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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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