Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.
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Imposing
//ɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ//
Synonyms for "imposing" (148 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σοβαρός adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- внушителен adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- импозантен adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Catalan
2 entries- imponent adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- imposant adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 壯觀 /壮观 adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- 雄偉 /雄伟 adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Czech
1 entries- impozantní adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Danish
4 entries- imponerende adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- imposant adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- monumental adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- statelig adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Esperanto
1 entries- impona adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Finnish
2 entries- mahtava adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- näyttävä adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
French
2 entries- imposant adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- impressionnant adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
German
2 entries- beeindruckend adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- imposant adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Hungarian
1 entries- impozáns adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Italian
1 entries- imponente adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Macedonian
2 entries- впе́чатлив adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- импоза́нтен adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Māori
1 entries- marutuna adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Polish
1 entries- imponujący adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Portuguese
1 entries- imponente adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Romanian
4 entries- falnic adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- impozant adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- impunător adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- măreț adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Russian
3 entries- внуши́тельный adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- впечатля́ющий adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
- импоза́нтный adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Spanish
1 entries- imponente adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Swedish
1 entries- pampig adj (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
You were served sukiyaki for dinner, then spent the night and had breakfast. Don't you think you were imposing?
Source: tatoeba (52291)
I'm afraid I'm imposing on your hospitality.
Source: tatoeba (54416)
We should try to avoid imposing our own beliefs on others.
Source: tatoeba (248829)
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