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advertising
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n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad,
advertisement, advertizement, advertising,
advertizing, advert]
2: the business of drawing public attention to goods and
services [syn: advertising, publicizing]
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despising
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n 1: a feeling of scornful hatred [syn: despisal, despising]
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devising
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n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the
devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the
making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
[syn: devising, fashioning, making]
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revising
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n 1: editing that involves writing something again [syn:
rewriting, revising]
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rising
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adj 1: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or
value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"
[ant: falling]
2: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising, uphill]
3: coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: emerging,
rising]
4: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"
n 1: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension]
[ant: fall]
2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn:
rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising]
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sizing
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n 1: any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to
stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" [syn:
size, sizing]
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surprising
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adj 1: causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report
shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up
with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount
of money" [ant: unsurprising]
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unsurprising
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adj 1: not causing surprise [ant: surprising]
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uprising
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n 1: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn:
rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising,
uprising]
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appetizing
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adj 1: appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in
appearance or aroma [syn: appetizing, appetising]
[ant: unappetising, unappetizing]
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downsizing
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n 1: the reduction of expenditures in order to become
financially stable [syn: retrenchment, curtailment,
downsizing]
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centralizing
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adj 1: tending to draw to a central point [syn:
centralizing(a), centralising(a)] [ant:
decentralising(a), decentralizing(a)]
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socializing
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n 1: the act of meeting for social purposes; "there was too much
socialization with the enlisted men" [syn: socialization,
socialisation, socializing, socialising]
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demoralizing
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adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn:
demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening,
dispiriting]
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advising
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amortising
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apprising
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arising
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capitalising
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chastising
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comprising
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prizing
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apologizing
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amortizing
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authorizing
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brutalizing
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criticizing
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customizing
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dramatizing
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antagonizing
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capitalizing
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categorizing
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dehumanizing
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demobilizing
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