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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

Example Sentences

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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

Another factor that had been weighing on the Treasury market—foreign central-bank selling of U.S. securities to defend their currencies—may also be abating.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A rout in government bonds was showing no signs of abating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

It was always there, stark and steady, rarely abating.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi