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winding down

verb , present participle of wind down

Synonyms and Antonyms of winding down

to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety

not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night

Synonyms of winding down

chilling, chilling out [slang], decompressing, de-stressing, loosening up, mellowing (out), relaxing, unwinding

Words Related to winding down

basking, kicking back, lolling, lounging, reposing, resting

bumming, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, droning, footling, goofing (off), hacking (around), hanging (around or out), idling, lazing, loafing, vegetating, vegging out, zoning out

alleviating, comforting, easing, relieving

calming, composing, cooling, quieting, settling

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