EXPRESSIVE

expressive

(adjective) characterized by expression; “a very expressive face”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

expressive (comparative more expressive, superlative most expressive)

Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

Antonyms

• inexpressive

• unexpressive

Noun

expressive (plural expressives)

(linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.

(linguistics, more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*press"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. expressif.]

1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell.

2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. Shak. Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. Littelton.

– Ex*press"ive*ly,adv.

– Ex*press"ive*ness,n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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