Words that rhyme with punning

• apportioning 0
  n 1: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
• awakening 0
  n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up]
• bargaining 0
  n 1: the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
• blackening 0
  n 1: changing to a darker color [syn: blackening, darkening]
• broadening 0
  n 1: the act of making something wider [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing] 2: the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel" 3: an increase in width [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]
• chastening 0
  n 1: a rebuke for making a mistake [syn: correction, chastening, chastisement]
• christening 0
  n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism
• commissioning 0
  n 1: the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions [syn: commission, commissioning]
• conditioning 0
  n 1: a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
• cunning 0
  adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute] 2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily] 3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning, ingenious] n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness] 2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
• cushioning 0
  n 1: artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: padding, cushioning]
• dampening 0
  n 1: the act of making something slightly wet [syn: moistening, dampening]
• darkening 0
  adj 1: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky" n 1: changing to a darker color [syn: blackening, darkening]
• deadening 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 making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening]
• deafening 0
  adj 1: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery]
• deepening 0
  adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: deepening(a), thickening(a)] n 1: a process of becoming deeper and more profound
• determining 0
  adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)]
• disheartening 0
  adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting]
• disillusioning 0
  adj 1: freeing from illusion or false belief [syn: disenchanting, disillusioning]
• gardening 0
  n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: gardening, horticulture]
• running 0
  adj 1: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" [ant: standing(a)] 2: continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us" 3: of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays" [ant: pass(a), passing(a)] 4: executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start" [ant: standing(a)] 5: measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn: linear, running(a)] 6: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)] n 1: (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running, running play, running game] 2: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run, running] 3: the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly" 4: the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time" 5: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: track, running]
• shunning 0
  n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging]
• stunning 0
  adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn: arresting, sensational, stunning] 2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" 3: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke" 4: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
• abandoning 0
• auctioning 0
• auditioning 0
• battening 0
• beckoning 0
• betokening 0
• blazoning 0
• bludgeoning 0
• brightening 0
• burdening 0
• burgeoning 0
• captaining 0
• captioning 0
• cautioning 0
• championing 0
• cheapening 0
• chickening 0
• coarsening 0
• cottoning 0
• crimsoning 0
• curtaining 0
• outrunning 0

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