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English Dictionary: impressive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impressive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impressive adj making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony" Antonym(s): unimpressive producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" Synonym(s): impressive, telling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impressive \Impress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. impressif.] 1. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive* discourse; an impressive scene. 2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. - {Impress"ively}, adv. -- {Impress"iveness}, n.