Words that rhyme with rising
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advertising
n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] 2: the business of drawing public attention to goods and services [syn: advertising, publicizing] -
biting
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious] 2: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn: biting, bitter] -
capsizing
n 1: (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water -
compromising
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" -
despising
n 1: a feeling of scornful hatred [syn: despisal, despising] -
devising
n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" [syn: devising, fashioning, making] -
housing
n 1: structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations] 2: a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component 3: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trapping, housing] -
musing
adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative] n 1: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness] -
revising
n 1: editing that involves writing something again [syn: rewriting, revising] -
sizing
n 1: any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" [syn: size, sizing] -
stargazing
n 1: observation of the stars -
surprising
adj 1: causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money" [ant: unsurprising] -
unsurprising
adj 1: not causing surprise [ant: surprising] -
uprising
n 1: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising] -
agonizing
adj 1: extremely painful [syn: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome] -
appetizing
adj 1: appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma [syn: appetizing, appetising] [ant: unappetising, unappetizing] -
downsizing
n 1: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable [syn: retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing] -
centralizing
adj 1: tending to draw to a central point [syn: centralizing(a), centralising(a)] [ant: decentralising(a), decentralizing(a)] -
socializing
n 1: the act of meeting for social purposes; "there was too much socialization with the enlisted men" [syn: socialization, socialisation, socializing, socialising] -
demoralizing
adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting] -
advising
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amortising
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apprising
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arising
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capitalising
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chastising
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circumcising
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comprising
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disguising
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disorganizing
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prizing
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oversizing
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aggrandizing
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analyzing
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apologizing
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amortizing
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authorizing
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brutalizing
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criticizing
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customizing
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dramatizing
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antagonizing
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capitalizing
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categorizing
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dehumanizing
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demobilizing
See also rising definition and rising synonyms
