- Types Of Speech
- You can use loosening as a noun in a sentence.
- About Loosening
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters e, g, i, l, n, o, and s, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter e. Loosening starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters l, lo, loo, loos, loose, and the ending characters are g, ng, ing, ning, ening, . Loosening is also a double vowel (oo) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- The act of making something less tight
- Pig Latin
- Loosening in Pig Latin is said as "ooseninglay or ooseninglway".
- Unigram
- l | o | o | s | e | n | i | n | g
- Bigram
- lo | oo | os | se | en | ni | in | ng
- Trigram
- loo | oos | ose | sen | eni | nin | ing
- Quadrigram
- loos | oose | osen | seni | enin | ning
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of making something less tight
- an occurrence of control or strength weakening;
"the relaxation of requirements";
"the loosening of his grip";
"the slackening of the wind"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abatement | the act of abating "laws enforcing noise abatement" |
| Absolution | the act of absolving or remitting formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
| Allayment | |
| Alleviation | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" |
| Annealing | hardening something by heat treatment |
| Apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
| Assuagement | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" |
| Assuasive | freeing from fear and anxiety |
| Blunting | |
| Calming | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demonds of) |
View all cognitive synonyms for Loosening
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tightening | the act of making something tighter "the tightening of economic controls" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Loosening | the act of making something less tight |
View English words with the unique letters used in loosening. Words With The Letters Egilnos
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Loose | become loose or looser or less tight "The noose loosened" "the rope relaxed" |
| Loosen | become loose or looser or less tight "The noose loosened" "the rope relaxed" |
| Relax | cause to feel relaxed "A hot bath always relaxes me" |
| Undo | remove the outer cover or wrapping of "Let''s unwrap the gifts!" "undo the parcel" |
| Untie | undo the ties of "They untied the prisoner" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjustment | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| Alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| Modification | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Undoing | loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy" |
| Unfastening | loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy" |
| Untying | loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy" |
Loosening Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With L
- Ends With G
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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