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1. (adj.) expressive
full of expression; meaningful:
an expressive shrug.
2. expressive
serving to express:
a look expressive of gratitude.
3. expressive
of, pertaining to, or concerned with expression:
Dance is a highly expressive art.
4. expressive
of or pertaining to linguistic forms in which sounds denote a semantic field directly and nonarbitrarily through sound symbolism, as in onomatopoeia and emotionally charged words such as hypocoristics and pejoratives.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF)
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| Definition of 'expressive' |
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1. (adj) expressive
characterized by expression
"a very expressive face"
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1. (adjective) expressive
showing emotions clearly
his expressive face; an expressive reading of the poem
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1. (adj) expressive
serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude
2. (adj) expressive
full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words
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Sense: showing meaning or feeling clearly
She has an expressive look on her face.
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 Afrikaans: veelseggende |
 Arabic: مُعَبِّر |
 Bulgarian: изразителен |
 Brazilian: expressivo |
 Czech: výrazný |
 German: ausdrucksvoll |
 Danish: udtryksfuld |
 Greek: εκφραστικός |
 Spanish: expresivo |
 Estonian: ilmekas |
 Farsi: معنی دار؛ گویا |
 Finnish: ilmeikäs |
 French: expressif |
 Hebrew: מָלֶא הַבָּעָה |
 Hindi: सूचक |
 Croatian: izražajan |
 Hungarian: kifejező |
 Indonesian: penuh perasaan |
 Icelandic: sem lætur í ljósi; sem se |
 Italian: espressivo |
 Japanese: 表情豊かな |
 Korean: 표정이 풍부한 |
 Lithuanian: išraiškingas |
 Latvian: izteiksmīgs |
 Malay: penuh perasaan |
 Dutch: expressief |
 Norwegian: uttrykksfull |
 Polish: wyrazisty, pełen wyrazu |
 Persian: معنی دار؛ گویا |
 Pashto: معنا لرونكى |
 Portuguese: expressivo |
 Romanian: expresiv |
 Russian: выразительный |
 Slovak: výrazný |
 Slovenian: izrazit |
 Serbian: izražajan |
 Swedish: uttrycksfull |
 Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับการแสดงออก |
 Turkish: anlamlı |
 Taiwanese: 富有表情的，意味深長的 |
 Ukrainian: виразний; емоційний |
 Urdu: واضح ، بیّن |
 Vietnamese: diễn cảm |
 Chinese: 富有表情的 |
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