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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
  • Cans, water containers, mattresses and crosses - seeming evidence of the home's former Christian occupants — lay scattered across a dirty room.
    — Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
  • For Valenzuela, the seeming barrier actually had a freeing effect on the director.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of seeming
Verb
  • Independent producers often find the book, attach the director, and build the financing plan, and only then does the project arrive looking viable and de-risked.
    — Stuart Ford, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
  • If there’s a chance the remains of that pilot are there, DPAA will keep looking.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of looking
Verb
  • In his autobiography, Olivier admits to feeling guilt and self-loathing over the red-hot affair, especially since his wife was pregnant with their son Tarquin.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Kit Harington is feeling warmer — a bit — towards the idea of reprising his iconic fan-favorite role of Jon Snow, and discussed his return to HBO in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of feeling
Verb
  • ElevenLabs is among those whose voice technology can produce the natural-sounding speech that appears across many of these applications.
    — Will Jones, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But Leigh continued to hold out hope that her beloved would return, sounding much like Scarlett O’Hara.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 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 23 Sep. 2026.

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