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Antonyms for quelling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kwel
Phonetic Transcription : kwɛl

Definition of quelling

Origin :
  • Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (cf. Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE *gwele- "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cf. Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelati "to sting"). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c.1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.
  • verb defeat, suppress
  • verb alleviate, calm
Example sentences :
  • With mood-care they mourned their own liege lord's quelling.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • He had all his life been looking for a chance of quelling a riot.
  • Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
  • Like all the rest I, too, grew ill;My aching heart there was no quelling.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • Like a David before Goliath, he confronted Archie with a quelling eye.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • He succeeded in quelling the broil and gave them a long lecture.
  • Extract from : « William Clayton's Journal » by William Clayton
  • Arrechedera was not slow in quelling the disturbances in Balayan.
  • Extract from : « An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) » by Martinez de Zuniga
  • Man had a hundred means of quelling or forgetting a hapless passion.
  • Extract from : « Trevethlan: Volume 1 » by William Davy Watson
  • Here also are the lawyers, impassioned for justice, for the quelling of human strife.
  • Extract from : « The Teacher » by George Herbert Palmer
  • As for quelling any trouble here, there doesnt seem to be any.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys of the Battleship » by Frank V. Webster
  • This was the quelling they brought, a scantness of drink that seized him.
  • Extract from : « The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga » by Various

Synonyms for quelling

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