Words that rhyme with diverting

  • alerting
    n 1: a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG" [syn: alertness, alerting] 2: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger [syn: alert, alerting]
  • asserting
    adj 1: relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration [syn: declarative, declaratory, asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogatory]
  • averting
    n 1: the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility" 2: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" [syn: aversion, averting]
  • comforting
    adj 1: providing freedom from worry [syn: comforting, cheering, satisfying] 2: affording comfort or solace [syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]
  • disconcerting
    adj 1: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn: disconcerting, upsetting]
  • flirting
    n 1: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying]
  • hurting
    n 1: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" [syn: pain, hurting]
  • reverting
    adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning, reverting] n 1: a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting]
  • searching
    adj 1: diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings" [syn: inquisitory, probing, searching] 2: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" [syn: searching, trenchant] 3: exploring thoroughly
  • shirting
    n 1: any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
  • skirting
    adj 1: being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn: encircling(a), skirting(a)]
  • spurting
    adj 1: propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]
  • squirting
    adj 1: propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]
  • working
    adj 1: actively engaged in paid work; "the working population"; "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night" [syn: working(a), on the job(p)] 2: adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish" 3: adopted as a temporary basis for further work; "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis" 4: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)] 5: serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects" n 1: a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked [syn: working, workings]
  • adverting
  • blurting
  • chirping
  • converting
  • deserting
  • discomforting
  • exerting
  • inserting
  • girting

See also diverting definition and diverting synonyms