Words that rhyme with chagrining

  • beginning
    adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first] n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish] 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle] 4: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
  • grinning
    n 1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn: smile, smiling, grin, grinning]
  • pinning
    n 1: a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin
  • sinning
    adj 1: transgressing a moral or divine law; "if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive"- Shakespeare n 1: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will [syn: sin, sinning]
  • spinning
    n 1: creating thread
  • thinning
    n 1: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn: cutting, thinning]
  • tinning
    n 1: the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them; "careful tinning of the ends of wires results in a better joint when you solder them" 2: the application of a protective layer of tin [syn: tinning, tin-plating]
  • twinning
    adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous, twinning]
  • winning
    adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" [syn: victorious, winning] 2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
  • breadwinning
  • chinning
  • dinning
  • disciplining
  • ginning
  • shinning
  • skinning
  • finning