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Synonyms of gelding
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gelding
verbpresent participle of geld
Synonyms & Antonyms of gelding (Entry 2 of 2)
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
- by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality
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Near Antonyms for gelding
- exciting,
- fermenting,
- firing,
- fomenting,
- inciting,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- instigating,
- kindling,
- provoking,
- sparking,
- triggering,
- whipping (up)
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The first known use of gelding was in the 14th century
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