coming off (as)

verb

present participle of come off (as)
as in seeming
to give the impression of being she is an intelligent debater, but she can sometimes come off as arrogant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming off (as)
  1. seeming
  2. looking
  3. feeling
  4. sounding
Verb
  • Either way, Wanda comes out on top, her seeming death notwithstanding.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Yet my party of work friends lingered, seeming to savor the change of venue.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
Definition of seeming
Verb
  • The rain starts up again, paired with some nasty-looking cyclones.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Spaceship Earth is the iconic giant-golf-ball-looking attraction near the front entrance of the theme park.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of looking
Verb
  • Its longline fit offers coverage in blustery winds or rain without feeling too bulky in mild temperatures.
    — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At breakfast, people at the table next to me were talking about how their friend wasn’t feeling well and stayed in the room.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeling
Verb
  • Indeed, chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude are simultaneously authoritative-sounding and eager-to-please, a combination that can lead to terrible-yet-seductive advice that many users accept with little to no critical pushback.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Advocacy groups are sounding alarms over widespread issues in federal student loan programs as the Education Department implements major reforms.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sounding
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“Coming off (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20off%20%28as%29. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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