expressionistic

ɪkˌsprɛʃəˈnɪstɪk

Definition

Definition of expressionistic - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

emotional intensity

Rare

characterized by emotional intensity and subjective perspective

Rare

The film's expressionistic scenes conveyed deep emotions.

emotional

intense

subjective

art

TECH.

related to the art movement expressionism

TECH.

The painting has an expressionistic style with bold colors.

abstract

avant-garde

modernist

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Origin of expressionistic

English, expression (expression) + -istic (suffix)

Examples of expressionistic in a sentence

Expressionistic elements in the play highlighted the protagonist's turmoil.
His expressionistic approach was evident in the sculpture.
Expressionistic elements were present in the film's design.

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French:expressionniste, ...
German:expressionistisch, expressiv, ...
Italian:espressionistico, espressionista, ...
Spanish:expresionista, de expresionismo, ...
Portuguese:expressionista, relativo ao expressionismo, ...
Chinese:情感化, 表现主义的, ...
Japanese:表現主義的な, エクスプレッショニズムの, ...
Arabic:تَعْبِيرِيّ, تَعبِيرِيِّي النَّزْعَة, ...
Hebrew:אֶקְסְפְּרֶסְיוֹנִיסְטִי, ...
Russian:экспрессионистский, выразительный, ...
Ukrainian:експресіоністичний, експресивний, ...
Hindi:अभिव्यक्तिवादी, अभिव्यक्ति-प्रधान, ...
Bengali:আবেগপ্রবণ, এক্সপ্রেশনিস্টিক, ...
Catalan:expressionista, ...
Czech:expresionistický, expresivní, ...
Danish:ekspressionistisk, ...
Dutch:expressionistische, expressionistisch, ...
Greek:εξπρεσιονιστικός, εξπρεσιονιστικός στην τέχνη, ...
Hungarian:expresszionista, expresszionisztikus, ...
Khmer:បែបអភិវ្យញ្ជនានិយម, ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងចលនាសិល្បៈអិចស្ព្រេស្យូនីស៊ឹម, ...
Korean:표현주의적인, 표현주의의, ...
Persian:اکسپرسیونیستی, وابسته به اکسپرسیونیسم, ...
Polish:ekspresjonistyczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):expressionista, estilo expressionista, ...
Romanian:expresionist, de expresionism, ...
Swedish:expressionistisk, ...
Thai:แสดงออกทางอารมณ์, เอ็กซ์เพรสชั่นนิสม์, ...
Turkish:duygusal yoğunluklu, dışavurumcu, ...
Vietnamese:biểu cảm, biểu hiện, ...

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