You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
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Hanging
//ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "hanging" (165 found)
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Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
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Noun(3 words)
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9 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀγχόνη noun (means of execution)
Arabic
1 entries- شَنْق noun (means of execution)
Bulgarian
4 entries- висящ adj (suspended)
- бесене noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
- обесване noun (means of execution)
- обесване noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خنکاندن noun (means of execution)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吊死 noun (means of execution)
- 條幅 /条幅 noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- 絞刑 /绞刑 noun (means of execution)
- 縊死 /缢死 noun (means of execution)
Czech
1 entries- oběšení noun (means of execution)
Dutch
4 entries- hangend adj (suspended)
- hangende adj (suspended)
- behang noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- drapperie noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
Esperanto
3 entries- pendaĵo noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- pendumo noun (means of execution)
- pendumo noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
Finnish
4 entries- riippuva adj (suspended)
- roikkuva adj (suspended)
- hirttäjäiset noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
- hirttäminen noun (means of execution)
French
4 entries- suspendu adj (suspended)
- suspendue adj (suspended)
- pendaison noun (means of execution)
- pendaison noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
German
4 entries- hängend adj (suspended)
- Behang noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- Erhängung noun (means of execution)
- Erhängung noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
Greek
4 entries- αναρτημένος adj (suspended)
- κρεμάμενος adj (suspended)
- κρεμαστός adj (suspended)
- απαγχονισμός noun (means of execution)
Gujarati
1 entries- ફાંસી noun (means of execution)
Hindi
4 entries- टँगाई noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- टँगाई noun (way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged)
- टँगाव noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- फाँसी noun (means of execution)
Hungarian
1 entries- akasztás noun (means of execution)
Icelandic
1 entries- henging noun (means of execution)
Indonesian
4 entries- gantungan noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- penggantungan noun (means of execution)
- penggantungan noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
- penggantungan noun (way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged)
Italian
3 entries- sospesa adj (suspended)
- sospeso adj (suspended)
- impiccagione noun (means of execution)
Japanese
3 entries- 掛物 noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- 絞殺刑 noun (means of execution)
- 絞首刑 noun (means of execution)
Latin
3 entries- pendulus adj (suspended)
- pensilis adj (suspended)
- suspendium noun (means of execution)
Latvian
2 entries- kāršana noun (means of execution)
- pakāršana noun (means of execution)
Lithuanian
2 entries- korimas noun (means of execution)
- pakorimas noun (means of execution)
Macedonian
1 entries- бесење noun (means of execution)
Māori
1 entries- tautau adj (suspended)
Old French
1 entries- pendu adj (suspended)
Persian
2 entries- اعدام کردن noun (means of execution)
- دار زدن noun (means of execution)
Polish
2 entries- powieszenie noun (means of execution)
- powieszenie noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
Portuguese
4 entries- suspenso adj (suspended)
- enforcamento noun (means of execution)
- enforcamento noun (public event at which a person is hanged)
- forca noun (means of execution)
Romanian
1 entries- atârnat adj (suspended)
Russian
4 entries- вися́чий adj (suspended)
- вися́щий adj (suspended)
- гобеле́н noun (way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged)
- драпиро́вка noun (way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged)
Spanish
4 entries- colgandero adj (suspended)
- colgando adj (suspended)
- colgante adj (suspended)
- pensil adj (suspended)
Swedish
4 entries- hängande adj (suspended)
- galgen noun (means of execution)
- hänge noun (anything wide, high and thin that is hung)
- hängning noun (means of execution)
Urdu
1 entries- پھان٘سی noun (means of execution)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
As long as we're all just hanging around chatting, may I make a suggestion? Get back to work!
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There was a lamp hanging above the table.
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A crystal chandelier was hanging over the table.
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