Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shattering

/ʃˈætɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: shat-ter-ing
IPA: /ʃˈætɚɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shatter

noun

The act of something that shatters; the shattered material.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Very tiring; exhausting

Example Sentences

"It seems reasonable to conjecture that there is some property that is responsible for all the shatterings, because the operations that have produced the shatterings have all been similar (droppings of glass) […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

shatterings (plural) more shattering (comparative) most shattering (superlative)

Derived Forms

earthshattering nonshattering shatteringly

Synonyms

smashing

Rhymes With

flattering scattering battering chattering unflattering smattering clattering spattering nattering

Questions

How do you pronounce shattering?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈætɚɪŋ/.
What does shattering mean?: present participle and gerund of shatter

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