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Verb
Present participle for to reply to something, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner
Present participle for to slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
Noun
The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.
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Present participle for to reply to something, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner
retaliating
retorting
replying
answering
countering
rejoining
responding
returning
riposting
rebutting
coming back
talking back
answering back
snapping back
acknowledging
squelching
snapping
sassing
repaying
cracking
requiting
zinging
topping
flinging back
hurling back
saying in response
shooting back
rounding on someone
coming back with
coming back at
reacting
reciprocating
rising to the bait
arguing
quibbling
echoing
contradicting
defying
writing back
getting back to
arguing with
getting back at
taking the bait
fielding the question
giving a snappy comeback
fighting back
answering defiantly
disagreeing with
answering impertinently
getting angry
giving back
bouncing back
declaring
reporting
stating
communicating
passing
arriving at
making a response
making a riposte
making reply
coming to
explaining
resolving
remarking
elucidating
qualifying
clarifying
claiming
settling
saying
replying to
reacting to
making a rejoinder
responding to
speaking in response
backtalking
back talking
writing back to
burning
cheeking
RSVPing
making an answer
following up
giving as good as one gets
responding in kind
returning fire
talking back to
mouthing off
responding cheekily to
wising off
sassing back
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Verb
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Present participle for to slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
checking
inhibiting
curbing
barring
controlling
delaying
impeding
obstructing
thwarting
restraining
retarding
stemming
foiling
frustrating
limiting
suppressing
bridling
hampering
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
pausing
preventing
reining
stifling
blocking
constraining
containing
cutting short
hindering
interrupting
muffling
reducing
smothering
squelching
swallowing
terminating
bottlenecking
counteracting
fighting back
governing
holding
holding back
moderating
repressing
staunching
withholding
bottling up
braking
checkmating
choking
choking back
circumventing
discouraging
rebuffing
regulating
repulsing
taming
keeping in check
reining in
slowing down
holding down
holding in
keeping a lid on
keeping back
keeping under control
pulling in
slackening pace
bringing to a standstill
interfering with
nipping in the bud
putting a brake on
standing in the way of
stemming the flow of
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
strangling
keeping the lid on
buttoning up
concealing
gagging
hiding
sinking
submerging
pocketing
corking up
corking
restricting
subduing
keeping a tight rein on
biting one's lip
suffocating
quelling
quenching
silencing
keeping
quashing
cooling
composing
measuring
extinguishing
ruling
killing
collecting
snuffing
hushing up
simmering down
keeping in
gulping back
arresting
overcoming
conquering
stopping
overpowering
reining back
shushing
internalizing
US
bottling
internalising
UK
keeping control of
keeping on a string
keeping under wraps
jamming up
keeping inside
blacking out
muzzling
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
covering up
keeping secret
disciplining
deterring
curtailing
pegging
trammelling
trammeling
freezing
entrammeling
entrammelling
fettering
shutting in
putting a limit on
boxing in
cutting back
cooling off
putting the brakes on
keeping within bounds
cooling down
keeping tight rein on
tying up
keeping lid on
bringing to screeching halt
diminishing
lessening
decreasing
lowering
easing
tempering
abating
mitigating
toning down
deadening
softening
dampening
lightening
allaying
dulling
blunting
dropping
damping
calming
alleviating
weakening
cutting
minimizing
US
de-escalating
minimising
UK
tapering
damping down
cutting down
attenuating
ebbing
assuaging
stilling
contracting
muting
cushioning
mellowing
quieting
shrinking
downsizing
depreciating
taking the edge off
scaling down
decrementing
depressing
downscaling
slashing
relieving
soothing
mollifying
keeping down
halting
winding down
modulating
capping
mastering
dwindling
confining
tranquilizing
US
squashing
holding in check
waning
easing off
tailing off
tranquillising
UK
delimiting
slackening
putting an end to
ending
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
palliating
putting a damper on
paring down
bringing down
suspending
ceasing
dialing down
declining
impairing
letting up
putting a lid on
settling
eroding
trimming
relaxing
modifying
putting a stop to
taking the sting out
cracking down on
devaluating
fixing
clamping down on
circumscribing
petering out
drying up
stepping down
bringing to an end
dropping off
pacifying
making cutbacks in
straitening
deflating
finishing
placating
discontinuing
degrading
depleting
pruning
subsiding
clipping
qualifying
rationing
cutting off
paring
laying off
denting
dulcifying
rolling back
knocking down
taking the bite out
marking down
shutting down
wearing away
wearing down
putting the lid on
bringing to a stop
putting damper on
tapering off
running down
cutting back on
falling off
putting the kibosh on
slacking off
whittling down
licking
denying
lulling
adjusting
crushing
bounding
setting
constricting
gentling
undermining
censoring
sapping
decaying
benumbing
quietening
fading
degenerating
narrowing
drowning
slumping
keeping in line
numbing
quitting
setting limits on
imposing limits on
diluting
breaking
deteriorating
temperating
harshing
getting the better of
crumbling
minifying
remitting
concluding
snuffing out
couching
immobilizing
US
withering
putting down
immobilising
UK
drooping
putting half nelson on
axing
bringing under control
placing a limit on
downgrading
wasting
making less intense
getting under control
shriveling
US
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
slapping down
winding up
bringing to a halt
taking down
putting a ceiling on
cracking down
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
