Imposing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The Cane Corso, or Italian mastiff, might look imposing at first glance thanks to naturally scowly eyebrows, but personality-wise they're mostly just big, jowly doofs.
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The obvious subversion is to make this character not nearly as scary personality-wise as their imposing first appearances might otherwise suggest.
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Jeffords actually is bald and very powerfully-built physically, but is less imposing and authoritative personality-wise and is a bit more neurotic than the standard example of the trope.
Source: Series / Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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Wise and Imposing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/imposing/wise
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