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[ prom-uh-sing ] / ˈprɒm ə sɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR promising ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation. Origin of promisingFirst recorded in 1505–15; promise + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR promisingfavorable, reassuring, encouraging. SEE SYNONYMS FOR promising ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM promisingprom·is·ing·ly, adverbprom·is·ing·ness, nounWords nearby promisingpromiscuity, promiscuous, promise, Promised Land, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory, promissory note, promo, promonarchist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for promisingHe has struck a promising tone these last few days with his rhetoric about trying to “see each other.” Memo to Cops: Criticisms Aren’t Attacks|Michael Tomasky|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST I made the mistake of promising one group of guys they could ask me anything if they answered my questions. The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots|Emily Shire|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta is quickly becoming one of the most promising LGBT HQs on the globe. The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket List||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Others are here to invest in artists with promising reputations, and thus the possibility of future ROI. Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art|Jay Michaelson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What does that promising growth mean for the renegade brewers at Casa Bruja? House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST They found a hiding-place for the wounded earl, and Wallace went away, promising to be near at hand. The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII|Various To be as good a boy as one can, is promising a great deal, but not too much if one is in tremendous earnest, as I think you are. The Pansy Magazine, August 1886|Various I have long considered as the greatest happiness of my life, the having so promising a pupil as your lordship. Four Early Pamphlets|William Godwin And she gave him money, promising him more as he might need it, within reason. Clark's Field|Robert Herrick This absurd affair would ruin his reputation of a sensible, well-behaved, promising young officer. A Set of Six|Joseph Conrad
British Dictionary definitions for promising
adjectiveshowing promise of favourable development or future success Derived forms of promisingpromisingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to promisingtalented, up-and-coming, gifted, encouraging, auspicious, bright, rising, assuring, reassuring, able, favorable, happy, likely, lucky, propitious, roseate, rosy |