quieting

ADJECTIVE

lessening

Synonyms

STRONG

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

WEAK

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

NOUN

appeasement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conciliation easing moderation

STRONG

abatement accommodation adjustment alleviation amends assuagement compromise concession grant lessening mitigation mollification placation propitiation quelling quenching reconciliation reparation restoration settlement softening solace

WEAK

acceding blunting lulling peace offering soothing tranquilization

Antonyms

STRONG

difference disagreement

WEAK

aggravation annoyance irritation provocation resistance

Example Sentences

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Quieting the babies at night so he could sleep soundly before his exams.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

After 1900, a movement of well-to-do reformers invented a style of politics, a Great Quieting aiming for what The Los Angeles Times called “more thinking and less shouting.”

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Quieting the mind is as much a challenge as steadying the arm in situations like this.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2018

Buchholz Unbothered by Earlier Injury, or Yankee Hitters Quieting the ’ offense is hardly an achievement these days.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2013

Quieting the dog by a low-spoken word, Deforrest stepped in and closed the door against the storm.

From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.

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