Thesaurus / setting on
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synonyms for setting on
- aggravate
- offend
- incite
- irritate
- raise
- enrage
- inflame
- irk
- anger
- infuriate
- foment
- abet
- set
- perturb
- pique
- rile
- incense
- gall
- nag
- madden
- vex
- insult
- abrade
- exercise
- annoy
- ruffle
- exasperate
- get
- grate
- bug
- fret
- chafe
- affront
- bother
- upset
- roil
- put out
- whip up
- work up
- hit where one lives
- make blood boil
- make waves
- set on
- work into lather
- get on one's nerves
- get under one's skin
- try one's patience
- suggest
- set
- cause
- advance
- abet
- awaken
- incite
- motivate
- excite
- broach
- resurrect
- moot
- foster
- arouse
- activate
- evoke
- kindle
- provoke
- instigate
- foment
- bring up
- whip up
- put forward
- set on
- stir up
- work up
- agitate
- inflame
- arouse
- kindle
- provoke
- stir
- instigate
- foment
- abet
- compel
- disturb
- drive
- goad
- hound
- prick
- prod
- push
- raise
- set
- spur
- start
- urge
- set on
- stir up
- protect
- coat
- blanket
- shroud
- enclose
- dress
- bury
- layer
- overcast
- shield
- mantle
- eclipse
- crown
- surface
- daub
- disguise
- stash
- hood
- carpet
- overlay
- cache
- cloak
- camouflage
- house
- curtain
- clothe
- screen
- envelop
- superimpose
- veil
- canopy
- enfold
- conceal
- invest
- cap
- mask
- enshroud
- shade
- ensconce
- obscure
- secrete
- put on
- overspread
- superpose
- encase
- board up
- bush up
- cover up
- do on the sly
- set on
- brew
- incite
- arouse
- abet
- whip up
- set
- raise
- excite
- goad
- agitate
- start
- encourage
- foster
- nurse
- nurture
- promote
- spur
- stimulate
- cultivate
- quicken
- fan the flames
- set on
- sow the seeds
- stir up
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antonyms for setting on
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- halt
- end
- lose
- fail
- stop
- discourage
- please
- help
- make happy
- prevent
- gratify
- ignore
- compliment
- aid
- assuage
- comfort
- dissuade
- hinder
- placate
- pacify
- calm
- delight
- soothe
- alleviate
- appease
- neglect
- abandon
- finish
- conclude
- reduce
- diminish
- depress
- lower
- drop
- bore
- discourage
- stop
- halt
- suppress
- ignore
- lessen
- decrease
- raze
- destroy
- demolish
- prevent
- repress
- quiet
- lull
- calm
- dissuade
- deaden
- deter
- rise
- go up
- remove
- displace
- stop
- halt
- discourage
- neglect
- finish
- end
- conclude
- hinder
- dissuade
- ascend
- soften
- liquefy
- cease
- prevent
- ignore
- leave alone
- forget
- abandon
- lay out
- take out
- tell
- let go
- show
- expose
- open
- lay bare
- reveal
- exclude
- ignore
- disregard
- unwrap
- unmask
- uncover
- dampen
- neglect
- stop
- conclude
- depress
- finish
- end
- discourage
- cease
- condemn
- tranquilize
- quiet
- lull
- calm
- repress
- ignore
- destroy
- dissuade
- deter
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How to use setting on in a sentence
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThis judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIn order not to weary your Majesty, I shall not dwell longer upon this, or spend time setting forth our losses.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSSetting aside timidity, we find that well-informed persons are sometimes good listeners, but no talkers.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)The Frenchman's blade scintillated in the setting sun around Haggard's more stiffly held weapon.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRAnd he wished also to restore her to her natural setting, with the greatest degree of historic accuracy.
BASTIEN LEPAGEFR. CRASTREThe unsupported pump-rods fell downwards, setting in upward motion the column of water in the plunger-pole pumps.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKSusy—our Susy—is the cause of this miracle of beauty in the midst of misery; this glowing gem in a setting of ugliness.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNEHe knew that this elegant city, resplendent and glorious in the sheen of the setting sun, would soon be a living hell.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY