JELLING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

jelling

verb

present participle of jell

as in forming

to take on a definite form our ideas for the marketing campaign are just beginning to jell

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as in gelling

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the sauce will jell once it cools down

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Thanks to well above average ocean temperatures due to the Super El Niño, tropical storms and hurricanes south of California are forming at breakneck speed.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Simply use a cleansing balm or micellar water makeup remover that dissolves the pigments and film-forming agents that make the eyeshadow waterproof and long-lasting.

— Laura Sandroni, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

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Some fortunes, however, are already crystallizing into deeds.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The lyrics describe a crystallizing moment in which the narrator realizes that her relationship is the thing that’s not working in her life, despite the best hopes and intentions.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 6 June 2026

Definition of crystallizing

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Make vegan avocado ice cream by blending avocado, coconut milk, and lemon zest and freezing it in an ice cream maker.

— Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
There is no shortage of unstudied percolation systems that their technique could apply to — like graphs where the nodes don’t all look identical, or more complicated models that describe freezing water or quantum materials.

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

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