breaking off
trimming down
trimming back
adjourning
pulling the plug on
holding up
ratcheting down
phasing down
breaking up
dying down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
running low
knocking off
playing down
re-collecting
monitoring
managing
cornering
inspecting
recovering
rallying
fighting
interning
shaving
sating
resisting
baulking
UK
devitalizing
balking
US
prelimiting
gulping
slaking
abasing
appeasing
revising
detaining
retaining
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
shortening
buttressing
retrenching
mincing
setting a limit on
chillin
chilling
hog-tying
docking
absorbing
rounding down
cauterizing
US
disempowering
helping
mothballing
lapsing
conciliating
comforting
hushing
sweetening
defusing
falling
receding
ameliorating
phasing out
icing
finishing off
cauterising
UK
refusing
holding off on
plummetting
plunging
relenting
plummeting
keeping a rein on
bating
slowing
satisfying
dumbing
making weaker
demarcating
getting rid of
soaking up
staying
clamming
throttling
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
propitiating
slowing up
fixing up
making less active
making reasonable
closing
cooling out
meeting halfway
palling
taking sting out
patching things up
making reductions in
slimming down
retrenching on
cheapening
expiring
desisting
turning back
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
scaling back
taking the heat off
deactivating
decimating
blurring
shutting up
putting paid to
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
draining away
dying away
growing smaller
growing less
becoming smaller
falling away
dying out
becoming less
doing for
putting the stopper on
stamping out
completing
dissolving
cramping
reconciling
abolishing
closing up
choking off
annulling
specifying
demarking
prescribing
discounting
delimitating
defining
girdling
rebating
draining
calling a halt
coming to an end
compromising
damaging
humbling
sitting on
pulling back
cutting down on
hemming in
tying down
cowing
undervaluing
petering
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
disrupting
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
cutting in price
devaluing
lowering in price
averting
drawing the line on
marking off
tailing away
clamping down
budgeting
conserving
quietening down
watering down
disturbing
infringing
deducting
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
writing down
balming
getting a grip on
amortising
UK
extenuating
casting down
whittling
saving
making less
making smaller
tightening
amortizing
US
writing off
offering at a giveaway price
subtracting
rendering worthless
reducing the price of
taking tough action
coming down on
encroaching on
obviating
smoothing down
disgrading
limiting to a fixed amount
demeriting
driving down
restricting the consumption of
avoiding
stalling
intercepting
staving off
fending off
leaving off
desisting from
cutting out
heading off
warding off
blowing the whistle on
shutting off
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
packing in
giving over
turning aside
defending against
holding off
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Noun
▲
The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.
repression
inhibition
restraint
constraint
reserve
continence
discipline
discretion
suppression
refrainment
control
smothering
stifling
restraining
frustration
check
stopping
self-control
self-restraint
self-command
holding back
keeping back
holding in
keeping in check
keeping under control
bottling up
reticence
modesty
diffidence
shyness
reluctance
coyness
timidity
caution
quietness
formality
demureness
reservation
bashfulness
embarrassment
willpower
secretiveness
self-possession
will
self-containment
unresponsiveness
coolness
backwardness
taciturnity
silence
self-consciousness
uncommunicativeness
self-discipline
self-mastery
timorousness
self-government
timidness
nervousness
aloofness
hesitancy
coldness
insecurity
apprehension
humility
calmness
forbearance
guardedness
reservedness
moderation
introversion
wariness
cool
distance
temperateness
inhibitedness
hang-up
lack of confidence
self-effacement
stand-offishness
composure
detachment
aplomb
unapproachability
poise
remoteness
frigidity
dignity
froideur
abstemiousness
temperance
hesitation
stoicism
sheepishness
meekness
abstention
concealment
checking
lack of warmth
unwillingness to open up
uneasiness
blocking
curbing
mousiness
containing
bridling
deadening
muffling
awkwardness
stiltedness
woodenness
unnaturalness
forcedness
containment
fearfulness
patience
overcontrol
countenance
chariness
suspicion
non-indulgence
strength of will
will power
choking back
judiciousness
prudence
grip
unassertiveness
unease
hesitance
discomfort
nerves
psychological block
mental block
mental blockage
standoffishness
humbleness
indifference
unfriendliness
frostiness
unpretentiousness
lowliness
stiffness
withdrawnness
down-to-earthness
unsociability
inhospitality
lack of pretension
unobtrusiveness
modestness
discreetness
snootiness
unostentatiousness
retiringness
iciness
frigidness
dispassionateness
unconcern
cold-heartedness
decency
stuffiness
uncertainty
submissiveness
haughtiness
hauteur
emotionlessness
disinterestedness
incuriosity
hostility
dispassion
self-doubt
apathy
lack of self-confidence
blushing
chilliness
unfeelingness
impersonality
lack of vanity
chill
edginess
tension
secrecy
undemonstrativeness
unforthcomingness
caginess
sobriety
pomposity
delicacy
lack of emotion
quiet
staidness
lack of sympathy
lack of understanding
austerity
impassivity
inflexibility
unconcernedness
lukewarmness
seriousness
impersonalness
kittenishness
coquettishness
wintriness
stoniness
uninvolvement
hardheartedness
distantness
flirtatiousness
coquetry
flirtation
egolessness
humilitude
self-abasement
antisocial nature
lack of response
touch-me-not attitude
lack of pride
self-abnegation
inferiority complex
skittishness
insouciance
disregard
archness
nonchalance
prudishness
simpering
prudery
evasiveness
primness
prissiness
disinterest
affectation
torpor
incuriousness
casualness
fear
complacence
passivity
uninterestedness
equanimity
lack of interest
lack of concern
lack of involvement
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