17K+ Words That Rhyme With COARSENING

• the act of hearing attentively

• changing to a lighter color

• destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• the act of making something less tight

• the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

• the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• reflecting light

• make sharp or sharper

• make crisp or more crisp and precise

• become sharp or sharper

• put (an image) into focus

• make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

• raise the pitch of (musical notes)

• give a point to

• make (one's senses) more acute

• the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

• the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

• a request for information

• perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)

• marked by or given to doubt

• showing curiosity

• an event that happens

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• becoming stronger

• the act of increasing the strength of something

• a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

• the act of fastening things together

• abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

• the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)

• cheerfully encouraging

• a change downward

• changing for the worse

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse

• the act of rationing

• thinking that is coherent and logical

• endowed with the capacity to reason

• something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

• the act of adding a seasoning to food

• the act of inspiring with fear

• causing fear or dread or terror

• the act of prolonging something

• the act of making something slightly wet

• the process of becoming softer

• having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

• the act of becoming stiff

• the process of becoming stiff or rigid

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• darkened by clouds

• the act of waking

• performing or able to perform its regular function

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• not performing or able to perform its regular function

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• causing to fall into line or into position

• (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

• of advancing the ball by running

• executed or initiated by running

• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

• the state of being in operation

• the act of administering or being in charge of something

• the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

• continually repeated over a period of time

• measured lengthwise

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• the act of taking a vacation

• failing to inform or clarify

• not edifying

• not unfriendly or threatening

• act at high speed

• move hurridly

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• cause to occur rapidly

• make (to feel) fresh

• become or make oneself fresh again

• make fresh again

• not based on reason or evidence

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• giving a Christian name at baptism

• loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

• subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter

• the cultivation of plants

• descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

• changing to a lighter color

• causing or able to cause nausea

• an increase in width

• a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

• the act of making something wider

• made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• face with defiance or impudence