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present participle of amp (up)
Synonyms & Antonyms of amping (up)
1
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
- an important news story that doesn't need to be amped up with sensationalism
Synonyms for amping (up)
Words Related to amping (up)
- enkindling,
- exciting,
- fermenting,
- fomenting,
- inciting,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- instigating,
- kindling,
- provoking,
- setting off,
- sparking,
- triggering,
- turning on,
- whipping (up)
Near Antonyms for amping (up)
- burning out,
- debilitating,
- doing in,
- draining,
- enervating,
- enfeebling,
- exhausting,
- fagging,
- fatiguing,
- harassing,
- kayoing,
- knocking out,
- sapping,
- tuckering (out),
- undermining,
- washing out,
- weakening,
- wearing,
- wearing out,
- wearying
Antonyms for amping (up)
2
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
- inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city
Synonyms for amping (up)
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“Amping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amping%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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