Antonyms for energizing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : en-er-jahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn ərˌdʒaɪz


Definition of energizing

Origin :
  • 1751; see energy + -ize. Related: Energized; energizing.
  • adj activating
Example sentences :
  • Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Love became the energizing, reconciling force in human existence.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • Whatever this power may be called, it was both refining and energizing.
  • Extract from : « Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements » by Various
  • The secret of criticism is some "truth" or other: this remains its energizing mystery.
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • This “cross-beaming” or operation of the Cross is the mode of the energizing of the Logos.
  • Extract from : « The Gnostic Crucifixion » by G. R. S. Mead
  • In Fanny Brandeis he had found a stimulating, energizing fellow worker.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
  • Ideas, then, when latent, may be considered as possessing an energizing influence.
  • Extract from : « Initiative Psychic Energy » by Warren Hilton
  • He has written me exhaustive letters, and seems to be outdoing even you in the amount of energizing which he puts forth.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James
  • From this outlook, therefore, Danton likewise is a call to action, an energizing elixir.
  • Extract from : « Romain Rolland » by Stefan Zweig
  • The energizing of this magnet will not, however, cause the release of the side switch.
  • Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 » by Kempster Miller

Synonyms for energizing

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