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abating

ADJECTIVE

comforting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

encouraging reassuring refreshing soothing

STRONG

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

WEAK

analeptic consolatory health-giving heart-warming

Antonyms

WEAK

aggravating depressing dispiriting distressing disturbing irritating upsetting worrying

ADJECTIVE

falling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapsing decreasing descending lowering plunging sliding tumbling weakening

STRONG

crumbling declining diminishing ebbing settling sinking slipping subsiding toppling tottering

Antonyms

WEAK

improving increasing rising

ADJECTIVE

lessening

Synonyms

STRONG

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

WEAK

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

ADJECTIVE

waning

Synonyms

STRONG

ebbing lessening

WEAK

declinatory decrescent

Antonyms

WEAK

waxing

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He also reckons that the risk of DSV moving business away from WiseTech’s CargoWise platform appears to be abating.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Business spending has surged this year and shows no sign of abating as companies pile into the artificial-intelligence boom.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The phase shows no signs of abating with 10-year-old Ivy practising for more than an hour each day.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

A spinning top near $15 the week ending April 11, 2025, indicated that selling pressure was abating.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"According to your latest satellite data, the dust storm in Arabia Terra isn't abating at all, and will block eighty percent of the sunlight?"

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

abating

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