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All gentling antonyms

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verb gentling

  • abandon β€” If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • disjoin β€” to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
  • fix β€” to repair; mend.
  • mend β€” to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
  • neglect β€” to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • aggravate β€” If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
  • agitate β€” If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
  • build up β€” If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
  • encourage β€” Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • lose β€” to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • praise β€” the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • release β€” to lease again.
  • surrender β€” to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • yield β€” to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • aid β€” Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • allow β€” If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • assist β€” If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • help β€” to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • liberate β€” to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • permit β€” to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
  • start β€” to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • strengthen β€” to make stronger; give strength to.
  • arouse β€” If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
  • incite β€” to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
  • rouse β€” to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
  • fail β€” to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • irritate β€” to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
  • upset β€” to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • free β€” enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • provoke β€” to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • trouble β€” to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • worry β€” to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
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