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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