Synonyms for lightening
light·en·ing

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1. lighteningnoun

   descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

   Synonyms:
   whitening

2. whitening, lighteningnoun

   changing to a lighter color

   Synonyms:
   whitening

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Color
   • Descent

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1. List of paraphrases for "lightening":

   lightning, alleviating

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lightening

   Synonyms:
   Dropping

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1. Lightening

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1. Amira Adawe:

   The products are widely available in ethnic malls like Karmel and the state has not actively regulated these products, i visited [a few months ago] to check if the products we tested that contained mercury are still available...and saw all the mercury containing skin-lightening products displayed on the shelves.

2. Doug McLeod:

   I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   caffeine buzz liquid thrill, chills slowly going down kinda wicked 'n edgy like legs spread wide in razor wrapped dreams, like looking glass lust on lsd, like wigged out flesh of lightening fear, like fried out bits of lovers angst, i lust at you, i live for you, i want you here w/ me

4. Donna Pescow:

   I don't think you can ever perceive this sort of lightening in a bottle, i think they were hoping it would do at least well enough to make it's money back. Then, suddenly, it became so popular it took on a whole other life.

5. Gene Juarez colorist Astrid Burgess:

   Intense violet involves a lightening process prior to a stain to create vivid results and aren’t always easily removed out of the hair, while at the same time can fade rapidly depending on home care and hair porosity.