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Antonyms for expressive
ɪkˈsprɛs ɪvex·pres·sive

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. expressiveadjective

    Antonyms:
    unexpressive, inexpressive

  2. expressiveadjective

    Antonyms:
    unexpressive, inexpressive

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

  1. expressiveadjective

    characterized by expression

    "a very expressive face"

    Antonyms:
    incommunicative, uncommunicative

How to use expressive in a sentence?

  1. Leondra Kruger:

    The contours — but the inquiry that the Court has set out as to expressive associations we think translate quite well to analyzing the claim that Petitioner has made here. And for this reason, we don’t think that the job duties of a particular religious employee in an organization are relevant to the inquiry….

  2. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Poets often push the boundaries of language, experimenting with words and forms. This experimentation can contribute to the evolution and enrichment of a language, expanding its expressive possibilities.

  3. Kartika Jahja:

    Whether it's sexual violence or being sexually expressive, I think the norms here sort of punish women for doing that.

  4. Bob Boniface:

    In many ways, it was more experimental and more expressive than even the Cadillacs of the day.

  5. Lois Greenfield:

    I shoot just one moment at a time. ... These moments are beneath the threshold of perception, it's often a moment when (the dancers are) falling, or they're going up, or two people are about to touch or something like that. Those moments are more expressive than the typical dance photo of someone in a perfect position on the ground or in the air.

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