DWARFING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

dwarfing

verb

present participle of dwarf

as in suppressing

to hold back the normal growth of shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water

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Recent Examples of dwarfing Don’t be fooled by the film’s advertising, which features an image of Neeson’s scowling visage dwarfing Levi aiming an automatic weapon. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Through May, conservative activists had filed 43 anti-DEI shareholder proposals, dwarfing the number of proposals supporting DEI. — Scott M. Curran, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Paramount has promised to produce 30 movies a year between the two studios, dwarfing the output of any other legacy studio, and to adhere to a longer theatrical window. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026 Outside groups spent more than $63 million supporting Haley Stevens, a candidate backed by the establishment, dwarfing the amount spent on her opponent, a brash progressive named Abdul El-Sayed with a war chest some nine times smaller. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 5 Aug. 2026 But around half of its shares will be unlocked from now until December, dwarfing what’s currently available. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026 Outside groups have spent more than $30 million to boost her candidacy, dwarfing the spending behind El-Sayed. — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Fireworks, an enormous Ferris wheel dwarfing the Capitol dome, a proud white father directing his wife and daughter into the crowd and the future. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 At Next Health, the high-dose IV runs $1,000, dwarfing the standard $199 drip on the same page. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026

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Sally’s Reckoning With Her Magic Much of the sequel’s emotional arc, per Hoffman, belongs to Sally finally making peace with the very power she’s spent decades suppressing.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
The party is often lauded for steering the tiny nation toward economic prosperity but has also been criticized for suppressing dissent.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of suppressing

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In this podcast episode, Altman addresses the reality of AI alignment, the Hugging Face incident, and OpenAI's commitment to halting training runs if safety thresholds aren't met.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Mahomes and the offense never looked right … and then, in December, Mahomes tore his ACL, effectively ending the Chiefs’ season and halting the team’s run of 10 straight years in the playoffs.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of halting

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Seemingly, the only thing that could slow down the automobile takeover was diminishing fuel supplies, fear of which had become a fixation of American oil companies and government officials after the Armistice.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Having already weathered so many attacks aimed at diminishing its power, the remaining Iranian leadership, which learned to tolerate hardship in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, is unlikely to be cowed by further aggression.

— JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of diminishing

Verb

At one point relatively early in Resident Evil, our hapless hero must creep through a large camper van that is blocking his exit from a tunnel.

— Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
As the lead-blocking back on Kenneth Walker III’s 60-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-1 early in the third quarter, Tonga sealed the edge and allowed Walker to bounce outside.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of blocking

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Anderson’s task of allowing his centre-backs to defend the half-spaces continued in the second half and was crucial in stopping United’s attacks from the wide areas as Enzo Maresca’s side dropped deeper.

— Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Hurts made enough splash plays to lead Philadelphia to a 24-22 win that was secured by the defense stopping a 2-point conversion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of stopping

Verb

Even before the floods, malnutrition, child wasting and anaemia rates were high in Nepal, with one in four children nationwide affected by stunting.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
And the factors pushing people out of the labor force have implications beyond workers paying for everyday essentials, including stunting career trajectories and impacting long-term retirement savings.

— Sarah Jackson Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of stunting

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