Antonyms for easing
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : eez |
Phonetic Transcription : iz |
- aggravate
- agitate
- annoy
- block
- bring down
- burden
- cease
- check
- condemn
- delay
- demote
- depress
- enlarge
- entangle
- exasperate
- excite
- extend
- halt
- harm
- hinder
- hold
- hurt
- impede
- incite
- increase
- injure
- intensify
- irritate
- keep
- maintain
- make difficult
- neglect
- perplex
- provoke
- slow
- stop
- trouble
- upset
- vex
- weaken
- withdraw
- worry
- worsen
Definition of easing
Origin :- c.1300, "to help, assist," see ease (n.). Meaning "to give ease" is from mid-14c.; the sense of "to relax one's efforts" is from 1863. Farmer reports ease in a slang sense of "to content a woman" sexually, with an 1861 date. Related: Eased; easing.
- verb alleviate, help
- verb guide, move carefully
- This signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- For the easing of his soul, he asked me to pay the money to you as I passed.'
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They caught the Indian carriers, who were just easing their loads under the walls.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- While doing it, too, with the purpose of easing and serving her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I am easing my mind, I must speak out, since I have found strength enough to do so.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- He leaned over and patted her shoulder, easing her of his weight like a jockey.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- "It really doesn't matter," she replied in hope of easing his mind.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- There was but little they could do for them beyond dressing their wounds and easing their pain.
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- Are you easing the load, Of overtaxed lifters, who toil down the road?
- Extract from : « Custer, and Other Poems. » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- "He no dead," Jim said, lifting the sawbuck and easing it on his shoulder.
- Extract from : « The Madigans » by Miriam Michelson
Synonyms for easing
- abate
- aid
- allay
- ameliorate
- anesthetize
- appease
- assist
- assuage
- attend to
- calm
- cheer
- clear the way
- comfort
- cure
- disburden
- disengage
- disentangle
- doctor
- edge
- expedite
- extricate
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- further
- handle
- improve
- inch
- induce
- insert
- join
- lessen
- let up on
- lift
- lighten
- loose
- loosen
- make easier
- maneuver
- meliorate
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- nurse
- open the door
- pacify
- palliate
- promote
- quiet
- relax
- release
- relent
- relieve
- remove
- right
- run interference for
- set right
- simplify
- slack
- slacken
- slide
- slip
- smooth
- soften
- soothe
- speed
- speed up
- squeeze
- steer
- still
- tranquilize
- untighten
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