quieting

The word “quieting” has 3 syllables: qui-et-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈkwaɪətɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for quieting?

In the thesaurus, “quieting” has 117 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quieting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for quieting

abatement
abating
acceding
accommodation
adjustment
allaying
alleviating
alleviation
amends
analgesic
anesthetic
anodyne
antianxiety
antidepressant
antidepression
antistress
appeasing
assuagement
assuaging
becalming
blunting
calming
chilling out
comforting
composing
compromise
concession
conciliating
conciliation
cooling
cooling it
deadening
declining
depreciating
depressant
diminishing
dreamy
dropping
drying up
dumbing
dwindling
dying down
easing
ebbing
extinguishing
fading away
grant
hushing
hypnotic
laying
lessening
lightening
losing momentum
lowering
lullabying
lulling
mitigating
mitigation
moderating
moderation
mollification
mollifying
muting
narcotic
narcotizing
narrowing
numbing
opiate
pacifying
peace offering
piping down
placating
placation
plummeting
plunging
propitiation
quelling
quenching
quietening
reconciliation
relaxing
relieving
reparation
restoration
sagging
salving
sedating
sedative
settlement
settling
shrinking
shriveling up
shushing
shutting up
silencing
sinking
slackening
slowing
slumping
softening
solace
solacing
soothing
squelching
stilling
stupefying
subsiding
tranquilization
tranquilizing
tranquillizing
unwinding
waning
wasting
weakening
wearing down
wearing off
zoning out

Antonyms for quieting

acting up
aggravating
aggravation
agitating
annoyance
annoying
arousing
bothersome
carrying on
cutting up
difference
disagreement
discomposing
disquieting
disturbing
energizing
exasperating
exciting
fomenting
fooling around
frustrating
galling
grating
harassing
heightening
horsing around
inciting
intensifying
invigorating
irksome
irritating
irritation
maddening
nettlesome
painful
perturbing
provocation
resistance
rousing
showing off
skylarking
stimulant
stimulating
stirring
stressful
tiresome
troublesome
troubling
trying
unsettling
upsetting
vexatious
vexing
working up
worrisome

Meanings of quieting

verb
1. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
2. To cause someone to become quiet.
noun
1. The act of making something quiet.

Example Sentences

The soft music had a quieting effect on the room, calming everyone down.
The baby's cries were gradually quieting as she was rocked to sleep.
The sound of the waves crashing on the shore had a quieting effect on her mind.
The quieting of the storm signaled the end of the turbulent weather.
Her soothing words had a quieting effect on his anxious thoughts.

On this page you'll find 172 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quieting, such as: abatement, abating, acceding, accommodation, acting up, adjustment, aggravating.

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