Impressive
Impressive adjective - Having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies.
Usage example: an impressive play about a loving family attempting to lift themselves out of poverty
Theatrical and impressive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Theatrical" instead an adjective "Impressive".
Theatrical
Theatrical adjective - Given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting.
Impressive and theatrical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impressive" instead an adjective "Theatrical".
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For obvious reasons, though, Bugs is the especial favourite, especially in the theatrical years, getting more shorts than any of his co-stars, with a impressive 168 titles under his beltnote Not counting cameos and the four "proto-Bugs" cartoons.
Source: Western Animation / Bugs Bunny -
He also has an impressive theatrical career, having won two Laurence Olivier Awards for his roles in A Girl in a Car with a Man and M respectively.
Source: Creator / Andrew Scott
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