pressive
pressive adjective: pressing; urgent.
Adjective
pressive (comparative more pressive, superlative most pressive)
- pressing; urgent
- pressive need
- pressive pain
- oppressive
- pressive taxation
- The more unwillingness they saw in Christ to give his answer, the more pressive and importunate they were to draw it from him1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
Forms of pressive
| comparative | more pressive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pressive |
Origin of pressive
From press + -ive.
Words that rhyme with pressive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
- future progressive
Questions about pressive
- What does pressive mean?
- Pressive means pressing; urgent.
- What part of speech is pressive?
- Pressive is an adjective.
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