CREAMING Synonyms: 221 Similar and Opposite Words

creaming

verb

present participle of cream

as in destroying

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant

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as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin the novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament

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Recent Examples of creaming Let the butter come to room temperature, and start creaming it in a mixer. —

Cody Godwin, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 Follow this recipe for the perfect cake, including creaming the butter and sugar. —

Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026 Tips for Making Cherry Cookies Decker’s recipe doesn’t call for softened butter, but allowing the butter to soften before beating it with the sugar (a process known as creaming) will lead to a lighter, fluffier texture. —

Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026 During an early-pandemic baking rut, Rucker, who owns Los Angeles’s Fat + Flour bakeries, was inspired to streamline her process, and skip the usual step of creaming butter and sugar together. —

Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025

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In the team's binary merger model, the compact object is close enough to its stellar companion to rip off its outer hydrogen layer without completely destroying the star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
The fires hit close to home, destroying both Pratt’s Pacific Palisades residence and his parents’ home.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026