What is another word for hanging?
Synonyms for hanging
ˈhæŋ ɪŋhang·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
hanging, wall hangingnoun
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
"the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
Synonyms:
dangling, suspension, wall hanginghangingnoun
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
"in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
Synonyms:
dangling, suspension, wall hangingsuspension, dangling, hangingnoun
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
"there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
Synonyms:
interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, wall hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, suspension, hiatus, break
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hangingnoun
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suspensionhangingnoun
Synonyms:
death by the halter
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hangingadjective
hangingnoun
Synonyms:
suspension, execution, drapery, valance, tapestry, dorsal, lambrequinAssociated words:
gallows gibbet
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1618 | break | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#6086 | hanging | |
#7589 | suspended | |
#10611 | pause | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#19980 | abatement | |
#22368 | respite | |
#25694 | dangling | |
#28330 | hiatus | |
#32635 | hangman | |
#34313 | intermission | |
#56356 | reprieve | |
#85297 | abeyance |
How to use hanging in a sentence?
I'm sitting there in my room, i've got to borrow money to pay for my caddie fee. It was a little embarrassing. I was going to borrow money from my parents to get a flight home. And I'm sitting there on the computer going on Craigslist and I start looking for jobs. It kind of hit me like,' Hey, you have an opportunity to do something with your life.' And I was just wasting it, hanging out with friends, partying on the weekends. I wasn't putting in the time.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go
That phone call was terrifying and caught me off guard. I remember hearing the accusations and just repeating ‘no, no, no’ and then hanging up. I was happy to be in the TikTok video with the girls, which was obvious proof of my attendance.
The quakes don't sound like much to somebody from California, but when you are sitting right on top of them, they are more than noticeable. They will shake the entire house, and you have no doubt about it when you have gone through it. We have in my home perhaps 100 or more wall hangings, pieces of art -- prints, etchings, oil originals -- and none of them are hanging straight.
His clothes looked like they were hanging off of him. He looked like that the night of the shooting, too.
Translations for hanging
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- شنقArabic
- Erhängung, Behang, hängend, HängungGerman
- κρεμαστά, αναρτημένος, κρεμάμενος, απαγχονισμός, κρεμαστόςGreek
- pendumoEsperanto
- ahorcamiento, colgando, colgante, suspendidoSpanish
- دار زدن, اعدام کردنPersian
- hirttäjäiset, hirtto, hirttäminen, roikkuvaFinnish
- tenture, suspendue, pendaison, suspenduFrench
- akasztásHungarian
- hengingIcelandic
- impiccagione, sospeso, sospesaItalian
- 絞首刑, 絞殺刑Japanese
- 교수형Korean
- خنکاندنKurdish
- pakorimas, korimasLithuanian
- kāršana, pakāršanaLatvian
- tautauMāori
- verhanging, hangende, verhangen, hangend, behangDutch
- wiszącePolish
- forca, enforcamento, suspensoPortuguese
- atârnatRomanian
- висячий, повешение, висетьRussian
- galgen, hänge, hängning, hängandeSwedish
- தொங்கிTamil
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