compromising
verbadjectivenounattested in dialogue
Willing or able to make a compromise.
verb
- 1
Also a form of compromisepresent participle and gerund of compromise.
adjective
- 1
Willing or able to make a compromise.
- 2
That compromises somebody or something, especially someone's reputation; socially damaging.
- 3
That compromises somebody or something, especially someone's reputation; socially damaging. Embarrassing; scandalous; suggestive; incriminating.
A compromising photograph of the president was sold to the newspapers.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is compromised.
There hath been much of treason, And much of violence and shame, To the old worship of that spring-life season; And compromisings of a sacred claim!
Forms
- plural
- compromisings
- comparative
- more compromising
- superlative
- most compromising
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compromising · Willing or able to make a compromise.
Compton · Any of several placenames in England and the United States. A…compulsion · An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some…compulsive · Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.