imposing

imposing

adj

Definition of IMPOSING

: impressive in size, bearing, dignity, or grandeur

— im·pos·ing·ly \-ziŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of IMPOSING

1. He's an imposing man with a powerful voice.
2. <the president of the bank is exactly the sort of imposing figure that one might expect>

First Known Use of IMPOSING

1786

Related to IMPOSING

Synonyms: august, distingué, distinguished, dignified, portly, solemn, staid, stately

Antonyms: flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, silly, undignified

Related Words: decorous, proper, seemly; grave, grim, po-faced [British], sober, somber (or sombre); aristocratic, elegant, elevated, handsome, lordly, magisterial, majestic, noble

Near Antonyms: coarse, crass, crude, improper, indecent, uncouth, unseemly, vulgar

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Rhymes with IMPOSING

disclosing, self-closing, supposing