Word Meanings - IMPOSING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPOSING)

• August
• Majestic
• dignified
• stately
• noble
• pompous
• imposing
• grand
• solemn
• exalted
• Ceremonial
• Official
• ministerial
• functional
• sumptuous
• scenic
• Grand
• Large
• important
• eventful
• magnificent
• grandly
• majestic
• august
• splendid
• lofty
• elevated
• gorgeous
• sublime
• superb
• Impressive
• Forcible
• affecting
• magnanimous

Related words: (words related to IMPOSING)

• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
  A grand mother.
• GRANDUNCLE
  father's or mother's uncle.
• NOBLEWOMAN
  A female of noble rank; a peeress.
• AFFECTION
  Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections
• SOLEMNIZATE
  To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. Bp. Burnet.
• OFFICIALISM
  The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.
• IMPOSINGNESS
  The quality of being imposing.
• AFFECTIBILITY
  The quality or state of being affectible.
• SOLEMNLY
  In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.
• IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• INOFFICIALLY
  Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• INAFFECTED
  Unaffected. -- In`af*fect"ed*ly, adv.