Antonyms for beetling


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : beet-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbit l


Definition of beetling

Origin :
  • beating tool, Old English bietel, from Proto-Germanic *bautilo-z, from *bautan "to beat" (see beat (v.)).
  • As in prominent : adj sticking out; conspicuous
  • As in hanging : adj dangling
  • As in projecting : adj sticking out
  • As in pensile : adj hanging
  • As in jut : verb extend
  • As in lean : verb bend, angle toward
  • As in overhang : verb bulge, hang over
  • As in project : verb bulge, hang out
  • As in protrude : verb stick out
  • As in stand out : verb be conspicuous, prominent
  • As in stick out : verb bulge
  • As in bulge : verb project outward
  • As in protuberate : verb bulge
  • As in hang : verb suspend or be suspended
Example sentences :
  • He was like a beetling mountain, always hanging over my head.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • Entered also Mordaunt Merrilac, as beetling of brow as ever.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
  • He rose majestically as Fischko entered and turned on him a beetling frown.
  • Extract from : « Elkan Lubliner, American » by Montague Glass
  • The old Commoner scowled, and his beetling brows hid for a moment his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
  • Drawing nearer, they get under the shadow of its beetling bluffs.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • The Lady of the Crags throws herself from the beetling heights!
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Table Mountain and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • There could be no doubt about the beetling forehead, the sunken animal eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Hound of the Baskervilles » by A. Conan Doyle
  • The beetling wall which it surmounted was named "Log Cabin Cliff."
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, » by Various
  • The birds began to twitter in the trees of the beetling woods.
  • Extract from : « The Debatable Land » by Arthur Colton
  • He looked searchingly at his daughter from beneath his beetling brows.
  • Extract from : « The Wilderness Trail » by Frank Williams

Synonyms for beetling

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