Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compassioning

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pas-sion-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of compassion

noun

An act of bestowing compassion.

Example Sentences

"The Home Nurse who, from Christian principle, patiently and unmurmuringly endures the so-often ungracious observations, the supercilious compassionings, the idle, peevish complaints […]"

Inflected Forms

compassionings (plural)

Questions

What does compassioning mean?: present participle and gerund of compassion

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