Words that rhyme with batting
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aggravating
adj 1: making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating] -
agitating
adj 1: causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport" [syn: agitative, agitating, provoking] -
alienating
adj 1: causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness" -
alternating
adj 1: (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current" [ant: direct] 2: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: alternate(a), alternating(a)] -
annotating
n 1: the act of adding notes [syn: annotation, annotating] -
assimilating
adj 1: capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance [syn: assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory] -
baiting
n 1: harassment especially of a tethered animal -
berating
n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up] -
calculating
adj 1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd] -
captivating
adj 1: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating] -
circulating
adj 1: passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins" -
coordinating
adj 1: serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'" [syn: coordinating(a), coordinative] [ant: subordinating(a), subordinative] -
dating
n 1: use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens [syn: dating, geological dating] -
debilitating
adj 1: impairing the strength and vitality [ant: invigorating] -
delegating
n 1: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation] -
denigrating
adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous] -
deprecating
adj 1: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting] -
depreciating
adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices" [syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory] -
devastating
adj 1: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: annihilating, devastating, withering] 2: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering] 3: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" [syn: crushing, devastating] -
dominating
adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, ascendent, dominating] 2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: commanding, dominating, overlooking] 3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and- mighty, magisterial, peremptory] -
formatting
n 1: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn: format, formatting, data format, data formatting] -
grating
adj 1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy] n 1: a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air [syn: grate, grating] 2: a frame of iron bars to hold a fire [syn: grate, grating] 3: optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum [syn: diffraction grating, grating] -
mating
n 1: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union] -
matting
n 1: a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp) 2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: mat, matting] -
plating
n 1: a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface [syn: plating, metal plating] 2: the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis) -
rating
n 1: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation, rating] 2: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: evaluation, rating] 3: standing or position on a scale 4: rank in a military organization [syn: military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating] -
ratting
n 1: to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) [syn: informing, ratting] -
skating
n 1: the sport of gliding on skates -
slating
n 1: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] 2: a severely critical attack; "the reviewers gave his book a sound slating" 3: the act of laying slates for a roof -
tatting
n 1: needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle 2: the act or art of making handmade lace [syn: lace making, tatting] -
waiting
adj 1: being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" [syn: waiting, ready and waiting(p)] n 1: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting] -
deregulating
n 1: the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) [syn: deregulation, deregulating] -
abating
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abbreviating
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abdicating
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abrogating
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accumulating
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adapting
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adjudicating
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advocating
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affiliating
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alleviating
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allocating
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anticipating
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appreciating
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arbitrating
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articulating
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associating
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automating
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awaiting
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bating
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castrating
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celebrating
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chatting
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coagulating
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combating
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compensating
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complicating
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confiscating
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consummating
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cooperating
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crating
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creating
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culminating
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cultivating
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debating
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decelerating
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decimating
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decorating
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dedicating
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deflating
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degenerating
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deliberating
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delineating
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designating
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detonating
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dictating
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dissipating
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donating
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fatting
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flatting
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hating
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patting
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plaiting
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platting
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scatting
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stating
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catting
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slatting
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spatting
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castigating
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battin
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gatting
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combatting
See also batting definition
