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expressive
[ ik-spres-iv ]
adjective
- full of expression; meaningful:
an expressive shrug.
- serving to express; indicative of power to express:
a look expressive of gratitude.
- of, relating to, or concerned with expression:
Dance is a highly expressive art.
- Sociology. (of a crowd or group) engaging in nonpurposeful activity of an expressive and often rhythmic nature, as weeping, dancing, or shouting. Compare active ( def 15 ), orgiastic ( def 3 ).
- Linguistics. of or relating to forms in which sounds denote a semantic field directly and nonarbitrarily, through sound symbolism based, to some degree, on synesthesia, as observable in onomatopoeia, rhyming and gradational compounds, and emotionally charged words such as hypocoristics and pejoratives.
expressive
/ ɪkˈsprɛsɪv /
adjective
- of, involving, or full of expression
- postpositivefoll byof indicative or suggestive (of)
a look expressive of love
- having a particular meaning, feeling, or force; significant
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Derived Forms
- exˈpressiveness, noun
- exˈpressively, adverb
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Other Words From
- ex·pressive·ly adverb
- ex·pressive·ness noun
- anti·ex·pressive adjective
- anti·ex·pressive·ly adverb
- anti·ex·pressive·ness noun
- nonex·pressive adjective
- nonex·pressive·ly adverb
- nonex·pressive·ness noun
- over·ex·pressive adjective
- over·ex·pressive·ly adverb
- over·ex·pressive·ness noun
- preex·pressive adjective
- super·ex·pressive adjective
- super·ex·pressive·ly adverb
- super·ex·pressive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of expressive1
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Synonym Study
See eloquent ( def ).
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