Winning
['wɪnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) succeeding with great difficulty; 'winning is not everything'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win
(a.) Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address.
(n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
(n.) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) A new opening.
(n.) The portion of a coal field out for working.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Attractive, alluring, pleasing, charming, bewitching, engaging, captivating, fascinating, prepossessing, enchanting, delightful, lovely.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alluring, engaging, attractive, seductive
ANT:Repulsive, unpleasing, unattractive, unwinning
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Definition
adj. and n.—n. Win′ner.—adv. Win′ningly.
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Examples
- And that money-winning business is really a blot. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In fact, now I look into your face, even if I can't say you are sure to win, I can say that I never saw anything look more like winning in my life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I'll tell you something I know about you, my dear,' returned Mrs Lammle in her winning way, 'and that is, you are most unnecessarily shy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He too smiled, a brave and winning smile. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He will hold a card back for years in order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His sensitiveness to approbation, his hope of winning favor by an agreeable act, are made use of to induce action in another direction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the more beautiful and winning and charming she, the nearer they must always be to the necessity of approaching it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I said, in my most winning way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had the pleasure of making your Ladyship's acquaintance at Brussels, ten years ago, Becky said in the most winning manner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was no more tempted by such winning than he was by drink. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But there is nothing singular in that; who could help loving so beautiful and winning a creature! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No one ever stopped when they were winning. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This sense of mastery in a winning battle against the conditions of our life is, I believe, the social myth that will inspire our reconstructions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Beautiful, pure, charming, simplicity itself; oh, my friend, she is indeed a prize I may think myself lucky in winning! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- So far as is known, he still remains there, winning the wager which he has not come up to claim. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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