Imposing and Wise

Imposing

Imposing adjective - Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner.

Wise and imposing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wise" instead an adjective "Imposing".

Nearby Words: impose, imposition, imposed, imposingly

Wise

Wise adjective - Having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge.

Imposing and wise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imposing" instead an adjective "Wise".

Nearby Words: wisely, wised

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Big Friendly Dog 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.
  • Scary Black Man The obvious subversion is to make this character not nearly as scary personality-wise as their imposing first appearances might otherwise suggest.
  • Series / Brooklyn Nine-Nine 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.
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