Words that rhyme with stifling

  • rifling
    n 1: the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm [syn: grooving, rifling]
  • seedling
    n 1: young plant or tree grown from a seed
  • shilling
    n 1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn: Ugandan shilling, shilling] 2: the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents [syn: Tanzanian shilling, shilling] 3: the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents [syn: Somalian shilling, shilling] 4: the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn: Kenyan shilling, shilling] 5: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: British shilling, shilling, bob] 6: an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
  • shuffling
    n 1: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn: shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling] 2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle, shuffling, make]
  • sibling
    n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]
  • spelling
    n 1: forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
  • sprinkling
    n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples" [syn: scattering, sprinkling] 2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling] 3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion, sprinkling] 4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge]
  • starling
    n 1: gregarious birds native to the Old World
  • starveling
    n 1: someone who is starving (or being starved)
  • strangling
    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]
  • stripling
    n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]
  • telling
    adj 1: disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" [syn: revealing, telling, telltale(a)] 2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, telling, weighty] 3: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: impressive, telling] n 1: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" [syn: relation, telling, recounting] 2: informing by words [syn: telling, apprisal, notification] 3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling]
  • tiling
    n 1: the application of tiles to cover a surface
  • tinkling
    adj 1: like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: tinkling, tinkly]
  • towelling
    n 1: any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels [syn: toweling, towelling]
  • trembling
    adj 1: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling] n 1: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]
  • trifling
    adj 1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry, trifling] n 1: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working [syn: dalliance, dawdling, trifling]
  • unappealing
    adj 1: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic" [syn: unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable] [ant: appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic] 2: not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess" [ant: appealing]
  • unavailing
    adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing]
  • underling
    n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier]
  • unfailing
    adj 1: not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test" [syn: foolproof, unfailing] 2: always able to supply more; "an unfailing source of good stories"; "a subject of unfailing interest" 3: unceasing; "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits"; "unflagging courtesy" [syn: unfailing, unflagging]
  • unfeeling
    adj 1: devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch" [syn: hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling] 2: devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"
  • unsmiling
    adj 1: not smiling
  • unwilling
    adj 1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing] 2: in spite of contrary volition
  • veiling
    n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling]
  • wailing
    adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting, wailing, wailful] n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling]
  • weakling
    n 1: a person who is physically weak and ineffectual [syn: weakling, doormat, wuss]
  • giggling
  • scribbling
  • storytelling
  • unrevealing
  • weanling

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