What are the antonyms for SLACKENS?
- extend, excite, anger, amplify, hasten, upset, add, enhance, speed, expand, develop, revive, agitate, lengthen, distress, arouse, rise, prolong, accelerate, improve, intensify, advance, raise, increase, enlarge, flourish, grow, dispatch, hurry, tighten, stiffen, magnify, rush, expedite, further.
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Synonyms for SLACKENS
- check,
- slash,
- idle,
- looses,
- relents,
- interfere,
- douses,
- composes,
- flags,
- rein,
- hamper,
- drenches,
- waste,
- quell,
- postpones,
- deter,
- loose,
- lay back,
- decreases,
- dilly-dally,
- mitigate,
- drop,
- arrest,
- smother,
- slackening,
- modify,
- unties,
- collect,
- lull,
- repress,
- extenuate,
- clog,
- solace,
- tables,
- become smaller,
- cool,
- sag,
- regulate,
- break down,
- loosens,
- Shelves,
- remands,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- disappear,
- unwinds,
- relieves,
- placate,
- temper,
- unbends,
- hold over,
- run out,
- settle,
- ducks,
- shrink,
- mitigates,
- curb,
- relaxation,
- tarry,
- procrastinate,
- filibuster,
- drops,
- Slows,
- dam,
- shelve,
- slacken,
- reduce speed,
- put off,
- contain,
- run down,
- eases,
- lose power,
- crumble,
- calm down,
- block,
- rot,
- becalm,
- control,
- Delays,
- choke,
- dodge,
- soothe,
- defer,
- wanes,
- lapse,
- balm,
- bar,
- bate,
- fail,
- stall,
- retards,
- impede,
- devaluate,
- wear away,
- dilapidate,
- wane,
- prevent,
- tranquilize,
- ease,
- tail off,
- featherbed,
- obstruct,
- hold,
- subside,
- decompresses,
- delay,
- slack,
- arrange,
- frees,
- intermit,
- soften,
- slake,
- go downhill,
- simmer down,
- peter out,
- Dies,
- let it all hang out,
- stay,
- allays,
- abate,
- console,
- attenuate,
- withhold,
- temporize,
- ebbs,
- hold in,
- dawdle,
- slacks,
- Re-collect,
- taper off,
- go bad,
- vanish,
- stave off,
- liberalisation,
- decelerate,
- chill out,
- checks,
- liberalization,
- adjourn,
- comfort,
- stop,
- cool it,
- decrease,
- table,
- lags,
- slow,
- wilt,
- fall,
- curtail,
- appease,
- minify,
- pacify,
- mellow out,
- fade out,
- relent,
- let go,
- inhibit,
- goof off,
- sink,
- neglect,
- die down,
- allay,
- drain,
- releases,
- slump,
- set back,
- close,
- take it easy,
- soaks,
- ebb,
- reconcile,
- hang up,
- taper,
- molder,
- depreciate,
- lulls,
- linger,
- evaporate,
- recede,
- retrograde,
- diminishes,
- detain,
- diverts,
- ease up,
- drop off,
- cut,
- slow up,
- run low,
- keep,
- keep back,
- fizzle out,
- retrench,
- diminish,
- weakens,
- protract,
- die out,
- suppress,
- postpone,
- lax,
- repose,
- pass,
- remit,
- gain time,
- slack off,
- dull,
- moderates,
- lessens,
- resolve,
- fades,
- let up,
- goldbrick,
- rankle,
- wear down,
- suspend,
- tire,
- dwindle,
- bide time,
- remits,
- decelerates,
- hang easy,
- still,
- confine,
- rest,
- lay over,
- prolong,
- dunks,
- tune down,
- loosen,
- slow down,
- lessen,
- narrow down,
- degenerate,
- lighten,
- end,
- weaken,
- dry up,
- coast*,
- wither,
- halt,
- abates,
- ease off,
- cut down,
- easies,
- remand,
- lag,
- hang loose,
- fade,
- defers,
- abbreviate,
- subsides,
- release,
- decline,
- shirk,
- deteriorate,
- lose edge,
- quiet,
- easiness,
- lower,
- shrivel,
- Untighten,
- go with the flow,
- sops,
- dips,
- lie down on job,
- relaxes,
- adjust,
- prorogue,
- loiter,
- hinder,
- fade away,
- reduce,
- melt away,
- drag,
- modulate,
- discourage,
- DAMPS,
- decay,
- subdue,
- droop,
- unlax,
- flag,
- relax,
- expire,
- contract,
- moderate,
- plunges,
- assuage,
- fall off,
- encumber.
Usage Examples for SLACKENS
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When the train, after rattling along, suddenly slackens speed when it ain't near a station, it may be in the middle of a tunnel, the passengers think there is danger. - "Mugby Junction" by Charles Dickens
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The telegraph is flung over to " Stop," the throttle is closed, ash- pit damper put on, and the regular throb slackens, hesitates, stops. - "An Ocean Tramp" by William McFee
