expressive

English

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Adjective

expressive (comparative more expressive, superlative most expressive)

1. Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

Antonyms

• inexpressive
• unexpressive

Derived terms

• expressiveness

Related terms

• expressivity

Translations

effectively conveying feeling

• Bulgarian: изразителен (bg) (izrazitelen)
• Catalan: expressiu (ca) m
• Czech: expresivní (cs) m
• Finnish: ilmaiseva (fi)
• French: expressif (fr) m
• Ido: expresiva (io)

• Italian: espressivo (it) m
• Portuguese: expressivo (pt), significativo (pt)
• Romanian: expresiv (ro) m and n, plin de expresie (ro) m and n
• Russian: выразительный (ru) (vyrazítel'nyj)
• Spanish: expresivo (es)

External links

• expressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• expressive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Adjective

expressive f

1. feminine form of expressif