Synonyms for quelling
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kwel |
Phonetic Transcription : kwɛl |
Top 10 synonyms for quelling Other synonyms for the word quelling
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for quelling
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