beetling

The word “beetling” has 2 syllables: bee-tling

It's pronounced as /ˈbiː.təl.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for beetling?

In the thesaurus, “beetling” has 75 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for beetling along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for beetling

  • arresting
  • bagging
  • ballooning
  • bellying
  • billowing
  • blowing up
  • bulging
  • bunching
  • conspicuous
  • dangling
  • dangly
  • dilating
  • distending
  • doming
  • drooping
  • easily seen
  • elongating
  • embossed
  • expanding
  • extended
  • extending
  • extruding
  • extrusive
  • eye-catching
  • fastened to
  • flashy
  • gibbous
  • hanging out
  • hilly
  • in the foreground
  • inflating
  • jutting
  • lengthening
  • marked
  • mushrooming
  • noticeable
  • obtrusive
  • obvious
  • outstanding
  • overhanging
  • pendent
  • pendulant
  • pendulous
  • poking
  • pooching
  • pouching
  • pouting
  • prognathous
  • projecting
  • prominent
  • pronounced
  • protruding
  • protrusive
  • protuberant
  • proud
  • raised
  • relieved
  • remarkable
  • rough
  • rugged
  • salient
  • shooting out
  • signal
  • snowballing
  • standing out
  • starting
  • sticking out
  • stretching
  • striking
  • suspended
  • swaying
  • swelling
  • swinging
  • to the fore
  • unmistakable

Antonyms for beetling

Meanings of beetling

  • verb
    1. To move away quickly, to scurry away.
    2. To loom over; to extend or jut.
    3. To beat with a heavy mallet.
    4. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
  • noun
    1. The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
  • adjective
    1. Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.

Example Sentences

  • Dark cliffs were beetling over the narrow river below.
  • His thick eyebrows came beetling together in confusion.
  • The old castle had a beetling tower above the valley.
  • Storm clouds were beetling across the evening sky.
  • The massive rocks appeared beetling over the edge of the mountain path.

On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to beetling, such as: arresting, bagging, ballooning, bellying, billowing, blowing up, bulging.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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