Meanings
comparative more expressionist · superlative most expressionist
- Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism.
1 more example
“It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”
2025 May 7, Nina Siegal, “A Rarely Seen Angel With a Lesson From History”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 May 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to expressionism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan expressionista, expressionista
- expressionistaof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- expressionistapainter who paints in this style
Danish ekspressionistisk, ekspressionist
- ekspressionistiskof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- ekspressionistpainter who paints in this style
Dutch expressionistisch
- expressionistischof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
Finnish ekspressionistinen, ekspressionisti
- ekspressionistinenof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- ekspressionistipainter who paints in this style
French expressionniste
- expressionnistepainter who paints in this style
German expressionistisch, Expressionist
- expressionistischof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- Expressionistpainter who paints in this style
- Expressionistinpainter who paints in this style
Italian espressionista, espressionista
- espressionistaof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- espressionistapainter who paints in this style
Norwegian Bokmål ekspresjonist
- ekspresjonistpainter who paints in this style
Polish ekspresjonistyczny, ekspresjonista
- ekspresjonistycznyof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- ekspresjonistapainter who paints in this style
- ekspresjonistkapainter who paints in this style
Portuguese expressionista, expressionista
- expressionistaof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- expressionistapainter who paints in this style
Romanian expresionist, expresionist
- expresionistof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- expresionistpainter who paints in this style
Spanish expresionista, expresionista
- expresionistaof, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism
- expresionistapainter who paints in this style
Swedish expressionist
- expressionistpainter who paints in this style
Cite this entry
expressionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressionist
“expressionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressionist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expressionist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressionist.
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