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[ adjective ] impressive in appearance

Synonyms

noble stately baronial

Examples

"a baronial mansion" "an imposing residence" "a noble tree" "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses" "stately columns"

Used in print

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Despite the recession , Pittsburgh came into town with this imposing list of averages : Smoky_Burgess .455 , Gino_Cimoli .389 , Bill_Virdon .340 , Bob_Clemente and Dick_Groat , each .323 , Dick_Stuart .306 , Don_Hoak .280 and Bob_Skinner .267 .

Related terms

impressive

2
[ adjective ] used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

Synonyms

distinguished magisterial

Examples

"his distinguished bearing" "the monarch's imposing presence" "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

Related terms

dignified

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Rhymes with

composing decomposing posing opposing dozing disclosing amusing closing amazing musing enclosing perusing comprising diffusing defusing compromising uncompromising uprising surprising appraising maximizing praising pleasing oozing zing boozing housing rousing surprising unsurprising browsing devising appeasing revising using losing appetizing enterprising easing mesmerizing uprising bruising revising causing buzzing teasing carousing accusing raising wheezing seizing rising sizing razing merchandising blazing sneezing grazing confusing supervising self-aggrandizing squeezing phrasing wheezing freezing cleansing patronizing antagonizing agonizing ionizing galvanizing downsizing warehousing modernizing demoralizing desensitizing crystallizing decentralizing publicizing centralizing stabilizing moralizing socializing tranquilizing immobilizing sanitizing tantalizing revitalizing emphasizing symbolizing unappetizing advertising energizing exercising

Phonetic and Homophones

IH0 M P OW1 Z IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

imposingly imposition impost impose impossibly impossible imposed impostor imposter

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