Words that rhyme with running

• 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
• becoming 0
  adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] 2: displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"
• 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
• 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]
• 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)]
• disarming 0
  adj 1: capable of allaying hostility n 1: act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: disarming, disarmament] [ant: armament, arming, equipping]
• 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]
• drumming 0
  n 1: the act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming several hours every day"
• forthcoming 0
  adj 1: at ease in talking to others [syn: extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing] 2: of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming] 3: available when required or as promised; "federal funds were not forthcoming"
• gardening 0
  n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: gardening, horticulture]
• gloaming 0
  n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]
• homecoming 0
  n 1: an annual school or university reunion for graduates 2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming]
• humming 0
  n 1: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum, humming] 2: the act of singing with closed lips
• incoming 0
  adj 1: arriving at a place or position; "incoming class"; "incoming mail" [ant: outgoing] 2: entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president" [ant: outgoing] n 1: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]
• jumping 0
  n 1: the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump 2: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" [syn: jump, jumping]
• 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]
• numbing 0
  adj 1: causing numbness or insensitivity; "the numbing effect of grief"
• oncoming 0
  adj 1: moving toward one n 1: the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia" [syn: onset, oncoming]
• plumbing 0
  n 1: utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage [syn: plumbing, plumbing system] 2: the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) [syn: plumbing, plumbery] 3: measuring the depths of the oceans [syn: bathymetry, plumbing]
• punning 0
  n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia]
• scheming 0
  adj 1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd] 2: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing, scheming]
• shortcoming 0
  n 1: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: defect, shortcoming]
• 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"
• timing 0
  n 1: the time when something happens 2: the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
• trimming 0
  n 1: the act of adding decoration; "the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree" 2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: trimming, trim, passementerie] 3: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trim, trimming, clipping]
• unbecoming 0
  adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
• upcoming 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]
• fleming 0
  n 1: British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964) [syn: Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming] 2: Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) [syn: Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming] 3: a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
• 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
• fronting 0
• giggling 0
• gunning 0
• rerunning 0
• something 0
• strumming 0
• succumbing 0
• summing 0
• thumbing 0
• cumming 0
• dumbing 0
• outrunning 0
• bunning 0

See also running definition and running synonyms