seeming

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ

Verb

seeming

1. Present participle of seem.

Adjective

seeming (comparative more seeming, superlative most seeming)

1. apparent

Translations

apparent

Czech: zdánlivý (cs) m. Esperanto: ŝajna (eo) Portuguese: aparente (pt)

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀чит (sh), вѝдљив (sh) Roman: òčit (sh), vìdljiv (sh)

Noun

seeming (plural seemings)

1. outward appearance
   • 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

     And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting / On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; / And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor

Translations

outward appearance

Japanese: 上辺(うわべ, uwabe), 見せ掛け(みせかけ, misekake)

Derived terms

• seemingness
• seemingly