166+ Words that rhyme with killing
Killing is a 2-syllable word with 166 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are failing, thinking, appealing. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of killing
- adjective
- very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
- noun
- an event that causes someone to die
- the act of terminating a life
2 syllables
- failing
- thinking
- babbling
- brambling
- brisling
- building
- calling
- ceiling
- chilling
- coupling
- crackling
- dealing
- drilling
- dumpling
- earthling
- falling
- feeling
- filing
- filling
- fledgling
- foundling
- gangling
- grilling
- groundling
- gruelling
- grumbling
- hatchling
- inkling
- kindling
- living
- mailing
- marbling
- middling
- milling
- mumbling
- nestling
- nursling
- peeling
- piffling
- piling
- puzzling
- quisling
- railing
- rambling
- rattling
- rifling
- ruling
- rumbling
- rustling
- sailing
- sampling
- sapling
- scantling
- schilling
- seedling
- shuffling
- sibling
- sprinkling
- strangling
- swelling
- tailing
- thrilling
- tiling
- tinkling
- trembling
- veiling
- wailing
- weakling
- wheeling
- willing
- wrangling
- wrestling
- yearling
- yelling
- darkling
- swilling
- trilling
- worldling
- riesling
- billing
- cowling
- darling
- dwelling
- gatling
- gosling
- healing
- paling
- schooling
- shilling
- spelling
- starling
- stripling
- suckling
- telling
- tilling
- pauling
- sparling
- kipling
- brandling
- clawing
- dabbling
- doodling
- firstling
- fowling
- fussing
- mantling
- scribbling
- siblings
- weanling
- yeanling
- unsling
- ealing
- schelling
- quilling
- zwilling
- dilling
- rilling
- shearling
- hickling
- pigling
- frilling
- rockling
- lordling
- chickling
- shieling
- grayling
- spilling
- skilling
- spurling
- stirling
- pilling
- dowling
3 syllables
Examples of "killing" in lyrics
See how killing is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"Not afraid to kill, I created the word 'killing'"
415 f/ Brotha Broski, Icee B — Ruthless is Reality -
"That's a lot better than making a living killing"
Alexipharmic — American -
"A gripping tale, the police searching for the mastermind behind some brutal killing"
Almighty f/ Holocaust — Planet In Peril
What do these rhymes mean?
- appealing
- able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
- babbling
- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- brambling
- Eurasian finch
- failing
- below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades" a flaw or weak point
- thinking
- endowed with the capacity to reason the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "killing" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like failing, thinking, appealing create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "killing" has 2 syllables, try matching it with words of similar length for a balanced meter. Multi-syllable rhymes often sound more sophisticated than single-syllable pairs.