Synonyms for ceased
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sees |
| Phonetic Transcription : sis |
Top 10 synonyms for ceased Other synonyms for the word ceased
Définition of ceased
Origin :- "cessation, stopping," c.1300, from cease (n.) or else from Old French cesse "cease, cessation," from cesser.
- verb stop, conclude
- She knew the butler's life history two days after she had ceased to be afraid of him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Robert's suspicions were lulled to sleep, and he ceased to be as vigilant and watchful as he had been.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- There, for the first time in history, man had ceased to be a roving animal.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- After this Gilling must soon have ceased to be of any account.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- After about twenty minutes, he ceased, saying, "We will now sing a hymn."
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- His nerves had ceased their jangling under the tautening of necessity.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Even the ailanthus blossoms had ceased their snow-like dropping.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She had ceased to think about the lad while she was giving this explanation of an orphan to her son.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- I woke then, and the struggle had ceased—the temptation had passed.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The partridge has ceased to run across the too-frequented path.
- Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Antonyms for ceased
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