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113 Adjectives That End With LING

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ailing (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell
appalling (adjective) causing consternation Synonyms: dismaying
appealing (adjective) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic
baffling (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe Synonyms: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
beetling (adjective) jutting or overhanging Synonyms: beetle
beguiling (adjective) misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
(adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire Synonyms: alluring, enticing, tempting
belittling (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage Synonyms: deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
bloodcurdling (adjective) extremely alarming Synonyms: hair-raising, nightmarish
bubbling (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation Synonyms: bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy
(adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement Synonyms: effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly
bumbling (adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands Synonyms: bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
bungling (adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands Synonyms: bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
(adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude Synonyms: clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
burbling (adjective) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm Synonyms: burbly, effusive, gushing
bustling (adjective) full of energetic and noisy activity
chilling (adjective) provoking fear or terror Synonyms: scary, shivery, shuddery
coiling (adjective) in the shape of a coil Synonyms: helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled
compelling (adjective) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument
(adjective) driving or forcing
concealing (adjective) covering or hiding
consoling (adjective) affording comfort or solace Synonyms: comforting, consolatory
controlling (adjective) able to control or determine policy
crippling (adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates Synonyms: disabling, incapacitating
curling (adjective) (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl Synonyms: curled
darkling (adjective) (poetic) occurring in the dark or night
(adjective) uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
darling (adjective) dearly loved Synonyms: beloved, dear
dazzling (adjective) shining intensely Synonyms: blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary
(adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning Synonyms: eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous
disabling (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified Synonyms: disqualifying
(adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates Synonyms: crippling, incapacitating
drizzling (adjective) (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
dwindling (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains Synonyms: tapering, tapering off
enabling (adjective) providing legal power or sanction
encircling (adjective) being all around the edges; enclosing Synonyms: skirting
enfeebling (adjective) causing debilitation Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, weakening
ennobling (adjective) tending to exalt Synonyms: exalting
(adjective) investing with dignity or honor Synonyms: dignifying
enthralling (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating
failing (adjective) below acceptable in performance
falling (adjective) becoming lower or less in degree or value
(adjective) decreasing in amount or degree
(adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity Synonyms: dropping
fiddling (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance Synonyms: footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
fledgeling (adjective) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers Synonyms: fledgling
fledgling (adjective) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers Synonyms: fledgeling
(adjective) young and inexperienced Synonyms: callow, unfledged
fooling (adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility Synonyms: casual
footling (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
freewheeling (adjective) cheerfully irresponsible Synonyms: carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy
(adjective) free of restraints or rules
fumbling (adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude Synonyms: bungling, clumsy, incompetent
galling (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing
gambling (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance Synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated, sporting
gangling (adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs Synonyms: gangly, lanky, rangy
(adjective) tall and thin Synonyms: gangly, lanky
groveling (adjective) totally submissive Synonyms: cringing, grovelling, wormlike, wormy
grovelling (adjective) totally submissive Synonyms: cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy
grueling (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
gruelling (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
grumbling (adjective) continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound Synonyms: rumbling
healing (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health Synonyms: alterative, curative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
howling (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers Synonyms: fantastic, grand, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
humbling (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings Synonyms: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying
impelling (adjective) markedly effective as if by emotional pressure
indwelling (adjective) existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle
jangling (adjective) like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together Synonyms: jangly
jingling (adjective) having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells Synonyms: jingly
killing (adjective) very funny Synonyms: sidesplitting
meddling (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner Synonyms: busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, officious
middling (adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability Synonyms: average, fair, mediocre
niggling (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
piddling (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piffling, trivial
piffling (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, trivial
prevailing (adjective) most frequent or common Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevalent, rife
propelling (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling Synonyms: propellant, propellent, propulsive
puzzling (adjective) not clear to the understanding Synonyms: enigmatic, enigmatical
(adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity Synonyms: confusing, perplexing
rambling (adjective) of a path e.g. Synonyms: meandering, wandering, winding
(adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects Synonyms: digressive, discursive, excursive
(adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly Synonyms: sprawling, straggling, straggly
rattling (adjective) quick and energetic Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, merry, snappy, spanking, zippy
(adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
reconciling (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony Synonyms: accommodative
repelling (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
revealing (adjective) showing or making known
(adjective) disclosing unintentionally something concealed Synonyms: telling, telltale
roiling (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence Synonyms: churning, roiled, roily, turbulent
rolling (adjective) uttered with a trill Synonyms: rolled, trilled
ruling (adjective) exercising power or authority Synonyms: regnant, reigning
rumbling (adjective) continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound Synonyms: grumbling
rustling (adjective) characterized by soft sounds Synonyms: murmurous, soughing, susurrous
scowling (adjective) sullen or unfriendly in appearance Synonyms: beetle-browed
sizzling (adjective) hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound
(adjective) characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement Synonyms: red-hot
smelling (adjective) (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous Synonyms: redolent
smiling (adjective) smiling with happiness or optimism Synonyms: beamish, twinkly
snuffling (adjective) liable to sniffle Synonyms: sniffly, snuffly
sparkling (adjective) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide Synonyms: effervescent
(adjective) shining with brilliant points of light like stars
spiraling (adjective) in the shape of a coil Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled
spiralling (adjective) in the shape of a coil Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled
sprawling (adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly Synonyms: rambling, straggling, straggly
squalling (adjective) characterized by short periods of noisy commotion Synonyms: squally
squealing (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge Synonyms: screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky
startling (adjective) so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
sterling (adjective) highest in quality Synonyms: greatest, superlative
stifling (adjective) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity Synonyms: sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry
straggling (adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly Synonyms: rambling, sprawling, straggly
struggling (adjective) engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
swashbuckling (adjective) flamboyantly adventurous Synonyms: swaggering
tattling (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing
telling (adjective) producing a strong effect Synonyms: impressive
(adjective) disclosing unintentionally something concealed Synonyms: revealing, telltale
(adjective) powerfully persuasive Synonyms: cogent, weighty
thrilling (adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement Synonyms: electrifying
(adjective) causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock
tickling (adjective) exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements Synonyms: tingling, titillating
tingling (adjective) exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements Synonyms: tickling, titillating
tinkling (adjective) like the short high ringing sound of a small bell Synonyms: tinkly
toiling (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work Synonyms: drudging, laboring, labouring
trembling (adjective) vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze Synonyms: shaky, shivering

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