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Antonyms for galvanizing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gal-vuh-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl vəˌnaɪz

Definition of galvanizing

Origin :
  • 1802, from French galvaniser, from galvanisme (see galvanism). Figurative sense of "excite, stimulate (as if by electricity)" first recorded 1853. Meaning "to coat with metal by means of galvanic electricity" (especially to plate iron with tin, but now typically to plate it with zinc) is from 1839.
  • He'll swear that in her dancing she cuts all others out,Though like a Gal that's galvanized, she throws her legs about.[Thomas Hood, "Love has not Eyes," 1845]
  • Related: Galvanized; galvanizing.
  • verb inspire, stimulate
Example sentences :
  • Over all the area the Anglo-Saxon has laid his galvanizing hand.
  • Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • And I want to ask papa particularly about galvanizing the mummy.
  • Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • Did not you faint last night when they were galvanizing the bodies?
  • Extract from : « Sheppard Lee, Vol. II (of 2) » by Robert Montgomery Bird
  • I fancy this will complete the job of galvanizing your friend for the time you require.
  • Extract from : « The Lash » by Olin L. Lyman
  • A flash of heroism was galvanizing the impressionable Bohemian.
  • Extract from : « The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse » by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
  • "Because I don't believe in galvanizing dead friendships," I answered.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 » by Various
  • I saw a ripple of galvanizing energy race through his hands; then I managed an outcry.
  • Extract from : « The Homicidal Diary » by Earl Peirce
  • What is the galvanizing force that impels these stranger children to overmaster circumstances and bestride the top of the world?
  • Extract from : « They Who Knock at Our Gates » by Mary Antin
  • But I can't marry one man if what I feel for him is simply the galvanizing of a corpse.
  • Extract from : « The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories » by Gertrude Atherton
  • Her rebuking words had the effect of galvanizing poor Harkness' limbs to action—but not his tongue.
  • Extract from : « Red-Robin » by Jane Abbott

Synonyms for galvanizing

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