About The Word Imposing
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Imposing
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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}. |
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