Words that rhyme with grating

• accommodating 0
  adj 1: helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" [syn: accommodating, accommodative] [ant: unaccommodating, unobliging] 2: obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
• actuating 0
  adj 1: causing motion or action or change [syn: activating(a), actuating(a)]
• adulterating 0
  adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn: adulterating, adulterant] [ant: purifying]
• aggravating 0
  adj 1: making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating]
• agitating 0
  adj 1: causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport" [syn: agitative, agitating, provoking]
• alienating 0
  adj 1: causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness"
• alternating 0
  adj 1: (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current" [ant: direct] 2: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: alternate(a), alternating(a)]
• ameliorating 0
  adj 1: tending to ameliorate [syn: ameliorating(a), ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative]
• animating 0
  adj 1: giving spirit and vivacity [syn: animating, enlivening]
• annihilating 0
  adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering] 2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: annihilating, devastating, withering]
• annotating 0
  n 1: the act of adding notes [syn: annotation, annotating]
• assimilating 0
  adj 1: capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance [syn: assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory]
• baiting 0
  n 1: harassment especially of a tethered animal
• batting 0
  n 1: (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base 2: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber [syn: batting, batten]
• beating 0
  n 1: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating, whipping] 2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
• berating 0
  n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up]
• bloodletting 0
  n 1: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) 2: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue]
• calculating 0
  adj 1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd]
• captivating 0
  adj 1: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating]
• circulating 0
  adj 1: passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins"
• commemorating 0
  adj 1: intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" [syn: commemorative, commemorating]
• communicating 0
  n 1: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" [syn: communication, communicating]
• congregating 0
  n 1: the act of congregating [syn: congregation, congregating]
• contaminating 0
  adj 1: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: dirty, contaminating] [ant: clean, uncontaminating] 2: that infects or taints [syn: corrupting, contaminating]
• coordinating 0
  adj 1: serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'" [syn: coordinating(a), coordinative] [ant: subordinating(a), subordinative]
• dating 0
  n 1: use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens [syn: dating, geological dating]
• debilitating 0
  adj 1: impairing the strength and vitality [ant: invigorating]
• delegating 0
  n 1: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation]
• denigrating 0
  adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
• deprecating 0
  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]
• depreciating 0
  adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices" [syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory]
• devastating 0
  adj 1: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: annihilating, devastating, withering] 2: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering] 3: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" [syn: crushing, devastating]
• discriminating 0
  adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" [ant: indiscriminating, undiscriminating] 2: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
• dominating 0
  adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, ascendent, dominating] 2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: commanding, dominating, overlooking] 3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and- mighty, magisterial, peremptory]
• elating 0
  adj 1: making lively and joyful [syn: elating, exhilarating]
• equating 0
  n 1: the act of regarding as equal [syn: equation, equating]
• fitting 0
  adj 1: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" 2: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet] n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting] 2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system 3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting] 4: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting, try-on, trying on]
• fleeting 0
  adj 1: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn: fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary]
• frustrating 0
  adj 1: discouraging by hindering 2: preventing realization or attainment of a desire [syn: frustrating, frustrative, thwarting]
• greeting 0
  n 1: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) [syn: greeting, salutation]
• illuminating 0
  adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening, informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening, unilluminating]
• letting 0
  n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting]
• mating 0
  n 1: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union]
• matting 0
  n 1: a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp) 2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: mat, matting]
• meeting 0
  n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" [syn: meeting, group meeting] 2: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" [syn: meeting, get together] 3: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" [syn: meeting, encounter] 4: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" [syn: meeting, coming together] 5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" [syn: merging, meeting, coming together] 6: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence, meeting]
• motivating 0
  adj 1: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn: motivative(a), motive(a), motivating] n 1: the act of motivating; providing incentive [syn: motivation, motivating]
• oscillating 0
  adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory, oscillating]
• outing 0
  n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay] 2: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: field day, outing, picnic]
• parting 0
  n 1: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting] 2: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: part, parting]
• pipefitting 0
  n 1: fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together [syn: pipefitting, pipe fitting]
• plating 0
  n 1: a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface [syn: plating, metal plating] 2: the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
• rating 0
  n 1: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation, rating] 2: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: evaluation, rating] 3: standing or position on a scale 4: rank in a military organization [syn: military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating]
• setting 0
  n 1: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene] 2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting, background, scope] 3: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted [syn: mise en scene, stage setting, setting] 4: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting] 5: the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat" 6: a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling flatware" [syn: place setting, setting] 7: a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" [syn: mount, setting]
• sitting 0
  adj 1: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated" [syn: seated, sitting] [ant: standing] 2: not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target" n 1: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn: sitting, posing] 2: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" 3: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" [syn: seance, sitting, session] 4: a session as of a legislature or court
• skating 0
  n 1: the sport of gliding on skates
• slating 0
  n 1: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] 2: a severely critical attack; "the reviewers gave his book a sound slating" 3: the act of laying slates for a roof
• stimulating 0
  adj 1: rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion" [ant: unexciting, unstimulating] 2: that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena" [syn: stimulant, stimulating] 3: making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air" [syn: exhilarating, stimulating]
• suffocating 0
  adj 1: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: smothering, suffocating, suffocative]
• thermosetting 0
  adj 1: having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials" [syn: thermosetting, thermoset] [ant: thermoplastic]
• undeviating 0
  adj 1: going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands" [syn: undeviating, unswerving] 2: used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty"
• unfitting 0
  adj 1: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" [syn: inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting]
• unhesitating 0
  adj 1: characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was unhesitating" [syn: unhesitating, resolute]
• unremitting 0
  adj 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
• unwitting 0
  adj 1: not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn: unintentional, unplanned, unwitting] 2: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment" [ant: witting] 3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]
• updating 0
  n 1: the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something); "criminal records need regular updating"
• waiting 0
  adj 1: being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" [syn: waiting, ready and waiting(p)] n 1: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting]
• weighting 0
  n 1: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance [syn: weight, weighting]
• wetting 0
  n 1: the act of making something wet 2: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water]
• witting 0
  adj 1: aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists" [ant: unwitting] 2: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: conscious, witting]
• deregulating 0
  n 1: the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) [syn: deregulation, deregulating]
• abating 0
• abbreviating 0
• abdicating 0
• abrogating 0
• accumulating 0
• adapting 0
• adjudicating 0
• administrating 0
• advocating 0
• aerating 0
• affiliating 0
• agglutinating 0
• aggregating 0
• alleviating 0
• alliterating 0
• allocating 0
• amalgamating 0
• amputating 0
• annunciating 0
• antedating 0
• anticipating 0
• appreciating 0
• appropriating 0
• approximating 0
• arbitrating 0
• arrogating 0
• articulating 0
• aspirating 0
• assassinating 0
• associating 0

See also grating definition and grating synonyms