SLACKENINGS Antonyms

• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

• tight or narrow compression

• a tight feeling in some part of the body

• the action or process of compressing

• the process of showing signs of life

• the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

• the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

• changing location rapidly

• the act of becoming stiff

• the process of becoming stiff or rigid

• becoming stronger

• the act of increasing the strength of something

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight