Compromising can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
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compromising - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" | ||
compromising - vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation" | ||
Verb |
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compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" | ||
compromise - settle by concession | ||
compromise - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy" |
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1. | adj. | Loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet. | |
2. | adj. | She found herself in a compromising situation. | |
3. | verb | If the correct legal name is not in Global Counterparty, the confirmation goes out with the wrong legal name on it seriously compromising the contract itself. | |
4. | verb | A Norwegian diplomat had been hostile to the Soviet Union, so the KGB initiated a compromising action against the Norwegian. He had a Russian girlfriend and was asked to immediately leave the country. | |
5. | verb | Beware of cameras with long lenses, lest you get snapped in a compromising situation. | |
6. | verb | Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise. | |
7. | verb | We have no choice but to compromise. | |
8. | verb | I had to compromise on this point. | |
9. | verb | The mayor will compromise to a certain extent. | |
10. | verb | The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise. | |
11. | verb | Both sides had to compromise with each other. | |
12. | verb | It's against my rules to compromise. | |
13. | verb | We tried to compromise with them. | |
14. | verb | In any case, the union has to compromise to a certain extent. | |
15. | verb | He had refused to compromise on the issue. | |
16. | verb | President Cleveland had to compromise. | |
17. | verb | Tom seems to be unwilling to compromise. | |
18. | noun | The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual. |
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adj. | |
Loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet. |
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She found herself in a compromising situation. |
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verb | |
If the correct legal name is not in Global Counterparty, the confirmation goes out with the wrong legal name on it seriously compromising the contract itself. |
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A Norwegian diplomat had been hostile to the Soviet Union, so the KGB initiated a compromising action against the Norwegian. He had a Russian girlfriend and was asked to immediately leave the country. | |
Beware of cameras with long lenses, lest you get snapped in a compromising situation. | |
Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise. |
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We have no choice but to compromise. | |
I had to compromise on this point. | |
The mayor will compromise to a certain extent. | |
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise. | |
Both sides had to compromise with each other. | |
It's against my rules to compromise. | |
We tried to compromise with them. | |
In any case, the union has to compromise to a certain extent. | |
He had refused to compromise on the issue. | |
President Cleveland had to compromise. | |
Tom seems to be unwilling to compromise. | |
noun | |
The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual. |
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