Synonyms for bracing
ˈbreɪ sɪŋbrac·ing

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1. brace, bracingadjective

   a structural member used to stiffen a framework

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, brace, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

   Antonyms:
   debilitating

2. bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective

   imparting vitality and energy

   "the bracing mountain air"

   Synonyms:
   tonic, spanking, wise, refreshful, lively, refreshing, fresh, new, snappy, novel, brisk, tonal, smart, reinvigorated, unfermented, accented, impertinent, sweet, unused, saucy, merry, clean, sassy, impudent, refreshed, invigorated, zippy, rattling, overbold, alert

   Antonyms:
   debilitating

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1. bracingadjective

   Synonyms:
   strengthening, invigorating

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1. bracingadjective

   Synonyms:
   invigorating, strengthening, stimulating

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1. List of paraphrases for "bracing":

   refreshing

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1. Wan Zulkiflee:

   We think (oil) price will be range bound for many, many quarters, so we are bracing ourselves for this kind of price levels.

2. Stefan Worrall:

   If we get some certainty about the strength of the U.S. economy and the likelihood of policy normalization by the Fed, and if a rate hike seems justifiable, that is positive for sentiment for global risk-on because a lot of people have been bracing for this.

3. Katsutoshi Inadome:

   The are two reasons for the limited JGB reaction. First, yields are already at very low levels and JGBs already appear too rich for potential buyers. Second, Greece is not a major immediate factor for JGBs, the market has been bracing for a Greek default for a while, and it has already shifted its focus to the possibility of Greece leaving the euro zone.

4. Author Unknown:

   A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security.

5. William James:

   Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...