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imposing [ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ] adj
grand or impressive an imposing building imposingly adv imposingness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
imposing adjective impressive, striking, grand, august, powerful, effective, commanding, awesome, majestic, dignified, stately, forcible He was an imposing man. ordinary, insignificant, unimposing, mean, poor, modest, petty Translations imposing adj → beeindruckend, imponierend; person, appearance, building also → stattlich, imposant adj imposing [imˈpouziŋ] making a great impression; large and handsome an imposing building. indrukwekkend مَهيب، جَليل внушителен impozantní imponerende eindrucksvoll επιβλητικός imponente imposantne با ابهت mahtava imposant מַרשִים מְאוֹד प्रभावशाली impozantan, zamjetan impozáns mengesankan stórfenglegur imponente 堂々とした 인상적인 įspūdingas iespaidīgs mengagumkan imponerend imponerende, staselig, monumental okazały imponente impunător впечатляющий veľkolepý, pôsobivý imeniten impozantan imponerande, vördnadsbjudande สง่า görkemli, heybetli 讓人印象深刻的,壯觀的 імпозантний; вражаючий رعب دار hoành tráng 给人深刻影响的,壮丽的,使人难忘的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The whale himself has never figured in any grand imposing way. Pope Julius the Second was assisted in reaching the papacy by a reputation for liberality, yet he did not strive afterwards to keep it up, when he made war on the King of France; and he made many wars without imposing any extraordinary tax on his subjects, for he supplied his additional expenses out of his long thriftiness. From fifty to sixty Musketeers, who appeared to replace one another in order always to present an imposing number, paraded constantly, armed to the teeth and ready for anything. |
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