impressiveness
1
5.9
- noun
- /ɪmˈprɛsɪvnəs/
:
impresionante
- Those titles that do make both lists are thus bumped up in terms of regard and impressiveness, usually.
Examples
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They acknowledged the technical impressiveness and ingenuity of the numbers, but they felt Astaire mugged too much for the camera, straining after effect with the songs.
Academic text (2000) -
Give them the Indian visage, the impressiveness of Cuitlahauc, or the decorous Hispanic solemnity.
Fiction book (1991) -
The impressiveness of this chip was not lost on him.
Fiction book (2001) -
"It lacks fire, imagination, and impressiveness."
Academic text (2005) -
The very fact that the memorial is a statue of a human figure is somewhat surprising, apart from the impressiveness of a figure so much beyond human scale.
Academic text (1990) -
Further insight into the impressiveness of the 1990 core job-characteristic scores for these PCPs is attained by comparison to the national survey norms.
Academic text (1993) -
It is proposed that the social identity of a Ph.D. student is creditably actualized in relation to the extent of alignment with the hierarchy of statistical impressiveness.
Academic text (1994) -
Flying has become so routine and so uncomfortable that few people stop to consider the impressiveness of soaring thousands of feet over the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour in a machine that cost tens of millions of dollars—in nearly absolute safety to boot.
Blog text (4) -
While not achieving the same scale of impressiveness as Lockheed Martin's booth, we simply couldn't justify leaving out Boeing for the sole fact that they had a full-sized helicopter parked in the middle of their booth.
Blog text (10) -
The impressiveness of the mountain landscape took their breath away.
Synonyms
165
3.5
The quality of being very important and admired for skill or achievements
150
3.2
Very high quality or skill that makes one stand out
17
4.4
A very beautiful and impressive appearance that makes something seem grand
13
5.0
Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder
11
3.4
A large amount of detail, color, or variety that pleases people
9
6.1
A quality of strong moral character that earns respect
5
3.7
An attractive, stylish quality that many people admire
2
3.0
Being very surprising and impressive
1
4.4
A quality of being very impressive and wonderful
1
4.1
Great size and beauty that makes something look impressive, like a cathedral
1
7.2
A calm, serious, and impressive way of behaving or looking
1
7.8
A quality that makes something seem very surprising or hard to believe
A quality that is easy to notice and attracts attention
A quality of being impressive, serious, and deserving respect
Being very large or high in a way that feels impressive
Being extremely large, powerful, or important and making people feel amazed
A quality that makes something look very impressive and dramatic
A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive
A feeling that something is very impressive or hard to believe
A very stylish and impressive appearance that draws attention
A stylish, impressive appearance that shows wealth or good taste
The quality of being worthy of respect and praise for good actions
A quality that makes people respect a person or thing
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
impressiveness = impressive (transparent) = impress + ive + ness
The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'impressive' by the productive suffix '-ness', and 'impressive' is transparently built from 'impress' + '-ive'.
Etymology
Impressiveness comes from impress, which comes from an old word meaning 'to press' or 'to make a mark'. Think of a stamp pressed into clay — it leaves a clear mark, just like something impressive leaves a strong feeling in people. That's why impressiveness means the quality of making a 'strong impression'.