verged in English

verb

1

approach (something) closely; be close or similar to (something).

despair verging on the suicidal

synonyms: approach, border on, come close/near to, be tantamount to, tend toward, approximate to, resemble

2

incline in a certain direction or toward a particular state.

his style verged into the art nouveau school

verb

approach, border on, come close/near to, be tantamount to, tend toward, approximate to, resemble

Use "verged" in a sentence

1. The portrait verged on caricature.

2. The 1954 finals verged on the surreal.

3. Some of his suggestions verged on the outrageous.

4. His ability to rationalise verged on the psychopathic.

5. At times, his performance verged on brilliance, but at others it was only ordinary.

6. Synonyms for Adjoined include joined, abutted, bordered, touched, bordered on, neighboured, verged on, annexed, approximated and flanked

7. Certain affirm that the position adopted by Salman Taseer verged (were were verging) on provocation. Do you agree?

8. Synonyms for Abutted include adjoined, joined, touched, bordered, neighboured, met, verged on, annexed, flanked and fringed

9. See synonyms for: Converge / converging on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), con·verged, con·verg·ing