Words that rhyme with dulling

adj 1: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting] n 1: a belittling comment [syn: denigration, belittling] 2: the act of belittling

n 1: riding a bicycle

adj 1: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed]

n 1: a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing 2: the act of binding something into a bundle 3: the act of shoving hastily; "she complained about bundling the children off to school"

adj 1: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn: bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent] 2: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed]

n 1: the shoemaker's trade [syn: shoemaking, shoe repairing, cobbling]

n 1: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction]

n 1: the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle

adj 1: being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn: encircling(a), skirting(a)]

n 1: the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

n 1: rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell

adj 1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes" 2: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent, still] n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]

n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples" [syn: scattering, sprinkling] 2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling] 3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion, sprinkling] 4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge]

adj 1: like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: tinkling, tinkly]

adj 1: shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars" n 1: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute]

n 1: fastening by dowels

n 1: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction]