fobbing
Meaning of fobbing
verb, gerund or present participle
- deceitfully attempt to satisfy someone by making excuses or giving them something inferior.
I was fobbed off with bland reassurances
late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheat out of’): origin uncertain; perhaps related to German foppen ‘deceive, cheat, banter’, or to fop.
Information about fobbing
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Hyphenation of fobbing
fob-bing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- fobbing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
fobbing synonyms
Meaning (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine:
Meaning deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:
Meaning make (someone) less angry or hostile:
Meaning pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands:
Meaning discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:
Meaning make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive:
Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:
Meaning make (someone) lose courage or confidence:
Words that rhyme with fobbing
Bing, bing, sabing, Hibbing, Kuebbing, backstabbing, berobbing, bibbing, blabbing, blobbing, blubbing, bobbing, cabbing, cabobbing, clubbing, cobbing, cobwebbing, confabbing, crabbing, cribbing, cubbing, dabbing, demobbing, deribbing, dibbing, dobbing, drabbing, dribbing, drubbing, dubbing, ebbing, fibbing, flubbing, frabbing, fubbing, gabbing, gibbing, glibbing, gobbing, grabbing, graverobbing, grubbing, hobbing, hobjobbing, hobnobbing, hubbing, jabbing, jibbing, jobbing, kababbing
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