DRYING UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

drying up

verb

present participle of dry up

as in quieting (down)

to stop talking sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up

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Recent Examples of drying up If the closure of the region’s waterways and the drying up of hydrocarbon exports become a lasting norm, that deal may come under strain. — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 Funding for refugee support is drying up, hostility toward Ukrainians is growing, and Poland still lacks a long-term integration strategy. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 But Whatley needs to show signs of viability and momentum to prevent national money and support that could provide a late boost to him and other North Carolina Republicans from drying up, Chris Cooper said. — Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 Animation work, especially in Los Angeles, has been drying up due to job cuts and the growing threat of AI. — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Elsewhere in Europe, rivers crucial to transporting key commodities are drying up. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 And now Europe’s key rivers are drying up, threatening to wreak new havoc across the continent in this summer of climate extremes. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026 There isn’t much wiggle room to miss on home run props without drying up the season’s profits. — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Four and a half years later, American aid is drying up, Ukraine has replaced Bayraktar drones with more effective weapons of its own, and the country’s weapon designers have moved well beyond their low-tech garages. — Thomas Nagorski, Time, 27 July 2026

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Less sweat-trapping than many synthetic jackets, the Oreus kept me from clamming up while ski-touring in five-degree temps and dissipated sweat quickly when worn after strenuous climbs.

— Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of clamming up

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If you’re used to traditional decluttering strategies that focus on sorting and purging, house hushing might feel strange.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house.

— Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025

Definition of hushing

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