Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disrupting

/dɪsɹˈʌptɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: dis-rupt-ing
IPA: /dɪsɹˈʌptɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of disrupt

adj

That disrupts; disruptive.

Example Sentences

"'Even if I make so monstrous an admission as that our molecules could be dispersed by some disrupting power, why should they reassemble in exactly the same order as before?'"

Inflected Forms

more disrupting (comparative) most disrupting (superlative)

Derived Forms

nondisrupting

Rhymes With

interrupting corrupting erupting

Questions

How do you pronounce disrupting?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsɹˈʌptɪŋ/.
What does disrupting mean?: present participle and gerund of disrupt

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