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drifting

/ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Drifting means: continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.

Synonyms for drifting5

adjective, as in continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant, unsettled

What does drifting mean?2

adjective

1

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another“a drifting double-dealer”

noun

1

aimless wandering from place to place

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with drifting?3

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Drifting in a sentence

  • Drifting off to sleep again, the same dream returned, three times in all.unknown
  • If he keeps drifting aimlessly, his late father will turn over in his grave.CM
  • A purple boat was arriving, drifting in the gulf.mervert1
  • And so, these two who had once been soulmates, were slowly drifting apart.Cangarejo
  • The ship was drifting at the mercy of the waves.Tamy
  • The quickest way through a hairpin turn is drifting.MethodGT
  • A tiny fishing boat was drifting slowly along.vvv123
  • I saw a white cloud drifting across the sky.LeviHighway

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Forms of drifting

as a noun

plural
driftings