{"id":187,"date":"2009-11-06T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=187"},"modified":"2009-11-06T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T14:00:33","slug":"advanced-adjectives-ending-in-ing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2009\/11\/06\/advanced-adjectives-ending-in-ing\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced adjectives ending in \u2013ing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ending \u2013ing is not only used to form the gerund (<em>I am playing<\/em>). It is also used to form adjectives.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s check out some advanced adjectives ending in \u2013ing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>appalling <\/strong>\u2013 very unpleasant, shocking. <em>appalling injuries \/ appalling conditions<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>astonishing <\/strong>\u2013 impressive, surprising. <em>astonishing success<br \/>\n<\/em> <strong>baffling <\/strong>\u2013 confusing, mysterious. <em>a baffling mystery<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>bustling <\/strong>\u2013 full of people, activity and energy. <em>The party was bustling with people.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>daunting <\/strong>\u2013 frightening, intimidating. <em>\u2026 the daunting prospect of traveling alone \u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>dazzling <\/strong>\u2013 very attractive and beautiful. <em>\u2026 such a dazzling beauty \u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>excruciating <\/strong>\u2013 very painful. <em>an excruciating experience<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>mesmerizing <\/strong>\u2013 hypnotic. <em>Watching her sing was mesmerizing\u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>misleading <\/strong>\u2013 causing someone to believe in something that is not true. <em>misleading information<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>overpowering <\/strong>\u2013 very, very strong. <em>overpowering heat \/ smell<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>overwhelming <\/strong>\u2013 having a big effect on something. <em>an overwhelming desire \/ need \/ urge<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>painstaking <\/strong>\u2013 very correct and careful. <em>painstaking attention<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>patronizing <\/strong>\u2013 speaking in a way that makes someone feel they are less important or less respected. <em>a patronizing tone \/ attitude<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>scathing <\/strong>\u2013 criticizing very severely. <em>a scathing remark \/ comment<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>sprawling <\/strong>\u2013 (usually said of a city) spreading over an area. <em>sprawling suburbs<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>staggering <\/strong>\u2013 surprising and shocking. <em>a staggering appearance<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>startling <\/strong>\u2013 surprising, worrying and sometimes unusual. <em>a startling discovery<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>tantalizing <\/strong>\u2013 causing you to have desire or excitement towards something. <em>\u2026 the tantalizing smell of homemade bread<\/em>&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>towering <\/strong>\u2013 very tall; outstanding. <em>a towering cliff \/ a towering performance by a musician<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>unassuming <\/strong>\u2013 discreet, quiet, modest. <em>an unassuming person<br \/>\n<\/em> <strong>unbending <\/strong>\u2013 stubborn, not willing to change opinions. <em>an unbending attitude<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>uplifting <\/strong>\u2013 cheerful, makes you feel better. <em>an uplifting song<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ending \u2013ing is not only used to form the gerund (I am playing). It is also used to form adjectives. Let\u2019s check out some advanced adjectives ending in \u2013ing. appalling \u2013 very unpleasant, shocking. appalling injuries \/ appalling conditions astonishing \u2013 impressive, surprising. astonishing success baffling \u2013 confusing, mysterious. a baffling mystery bustling \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2009\/11\/06\/advanced-adjectives-ending-in-ing\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[224329],"tags":[226730],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-avancado","tag-artigos-vocabulario"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}