Rhymes with lessening
less·en
L l Two-syllable rhymes
- lessen — to become less.
- lessing — Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- lesson — a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
- meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- peddling — trifling; paltry; piddling.
- settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- trembling — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
- wrestling — an act of or a bout at wrestling.
Three-syllable rhymes
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- crediting — Present participle of credit.
- deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
- deafening — A deafening noise is a very loud noise.
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- editing — Present participle of edit.
- embezzling — Present participle of embezzle.
- freshening — Present participle of freshen.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- lengthening — (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens.
- leveling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- listening — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- unsettling — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- welcoming — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- diminishing — Make or become less.
- enveloping — Present participle of envelop.
- unquestioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.