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(con-fin-ing) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. limiting or restricting someone or something.

Example Sentence

They are confining the dog to the backyard.

More Example Sentences

Many students feel confining rules are unfair.

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confining
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Rhymes

  • breining
  • brining
  • dining
  • fining
  • lining
  • mining
  • pining
  • shining
  • signing
  • twining
  • vining
  • whining
  • wining

  • aligning
  • assigning
  • combining
  • confining
  • declining
  • defining
  • designing
  • divining
  • opining
  • reclining
  • refining
  • resigning
  • vanhyning

  • realigning
  • reassigning
  • redefining
  • redesigning
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