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compromising
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give and take |
| Synonyms: | adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, find happy medium, find middle ground, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make concession, meet halfway, negotiate, play ball with, settle, split the difference, strike balance, trade off |
| Antonyms: | contest, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, quarrel |
| Concept: | Compromise. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo termine; compensation; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutal concession.
-verbs
compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.
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| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | embarrassing |
| Synonyms: | compromising, delicate, difficult, embarrassed, ill at ease, inconvenient, inopportune, painful, perplexing, sticky*, thorny, ticklish, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, untimely |
| Antonyms: | clever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bewildering, compromising, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, exasperating, impossible, incommodious, inconvenient, inopportune, mortifying, perplexing, puzzling, rattling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, troubling, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, upsetting, worrisome |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | halfway |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | not complete; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | comparatively, compromising, conciliatory, half the distance, imperfectly, in part, incompletely, insufficiently, medially, middling, midway, moderately, nearly, partially, partly, pretty*, rather, restrictedly, to a degree, to some extent, to the middle, unsatisfactorily |
| Antonyms: | completely, totally, wholly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intermediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle, in-between |
| Synonyms: | average, between, center, central, common, compromising, fair, halfway, indifferent, intermediary, interposed, intervening, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, mid, middling, midway, moderate, neutral, so-so, standard, transitional |
| Antonyms: | end, extreme |
| Main Entry: | middle-of-the-road |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moderate |
| Synonyms: | balanced, cautious, compromising, conservative, controlled, disciplined, even, impartial, indifferent, inexpensive, midway, mild, modest, neutral, noncommittal, nonpartisan, not excessive, on the fence, reasonable, straight |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, temperate |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, balanced, bearable, careful, cautious, compromising, conservative, considerate, considered, controlled, cool, deliberate, disciplined, dispassionate, equable, even, gentle, impartial, inconsiderable, inexpensive, judicious, limited, low-key, measured, middle-of-the-road, midway, mild, modest, monotonous, neutral, nonpartisan, not excessive, pacific, peaceable, pleasant, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sober, soft, steady, straight, tame, tolerable, tolerant, tranquil, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | excessive, extreme, immoderate, outrageous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unreasonable, unrestrained, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | incriminating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inculpating |
| Synonyms: | accusatory, compromising, condemnatory, convicting, damaging, damning |
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