compromettant
compromising, incriminating
adjective kohm-pro-meh-TAHN Rare
Usage Note
Compromettant describes something that could damage a person's reputation or legal standing. The feminine form is compromettante. It is the present participle of compromettre used adjectivally — a pattern that produces many French adjectives. Des photos compromettantes ('compromising photos') is a very common collocation.
Examples
"Il a découvert des documents très compromettants."
Natural Translation
He discovered very compromising documents.
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