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 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 At Next Health, the high-dose IV runs $1,000, dwarfing the standard $199 drip on the same page. — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Sacbee.com, 24 June 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 That's a massive leap in AI power, dwarfing anything that modern NPU hardware can produce. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026 Anthropic and OpenAI, too, will likely be valued at $1 trillion or more, dwarfing JPMorgan Chase and Exxon Mobil. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026 The size of Ohio’s tax break skyrocketed, dwarfing previous projections, as opposition to data centers is sweeping through cities, suburbs and towns there and prompting lawmakers to form a committee to study the impact. — Marc Levy, Fortune, 29 May 2026 The senator has raised almost $60 million this cycle, dwarfing potential Republican rivals. — ABC News, 19 May 2026 Called the Zipang, this mega ship would have weighed in at an incredible 500,000 tonnes, dwarfing anything afloat then or since. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026

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This prescription treatment works by suppressing ovarian hormone production while providing add-back hormones to help regulate the hormone levels and help manage symptoms over time.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 14 July 2026
And Syracuse University seemed more interested in suppressing news of a rape epidemic than solving it.

— ProPublica, ProPublica, 14 July 2026

Definition of suppressing

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Turk filed for bankruptcy in June 2025 — halting any litigation from moving forward without permission from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas.

— Taylor O'Connor July 17, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Netflix restructured its animation unit in 2023, eliminating jobs and halting two films in preproduction.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 July 2026

Definition of halting

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Weakening high pressure to our east is slowly reducing scorching hot temperatures from earlier this week and diminishing the monsoonal moisture that provided unseasonable rain showers and thunderstorms.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
In Miami-Dade, the transit system faces financial woes Aside from diminishing Miami-Dade’s transit ambitions, the Levine Cava plan also highlights the dire financial picture facing mass transit in the county.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of diminishing

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Dominican hospitality does not come from shrinking itself to make visitors comfortable.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
In 2019, when the Fed was shrinking its balance sheet, the cushion of reserves available in the banking system dropped, leading to a spike in overnight lending rates that forced the central bank to step in and add liquidity back into markets.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of shrinking

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That sparked concerns across the political spectrum about investors blocking homeownership and driving up rents.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
The video shows a black pickup blocking the roadway and a man whom investigators identified as Reyes-Isabel approach Quiroz-Mata’s vehicle with a handgun and fire five shots into it, the affidavit states.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026

Definition of blocking

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Travel may be getting more expensive, but that isn’t stopping Americans from splurging on bucket-list vacations.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
Maria Alejandra Betancur said her father, Carlos Hugo Betancur, was recently detained while stopping for gas at a Marathon station on Northwest 58th Street in Doral.

— Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of stopping

Verb

From stunting and weakening plant growth to delaying flower production, these 1/10th-inch-long pests can wreak havoc.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 12 June 2026
Negotiations were shelved, leading to an impasse and stunting Wilson’s development, who was recovering from keyhole ankle surgery which was worse than first thought.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 10 June 2026

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