Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egressive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: egres-sive
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Going or directed outward.

adj

Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

adj

descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

noun

A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

Example Sentences

"This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake."

Inflected Forms

egressives (plural)

Derived Forms

egressively

Antonyms

ingressive

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive past progressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive

Questions

What does egressive mean?: Going or directed outward.

How to pronounce egressive

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