What are some opposite words for cushion?
Antonyms for cushion
ˈkʊʃ əncush·ion
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term cushion.
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Princeton's WordNet
shock absorber, shock, cushionnoun
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
"the old car needed a new set of shocks"
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electrical shock, jounce, blow, electric shock, stupor, daze, jolt, shock absorber, shock, jar, seismic disturbance, impactcushionnoun
the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
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shock absorber, shockcushionverb
a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
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shock absorber, shockcushion, buffer, softenverb
protect from impact
"cushion the blow"
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relent, soften, buffer, yield, moderate, mince, break, damp, weaken, dampen
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Editors Contribution
pavement, rock
not a soft landing, non-cushioning
“he fell on the pavement which was not a soft landing”
Submitted by asantos052 on April 29, 2020
How to use cushion in a sentence?
If Mongolia cannot get its house in order now then everyone will have to wait until 2016 (elections)... and only a few large foreign investors have the funding cushion to afford that.
You've had some misguided efforts to cushion the selloff and that's ultimately led to the unintended consequence of making the situation worse.
But these tools are designed either to ease short-term liquidity, or cushion the impact of slower economic growth, fundamentals of the economy remain poor.
Lionel Richie – he is a major dad. He is [a] dad/chaperon, like Lionel will be telling some beautiful story about Prince… and we will be preparing a whoopee cushion.
I'm not saying this because I'm looking for a soft cushion wherever I'm heading, i just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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