Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pressive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pres-sive
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

pressing; urgent

Obsolete

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"pressive need"
"pressive pain"
"pressive taxation"
"The more unwillingness they saw in Christ to give his answer, the more pressive and importunate they were to draw it from him"

Etymology

From press + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: press

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more pressive (comparative) most pressive (superlative)

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 pressive mean?: pressing; urgent
Where does pressive come from?: From press + -ive.

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