What is "imposing" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does imposing mean in English? Meaning of imposing definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "imposing" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "imposing": impressive in appearance

Adjective

  • Meaning: impressive in appearance
  • Example: a baronial mansion an imposing residence a noble tree severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses stately columns
  • Synonyms: baronial imposing noble stately
  • Similar: impressive
  • Meaning of "imposing": used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

    Adjective

  • Meaning: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
  • Example: his distinguished bearing the monarch's imposing presence she reigned in magisterial beauty
  • Synonyms: distinguished grand imposing magisterial
  • Similar: dignified
  • Adjective: Present participle of impose.
  • Synonyms:

    noble, grandiose, stately, striking, commanding, magnificent, imperial, monumental, massive, grand, towering, ominous, overwhelming, exciting, moving, dignified, stirring, august, big, effective, majestic, mind-blowing, overblown, pretentious, regal, royal, mega, one for the book, something else, something to write home about,

    Antonyms:

    ignoble, insignificant, unimportant, tiny, unexciting, subordinate, trivial, undignified, small, common, unimpressive, ugly, inferior, bad, poor, little, modest, ordinary, unimposing,

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    imposing in English: imposing
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