Words that rhyme with upbringing
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bringing
n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn: delivery, bringing] -
hanging
n 1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings" [syn: hanging, wall hanging] 2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment" 3: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" [syn: suspension, dangling, hanging] -
inning
n 1: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame] -
longing
n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness] -
pinning
n 1: a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin -
ringing
n 1: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring, ringing, tintinnabulation] 2: the giving of a ring as a token of engagement 3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy] -
singing
adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing] n 1: the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing, vocalizing] 2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling] -
slinging
n 1: throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) -
stinging
adj 1: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn: cutting, edged, stinging] n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" [syn: sting, stinging] -
suffix
n 1: an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn: suffix, postfix] v 1: attach a suffix to; "suffix words" [ant: prefix] -
swinging
adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure" [syn: lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping] n 1: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing, swinging, vacillation] -
uplifting
n 1: the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky" -
aiming
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cliffhanging
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clinging
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dimming
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flinging
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mudslinging
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overhanging
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pinging
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springing
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stringing
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tonguing
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winging
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wringing
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zinging
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straphanging
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