SEDATING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

sedating

verb

present participle of sedate

as in narcotizing

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Starting with a tone-setting marvel early, Room contorted and unfurled himself to 15 saves — including several other stupefying ones.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
How will his writing team metabolize the stupefying scene at this year’s BAFTAs into his routine?

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026

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The 25-year-old left-hander struck out six after relieving starter Kyle Leahy in the third inning.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Party leaders laid out proposals for relieving poverty, improving social security, and reforming the education system and admitted members from backgrounds unusual for the CHP, including a Kurdish activist and a union leader.

— Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

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The Flimby Garden was designed by Burnham, its first garden design, and is intended to be a restorative, relaxing space for employees to step away from their busy work days.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Other shots showed Yarmosky posing on the vessel in front of the picturesque surroundings, Holmes making a heart shape in the water and relaxing on the boat.

— Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of relaxing

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Europe’s efforts are for now too modest, too regulated, too fragmented, and too focused on alleviating government restrictions rather than promoting commercial use to fundamentally change dependencies that have accumulated over decades.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
In 2021, in hopes of alleviating economic pressures during the pandemic, Congress passed legislation eliminating premiums for people with the lowest incomes and reduced the cost for people with higher incomes.

— Robert Applebaum, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of alleviating

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Over the years, oil chemistries have gotten more sophisticated to cope with the stresses of tinier engines pushing bigger boost while also mitigating their environmental impact.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
All of these considerations aimed at mitigating sound cost money.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mitigating

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But both Foulkes and the head of a consumer electronics organization say combining AI with other technologies is allaying those concerns by making boating easier and less intimidating for both experienced and inexperienced individuals.

— Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Still, recent studies have bolstered the case for testosterone’s benefits, for certain conditions, while allaying worries about its safety — particularly concerns about heart safety.

— Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of allaying

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Such tactics have never succeeded in pacifying Iranian society for long.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
That transformed the industry by giving it a clear American base — and by pacifying agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission that had been, under Biden, openly hostile.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Definition of pacifying

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The break with Callaway was the first sign that Good Good’s attempts at quelling the crisis were not going well after Clark’s statement on social media Wednesday night.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
As Matt Reeves is hard at work in Gotham City, James Gunn is quelling some overeager fans about the timeline of the Batman trilogy.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of quelling

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