prepossessing

1. 1.

   creating a favorable impression

   “strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance”

   Similarattractive

Questions about prepossessing

What does prepossessing mean?

prepossessing means "creating a favorable impression".

How many syllables are in prepossessing?

prepossessing has 4 syllables: pre-pos-ses-sing. The stress falls on "pos".

Is prepossessing a common word?

prepossessing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.