What does self-abnegating mean?

self-abnegating means "used especially of behavior".

How many syllables are in self-abnegating?

self-abnegating has 5 syllables and divides as sel-f-ab-ne-ga-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-abnegating?

Close synonyms include renunciant, renunciative, self-denying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-abnegating a common word?

self-abnegating 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.

Self-abnegating — meaning and 3 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
used especially of behavior
Synonymsrenunciant renunciative self-denying
Similarnonindulgent

Questions about self-abnegating

What does self-abnegating mean?: self-abnegating means "used especially of behavior".
How many syllables are in self-abnegating?: self-abnegating has 5 syllables and divides as sel-f-ab-ne-ga-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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