Synonyms for beetling
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : beet-l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbit l |
Top 10 synonyms for beetling Other synonyms for the word beetling
- adhere
- arresting
- attract attention
- bag
- balloon
- be conspicuous
- be distinct
- be fastened
- be highlighted
- be imminent
- be in mid-air
- be loose
- be off
- be pendent
- be poised
- be prominent
- be slanted
- be striking
- be suspended
- bear on
- beetle
- beetling
- belly
- bilge
- billow
- blob
- bug out
- bulge
- bulging
- bulk
- butt out
- cant
- careen
- cast a shadow
- catch the eye
- cling
- come through
- command
- conspicuous
- curve
- dangle over
- dangly
- deck
- decline
- deflect
- depend
- dilate
- dip
- distend
- divert
- droop
- droop over
- drooping
- drop
- easily seen
- elongate
- embossed
- emerge
- endanger
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- extended
- extrude
- extruding
- extrusive
- eye-catching
- fasten
- fasten on
- fastened to
- fix
- flap
- flap over
- flashy
- float
- flop
- furnish
- gibbous
- hang on
- hang over
- hanging out
- heel
- hilly
- hold
- hover
- impend
- in the foreground
- incline
- jut
- jut out
- jutting
- lean
- lengthen
- list
- loll
- loom
- lop
- lower
- marked
- menace
- nail
- nod
- noticeable
- obtrude
- obtrusive
- obvious
- outstanding
- outthrust
- overhang
- overhanging
- overtop
- pendent
- pendulous
- pin
- pitch
- place
- point
- poke
- pop
- pop out
- portend
- pouch
- pout
- prognathous
- project
- projecting
- prolong
- prominent
- pronounced
- prop
- protend
- protrude
- protruding
- protrusive
- protuberant
- protuberate
- proud
- puff out
- push
- push out
- put weight on
- raised
- recline
- relieved
- remain
- remarkable
- repose
- rest
- rest on
- rise above
- roll
- rough
- rugged
- sag
- salient
- sheer
- shoot out
- shooting out
- show
- signal
- sink
- slant
- slope
- stand out
- standing out
- start
- stay up
- stick
- stick out
- stick up
- stretch out
- striking
- suspended
- swaying
- swell
- swing
- swing over
- swinging
- tack
- threaten
- thrust out
- tilt
- tip
- to the fore
- tower above
- trail
- turn
- twist
- unmistakable
- veer
- wave
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for beetling
- abandon
- abbreviate
- abridge
- aid
- ascend
- assist
- be active
- cave in
- common
- compress
- contract
- deflate
- depress
- depressed
- detach
- dislike
- disregard
- do
- energize
- forget
- help
- inconspicuous
- increase
- indent
- invisible
- keep
- lessen
- let go
- loosen
- lower
- not like
- obscure
- obscured
- ordinary
- recede
- reduce
- release
- remove
- rise
- save
- separate
- shorten
- shrink
- sink
- straighten
- sunken
- tighten
- unfasten
- unimportant
- unknown
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