expressive

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
She represented Fidelio five times and Norma thrice Her features were most expressive, and well adapted to the lyric stage; her manner also was dramatic and energetic.

View all »
Definitions (10)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (4)

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by expression.
  2. adjective Serving to express or indicate: actions expressive of frustration.
  3. adjective Full of expression; significant: an expressive glance.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (4)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

 

Tags

expressive hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 117 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = French expressif = Provencal expressiu = Spanish expresivo = Portuguese expressivo = Italian espressivo, from Latin as if *expressivus, from expressus, past participle of exprimere, express: see express.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/ɛksˈprɛsɪv/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a week.

Recently looked up

nyang · impish · elfish · looted · invested

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

rimshot · qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies