Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quelling

/kwˈɛlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: quelling
IPA: /kwˈɛlɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of quell

noun

The act by which something is quelled.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

RNA interference.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

causing something to quell or be quelled

Example Sentences

"There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle."

Usage

Inflected Forms

quellings (plural) more quelling (comparative) most quelling (superlative)

Derived Forms

manquelling quellingly

Synonyms

suppression crushing stifling

Rhymes With

telling selling yelling spelling compelling dwelling swelling smelling bestselling shelling retelling propelling

Questions

How do you pronounce quelling?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwˈɛlɪŋ/.
What does quelling mean?: present participle and gerund of quell

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