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wearing

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: w?r??ng, IPA(key): /?w????/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?????/
  • Rhymes: -?????
  • Homophones: waring, Waring

Adjective

wearing (comparative more wearing, superlative most wearing)

  1. intended to be worn
    Clothes used to be called wearing apparel
  2. causing tiredness
  3. causing erosion

Translations

Noun

wearing (plural wearings)

  1. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
  2. The act by which something is worn.
    formal crown-wearings
  3. That which is worn; clothes; garments.

Translations

Verb

wearing

  1. present participle of wear

Derived terms

  • hard-wearing (or hardwearing, hard wearing)

Anagrams

  • Wareing, Wiganer, Winegar

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distressing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??st??s??/

Adjective

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

  1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

Translations

Verb

distressing

  1. present participle of distress

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