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[ adjective ] increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree

Synonyms

building augmentative

Examples

"`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"

Related terms

increasing

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Rhymes with

lamenting fermenting disorienting consenting accenting venting tenting mounting renting melting dissenting unrelenting mating bunting ranting panting taunting wanting daunting counting painting grunting slanting flaunting planting glinting comforting netting imprinting transplanting supplanting fingerprinting confronting disappointing enchanting accounting recounting matting delegating investigating relegating integrating prompting competing connecting frustrating permeating penetrating commemorating knitting bloodletting getting pointing chanting haunting meeting hunting tempting offsetting thermosetting fingerpointing commuting transmitting converting protecting telecommuting unwitting disconcerting vomiting protesting printing accepting alienating nominating discriminating detonating incriminating coordinating operating illuminating moderating contaminating updating dominating resonating fascinating disseminating subordinating outing squinting reprinting ting unstinting grating calculating assimilating pulsating annotating circulating precipitating populating hesitating complicating indicating devastating participating communicating outfitting oscillating accommodating activating validating fluctuating motivating vacillating intimidating self-deprecating denigrating deprecating irritating titillating isolating deregulating suffocating invigorating debilitating regulating agitating aggravating stimulating reciprocating invalidating putting acting petting doubting baiting betting biting dating batting testing obliterating molting tasting regenerating vibrating completing interpreting asserting conducting hallucinating averting computing alerting upsetting updating unsuspecting abating jetting hurting inheriting snorting smarting emitting editing starting writing fighting citing ousting weighting siting sighting whiting cutting lighting letting setting rotting yachting getting waiting wetting rating annotating projecting collecting enlisting ingratiating directing officiating offsetting contacting nauseating negating lactating depreciating reflecting diverting

Phonetic and Homophones

AO1 G M EH2 N T IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

augmentin augment augmentation augmented augmentative

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