Synonyms for Quelling:

• adj.

  •suppressive (adjective)
  • covering up.

• n.

  •appeasement (noun)
  • re conciliation,
  • soothings,
  • lullings,
  • propitiations,
  • bluntings,
  • quellings,
  • re-conciliation,
  • accedings,
  • mollifications,
  • re-conciliations,
  • re conciliations,
  • tranquilizations,
  • quenchings,
  • quietings.
  •crushing (noun)
  • crushing.
  •quelling (noun)
  • stifling,
  • suppression.
  •repression (noun)
  • smotherings.
  •stopping (noun)
  • repression.

• v.

  •calming (verb)
  • tranquilizing,
  • Quieting,
  • composing,
  • cooling,
  • calming,
  • lulling,
  • Allaying,
  • appeasing,
  • consoling,
  • Assuaging,
  • sedating,
  • Stilling,
  • pacifying,
  • placating.
  •defeating (verb)
  • overpowering,
  • winning,
  • Checkmating,
  • Overthrowing,
  • whipping,
  • Subjecting,
  • Outdoing,
  • Vanquishing,
  • trouncing,
  • Capturing,
  • Defeating,
  • conquering,
  • Overcoming,
  • mastering,
  • Triumphing,
  • Predominating,
  • outplaying,
  • Surmounting,
  • Subduing,
  • Routing,
  • beating,
  • trumping,
  • Overturning,
  • humbling,
  • foiling.
  •pacifying (verb)
  • easing,
  • stabilizing,
  • defusing,
  • softening,
  • Mollifying,
  • ebbing,
  • Smoothing,
  • Relieving,
  • reconciling,
  • Hushing,
  • conciliating,
  • moderating.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • suppressive.
  •n.
  • appeasement,
  • bar,
  • lessening,
  • mollification,
  • placation,
  • prevention,
  • propitiation,
  • soothing,
  • Tranquilization,
  • placations,
  • easings.

Paraphrases for Quelling:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Suppressing, repressing.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    defusing, Quashing, extinguishing, resolving, appeasing, Allaying, pacifying, stifling, curbing, Relieving, smothering, calming, Oppressing, crushing, penalizing, Destroying, easing, punishing, cracking, sanctioning, breaking.

Quelling Sentence Examples:

• He was not bold, I say; and after that one quelling glance from the young saint's eyes did not dare speak again for a long while.

• This method serves the double purpose of quelling their disorderly propensities by occupying them in a position of responsibility, and takes care of a group of players at the same time.