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hemming

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present participle of hem

Synonyms & Antonyms of hemming

1 as in hawing

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hemming

hawing

balancing,
dithering,
faltering,
halting,
hanging back,
hesitating,
scrupling,
shilly-shallying,
staggering,
teetering,
vacillating,
wavering,
wobbling
(also wabbling)

dallying,
dawdling,
delaying,
lingering,
pausing,
procrastinating,
waiting

backing down,
chickening (out)

considering,
debating,
deliberating,
pondering,
weighing

oscillating,
swaying

equivocating,
hedging,
pussyfooting,
waffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for hemming

diving (in),
plunging (in)

deciding

budging,
stirring

advancing,
continuing

2 as in trimming

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hemming

trimming

bordering,
bounding,
edging,
framing,
fringing,
margining,
rimming,
skirting

circumscribing,
defining,
delineating,
demarcating,
outlining,
silhouetting,
sketching,
tracing

circling,
compassing,
encircling,
enclosing
(also inclosing),
environing,
girdling,
girthing,
looping,
ringing,
rounding,
surrounding,
walling

checking,
confining,
controlling,
curbing,
limiting,
restraining,
restricting

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Thesaurus Entries Near hemming

hemmed (in)

hemming

hemming and hawing

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“Hemming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemming. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.

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