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

In contrast, the various legal methods of human execution — from hanging to electrocution to gassing — are neither peaceful nor painless. — Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Eight men were killed via gassing until an Alabama district judge ruled the execution method unconstitutionally cruel, in June; the Supreme Court has maintained the block. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026

While gassing up her 2004 Honda, Aja Harmon of Kearny Mesa shook her head as the digits on the pump whizzed by. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2026

Mannion was certainly gassing him up in his press session on Monday. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Some start gassing up and leave while others finish the pumping process and then go into the store! — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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