About The Word Imposing
Learn about the word Imposing to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Imposing definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Imposing
| Imposing Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Imposing?
[adj] used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
[adj] impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" Synonyms | Synonyms for Imposing: baronial | dignified | distinguished | impressive | magisterial | noble | stately Related Terms | Find terms related to Imposing: adipose | aristocratic | arty | august | awe-inspiring | awful | Babylonian | barbaric | baronial | beefy | big | big-bellied | bloated | blowzy | bosomy | brawny | burly | buxom | chubby | chunky | commanding | Corinthian | corpulent | courtly | deluxe | dignified | distended | dumpy | earnest | effective | elaborate | elegant | extravagant | fancy | fat | fatal | fateful | fattish | fine | fleshy | formidable | full | glorious | grand | grandiose | grave | gross | heavy | heavyset | hefty | high | hippy | imperial | impressive | kingly | lordly | lusty | luxurious | magisterial | magnificent | majestic | meaty | moving | noble | obese | overblown | overweight | palatial | paunchy | plump | plush | podgy | portentous | portly | posh | potbellied | princely | proud | pudgy | puffy | pursy | queenly | regal | ritzy | roly-poly | rotund | royal | sedate | serious | sober | solemn | sounding | splendacious | splendid | splendiferous | square | squat | squatty | stalwart | stately | statuesque | stocky | stout | strapping | sumptuous | superb | superfancy | superfine | swank | swanky | swell | swollen | thick-bodied | thickset | top-heavy | tubby | venerable | weighty | well-fed | worthy See Also | Imposing In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pos"ing\, a.
1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. ``Large and
imposing edifices.'' --Bp. Hobart.
3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
\Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. {Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also {imposing table}. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Marang ‐ tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds…
- Point in time ‐ a very short period of time; "at that point I had…
- Touchstone ‐ a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other…
- Systems program ‐ a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program)…
- Purplish blue ‐ a shade of blue tinged…
- Up on(p) ‐ being up to particular standard or level especially in being…
- Flagitious ‐ shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a…
- Flesh ‐ alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied…
- Bramley's seedling ‐ very large…
- Arraign ‐ accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy [v] call before a court to…