Words that rhyme with passing

• asking 0
  n 1: the verbal act of requesting [syn: request, asking]
• bracing 0
  adj 1: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic] n 1: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing]
• casing 0
  n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire 3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case]
• crossing 0
  n 1: traveling across 2: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford, crossing] 3: a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect 4: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour] 5: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other [syn: crossing, crosswalk, crossover] 6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing] 7: a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
• debasing 0
  adj 1: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor [syn: debasing, degrading]
• depressing 0
  adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless, uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]
• distressing 0
  adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying] 2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]
• dressing 0
  n 1: savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type [syn: dressing, salad dressing] 2: a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables [syn: stuffing, dressing] 3: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing] 4: a cloth covering for a wound or sore [syn: dressing, medical dressing] 5: processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather 6: the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn: dressing, grooming] 7: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding]
• embarrassing 0
  adj 1: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" [syn: awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable] 2: causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word" [syn: embarrassing, mortifying]
• enticing 0
  adj 1: highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn: alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting]
• everlasting 0
  adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing] 2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] n 1: any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color [syn: everlasting, everlasting flower]
• facing 0
  n 1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening 2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: facing, veneer] 3: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: facing, cladding] 4: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing]
• flashing 0
  n 1: a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [syn: flash, flashing] 2: sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
• gassing 0
  n 1: the process of interacting with gas 2: the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas
• hairdressing 0
  n 1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: hairdressing, hair tonic, hair oil, hair grease] 2: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair [syn: hair care, haircare, hairdressing]
• icing 0
  n 1: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: frost, icing] 2: a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes [syn: frosting, icing, ice] 3: (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal [syn: icing, icing the puck]
• lacing 0
  n 1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage 2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing] 3: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
• multiprocessing 0
  n 1: simultaneous processing by two or more processing units [syn: multiprocessing, parallel processing]
• pacing 0
  n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played [syn: tempo, pacing] 2: walking with slow regular strides
• pressing 0
  adj 1: compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: pressing, urgent] n 1: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] 2: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
• racing 0
  n 1: the sport of engaging in contests of speed
• rejoicing 0
  adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant] n 1: a feeling of great happiness 2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn: exultation, rejoicing, jubilation]
• sassing 0
  n 1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth]
• spacing 0
  n 1: the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children" 2: the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them [syn: spacing, spatial arrangement]
• suffix 0
  n 1: an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn: suffix, postfix] v 1: attach a suffix to; "suffix words" [ant: prefix]
• surpassing 0
  adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing] 2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
• teleconferencing 0
  n 1: a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television [syn: teleconference, teleconferencing]
• tracing 0
  n 1: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline 2: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace] 3: the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies"
• unceasing 0
  adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing] 2: 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]
• unconvincing 0
  adj 1: not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile" [syn: unconvincing, flimsy] [ant: convincing] 2: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely]
• unprepossessing 0
  adj 1: creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression [syn: unprepossessing, unpresentable]
• unpromising 0
  adj 1: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"
• voicing 0
  n 1: the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
• waxing 0
  adj 1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full" [ant: waning] n 1: the application of wax to a surface 2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon" [ant: waning]
• lansing 0
  n 1: capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River [syn: Lansing, capital of Michigan]
• amassing 0
• basing 0
• bypassing 0
• chasing 0
• classing 0
• degassing 0
• harassing 0
• interfacing 0
• latticing 0
• massing 0
• placing 0
• glassing 0
• hassing 0
• kassing 0
• maseng 0
• gissing 0

See also passing definition and passing synonyms