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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
Derived Forms
- exˈpressiveness, noun
- exˈpressively, adverb
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of expressive1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
As I look at him on the computer screen, it's impossible not to reflect on how expressive his face is - a face that could be carved from the earth.
This is my fourth consecutive year photographing Coachella, and it’s always fun when the artists are as expressive as Doja Cat was in her performance.
These are not easy shoes to step into, but Foster spends much of her time onstage barefoot, pawing her way into the part with those dirty, bare-soled, hilariously expressive feet of hers.
But the film also boasts some phenomenal solo numbers, like MacKay’s expressive song “Alone” which appears early in the movie.
Guardiola was in an expressive mood as he spoke to the media for over 25 minutes.
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