searching

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝtʃɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃɪŋ

Verb

searching

present participle of search

Adjective

searching (comparative more searching, superlative most searching)

(of an investigation, etc.) Thorough.
Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.
a searching gaze; searching criticism

Noun

searching (plural searchings)

search; hunt
- 2007 November 4, Mark Oppenheimer, “The Turning of an Atheist”, in New York Times‎:
  Depending on whom you ask, Antony Flew is either a true convert whose lifelong intellectual searchings finally brought him to God or a senescent scholar possibly being exploited by his associates.

Anagrams

incharges, reachings, rechasing

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