| adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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| (adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
| alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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| answering | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: respondent |
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| aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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| assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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| bantering | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: facetious, tongue-in-cheek |
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| bearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain | - |
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| bettering | (adjective) changing for the better | - |
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| blaring | (adjective) unpleasantly loud and penetrating | Synonyms: blasting |
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| blistering | (adjective) very fast; capable of quick response and great speed | Synonyms: hot, red-hot |
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| (adjective) hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | Synonyms: blistery |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| blustering | (adjective) blowing in violent and abrupt bursts | Synonyms: blusterous, blustery |
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| boring | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
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| cantering | (adjective) riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop | - |
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| caring | (adjective) feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others | - |
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| cheering | (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: comforting, satisfying |
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| cheeseparing | (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: close, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
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| childbearing | (adjective) relating to or suitable for childbirth | - |
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| concurring | (adjective) being of the same opinion | Synonyms: concordant |
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| cooccurring | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous |
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| daring | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: audacious, venturesome, venturous |
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| (adjective) radically new or original | Synonyms: avant-garde |
| despairing | (adjective) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | Synonyms: desperate |
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| devouring | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, esurient, greedy |
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| doddering | (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddery, gaga, senile |
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| domineering | (adjective) tending to domineer | - |
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| endearing | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: adorable, lovely |
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| enduring | (adjective) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble | Synonyms: long-suffering |
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| (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: abiding, imperishable |
| erring | (adjective) capable of making an error | Synonyms: error-prone |
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| faltering | (adjective) unsteady in speech or action | - |
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| flaring | (adjective) streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | Synonyms: aflare |
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| flattering | (adjective) showing or representing to advantage | - |
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| (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: adulatory |
| flickering | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: aflicker |
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| flowering | (adjective) when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms | - |
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| forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
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| glaring | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank |
| glistering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| glittering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| glowering | (adjective) showing a brooding ill humor | Synonyms: dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen |
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| hearing | (adjective) able to perceive sound | - |
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| hindering | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: clogging, impeding, obstructive |
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| imploring | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, pleading |
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| inpouring | (adjective) pouring inward | - |
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| inquiring | (adjective) given to inquiry | - |
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| inspiring | (adjective) stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
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| interfering | (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | Synonyms: busy, busybodied, meddlesome, meddling, officious |
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| jarring | (adjective) making or causing a harsh and irritating sound | - |
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| jeering | (adjective) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, mocking, taunting |
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| jittering | (adjective) undergoing small rapid variations | - |
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| laboring | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, labouring, toiling |
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| labouring | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, laboring, toiling |
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| leering | (adjective) showing sly or knowing malice in a glance | - |
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| (adjective) (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious | - |
| lowering | (adjective) darkened by clouds | Synonyms: heavy, sullen, threatening |
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| lumbering | (adjective) slow and laborious because of weight | Synonyms: heavy, ponderous |
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| meandering | (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: rambling, wandering, winding |
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| murmuring | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: susurrant, whispering |
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| neighboring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighbouring |
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| neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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| nonbearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own | - |
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| nonflowering | (adjective) without flower or bloom and not producing seeds | Synonyms: flowerless |
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| overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| overpowering | (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| pampering | (adjective) gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires | - |
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| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| pestering | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| plundering | (adjective) given to taking by force what is desired | - |
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| pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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| pouring | (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: gushing |
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| prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| quavering | (adjective) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | Synonyms: tremulous |
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| raring | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: impatient |
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| rearing | (adjective) rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | Synonyms: rampant |
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| reassuring | (adjective) restoring confidence and relieving anxiety | - |
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| recovering | (adjective) returning to health after illness or debility | Synonyms: convalescent |
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| recurring | (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: revenant |
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| retiring | (adjective) not arrogant or presuming | Synonyms: unassuming |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, preceding |
| (adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself | Synonyms: reticent, self-effacing |
| roaring | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving |
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| scandalmongering | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: sensationalistic, yellow |
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| seafaring | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing |
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| searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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| sharing | (adjective) unselfishly willing to share with others | - |
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| shattering | (adjective) seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering | - |
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| shivering | (adjective) vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | Synonyms: shaky, trembling |
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| shuddering | (adjective) shaking convulsively or violently | - |
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| slithering | (adjective) moving as on a slippery surface | Synonyms: slipping |
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| smoldering | (adjective) showing scarcely suppressed anger | Synonyms: smouldering |
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| smothering | (adjective) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | Synonyms: choking, suffocating, suffocative |
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| smouldering | (adjective) showing scarcely suppressed anger | Synonyms: smoldering |
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| sneering | (adjective) expressive of contempt | Synonyms: snide, supercilious |
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| soaring | (adjective) of imposing height; especially standing out above others | Synonyms: eminent, lofty, towering |
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| (adjective) ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual | - |
| sobering | (adjective) tending to make sober or more serious | - |
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| sparing | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, stinting |
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| staggering | (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astonishing, astounding, stupefying |
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| staring | (adjective) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder | Synonyms: agaze |
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| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| starring | (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, star, stellar |
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| stirring | (adjective) exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions | Synonyms: soul-stirring |
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| (adjective) capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement | Synonyms: rousing |
| suffering | (adjective) troubled by pain or loss | - |
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| (adjective) very unhappy; full of misery | Synonyms: miserable, wretched |
| swaggering | (adjective) flamboyantly adventurous | Synonyms: swashbuckling |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious |
| sweltering | (adjective) excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness | Synonyms: sweltry |
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| talebearing | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, tattling |
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| tapering | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: dwindling, tapering off |
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| (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapered |
| tearing | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: fierce, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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