Meanings
adjectiveinexpressive (comparative more inexpressive, superlative most inexpressive)
comparative more inexpressive · superlative most inexpressive
- Lacking expression or emotion.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot expressive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishexpressive
- Englishinexpressive
From in- + expressive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish inexpresivo
- inexpresivoexpressionless
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with inexpressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
inexpressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpressive
MLA
“inexpressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inexpressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpressive.
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