Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gazing

/ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: gaz-ing
IPA: /ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of gaze

noun

The act by which somebody gazes.

Example Sentences

"There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues."
"To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration."

Inflected Forms

gazings (plural)

Derived Forms

gazingly gazingstock moongazing shoegazing skygazing sungazing ungazing

Rhymes With

amazing raising praising grazing blazing glazing phrasing phasing hazing razing appraising

Questions

How do you pronounce gazing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/.
What does gazing mean?: present participle and gerund of gaze

How to pronounce gazing

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