The term "basking in" implies a sense of relaxation, comfort or enjoyment. However, there are several antonyms that suggest the opposite. These include endure, suffer, struggle, strive, and toil. When one endures something, they persevere even when faced with unpleasant circumstances, while suffering is to feel pain or discomfort. Struggling represents a constant effort to achieve or overcome adversity, while striving means to work hard towards a goal. Finally, toiling implies ongoing hard labor, often without rest or reward. Therefore, while "basking in" connotes a peaceful and enjoyable moment, its antonyms paint a picture of challenge, hardship, and perseverance.

What are the antonyms for Basking in?

• v.

  • indulge
  • abstain
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  • disappoint
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  • distress
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  • hurt
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  • moderate
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  • not use
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Famous quotes with Basking in

• A person who is often basking in the glare of publicity may look to the people that he is quitting his high position, but actually he might be going for a higher promotion.

  Anuj Somany
• "I don't know how you do it, Archie," Carter was forced to admit. "Simple, Carter, simple." Archie reveled in the moment, basking in Carter's admiration, Carter who had humiliated him at The Vigils meeting. Someday he'd get even with Carter but at the moment it was satisfying enough to have Carter regarding him with awe and envy. "You see, Carter, people are two things: greedy and cruel. So we have a perfect setup here. The greed part- a kid pays a buck for a chance to win a hundred. Plus fifty bucks of chocolates. The cruel part- watching two guys hitting each other, while they're safe in the bleachers. That's why it works, Carter, because we're all bastards."

  Robert Cormier
• To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air, roving at will from flower to flower, sipping sweet honey from their cups, or basking in their sunny petals.

  Anne Brontë
• They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge … no Gods imagined by our minds have ever possessed the powers they will command … But for all that, they may envy us, basking in the bright afterglow of Creation; for we knew the Universe when it was young.

  Arthur C. Clarke

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