Quickening Synonyms and Antonyms

kwĭk ′ ə-nĭng
Serving to enliven
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. animating
  2. enlivening
  3. rousing
  4. stimulating
  5. vitalizing
  6. vivifying
Make keen or more acute
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hurrying
  2. vivifying
  3. whetting
  4. speeding
  5. vitalizing
  6. accelerating
  7. animating
Antonyms:
  1. slowing
  2. retarding
  3. obstructing
  4. impeding
  5. dulling
  6. weakening
  7. hindering
  8. checking
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To become more rapid.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. speeding
The act of accelerating; increasing the speed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. acceleration
  2. speedup
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Words Related to Quickening

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Quickening Sentence Examples

  • Village Methodism shared in the quickening which the Forward Movement brought to the large towns.

  • It should be for a quickening in the pace of reform.

  • As the earth of light has five tokens (the mild zephyr, cooling wind, bright light, quickening fire, and clear water), so has the earth of darkness also five (mist, heat, the sirocco, darkness and vapour).

  • He teaches that the quickening of the Spirit precedes and alone makes possible faith in Christ.

  • Her heart quickening, she started towards the entrance of the church.

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