Impressive
Impressive adjective - Having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies.
Small
Small adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: reluctant to bring such a small matter to the boss's attention
Impressive is an antonym for small.
Nearby Word: smallish
Both words in one sentence
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In the Fluppy Dogs pilot, a human boy is disappointed getting a small shaggy dog for a present instead of a more impressive breed.
Source: My New Gift Is Lame -
Particularly impressive in that Ranma had punched at Shinnosuke's face, and while the latter does get a small but consistent bruise in the manga, he gets a papercut in the anime.
Source: Paper Cutting - While Robotboy is Love It or Hate It in the West (due to similarities to My Life as a Teenage Robot), it seems to have a small but impressive cult following in Japan, considering its blue Japanese-American-themed titular Robot character rarity.
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