Words that rhyme with promising

• adoring 0
  adj 1: showing adoration [syn: adoring, worshipful] 2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" [syn: adoring, doting, fond]
• astonishing 0
  adj 1: surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks" [syn: amazing, astonishing] 2: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying" [syn: astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying]
• boring 0
  adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome] n 1: the act of drilling [syn: drilling, boring] 2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum [syn: boring, drilling, oil production]
• buttressing 0
  n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building [syn: buttress, buttressing]
• canvassing 0
  n 1: persuasion of voters in a political campaign [syn: electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing]
• coming 0
  adj 1: of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming] n 1: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach, approaching, coming] 2: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent, coming] 3: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: approach, approaching, coming] 4: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse [syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming]
• compromising 0
  adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory, flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising] 2: vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"
• dazzling 0
  adj 1: amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner; "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones [syn: dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous] 2: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
• demolishing 0
  n 1: complete destruction of a building [syn: razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing]
• dominance 0
  n 1: superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance] 2: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control] 3: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not 4: the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so]
• dominant 0
  adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: low-level, subordinate] 2: (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar [ant: recessive] 3: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] n 1: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale 2: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different [syn: dominant allele, dominant]
• 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]
• encompassing 0
  adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] 2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]
• focusing 0
  n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" [syn: focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering] 2: the act of bringing into focus [syn: focalization, focalisation, focusing]
• following 0
  adj 1: about to be mentioned or specified; "the following items" [syn: following(a), undermentioned] 2: immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [syn: following, next] 3: going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps" [ant: leading] 4: in the desired direction; "a following wind" n 1: a group of followers or enthusiasts [syn: following, followers] 2: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following]
• fondling 0
  n 1: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) [syn: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling]
• jostling 0
  n 1: the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn: jostle, jostling]
• kissing 0
  n 1: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) [syn: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling]
• loving 0
  adj 1: feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances" [ant: unloving]
• menacing 0
  adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening]
• missing 0
  adj 1: not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person" 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
• mottling 0
  n 1: the act of coloring with areas of different shades
• nothing 0
  adv 1: in no respect; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father" n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
• offering 0
  n 1: something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" [syn: offer, offering] 2: money contributed to a religious organization 3: the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance" [syn: offer, offering] 4: the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor" [syn: oblation, offering]
• positive 0
  adj 1: characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" [ant: negative, neutral] 2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)] 3: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" [syn: plus, positive] 4: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn: positive, confirming] [ant: disconfirming, negative] 5: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: positive, prescribed] 6: impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument" [syn: incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive] 7: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivist, positivistic, positive] 8: reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; "positive increase in graduating students" [ant: negative] 9: greater than zero; "positive numbers" 10: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged] 11: marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" [syn: cocksure, overconfident, positive] n 1: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution [syn: positive, positive degree] 2: a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
• prominent 0
  adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking] 2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent]
• promise 0
  n 1: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future 2: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise, hope] v 1: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure] 2: promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" 3: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 4: give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
• purchasing 0
  n 1: the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge" [syn: buying, purchasing]
• refocusing 0
  n 1: focusing again
• servicing 0
  n 1: the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" [syn: servicing, service]
• surfacing 0
  n 1: emerging to the surface and becoming apparent
• throttling 0
  n 1: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [syn: choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling]
• unpromising 0
  adj 1: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"
• vomiting 0
  n 1: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking]
• wanting 0
  adj 1: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting] 2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)]
• wobbling 0
  adj 1: (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily; "a low-pitched wobbling sound"
• modeling 0
  n 1: sculpture produced by molding [syn: mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture] 2: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied [syn: modeling, modelling, molding, moulding] 3: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: model, modelling, modeling]
• blossoming 0
  n 1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence]
• gossiping 0
  n 1: a conversation that spreads personal information about other people [syn: gossiping, gossipmongering]
• auditing 0
• biasing 0
• boggling 0
• bottling 0
• bottoming 0
• bussing 0
• caucusing 0
• compassing 0
• discussing 0
• fussing 0
• grimacing 0
• harassing 0
• harnessing 0
• hobbling 0
• jaundicing 0
• latticing 0
• mussing 0
• noticing 0
• onrushing 0
• pocketing 0
• prefacing 0
• prejudicing 0
• premising 0
• profiting 0
• promised 0
• promises 0
• purposing 0
• resurfacing 0
• solacing 0
• terracing 0
• toppling 0
• trussing 0
• witnessing 0
• busing 0
• cussing 0
• remodeling 0
• practicing 0

See also promising definition and promising synonyms