Words that rhyme with confounding

• abounding 1
  adj 1: existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore" [syn: abounding, galore(ip)]
• according 0
  adj 1: (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" 2: (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians"
• astounding 0
  adj 1: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn: astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding] 2: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying" [syn: astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying]
• binding 0
  adj 1: executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract" n 1: the capacity to attract and hold something 2: strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration 3: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding] 4: one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall [syn: ski binding, binding] 5: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back]
• bodybuilding 0
  n 1: exercise that builds muscles through tension [syn: bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding]
• bookbinding 0
  n 1: the craft of binding books
• building 0
  n 1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice] 2: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building] 3: the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building] 4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
• compounding 0
  n 1: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]
• confiding 0
  adj 1: willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding"
• corresponding 0
  adj 1: accompanying; "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities" 2: similar especially in position or purpose; "a number of corresponding diagonal points" 3: conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" [syn: comparable, corresponding, like]
• expounding 0
  n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition, expounding]
• founding 0
  n 1: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]
• grounding 0
  n 1: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding] 2: fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: grounding, earthing]
• impounding 0
  n 1: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]
• pounding 0
  n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: pounding, buffeting] 2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing, pounding] 3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering, pounding]
• resounding 0
  adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative]
• rounding 0
  n 1: (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding"; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small" [syn: rounding, rounding error]
• shading 0
  n 1: graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting 2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades [syn: shading, blending]
• shipbuilding 0
  n 1: the construction of ships [syn: shipbuilding, ship building]
• siding 0
  n 1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack] 2: material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
• smallholding 0
  n 1: a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation
• sounding 0
  adj 1: appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high- sounding talk" [syn: looking, sounding] 2: having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth 3: making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding" n 1: a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line 2: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
• surrounding 0
  adj 1: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]
• uncomprehending 0
  adj 1: lacking understanding; "tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband"
• understanding 0
  adj 1: characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend" n 1: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy] 2: the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" [syn: agreement, understanding] 3: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" [syn: sympathy, understanding] 4: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason, understanding, intellect]
• unending 0
  adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing]
• unfading 0
  adj 1: of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: amaranthine, unfading]
• unheeding 0
  adj 1: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" [syn: heedless, unheeding] [ant: attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful]
• unpretending 0
  adj 1: not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance" [syn: unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending] [ant: ostentatious, pretentious]
• unrewarding 0
  adj 1: not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction [ant: rewarding]
• unyielding 0
  adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding] 2: resistant to physical force or pressure; "an unyielding head support"
• bounding 0
• hounding 0
• rebounding 0
• mounding 0

See also confounding definition and confounding synonyms