Words that rhyme with brushing

  • flashing
    n 1: a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [syn: flash, flashing] 2: sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
  • blushing
    adj 1: having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger" [syn: blushful, blushing(a), red-faced]
  • crushing
    adj 1: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" [syn: crushing, devastating] n 1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling]
  • dashing
    adj 1: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: dashing, gallant] 2: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
  • furnishing
    n 1: (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel [syn: furnishing, trappings] 2: (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable 3: the act of decorating a house or room
  • gushing
    adj 1: flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters" [syn: gushing, pouring] 2: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" [syn: burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing] 3: extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn: effusive, gushing(a), gushy]
  • hushing
    n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation]
  • lashing
    adj 1: violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders" n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation] 2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
  • ravishing
    adj 1: stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde"
  • rushing
    n 1: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" [syn: rush, rushing] 2: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry, rush, rushing]
  • thrashing
    n 1: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] 2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
  • unblushing
    adj 1: feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism" [syn: shameless, unblushing]
  • unflinching
    adj 1: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking]
  • cushing
    n 1: United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939) [syn: Cushing, Harvey Cushing, Harvery Williams Cushing]
  • lynching
    n 1: putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
  • pershing
    n 1: United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948) [syn: Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing]
  • flushing
  • onrushing
  • cussing
  • mushing
  • shushing

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