13 Letter Words for Extinguishing
extinguishing
10 Letter Words for Extinguishing
extinguish, higginsite, sightening, unexisting, unsighting
9 Letter Words for Extinguishing
enthusing, ingesting, signeting, ungesting, unigenist, unsighing
8 Letter Words for Extinguishing
existing, genistin, geniting, gentisin, gestning, ghenting, ginniest, giusting, guesting, gungiest, gunsight, heisting, huntings, igniting, neighing, nighties, nighting, nithings, sennight, shunting, sighting, singeing, steining, stinging, thingies, tingeing, unhinges, unitings, unnethis, unsexing, untieing
7 Letter Words for Extinguishing
ensuing, exiting, genghis, gentiin, gesning, ginseng, guising, gunites, gunnies, gushing, gusting, gutsing, henting, hexings, hinging, hinnies, hinting, histing, hunting, husting, ignites, inexist, ingenit, ingenus, ingines, insight, intines, nesting, nighest, nighing, nightie, nithing, nuggets, seguing, seining, senting, sexting, shining, shiting, shuting, sieging, sighing, sighten, signing, singing, sithing, sixtine, sughing, suiting, sunnite, tensing, tinging, tinnies, tunings, tunnies, tushing, unhinge, unities, uniting, unshent, unsight, unsting, untiing
6 Letter Words for Extinguishing
eights, ennuis, ensign, exitus, genius, gesith, gieing, gigues, ginnet, guigne, gunges, gunite, gushet, gustie, heting, hexing, hieing, hinges, histie, hugest, ignite, ineunt, ingent, ingenu, ingest, ingine, ingnue, inguen, initis, innest, insite, intens, intine, intune, intuse, ithunn, neighs, nentsi, nigget, niggun, nights, ninigi, ninths, nixies, nixing, nugget, seniti, sennit, sexing, shiite, shinne, sigint, signet, sining, sinnet, sithen, siting, sixgun, sixing, snight, snithe, steigh, stinge, sugent, tennis, tenuis, thegns, theins, things, thunge, tinges, tinies, tining, tinnie, tuning, tunish, tushie, ughten, ungets, unhent, unisex, unites, unnest, unneth, unnigh, unsent, unsing, unties, untine, untins
5 Letter Words for Extinguishing
ehing, eight, engin, ennui, entsi, eshin, etuis, eughs, exing, exist, exits, exust, geist, geits, genii, genin, genit, gents, genus, ghest, gighe, gigue, gings, gites, giust, guest, guige, guise, gunge, gunne, heist, hents, hexis, hinge, hings, hints, hsien, huies, hunts, igigi, ignis, innet, innit, inset, insue, intis, intue, inuit, inust, negus, neigh, neist, nexts, nexus, nguni, nighs, night, nines, ninth, nintu, ninut, nisei, nixes, nixie, segni, sengi, senit, senti, seugh, sheng, shent, shine, shune, shunt, shute, sient, sieth, sight, singe, singh, sithe, sixte, sixth, snite, stegh, stein, steng, stine, sting, stung, suent, suine, suing, suint, suite, sunni, teggs, tegus, tengu, tennu, teugh, thegn, thein, thens, thigs, thine, thing, thins, thisn, thugs, thung, tiens, tiges, tines, tinge, tingi, tings, tsine, tunes, tungs, tunis, tuxes, uneth, unget, unhex, unhit, unist, unite, units, unnet, unset, unsex, unsin, untie, untin, usent, usine, using, usnin
4 Letter Words for Extinguishing
eggs, eigh, engs, eths, etui, eugh, exit, extg, gein, geit, gens, gent, genu, gest, gets, gheg, gien, gies, gigs, ging, ginn, gins, gise, gish, gist, gite, gith, gits, gneu, gnus, gues, gung, guns, gush, gust, guts, heii, heng, hens, hent, hest, hets, hexs, hies, higi, hine, hing, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, hues, huge, hugs, huis, hung, huns, hunt, huse, hust, huts, iggs, init, inne, inns, inst, inti, isnt, isth, negs, nein, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, neut, next, nies, nigh, nine, nisi, nist, nits, nixe, nung, nuns, nuts, seit, sent, seth, sext, shet, shin, shit, shtg, shug, shun, shut, sien, sigh, sign, sine, sing, sinh, site, sith, siti, situ, snig, snit, snug, steg, sten, stge, stie, stue, stug, stun, suet, sugg, sugh, sugi, suit, sune, sung, suni, sunn, sunt, tegg, tegs, tegu, teng, tens, then, thig, thin, this, thug, thus, tien, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tshi, tsun, tues, tugs, tuis, tune, tung, tuns, tush, ughs, ungt, unie, unis, unit, unix, utes, utis, xiii, xint
3 Letter Words for Extinguishing
egg, ehs, eng, ens, est, esu, eth, ext, gen, get, gie, gig, gin, gis, git, gns, gnu, gte, gue, gui, gun, gus, gut, hei, hen, hes, het, hex, hgt, hie, hin, his, hit, hts, hue, hug, hui, hun, hut, igg, ign, ihi, ihs, iii, ing, inn, ins, int, ise, ish, isn, ist, its, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, nix, nne, nth, nun, nus, nut, seg, sei, sen, set, sex, she, shi, sht, sie, sig, sin, sit, six, stg, sue, sui, sun, teg, ten, tes, tex, tgn, the, tie, tig, tin, tis, tiu, tng, tsh, tsi, tue, tug, tui, tun, tux, ugh, ugs, ugt, uhs, uit, ung, unh, uni, unn, uns, use, ush, ust, ute, uti, uts, xii, xis
Definitions for Extinguishing
[1] to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
[2] to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope.
[3] to obscure or eclipse, as by superior brilliance.
[4] Law . to discharge (a debt), as by payment.
[5] to put out or quench (a light, flames, etc)
[6] to remove or destroy entirely; annihilate
[7] archaic to eclipse or obscure by or as if by superior brilliance
[8] law to discharge (a debt)
Words related to Extinguishing
extinguishquench, smother, suffocate, douse, annihilate, exterminate, suppress, obliterate, quell, erase, eliminate, abate, destroy, eradicate, trample, drown, stifle, choke, out, end
Words nearby Extinguishing
extinguishextima, extinct, extinction, extinctive, extine, extinguish, extinguishant, extinguisher, extirpate, extirpation, extn.
Origin of Extinguishing
1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tingu(ere ) (ex- ex-1 + stinguere to quench) + -ish2
Other words from Extinguishing
ex·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
ex·tin·guish·ment , noun
non·ex·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
non·ex·tin·guished , adjective
pre·ex·tin·guish , verb (used with object)
pre·ex·tin·guish·ment , noun
self-ex·tin·guish·ing , adjective
un·ex·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
un·ex·tin·guished , adjective
Word origin for Extinguishing
C16: from Latin exstinguere, from stinguere to quench
Synonyms for Extinguishing
douse, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, suffocate, choke, drown, out, stifle, trample, blot out, blow out
