| accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| annoying | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
| bellying | (adjective) curving outward | Synonyms: bellied, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant |
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| bricklaying | (noun) the craft of laying bricks | - |
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| bullying | (adjective) noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others | Synonyms: blustery |
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| (noun) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | Synonyms: intimidation |
| burying | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burial |
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| buying | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: purchasing |
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| clarifying | (adjective) that makes clear | Synonyms: elucidative |
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| cloying | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: saccharine, syrupy, treacly |
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| conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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| copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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| crying | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank |
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| (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant |
| (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: tears, weeping |
| dairying | (noun) the business of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farming |
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| dignifying | (adjective) investing with dignity or honor | Synonyms: ennobling |
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| dirtying | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: soiling, soilure |
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| dismaying | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: appalling |
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| disqualifying | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disabling |
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| dying | (adjective) in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be | - |
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| (adjective) eagerly desirous | Synonyms: anxious |
| (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, demise |
| edifying | (adjective) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | Synonyms: enlightening |
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| electrifying | (adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement | Synonyms: thrilling |
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| emptying | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: evacuation, voidance |
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| exemplifying | (adjective) clarifying by use of examples | Synonyms: illustrative |
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| falsifying | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, refutal, refutation |
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| ferrying | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferry |
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| flying | (adjective) hurried and brief | Synonyms: fast, quick |
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| (adjective) moving swiftly | Synonyms: fast-flying |
| (noun) an instance of traveling by air | Synonyms: flight |
| frying | (noun) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle | Synonyms: sauteing |
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| gratifying | (adjective) affording satisfaction or pleasure | Synonyms: enjoyable, pleasurable |
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| (adjective) pleasing to the mind or feeling | Synonyms: sweet |
| haying | (noun) the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder | Synonyms: haying time |
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| (noun) the harvesting of hay | - |
| highflying | (adjective) moving upward or along at a considerable height | - |
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| (adjective) extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions | - |
| horrifying | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: atrocious, frightful, horrible, ugly |
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| hurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: scurrying |
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| (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
| intensifying | (adjective) increasing in strength or intensity | - |
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| inventorying | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, stock-taking, stocktaking |
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| journeying | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journey |
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| laying | (noun) the production of eggs (especially in birds) | Synonyms: egg laying |
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| lying | (noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| mortifying | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humbling, humiliating |
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| (adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: embarrassing |
| mystifying | (adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious |
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| naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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| outlying | (adjective) relatively far from a center or middle | - |
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| overlying | (adjective) placed on or over something else | Synonyms: superimposed |
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| paying | (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary |
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| (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paid |
| petrifying | (adjective) paralyzing with terror | - |
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| playing | (noun) the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation | - |
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| (noun) the act of playing a musical instrument | - |
| (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playacting |
| portraying | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portrayal |
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| prying | (adjective) offensively curious or inquisitive | Synonyms: nosey, nosy, snoopy |
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| (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, snoopiness |
| purifying | (adjective) freeing from noxious matter | - |
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| (adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purging |
| (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: cleansing |
| qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
| quarrying | (noun) the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry | - |
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| rallying | (adjective) rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort | - |
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| (noun) the act of mobilizing for a common purpose | - |
| (noun) the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | Synonyms: rally |
| readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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| reburying | (noun) the act of burying again | Synonyms: reburial |
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| rigidifying | (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, stiffening |
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| roleplaying | (noun) acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) | - |
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| satisfying | (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, comforting |
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| (adjective) providing abundant nourishment | Synonyms: hearty, solid, square, substantial |
| saying | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, locution |
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| scurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: hurrying |
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| slaying | (noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | Synonyms: execution, murder |
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| solidifying | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidification |
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| soothsaying | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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| spaying | (noun) neutering a female by removing the ovaries | - |
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| spraying | (noun) the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer | - |
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| (noun) the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) | Synonyms: crop-dusting |
| (noun) a quantity of small objects flying through the air | Synonyms: spray |
| spying | (noun) the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes | Synonyms: undercover work |
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| (noun) keeping a secret or furtive watch | - |
| (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spotting |
| steadying | (adjective) causing to become steady | - |
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| straying | (adjective) unable to find your way | - |
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| studying | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusal, perusing, poring over |
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| stupefying | (adjective) shocking with surprise and consternation | - |
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| (adjective) making physically stupid or dull or insensible | - |
| (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astonishing, astounding, staggering |
| supplying | (noun) the activity of supplying or providing something | Synonyms: provision, supply |
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| surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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| taxpaying | (adjective) not exempt from paying taxes | - |
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| terrifying | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrific |
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| toying | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting |
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| trying | (adjective) hard to endure | - |
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| (adjective) extremely irritating to the nerves | Synonyms: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful |
| tying | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: ligature |
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| underlying | (adjective) being or involving basic facts or principles | Synonyms: fundamental, rudimentary |
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| (adjective) in the nature of something though not readily apparent | Synonyms: implicit in, inherent |
| (adjective) located beneath or below | - |
| undying | (adjective) never dying | Synonyms: deathless |
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| unedifying | (adjective) not edifying | Synonyms: unenlightening |
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| ungratifying | (adjective) not likely to be rewarded | Synonyms: thankless, unappreciated |
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| unifying | (adjective) tending to unify | Synonyms: centripetal |
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| (adjective) combining into a single unit | Synonyms: consolidative |
| unpitying | (adjective) without mercy or pity | Synonyms: pitiless, remorseless, ruthless |
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| unsatisfying | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: disappointing, dissatisfactory |
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| untying | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, unfastening |
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| unvarying | (adjective) lacking variety | Synonyms: unvaried |
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| (adjective) always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences | Synonyms: uniform |
| (adjective) unvarying in nature | Synonyms: changeless, constant, invariant |
| unwearying | (adjective) showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | Synonyms: indefatigable, tireless, unflagging |
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| varying | (adjective) marked by diversity or difference | Synonyms: variable |
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| verifying | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory |
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| wearying | (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearing |
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| worrying | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome |
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| (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, torment |
| (noun) the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes | - |