Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seeming

/ˈsiːmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: seem-ing
IPA: /ˈsiːmɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of seem

adj

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual).

noun

Outward appearance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Apprehension; judgement.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"seeming friendship"
"O, good my lord, you have lost a friend / And I dare swear you borrow not that face / Of seeming sorrow—it is sure your own."
"I'le hide my anger in a seeming calm, And what I have to do, consult the while, And mask my vengeance underneath a smile."
"Of all the English philosophers, I most reverence Bacon, that great and hardy genius: he it is who, undaunted by the seeming difficulties that oppose, prompts human curiosity to examine every part of nature;"
"[…] she was overcome like the thirsty one who is drawn toward the seeming water in the desert […]"
"[…] though they marched in seeming peace, the hearts of all the army, from the highest to the lowest, were downcast, and with every mile that they went north foreboding of evil grew heavier on them."

Etymology

By surface analysis, seem + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more seeming (comparative) most seeming (superlative) seemings (plural)

Derived Forms

misseeming seemingly seemingness unseeming

Synonyms

apparent ostensible

Homonyms

seaming seming

Rhymes With

screaming streaming dreaming teaming steaming gleaming scheming beaming redeeming teeming theming leeming

Questions

How do you pronounce seeming?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiːmɪŋ/.
What does seeming mean?: present participle and gerund of seem
Where does seeming come from?: By surface analysis, seem + -ing.

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