expressive
/ɪkˈsprɛsɪv/
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American sound/ɪkˈsprɛsɪv/
ɪkˈsprɛsɪv
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- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪk - ˈsprɛsɪv -> expressive
Myanmar meaning
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expressive /Çk'spresÇv/ adj
၁။ ခံစားမှုကို ထိထိမိမိပြသော၊ ပြနိုင် သော။ အသက်ပါသော။ an expressive gesture
❍ an expressive piece of music
❍ He has a wonderfully expressive face. Compare EXPRESSIONLESS
၂။ ~ of sth (fml ) ဖော်ဆောင်[သော]။ ဖော်ညွှန်း[သော]။ architecture expressive of the modern age
❍ His every word and gesture is expressive of a powerful sincerity.
expressively adv expressiveness n [U]
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mobile, animated, communicative, open, easy-to-read, alive, allusive, articulate, artistic, balladry, brilliant, colorful, demonstrating, demonstrative, doggerel, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicating, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, metrical composition, moving, passionate, pathetic, pictorial, picturesque, poetry, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, representing, responsive, revealing, revelatory, rhyming, rune, runes, sensitive, showy, significant, signifying, silver-tongued, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, telling, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, versification, vivid, warm
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