| Main Entry: | comforting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheering |
Synonyms: |
abating, allaying, alleviating, analeptic, assuaging, consolatory, consoling, curing, encouraging, freeing, health-giving, heart-warming, inspiriting, invigorating, lightening, mitigating, reassuring, refreshing, relieving, remedying, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, softening, solacing, soothing, succoring, sustaining, tranquilizing, upholding, warming |
Antonyms: |
aggravating, depressing, dispiriting, distressing, disturbing, irritating, upsetting, worrying |
| Main Entry: | falling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dropping |
Synonyms: |
abating, collapsing, crumbling, declining, decreasing, descending, diminishing, ebbing, lowering, plunging, settling, sinking, sliding, slipping, subsiding, toppling, tottering, tumbling, weakening |
Antonyms: |
improving, increasing, rising |
| Main Entry: | lessening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decreasing |
Synonyms: |
abating, declining, depreciating, diminishing, dropping, dwindling, dying down, ebbing, ebbing, fading away, lightening, losing momentum, lowering, moderating, narrowing, plummeting, plunging, quieting, sagging, shrinking, shriveling up, sinking, slackening, slowing, slumping, softening, subsiding, waning, wasting, weakening, wearing down, wearing off |
| Main Entry: | waning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decreasing |
Synonyms: |
abating, declinatory, decrescent, ebbing, lessening |
Antonyms: |
waxing |