fobbing

Meaning of fobbing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. 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

  • It is a verb.
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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:

stall

Meaning deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:

deceive

Meaning make (someone) less angry or hostile:

placate

Meaning pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands:

appease

Meaning discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences:

deter

Meaning cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:

discourage

Meaning make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive:

daunt

Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:

intimidate

Meaning make (someone) lose courage or confidence:

unnerve

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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