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present participle of abate.

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comforting adj.
falling adj.
lessening adj.
waning adj.

ADJECTIVE

comforting

Synonyms

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encouraging reassuring refreshing soothing

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allaying alleviating assuaging consoling curing freeing inspiriting invigorating lightening mitigating relieving remedying restoring revitalizing revivifying softening solacing succoring sustaining tranquilizing upholding warming

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analeptic consolatory health-giving heart-warming

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aggravating depressing dispiriting distressing disturbing irritating upsetting worrying

ADJECTIVE

falling

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collapsing decreasing descending lowering plunging sliding tumbling weakening

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crumbling declining diminishing ebbing settling sinking slipping subsiding toppling tottering

Antonyms

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improving increasing rising

ADJECTIVE

lessening

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declining depreciating diminishing dropping dwindling ebbing lightening lowering moderating narrowing plummeting plunging quieting sagging shrinking sinking slackening slowing slumping softening subsiding waning wasting weakening

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dying down fading away losing momentum shriveling up wearing down wearing off

ADJECTIVE

waning

Synonyms

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ebbing lessening

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declinatory decrescent

Antonyms

WEAK

waxing

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abating

There is no sign of the flood abating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Second is a recovery in catalysis alongside abating forex headwinds that should let Clariant generate good earnings growth in 2027, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Amid concerns over how officials are pursuing suspects, broader worries about wildfires are far from abating.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But one of the most recent — the energy shock driven by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict in the Middle East — is hopefully showing signs of abating.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Already the sudden storm is passing, and its fierceness is abating; crowds are scattering homeward, and the sky is beginning to redden over the Yorkshire wolds.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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