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Search phrase: pressing

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym II.iv.135Worthy her pressing – lies a mole, right proud(Worthy her pressing) lyes a Mole, right proud
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.228commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesomecommend the blacke oppressing humour to the most wholesome
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.519Marrying a punk, my lord, is pressing to death,Marrying a punke my Lord, is pressing to death,
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.v.68Past all expressing. It is very meetPast all expressing, it is very meete
The TempestTem III.iii.38Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, expressing,Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound expressing
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.506For by oppressing and betraying meFor, by oppressing and betraying mee,

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.105.8 One thing expressing, leaves out difference. One thing expressing, leaues out difference.

Glossary

 21 result(s).
amorousexpressing love
brief[unclear meaning] rife, widespread; pressing, urgent
come[expressing impatience, incredulity, exasperation] come on, come off it
discontentedfull of discontent, expressing frustration
hardpressing, persistent, unremitting
heavypressing, weighty, overpowering
heighnonsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
heigh-hoexclamatory sigh expressing weariness, disappointment
hey, hey-hononsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
humouredexpressing a particular disposition; lying, treacherous
importanturgent, pressing, demanding, importunate
importingexpressing significance, full of import
importunacyimportunity, urgent solicitation, pressing entreaty
importunatepersistent, pressing, insistent
instanturgent, pressing, imperative
kindlyin accordance with human nature, expressing normal humanity
loudclamorous, loudly supported; or: pressing, urgent
presentpressing, urgent
stricttight, close, pressing
urgingpressing on the attention, bringing forward
wringingsqueezing, pressing, gripping

Thesaurus

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attention, pressing on theurging
disposition, expressing a particularhumoured
entreaty, pressingimportunacy
expressing significanceimporting
frustration, expressingdiscontented
humanity, expressing normalkindly
love, expressingamorous
pressingimportant
pressingimportunate
pressinginstant
pressingwringing
pressingpresent
pressingstrict
pressingheavy
pressinghard
pressingloud
pressingbrief
pressing entreatyimportunacy
pressing on the attentionurging
significance, expressingimporting

Themes and Topics

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Comparison...ferences between the modern system of expressing comparison and the one available to sha...
...sh allows it they include some words expressing absolute notions (such as chief) which...
Exclamations... english has some distinctive ways of expressing attitudes in short exclamatory sentence...
...s with modern english there are more expressing negative emotions (contempt disdain d...
...time heigh ho exclamatory sigh expressing weariness disappointment [distinguishe...
Functional shift...e adjectives used as verbs generally expressing the notion of ‘to make [adjective]’ - f...
...version is to find more vivid ways of expressing everyday notions or of avoiding abstra...
Past tenses...n english have one inflected form for expressing past time the past tense which is typ...
Responses...erson or rhetorically to oneself yes expressing such notions as affirmation assent an...
Withal and withal...inal -ll) are chiefly used as adverbs expressing various kinds of additive meaning - usu...

Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EXPRESSBASICexpressing n
OPPRESSBASICoppressing adj
PRESSBASICpressing n

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