Definition of expression

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Expression (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression..

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Congratulate :: Congratulate (v. t.) To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
Laconism :: Laconism (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
Formulate :: Formulate (v. t.) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression..
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation..
Emphasis :: Emphasis (n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis..
Editorial :: Editorial (n.) A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
Melody :: Melody (n.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression..
Farewell :: Farewell (interj.) Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell..
Equality :: Equality (n.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does..
Emulsive :: Emulsive (a.) Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds..
Open :: Open (a.) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc..
Wish :: Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation..
Sneer :: Sneer (v. i.) To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression..
Blankly :: Blankly (adv.) In a blank manner; without expression; vacuously; as, to stare blankly..
Apology :: Apology (n.) An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret..
Significancy :: Significancy (n.) That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression..
Sneer :: Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person..
Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..
Adoration :: Adoration (n.) A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.
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