imitative in English
the derring-do of our film heroes inspired us to imitative feats
The number of imitative words in any language is bound to be quite small, and for many such words the sound-meaning relation is by no means direct.
Use "imitative" in a sentence
1. Man is an imitative being.
2. Acting is an imitative art.
3. The style is imitative of Basque architecture.
4. Boink, boing, interjections imitative of a reverberating sound
5. 4 synonyms for Apish: emulative, imitative, slavish, apelike
6. Apatetic definition is - imitative in color or form.
7. Origin of Blunge Probably imitative; compare plunge, blend.
8. Education in oral language is context-based and imitative.
9. This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.
10. Blooey, interjection representing an explosive sound (of imitative origin)
11. There are other forms of imitative music played on instruments.
12. Babies of eight to twelve months are generally highly imitative.
13. Apery definition: imitative behaviour; mimicry Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
14. His work has been criticized for being imitative and shallow.
15. The world of the gods is Anthropomorphic, an imitative projection of …
16. He's an imitative artist, with very little originality in his work.
17. And I could turn out imitative verse which expressed similar sentiments.
18. With these toys, their play tends to be more imitative than imaginative.
19. 1300, imitative (compare unrelated Spanish borbollar, Old… See definitions of Burble.
20. The world of the gods is anthropomorphic, an imitative projection of ours.
21. An object devoid of intent -- it's random, it's imitative, it repels us.
22. At the same time, the curiosity of young people and strong imitative.
23. (C15 Blabberen, probably of imitative origin) Dictionnaire anglais Collins English definition-Thesaurus
24. Archaistic: 1 adj imitative of an archaic style or manner “ Archaistic writing”
25. Children before this stage of development may use words in a imitative way.
26. C15 Blabberen, probably of imitative origin Examples of 'blabber' in a sentence blabber
27. And with these toys, their play tends to be more imitative than imaginative.
28. Barf Meaning: "to vomit or retch,"1960, American English slang, probably imitative
29. Cassirer takes the imitative theory of culture as a main opposite theory to criticize.
30. Apelike definition: being or given to servile imitation synonyms: apish, imitative antonyms: nonimitative, nonhuman, sincere
31. French Boubou (sense 1) probably imitative of its call; Boubou (sense 2) from Malinke bubu.
32. He writes in a very individual way, ie an original way, not derived or imitative.
33. Young people might be provoked into imitative crime by the exploits they see on TV.
34. Baa — intransitive verb (baaed; Baaing) Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1586 to make the bleat of …
35. According to the existing situation of the western enterprises, imitative innovation is a practical choice.
36. The identification of the imitative or genuine the laser carve seal andthe new problem for people.
37. Archaistic (adj) like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism How to pronounce Archaistic?
38. (C15 Blabberen, probably of imitative origin) Dicionário de inglês definição
39. Imitative of an archaic style or manner Familiarity information: Archaistic used as an adjective is very rare.
40. The great thing about our experiment was that it freed painting from all imitative or conventional contexts.
41. Clunk (v.) 1796, "to make the sound of a cork being pulled from a bottle;" imitative
42. Apish: 1 adj being or given to servile imitation Synonyms: apelike imitative marked by or given to imitation
43. The word Creak is an Old English word, imitative of the sound that it is trying to describe.
44. Late Middle English (in the sense ‘roar, bellow’): from Middle Dutch Blaren, bleren, or Low German Blaren, of imitative origin
45. Idle chatter vb (intr) to talk without thinking; chatter [C15 Blabberen, probably of imitative origin] blabber Past participle: blabbered Gerund
46. Brontothere Meaning: "thunder" (probably imitative) + Greek therion "beast" (from PIE root *ghwer- "wild beast")
47. Rosamond, however, was on her side much occupied with Conjectures, though her quick imitative perception warned her against betraying them too crudely.
48. Anxious, Depressed, Angry, Worried, Insecure, Tense, Vulnerable, Highstrung Spiteful, Self-Centred, Self- Aggrandizing, Hostile, Indifferent, Cold, Coarse, Meanspirited Simple, Concrete, Narrow, Imitative, Unimaginative
49. [French, from Old French, latch or from obsolete French Cliquer, to click, clink, of imitative origin.] cliqu′ey, cliqu′y, cliqu′ish adj.
50. [Middle English Bawlen, to bark, from Medieval Latin baulāre, to bark (probably of Scandinavian origin) or from Old Norse baula, to low (of imitative origin).]