Antonyms for falling


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl


Definition of falling

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
  • adj dropping
Example sentences :
  • Or he will be killed by falling stones or a treacherous blizzard.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Falling from the lips of others, they dropped with conviction into my own soul.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • It was a very old man who held, or tried to hold, Andrew from falling to the floor.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She was like the falling of this starlight, pure, aloof, and strange and gentle.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I knew you would be falling in love sooner or later--only I hoped it would be later.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He's gone now, and when the black night is falling I'll have no son left me in the world.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • The mercury in the barometer was falling, and so was the rain.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • The rain, as if falling through a sieve, immediately disappears.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The snow was falling quietly and steadily, as it had fallen all day.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • The mizzen-staysail was now set to keep her from falling off into the troughs of the sea.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for falling

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