Synonyms for hanging
ˈhæŋ ɪŋhang·ing

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1. hanging, wall hangingnoun

   decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

   "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

   Synonyms:
   dangling, suspension, wall hanging

2. hangingnoun

   a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

   "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

   Synonyms:
   dangling, suspension, wall hanging

3. suspension, dangling, hangingnoun

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, wall hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, suspension, hiatus, break

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1. hangingnoun

   Synonyms:
   suspension

2. hangingnoun

   Synonyms:
   death by the halter

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1. hangingadjective

   Synonyms:
   suspended, pendent, pendulous, pensile, dangling

2. hangingnoun

   Synonyms:
   suspension, execution, drapery, valance, tapestry, dorsal, lambrequin

   Associated words:
   gallows gibbet

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1. List of paraphrases for "hanging":

   hangman, dangling, suspended

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How to use hanging in a sentence?

1. Kip Moore:

   We live this life of it can be the most exhilarating thing every night on stage but it can also play these tricks on you, he said. We've done 200 shows a year for the last three years and it can make you feel so like you're losing everything in your life, people you care about, those kinds of things, there's a lot of desperation on this record. it’s the same group of guys, it’s the same time, the same lighting guys, the same sound guys, he said. We really are brothers, and we love hanging out with each other, and I miss the heck out of them when I ’m out on the road, so that’s an amazing part of it is I ’m getting to hang out with my family every day and do something that we all love.

2. George Orwell:

   you can't live life without consequences. They occur regardless of the decision. A consequence is an outcome, good or bad. You can live life without regrets and thats what makes it worth it. Or you could live with regret and end up hanging yourself but thats still good. You paid for the rope so your feeding someones family. Something to be proud of before you kick the bucket

3. The New York Times:

   When Mr. Alexander repeatedly insisted that he had no information, one officer pointed to a plastic bag hanging on some pipes, asked if he knew what it was for and said, 'You know what waterboarding is?' Mr. Alexander recalled, the officer then put the bag over his head and started beating him again, Mr. Alexander said.

4. Napoleon Hill:

   No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

5. Roman Belinsky:

   I don't know how I survived, it was dark in the bushes. My eye was hanging out. I was concussed.