'Impressiveness' definitions:
Definition of 'impressiveness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness]
noun
The quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
Definition of 'Impressiveness'
From: GCIDE
- Impressive \Im*press"ive\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]s"[i^]v), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. -- {Im*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*press"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Impressiveness'
- Impress,
- Impressed,
- Impresses,
- Impressibility,
- Impressible,
- Impressibleness,
- Impressibly,
- Impressing,
- Impression,
- Impressive,
- Impressively,
- Impressment,
- under the impression,
- Centrifugal impression,
- Centripetal impression,
- Impress gang,
- Impress money,
- Proof impression,
- first impression,
- impressive aphasia,
- make an impression,
- sense impression,
- trial impression,
- wrong impression