resting

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
• Homophone: wresting
• Hyphenation: rest‧ing

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

resting (countable and uncountable, plural restings)

1. The action of rest

   Synonyms: repose, inactivity, reliance, confidence

   • 1865, Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites, page 199:

     Hence, if the universal Father had […] personally controlled the movements of the Israelites, and directed the course, the motions, and the restings, of that cloud […]

2. A place where one can rest; a resting place.
3. A pause; a break; an interlude.

   Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Adjective

resting (not comparable)

1. That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
2. (euphemistic) Unemployed; out of work.
3. Remaining; stationary.
   • 2025 June 25 (last accessed), “Measuring Resting Heart Rate (RHR)”, in Virginia Commonwealth University‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 June 2025, page 1:

     For most adults, a normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute

Verb

resting

1. present participle and gerund of rest

Derived terms

terms derived from all parts of speech

• bitchy resting face
• nonresting
• resting bitch face
• resting face
• restingly
• resting-place
• resting Polish face
• resting potential
• resting spore
• unresting

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English sting

English resting

From re- + sting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈstɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

resting (third-person singular simple present restings, present participle restinging, simple past and past participle restung)

1. To sting again.

Anagrams

• Ginters, Stinger, Tigners, Tsering, ringest, stinger, tingers