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Antonyms for expressions

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-spresh-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən

Definition of expressions

Origin :
  • early 15c., "action of pressing out;" later (mid-15c.) "action of manifesting a feeling;" (late 15c.) "a putting into words," from Middle French expression (14c.), from Late Latin expressionem (nominative expressio), noun of action from past participle stem of exprimere (see express (v.)). Meaning "an action or creation that expresses feelings" is from 1620s. Of the face, from 1774. Occasionally the word also was used literally, for "the action of squeezing out."
  • noun verbalization
  • noun facial appearance
Example sentences :
  • There were no expressions of tenderness in the Wade household.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Whether to call it a confusion of expressions or of ideas, I can't tell.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And what do these expressions imply, but, the entire renovation of our nature?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • The demonstration convinced them, and many were the expressions of amazement from their lips.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • It's very wrong; you should be more guarded in your expressions.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Tom inferred from these, and other expressions of the same nature, that he was jealous.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • I noticed more than fifty expressions which could be found in the 'Bucolics.'
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Dick and Tom Dare were not a whit behind any in their expressions of delight.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • They were expressions of life, and life is always happy when it is expressing itself.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • We have plenty of expressions of horror—but those are not argument.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for expressions

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