quickened

The word “quickened” has 3 syllables: quick-en-ed

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɪkənd/

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In the thesaurus, “quickened” has 254 synonyms and 130 antonyms.

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Synonyms for quickened

PDQ
abetted
abrupt
absorbed
accelerated
activated
active
actuated
acute
affected
affecting
agile
aided
animated
ardent
aroused
awaked
awakened
awoke
beside oneself
blazing
blistering
boosted
braced
brash
breakneck
breathless
breathtaking
brief
brisk
bundled
buoyed
burning
captivated
careless
charged
cheered
concerned
cursory
deep
delirious
dispatched
dizzy
double-time
dramatic
drove
drunk
eager
eased
ecstatic
elated
electrified
eloquent
emboldened
emotional
encouraged
energetic
energized
enflamed
enkindled
enlivened
enraptured
euphoric
excited
exhilarated
expedited
expeditious
expeditive
express
expressive
facilitated
fast
fast-tracked
fermented
fervent
fervid
fierce
fiery
filliped
fired
flaming
flash
fleet
fleet of foot
fleet-footed
fleeting
flying
fomented
foolhardy
forceful
fortified
frenzied
galloping
galvanized
glowing
goaded
harefooted
hastened
hasty
headlong
heartened
heartfelt
heated
heedless
high
high-powered
high-pressure
high-speed
hot
hot-blooded
hurried
ill-advised
immediate
impassioned
impatient
impelled
impetuous
impromptu
impulsive
in nothing flat
incautious
incited
inconsiderate
infatuated
inflamed
infused
inspired
inspiring
instigated
intense
interested
invigorated
juiced up
jump-started
kindled
lifted
light-footed
lightning
like a house on fire
lively
madcap
melodramatic
mercurial
motivated
motived
moved
moving
nimble
nippy
on the double
out of the blue
passing
perfunctory
piqued
poignant
precipitant
precipitate
precipitous
prodded
prompt
pronto
propelled
provoked
pushed
quick
quick as a wink
quickie
raced
raised
rallied
rapid
rapid-fire
rash
rattling
re-energized
reactivated
ready
really rolling
reanimated
reawaked
reawakened
reawoke
recharged
reckless
recreated
reenergized
refreshed
refreshened
regenerated
reinvigorated
rejuvenated
rekindled
renewed
restimulated
resurrected
resuscitated
revitalized
revived
roused
rush
rushed
rushing
screaming
sent
set off
short
slambang
slapdash
snappy
sparked
spasmodic
speeded
speedy
spiked
spirited
split-second
splitting
spry
spurred
steamed up
steeled
stimulated
stirred
stirring
strengthened
strenuous
strong
subito
sudden
superficial
swift
thoughtless
thrilling
triggered
turned on
turned-on
ultrafast
ultrarapid
unforeseen
unusual
urged
urgent
vehement
vigorous
violent
vitalized
vivified
warm
whirlwind
whisked
wild
winged
zealous
zippy

Antonyms for quickened

apathetic
arrested
bored
braked
burned out
burnt out
calm
careful
cautious
checked
cold
cool
crawling
curbed
dallying
damped
dampened
daunted
dawdling
deadened
debilitated
decelerated
delayed
deliberate
demoralized
depressed
did in
dilatory
dillydallying
discouraged
disheartened
disinterested
dispassionate
dispirited
dragging
drained
dull
dulled
encumbered
enervated
enfeebled
exhausted
expected
fagged
fatigued
feeble
fettered
frigid
gentle
gradual
hampered
happy
harassed
held back
held up
hindered
hobbled
impassive
impeded
indifferent
inhibited
jaded
kayoed
killed
kind
knocked out
laggard
languid
languishing
late
lazy
leisurely
lethargic
lingering
loitering
manacled
measured
meek
mild
moderate
passive
peaceful
plodding
pokey
poking
poky
quelled
quenched
repressed
restrained
retarded
sad
sapped
shackled
slack
slow
slowed
slowish
sluggish
sober
stalled
stayed
stilled
stopped
straight
stunted
suppressed
tardy
thoughtful
tied up
trammeled
trammelled
ultraslow
uncaring
unconcerned
undermined
unenthusiastic
unexcited
unhappy
unhurried
unpassionate
unperturbed
untroubled
washed out
weak
weakened
wearied
wise
wore
wore out

Meanings of quickened

verb
1. To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
2. To come back to life, receive life.
3. To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
4. Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
5. To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
6. To become faster.
7. To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.

Example Sentences

With each passing moment, the pace of the music quickened, filling the room with energy.
The doctor's arrival quickened the patient's heartbeat, signaling a glimmer of hope.
As the storm approached, the wind quickened, rustling the leaves with increasing intensity.
Her pulse quickened as she read the thrilling climax of the novel.
The audience's anticipation quickened as the curtains slowly drew back, revealing the stage.

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