Thesaurus / constraining
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synonyms for constraining
- acute
- burning
- clamant
- clamorous
- critical
- crucial
- crying
- imperative
- importunate
- insistent
- instant
- menacing
- necessary
- needful
- threatening
- cogent
- commanding
- compelling
- convincing
- dynamic
- energetic
- forcible
- persuasive
- strong
- vehement
- vigorous
- violent
- ball of fire
- big-wheel
- bullish
- coming on strong
- dominant
- electric
- elemental
- gutsy
- mighty
- pithy
- potent
- powerhouse
- puissant
- punch
- punchy
- steamroller
- stringent
- take-charge
- takeover
- telling
- titanic
- virile
- weighty
- compelling
- pithy
- ball of fire
- bullish
- cogent
- coming on strong
- commanding
- convincing
- dominant
- dynamic
- dynamical
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- electric
- elemental
- energetic
- forcible
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- acute
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- immediate
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- vital
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- claiming
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- distressing
- exacting
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- instant
- obliging
- requiring
- clamant
- clamorous
- exigent
- heat-on
- high-priority
- hurry-up
- importunate
- life-and-death
antonyms for constraining
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How to use constraining in a sentence
With those, who knew him well, constraining was the influence of this man, who spoke with authority of life and God and duty.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGAnd constraining himself, and distorting his esthetic and ethical feeling, he tries to conform to the ruling opinion.
TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARELEO TOLSTOYHe was essentially an Industrial man; great in organizing, regulating, in constraining chaotic heaps to become cosmic for him.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. III. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEEvery one is conscious that, however corrupt his nature, he is under no irresistible impulse, no constraining necessity.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXMilitary science, constraining chaos into the cosmic state, has nowhere such a problem.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. XVIII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEBut in either case it is only a constraining condition, not the divine impulse itself.
THE SOUL OF THE FAR EASTPERCIVAL LOWELLCupid after the discharge of the Arrow—with finger raised constraining silence.
CATALOGUE OF THE GALLERY OF ART OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETYANONYMOUSIt was all a kiss, despite the constraining straps—or almost all.
THE BOY WITH WINGSBERTA RUCKShe hated the North, she wished to be gone from it, and most of all she hated Bill Wagstaff for constraining her presence there.
NORTH OF FIFTY-THREEBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRKind gentleness comes also in its train, Constraining men to serve those some would blame.
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- ball of fire
- big-wheel
- bullish
- cogent
- coming on strong
- commanding
- compelling
- constraining
- convincing
- dominant
- dynamic
- electric
- elemental
- energetic
- forcible
- gutsy
- mighty
- persuasive
- pithy
- potent
- powerhouse
- puissant
- punch
- punchy
- steamroller
- stringent
- strong
- take-charge
- takeover
- telling
- titanic
- vehement
- vigorous
- violent
- virile
- weighty
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