
- lose
- lose color
- lose edge
- lose luster
- lose speed
- lose spirit
- lose steam
- lose strength
- lose value
- lounge
- lower
- lowering
- lull
- lullaby
- make allowances
- make brief
- make less
- make light of
- make lighter
- make little of
- make nice
- make useless
- mar
- mark down
- mark off
- marking down
- meet halfway
- mellow
- mellow out
- melt
- methodize
- milk
- miniaturize
- minify
- minimize
- mire
- misapply
- misemploy
- misprize
- misuse
- mitigate
- mix
- model
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- mold
- mollify
- mow
- muddy
- mute
- muzzle
- narrow
- narrow down
- narrowing
- needle
- neglect
- nose dive
- nose-dive
- nutshell
- omission
- omit
- omitting
- ooze
- osmose
- overuse
- overwork
- pacify
- pack
- palliate
- pan
- pardon
- pare
- pare down
- paring down
- patch things up
- percolate
- perish
- peter out
- phase down
- phase out
- phony up
- pin down
- pine
- pitch
- placate
- plant
- play down
- play up to
- plod
- plummet
- plunge
- plunging
- poke
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- postpone
- pour down the drain
- pour oil on
- pour out
- precipitate
- prejudice
- prelimit
- press
- press together
- procrastinate
- propitiate
- prorogue
- prune
- pump
- pump out
- puncture
- purse
- put a lid on
- put away
- put down
- put in a nutshell
- put in nutshell
- put off
- put on ice
- put the lid on
- quaff
- qualify
- queer
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- ram
- rarefy
- recede
- receding
- recession
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reducing
- reduction
- reef
- refine
- regress
- regulate
- rein in
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relent
- relieve
- remit
- remove
- repeal
- repress
- reprieve
- rescind
- respite
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- retardate
- retire
- retract
- retreat
- retrench
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- revalue
- revert
- roll back
- roll down
- rot
- rough up
- rub
- run down
- run dry
- run low
- run off
- run through
- sag
- salve
- sap
- saunter
- save
- scale back
- scale down
- scalp
- scrape
- scrape off
- scuff
- sculpt
- send up
- set
- set back
- settle
- settling
- shape
- shave
- shear
- shelve
- shift
- shirk
- shorten
- shortening
- shrink
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- shrivel
- shrivelling
- shuffle
- shut down
- shut in
- shut off
- silence
- sink
- sinking
- siphon
- sit down on
- skid
- skin
- skive
- slack
- slack off
- slack up
- slacken
- slash
- slide
- sliding
- slip
- slipping
- slope
- slouch
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- slump
- smother
- snip
- soft-pedal
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- spare
- spend
- spike
- spin
- splurge
- spoil
- squander
- square
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- stagger
- stall
- stay
- step down
- stifle
- still
- stoop
- stop
- straggle
- strain
- strip
- stroke
- stuff
- stumble
- stunt
- subdue
- submerge
- submerse
- submit
- subside
- subsiding
- subtract from
- succumb
- suck
- suck dry
- suffer
- suffer defeat
- sum
- sum up
- summarize
- summate
- surround
- survey
- suspend
- swallow
- sweeten
- swoop
- syncopate
- synopsize
- systematize
- tabulate
- tail
- tail off
- take
- take a header
- take a load off
- take down
- take down a peg
- take from
- take in
- take it easy
- take load off one's chest
- take load off one's mind
- take off
- take out
- take sting out
- take the bite out
- take the edge
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- tame
- tap
- taper
- taper off
- tarnish
- tarry
- tax
- telescope
- temper
- tensing
- tether
- thin
- thin out
- throw away
- throw out
- tie
- tighten
- tightening
- tip over
- tire
- tire out
- tone down
- tool
- topple
- toppling
- total
- totter
- tottering
- trail
- tranquilize
- tremble
- trickle
- trifle away
- trim
- trim away
- trip
- trudge
- truncate
- tumble
- tumbling
- tune down
- tweak
- unburden
- uncover
- underestimate
- undermine
- underplay
- underrate
- undervalue
- unfit
- unlax
- unload
- untighten
- uplight
- upraise
- use up
- vary
- vilipend
- vitiate
- void
- wane
- wash away
- wash up
- waste
- waste away
- water
- water down
- weaken
- weakening
- wear
- wear away
- wear down
- wear out
- wear thin
- weary
- weather
- wedge
- weed out
- well
- whiten
- wilt
- wind down
- withdraw
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
- wither
- withhold
- worsen
- wrap
- wrinkle
- write down
- write off
Définition of de-creasing
Origin :- late 14c., "detriment, harm;" early 15c. as "a becoming less or smaller," from Anglo-French decres; see decrease (v.).
- As in falling : adj dropping
- As in reducing : noun lowering
- As in contraction : noun drawing in; shortening
- As in lag : verb move slowly; delay
- As in abate : verb lessen, grow or cause to grow less
- As in lessen : verb lower, reduce
- As in let up : verb pause
- As in lighten : verb reduce weight, load
- As in lower : verb reduce, minimize
- As in lull : verb calm, ease off
- As in mince : verb euphemize, hold back in communication
- As in minimize : verb make smaller; underrate
- As in moderate : verb restrain, control
- As in modify : verb lessen, reduce
- As in mollify : verb pacify, soothe
- As in muffle : verb suppress, make quiet
- As in pale : verb become, make lighter or weakened
- As in pare : verb peel, trim
- As in plummet : verb fall hard and fast
- As in recede : verb withdraw; diminish
- As in relieve : verb make less painful; let up on
- As in remit : verb stop, postpone
- As in restrict : verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
- As in retard : verb hinder, obstruct
- As in shrink : verb become smaller
- As in sink : verb deteriorate
- As in slack/slacken : verb do little or nothing; loosen
- As in slow : verb delay, restrict
- As in subtract : verb take away
- As in thin : verb make diluted or less dense
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
- As in weaken : verb reduce the strength of
- As in wear : verb corrode, use
- As in whittle : verb cut away at; reduce
- As in fall off : verb decline
- As in cut back : verb economize
- As in retrench : verb economize
- As in rarefy : verb thin
- As in retrocede : verb recede
- As in clip : verb cut short
- As in come down : verb worsen
- As in commute : verb reduce punishment
- As in compress : verb compact, condense
- As in contract : verb condense
- As in curtail : verb cut short; abridge
- As in decline : verb lessen, become less
- As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
- As in deflate : verb reduce or cause to contract
- As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
- As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
- As in depreciate : verb devalue, lose value
- As in detract : verb take away a part; lessen
- As in devalue : verb depreciate
- As in digest : verb make shorter; abridge
- As in dilute : verb make thinner; weaken
- As in diminish : verb become or cause to be less
- As in downgrade : verb lower in opinion or rank
- As in downsize : verb to decrease in size, especially of a workforce
- As in drain : verb remove liquid; remove supply
- As in drain : verb seep, discharge liquid
- As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
- As in allay : verb reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
- As in extenuate : verb lessen, mitigate
- As in fall : verb descend; become lower
- As in go down : verb lose, fall
- As in abridge : verb shorten
- As in impair : verb harm, hinder
Antonyms for de-creasing
- accelerate
- accept
- accumulate
- accuse
- achieve
- activate
- add
- add to
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- amplification
- amplify
- anger
- animate
- annoy
- approve
- arouse
- ascend
- assist
- attain
- augment
- beef up
- begin
- blab
- blacken
- blame
- bloom
- blow up
- boost
- brave
- break off
- brighten
- bring down
- build
- build up
- burden
- carry on
- censure
- charge
- cheer
- cherish
- clean
- climb
- collect
- commend
- complete
- compliment
- concentrate
- condemn
- construct
- continue
- cover
- create
- cure
- darken
- delight
- depress
- destroy
- detail
- develop
- dilate
- dilation
- dim
- disagree
- disclose
- discourage
- disorganize
- disperse
- disrobe
- distress
- disturb
- divulge
- do
- dull
- egg on
- elevate
- elongate
- encourage
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlargement
- enliven
- enter
- exaggerate
- exalt
- exasperate
- excite
- expand
- expansion
- expedite
- expose
- extend
- extension
- face
- facilitate
- fight
- fill
- finish
- fix
- flatter
- float
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- freshen
- further
- gain
- gain value
- gather
- give
- glow
- go
- go up
- grow
- harass
- harm
- hasten
- heal
- heighten
- help
- hoard
- hold
- hurry
- hurt
- improve
- improving
- incite
- include
- increase
- increasing
- incriminate
- inflate
- injure
- intensify
- invigorate
- irritate
- keep
- laud
- lay bare
- leave
- leave alone
- lengthen
- lengthening
- let go
- let loose
- let out
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- magnify
- maintain
- make happy
- maximize
- meet
- mend
- misunderstand
- move
- neglect
- open
- opening
- optimize
- overcome
- overestimate
- overrate
- overthrow
- overvalue
- pain
- permit
- persevere
- plant
- please
- pour
- praise
- preserve
- progress
- prolong
- promote
- provoke
- punish
- purify
- push
- radiate
- raise
- rate
- reach
- rebuild
- recommend
- refresh
- refuse
- reject
- release
- remain
- repair
- reveal
- revive
- rise
- rising
- rouse
- run
- rush
- save
- say yes
- scale
- sentence
- shoot up
- show
- speed
- spend
- spread
- squander
- stagnate
- start
- starve
- stay
- stiffen
- stir
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- swell
- take off
- take on
- tell
- tell all
- thicken
- tighten
- tiptoe
- trouble
- turn over
- unbind
- unblock
- uncompress
- uncondense
- uncover
- unfasten
- unleash
- unloose
- untie
- unwrap
- unwrinkle
- upgrade
- upset
- value
- vex
- waste
- weigh down
- win
- worry
- worsen
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