transgressive
/tɹænzˈɡɹɛsɪv/
transgressive adjective: involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
Adjective
transgressive (comparative more transgressive, superlative most transgressive)
- Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
- Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
- 'P.S.' is the second movie in two weeks to use reincarnation as the excuse for transgressive sex.2004, Roger Ebert, P.S. movie review
- Instead England produced something that felt a little transgressive in this most controlled of stages, tightening their grip in a bruising first half, before freewheeling downhill in the second with their feet up on the handlebars.2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian
Noun
transgressive (plural transgressives)
- A kind of verb expressing a concurrently proceeding or following action, often found in Balto-Slavic languages.
- A person who transgresses or breaks social rules.
Forms of transgressive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more transgressive |
| superlative | most transgressive |
| Noun | |
| plural | transgressives |
Origin of transgressive
From transgress + -ive.
Words formed from transgressive
Words that rhyme with transgressive
- 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
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- 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 transgressive
- What does transgressive mean?
- Transgressive means involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
- What part of speech is transgressive?
- Transgressive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce transgressive?
- Transgressive is pronounced /tɹænzˈɡɹɛsɪv/.
Words near transgressive in the dictionary
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