Ease and Ferment

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Ease noun - Reduction of or freedom from pain.

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Ferment is an antonym for ease.

Nearby Words: easy, eased, easing, easeful, easiness

Ferment noun - A disturbed or uneasy state.

Usage example: the city was in ferment as its residents nervously awaited the airborne invasion that was sure to come

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Ease is an antonym for ferment.

Nearby Words: fermented, fermentation, fermenting, fermentative, fermentable

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