Adjectives Ending in ING and Containing EC

Browse 26 valid English adjectives ending in ING and containing EC, from Expecting, Preceding, Becoming, Recurring, Affecting, Receding and Unsuspecting to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our adjective grammar guide to check adjective order and comparative rules.

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Starts with A
1 words
affecting
Starts with B
3 words
becoming
beseeching
breechloading
Starts with D
1 words
deprecating
Starts with E
2 words
expecting
electrifying
Starts with F
1 words
fecking
Starts with H
1 words
hectoring
Starts with M
1 words
misbecoming
Starts with N
5 words
nonrecurring
nondecreasing
nonintersecting
nonreflecting
nonreciprocating
Starts with P
1 words
preceding
Starts with R
2 words
recurring
receding
Starts with U
8 words
unsuspecting
unbecoming
unreflecting
unrecognizing
unaffecting
undeclining
unrecalling
unrecuring

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