Words Ending With SSIVE
Here's the list of all the 76 Words Ending With SSIVE in the English Language.
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| massive | 1. imposing in size or bulk or solidity 2. being the same substance throughout More Definitions → |
| progressive | 1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going 2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties More Definitions → |
| impressive | 1. producing a strong effect 2. making a strong or vivid impression More Definitions → |
| aggressive | 1. tending to spread quickly 2. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight More Definitions → |
| excessive | 1. beyond normal limits 2. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings More Definitions → |
| passive | 1. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb 2. peacefully resistant in response to injustice More Definitions → |
| successive | 1. in regular succession without gaps More Definitions → |
| expressive | 1. characterized by expression 2. performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion More Definitions → |
| obsessive | 1. a person who has obsessions 2. characterized by or constituting an obsession More Definitions → |
| depressive | 1. someone suffering psychological depression More Definitions → |
| submissive | 1. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant 2. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination More Definitions → |
| oppressive | 1. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit 2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior More Definitions → |
| repressive | 1. restrictive of action More Definitions → |
| permissive | 1. not preventive 2. granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline More Definitions → |
| recessive | 1. of or pertaining to a recession 2. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical More Definitions → |
| immunosuppressive | 1. of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression 2. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response More Definitions → |
| regressive | 1. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases 2. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state More Definitions → |
| possessive | 1. serving to express or indicate possession 2. the case expressing ownership More Definitions → |
| percussive | 1. involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments More Definitions → |
| dismissive | 1. showing indifference or disregard 2. stopping to associate with More Definitions → |
| suppressive | 1. tending to suppress More Definitions → |
| missive | 1. a written message addressed to a person or organization More Definitions → |
| unimpressive | 1. not capable of impressing More Definitions → |
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