compromising

About 1.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of compromise.
2. adjective Willing or able to make a compromise.
3. adjective 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.

4. adjective Embarrassing; scandalous; suggestive; incriminating.

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

5. noun The act by which something is compromised.

Similar words

conciliatory yielding vulnerable flexible committing haggling incriminating prejudice mortgaging interfering

Often followed by

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