bustling
adjectiveHow many syllables in bustling?
There are 2 syllables in the word bustling.How to pronounce bustling:
Definition of bustling:
- bustling (adjective):
- busy and energetic
- full of lively activity busily astir
- full of energetic and noisy activity.
Synonyms for bustling:
active
assiduous
astir
busy
buzzing
crowded
diligent
employed
energetic
engaged
full
hopping
humming
hustling
immersed
industrious
laborious
lively
occupied
preoccupied
rushing
sedulous
stirring
swarming
teeming
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Antonyms for bustling:
apathetic
asleep
calm
dead
deserted
dispirited
drab
dreary
dull
empty
idle
inactive
lackluster
lacklustre
lazy
lethargic
lifeless
quiet
silent
sleepy
slow
sluggish
soothing
spiritless
static
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- distend
- foray
- cower
- festive
- cupboard
- nobly
- lanky
- toady
- correr
- forswear
- smarmy
- kingbolt
- outsized
- grittle
- mushy
- arose
- famished
- subsumed
- humbly
- beget
- whirling
- intoned
- bragged
- bemused
- plushy
- missus
- stowing
- inquired
- sulked
- reread
- rubbed
- bestride
- reviled
- boarding
- grouchy
- practiced
- rummaged
- bluer
- awaits
- billowed
- drawled
- chortles
- defray
- alack
- reeking
- pelting
- wandered
- spondee
- mobbed
- damasked
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