tarnishing
Definitions
Verb
- Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "tarnishing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outstanding | 3 | 37 |
| 2 | struggling | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | traveling | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | stumbling | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | terrifying | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | straightening | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | tingling | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | travelling | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | tumbling | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | tinkling | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | troubling | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | outstripping | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | stockpiling | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | structuring | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | taxpaying | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | tolerating | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | trampling | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | traversing | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | typesetting | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | typewriting | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | outflanking | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | outnumbering | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | outsmarting | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | outspending | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | stagnating | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | stampeding | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | steelmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | stenciling | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | stonewalling | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | stribling | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | targeting | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | trafficking | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | tregoning | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | tripling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tarnishing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rising | 2 | 62 |
| 2 | arising | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | furnishings | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | astonishing | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | brandishing | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | vanishing | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | furnishing | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | tarnished | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | banishing | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | languishing | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | admonishing | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | traipsing | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | tarnish | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | anguishing | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | trashing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | stashing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | refinishing | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | tashin | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | thristing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | thrashing | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "tarnishing" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "tarnishing" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tarnishing".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 34
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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