Draining and Surprising

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Draining adjective - Having a debilitating effect.

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Surprising is an antonym for draining.

Nearby Words: drain, drained, drainage

Surprising adjective - Causing wonder or astonishment.

Usage example: it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had

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Draining is an antonym for surprising.

Nearby Words: surprise, surprisingly, surprised, surprizing

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