compromising

English

Verb

compromising

1. present participle and gerund of compromise

Adjective

compromising (comparative more compromising, superlative most compromising)

1. Willing or able to make a compromise.

   Synonym: transigent

2. That compromises somebody or something; incriminating.

   A compromising photograph of the president was sold to the newspapers.

Derived terms

• compromisingly
• immunocompromising
• noncompromising
• uncompromising

 

Translations

incriminating

• Bulgarian: компрометиращ (bg) (komprometirašt)
• Catalan: comprometedor
• Russian: компрометирующий (ru) (komprometirujuščij)
• Spanish: comprometedor (es)
• Swedish: komprometterande (sv)

Noun

compromising (plural compromisings)

1. The act by which something is compromised.
   • 1835, Leigh Hunt, The Monthly Repository, volume 9, page 793:

     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!