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What is the adjective for promised?

What's the adjective for promised? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb promise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

promised
  1. Predicted; expected; anticipated.
  2. Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
  3. Due to become manifest because of a past promise.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “If the operation had achieved the promised result, Hawkins would not have been entitled to the return of Dr. McGee's fee.”
      “When CenciĆ³n Varos was born, she was promised to the son of Enrique Valles.”
promissory
  1. Containing or consisting of a promise.
  2. (law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The way to make sure your father gets paid is to get your brother to sign a promissory note agreeing to repay all the amounts he charged.”
      “If he decides to start making payments, you should write up a simple promissory note.”
      “As for governments, when you print promissory notes that are not tied to anything tangible, the urge to print more notes is overwhelming.”
promising
  1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
  2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Both business and manufacturing expectations improve, and the future of the economy looks promising once again.”
      “Only a promising athlete who shows signs of something more to come is considered a talent.”
      “We were also asked to review the Quick Reaction Fund, which is focused on rapidly field testing promising new technology prototypes.”
promissive
  1. Making or implying a promise.
promiseless
  1. Without a promise.
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