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 deployment of the giant carrier with nearly 100,000-ton displacement is aimed at relieving the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea for over 250 days.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Beyond muscle-relieving massages, Sofitel Spa offers holistic facials and banana leaf wraps as well.

— DeMarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of relieving

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At a little under two feet, the can’t-miss fixture spreads a warm light that creates a welcoming atmosphere for reading, relaxing, or sharing drinks without harsh overhead lighting or a spindly, corner-lurking, fluorescent presence.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026
Julie Huntsinger has spent two decades as the guardian of the Telluride Film Festival — a jewel box of off-duty movie stars and power players relaxing in the mountains and a consequential launchpad for the fall awards season.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 Aug. 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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The health care company could develop Keytuda co-formulations that would extend the tail of the brand-name drug's franchise, mitigating the impact of that patent expiration, according to the analyst.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
Later this year, eSafety will release a transparency report detailing how successful online gaming services like Roblox have been at mitigating harms to kids.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 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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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
Aside from Spain’s progress in quelling the fires this week, there are still active fires in France to consider, since the particulate matter could continue drifting across large portions of its neighboring nation.

— T. Michelle Murphy, Time, 29 July 2026

Definition of quelling

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