purifying

Questions about purifying

What does purifying mean?

purifying means "serving to purge or rid of sin". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in purifying?

purifying has 4 syllables: pur-i-fy-ing. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpjʊɹəˌfaɪɪŋ/.

What is another word for purifying?

Close synonyms include purgatorial, purging, cleansing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of purifying?

The recorded antonyms are adulterating.

Is purifying a common word?

purifying is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with purifying?

15 words rhyme with purifying. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.