expressive

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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

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