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healing

heal·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hee-ling]
    • /ˈhi lɪŋ/
    • /hiːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hee-ling]
    • /ˈhi lɪŋ/

Definitions of healing word

  • adjective healing curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal. 1
  • adjective healing growing sound; getting well; mending. 1
  • noun healing the act or process of regaining health: a new drug to accelerate healing. 1
  • verb with object healing to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment. 1
  • verb with object healing to bring to an end or conclusion, as conflicts between people or groups, usually with the strong implication of restoring former amity; settle; reconcile: They tried to heal the rift between them but were unsuccessful. 1
  • verb with object healing to free from evil; cleanse; purify: to heal the soul. 1

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Origin of healing

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English heelyng (adj.), helynge (noun), Old English hǣlinge (noun). See heal, -ing2, -ing1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Healing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

healing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

healing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for healing

adj healing

  • curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
  • mending — the act of mending; repair or improvement.
  • curing — the process of preserving food
  • invigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.

adjective healing

  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
  • soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.

noun healing

  • recovery — an act of recovering.
  • restoration — the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
  • recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • therapy — the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: speech therapy.
  • treatment — an act or manner of treating.

Antonyms for healing

adjective healing

  • miasmatic — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
  • nocent — harmful; injurious.
  • infective — infectious.
  • unconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
  • septic — pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.

noun healing

  • trauma — Pathology. a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident. the condition produced by this; traumatism.
  • traumatization — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • contamination — the act or process of contaminating or the state of being contaminated
  • rottenness — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
  • black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.

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