Synonyms of gassing

gassing

verb

present participle of gas

1

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

a group of kids in the mall, gassing about their favorite music

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• rattling
• chattering
• chinning
• gabbing
• rapping
• nattering
• discussing
• cackling
• jabbering
• prating
• prattling
• visiting
• schmoozing
• pattering
• kibitzing
• gabbling
• babbling
• jawing
• blowing smoke
• blabbing
• twittering
• gossiping
• running on
• chaffering
• palavering
• shooting the breeze
• chewing the fat
• talking a blue streak
• expatiating
• yapping
• tattling
• yakking
• yammering
• descanting

2

as in warming

slang to give satisfaction to

a swinging jazz set that really gassed the crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warming
• satisfying
• delighting
• pleasing
• feasting
• contenting
• amusing
• tickling
• entertaining
• rejoicing
• thrilling
• agreeing (with)
• suiting
• gratifying
• pleasuring
• appeasing
• gladding
• soothing
• gladdening
• quenching
• comforting
• galvanizing
• placating
• exciting
• treating
• calming
• pacifying
• mollifying
• diverting
• sating
• charming
• assuaging
• titillating
• humoring
• satiating
• spoiling
• catering (to)
• captivating
• pampering
• indulging
• coddling
• mollycoddling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• getting
• crossing
• aggravating
• irritating
• bothering
• bugging
• annoying
• perturbing
• chafing
• displeasing
• ruffling
• grating
• exasperating
• putting out
• inflaming
• nettling
• riling
• galling
• provoking
• irking
• angering
• vexing
• enraging
• incensing
• roiling
• piquing
• agitating
• infuriating
• rousing
• maddening
• outraging
• distressing
• disturbing
• rankling
• upsetting
• harassing
• steaming up
• fretting
• pestering
• harrying
• peeving
• insulting
• offending
• affronting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gassing

The flames reached an ammonia line, which started off-gassing and led to several small explosions, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Curry Barker is gassing up his chainsaw. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026

While drivers everywhere can’t help but notice how sharply pump prices have risen, the trouble on the farm goes beyond gassing up the F-150. — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026

The London-via-Paris jazz artist embraces her neo-soul leanings and experimental impulses on an EP that explores the pleasures and perils of gassing yourself up. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026

Remembering Selma Video footage of law enforcement beating and gassing marchers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge remains an iconic visual document of the Civil Rights Movement. — Aniko Bodroghkozy, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026

Those picks would be better used in the service of gassing up the Raptors’ half-court offence, this team’s biggest weakness. — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026

Leaving your car running while gassing up or getting coffee, police said, attracts car thieves. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026

This episode is so short and (mostly) to the point that Ian gassing Robert with car-exhaust fumes last week goes completely unmentioned. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025