From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.
Source: tatoeba (1989)
Expression
/əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/
Synonyms for "expression" (420 found)
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Closest matches (84)
Noun(24 words)
facial expressionlooksayingaffect study resultsalgebraic formall ofart thou comingarticulation practicearticulationsaspectbisoncalculation formulacatalan especialcatnappingcommon phrases in portuguesecommunicatingcommunication actconstructioncountenancecountenances
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accentadageaddressadjectival phraseaffirmationairairingallegationanaanalectsangelophanyannouncementanswerantonymaphorismapostropheapothegmappearanceardorarticulateness
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articulationaspectassertionasseverationavataravermentavulsionaxiombywordcantandocastcatchwordcharacterizationchoice of wordschristophanyclausecollected sayingscommand of languagecommand of wordscommentcommunicationcompositionconcentrationconstructioncountenancecrackcurrent sayingcutting outdeclarationdecoctiondeliverydemilegatodemonstrationdenominationdenotationdepthderacination
Verb(1 words)
affect mood
Adjective(2 words)
colloquial idiomcreative outlet
Strong matches (126)
designationdialectdictatedictiondictumdifferentiationdisclosuredisentanglementdisseminationdistichdistillationdrawingdrawing outdredgingdrillingeffective styleeloquenceeloquent tongueembodimentemotion
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enucleationenunciationepigramepiphanyeradicationevidenceevincementevolvementevulsionexcavationexcisionexclamationexecutionexpressivenessexsectionextirpationextractionextricationfacefacundityfeelingfelicitousnessfelicityfingeringformulationfree formfrontgesturegift of expressiongift of gabglibnessglissandognomegolden sayinggrammargraphicnessgreetingheaded grouphinthomographhomonymhomophoneidentificationidiomidiotismincarnationindicationindicativenessinfusionintensityinterjectionintonationissuelanguagelegatolexemelinguistic formlocutionlogos
Noun(30 words)
Adjective(13 words)
dutch woordemotional gestureenglish wordexpressive behaviorfacialgalician lagrimageneral termgeometric formulagerman festgerman wortideological termlinguistic expressionlogical term
Verb(4 words)
Related words (210)
lookloudnessmanifestationmanner of speakingmaterializationmaximmeaningmeaningfulnessmentionmetonymmezzo staccatomienminimum free formminingmonosyllablemoralmotmottomusic-makingnaming
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notenoun phrasenuanceobservationoracleoratoryparagraphparlanceparlandoparthian shotpassionpathospeculiar expressionperformanceperiodphrasal idiomphrasephraseologyphrasingpianismpicking outpithy sayingpizzicatopneumatophanypointingpointing outpointing topolysyllablepositionpreceptprescriptpressingpressing outpronouncementproofproverbproverbial sayingproverbspublicationpullingquarryingquestionreflectionremarkreminderremovalrenderingrenditionrepercussionrepresentationrevelationrhetoricripping outrubatosatanophanysawsaysayingselectionsensitivitysentencesententious expressionset phraseshadingshowshowingsignsignificationsilver tongueslicknesssloganslokaslursmoothnesssoakingsoftnessspecificationspeechspiccatospiritsqueezingsqueezing outstaccatostandard phrasestatementsteepingstock sayingstylesubjoindersuggestionsutrasyllablesymbolsymptomaticnesssynonymsyntactic structuretalkteachingtermtexttheophanythoughttokentonetouchturn of expressionturn of phraseunrootinguprootingusageuse of wordsusus loquendiutteranceventverb complexverb phraseverbalismverbalizationverbiageverbumversevisagevividnessvocablevoicevoicingway of speakingwisdomwisdom literaturewise sayingwithdrawalwitticismwordword-groupwordagewordingwords of wisdomwresting out
Noun(40 words)
manifestationmath expressionmath formulameasurement formmore affectivemusical termneoclassical influencenone availablenonequationoutcroppingoutletsoutpouringsphrasephrasingsreflectionreflexionresself expressionsheepishnessspace term
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spanish proferirspanish representarstatementstrong emotionstyle of languagesymbolic expressionterm a concepttermsutterancesutteringutternessventilatingventingverbal expressionverbalismverbalizingwordingwording choiceswordingswords
Determiner(4 words)
most english phrasingthe oddsthe termsthis kind of
Adjective(6 words)
political termpowerful deliveryspanish fórmulastate-governmental directivewild imaginationword level term
Verb(2 words)
show interestsum total up
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More general
27 entriesbiological processcommunicatingcommunicationconstituentcountenancedemodemonstrationexpressive stylefacial cuegrammatical constituentlanguagelinguistic actmathematical notationmathematical statementnonverbal communicationoral communication
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More specific
9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesacademic expressionalgebraic expressioncolloquial expressionfacial expressionfigurative expressionmath expression
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Crying is an expression of grief.
Source: tatoeba (19557)
What an ambiguous expression!
Source: tatoeba (24995)
Helen Moody was noted as a tennis player for not showing any expression on the court.
Source: tatoeba (33854)
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