Words that rhyme with cohesive

• abrasive 0
  adj 1: causing abrasion [syn: abrasive, scratchy] 2: sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character" [syn: harsh, abrasive] n 1: a substance that abrades or wears down [syn: abrasive, abradant, abrasive material]
• abusive 0
  adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous] 2: characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
• adhesive 0
  adj 1: tending to adhere [ant: nonadhesive] n 1: a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together [syn: adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive]
• admissive 0
  adj 1: characterized by or allowing admission; "an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes"
• aggressive 0
  adj 1: having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" [ant: nonaggressive, unaggressive] 2: tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn: aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing] 3: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent]
• allusive 0
  adj 1: characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
• apprehensive 0
  adj 1: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning] 2: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" [syn: apprehensive, worried] 3: in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
• aversive 0
  adj 1: tending to repel or dissuade; "aversive conditioning"
• coercive 0
  adj 1: serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive"
• coextensive 0
  adj 1: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]
• collusive 0
  adj 1: acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end [syn: collusive, conniving]
• comprehensive 0
  adj 1: including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" [ant: incomprehensive, noncomprehensive] 2: broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs" n 1: an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature" [syn: comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp]
• compulsive 0
  adj 1: caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking" 2: strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive, determined, driven] n 1: a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
• concessive 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to concession
• conclusive 0
  adj 1: forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive" [ant: inconclusive]
• conducive 0
  adj 1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: conducive, contributing(a), contributive, contributory, tributary]
• convulsive 0
  adj 1: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: convulsive, spasmodic, spastic] 2: resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"
• corrosive 0
  adj 1: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant] 2: spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive cristism" n 1: a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
• counteroffensive 0
  n 1: a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
• cursive 0
  adj 1: having successive letter joined together; "cursive script" n 1: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper [syn: longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script]
• decisive 0
  adj 1: determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence" [ant: indecisive] 2: unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls" 3: characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer" [ant: indecisive] 4: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test" [syn: critical, decisive]
• defensive 0
  adj 1: intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance" [ant: offensive] 2: attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing [syn: defensive, justificative, justificatory] n 1: an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') [syn: defensive, defensive attitude]
• delusive 0
  adj 1: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes" [syn: delusive, false]
• depressive 0
  n 1: someone suffering psychological depression
• derisive 0
  adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting]
• diffusive 0
  adj 1: spreading by diffusion [syn: diffusing(a), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative]
• digressive 0
  adj 1: of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark" [syn: digressive, tangential] 2: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" [syn: digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]
• discursive 0
  adj 1: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition [syn: dianoetic, discursive] 2: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" [syn: digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]
• dismissive 0
  adj 1: showing indifference or disregard; "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "'chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term 'housewife syndrome'" 2: stopping to associate with; "they took dismissive action after the third violation"
• dispersive 0
  adj 1: spreading by diffusion [syn: diffusing(a), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative]
• dissuasive 0
  adj 1: deterring from action; "dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand" [ant: persuasive]
• divisive 0
  adj 1: dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) [syn: dissentious, divisive, factious]
• effusive 0
  adj 1: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" [syn: burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing] 2: extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn: effusive, gushing(a), gushy]
• elusive 0
  adj 1: difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor" 2: skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline 3: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" [syn: elusive, subtle] 4: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough]
• erosive 0
  adj 1: wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline" 2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]
• excessive 0
  adj 1: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable] 2: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]
• exclusive 0
  adj 1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: exclusive, sole(a)] 2: excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops" [ant: inclusive] 3: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" [syn: single(a), undivided, exclusive] n 1: a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" [syn: exclusive, scoop]
• excursive 0
  adj 1: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" [syn: digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]
• expansive 0
  adj 1: able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire" [ant: unexpansive] 2: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" [syn: expansive, grand, heroic] 3: marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur 4: friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive" [syn: expansive, talkative]
• expensive 0
  adj 1: high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" [ant: cheap, inexpensive]
• explosive 0
  adj 1: serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper" [ant: nonexplosive] 2: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation" [syn: explosive, volatile] 3: sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh" n 1: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
• expressive 0
  adj 1: characterized by expression; "a very expressive face"
• extensive 0
  adj 1: large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage" [syn: extensive, extended] 2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] 3: of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type" [ant: intensive]
• extrusive 0
  adj 1: of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface [ant: intrusive]
• illusive 0
  adj 1: based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy" [syn: illusive, illusory]
• immunosuppressive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression n 1: a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug]
• impassive 0
  adj 1: having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference" [syn: impassive, stolid] 2: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive]
• impressive 0
  adj 1: making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony" [ant: unimpressive] 2: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: impressive, telling]
• impulsive 0
  adj 1: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" [syn: impulsive, unprompted] 2: without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted" 3: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: driving, impulsive] 4: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: capricious, impulsive, whimsical] 5: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]
• incisive 0
  adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 2: suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"
• inclusive 0
  adj 1: including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive" [ant: exclusive]
• inconclusive 0
  adj 1: not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question; "an inconclusive reply"; "inconclusive evidence"; "the inconclusive committee vote" [ant: conclusive]
• indecisive 0
  adj 1: characterized by lack of decision and firmness; "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill" [ant: decisive] 2: not definitely settling something; "a long and indecisive war" [ant: decisive] 3: not clearly defined; "indecisive boundaries running through mountains"
• inexpensive 0
  adj 1: relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" [syn: cheap, inexpensive] [ant: expensive]
• inexpressive 0
  adj 1: not expressive; "an inexpressive face"
• inoffensive 0
  adj 1: not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior" [syn: inoffensive, unoffending] [ant: offensive] 2: giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant" [ant: offensive] 3: substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn: euphemistic, inoffensive] [ant: dysphemistic, offensive]
• intensive 0
  adj 1: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor- intensive industry" 2: tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb" 3: of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" [ant: extensive] n 1: a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" [syn: intensifier, intensive]
• intrusive 0
  adj 1: tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive" [ant: not intrusive, unintrusive] 2: of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock [ant: extrusive] 3: thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea" [ant: protrusive]
• invasive 0
  adj 1: relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision [ant: noninvasive] 2: marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: confined] 3: involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" [syn: incursive, invading, invasive] 4: gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a), invasive, trespassing(a)]
• massive 0
  adj 1: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn: massive, monolithic, monumental] 2: being the same substance throughout; "massive silver" 3: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes" 4: consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"
• missive 0
  n 1: a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" [syn: letter, missive]
• obsessive 0
  adj 1: characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling" [syn: obsessional, obsessive] n 1: a person who has obsessions
• obtrusive 0
  adj 1: undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti" [syn: obtrusive, noticeable] [ant: unnoticeable, unobtrusive] 2: sticking out; protruding
• occlusive 0
  adj 1: tending to occlude n 1: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive] [ant: continuant, continuant consonant]
• offensive 0
  adj 1: violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" [syn: offensive, violative] 2: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons" [ant: defensive] 3: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" [ant: inoffensive, unoffending] 4: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal" [syn: unsavory, unsavoury, offensive] [ant: savory, savoury] 5: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" [ant: inoffensive] 6: substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'" [syn: dysphemistic, offensive] [ant: euphemistic, inoffensive] 7: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile] n 1: the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence, offensive]
• oppressive 0
  adj 1: weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows" 2: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]
• ostensive 0
  adj 1: manifestly demonstrative 2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn: ostensible, ostensive]
• passive 0
  adj 1: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith [syn: passive, inactive] [ant: active] 2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" [syn: passive, peaceful] 3: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences" [ant: active] n 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; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive" [syn: passive voice, passive] [ant: active, active voice]
• pensive 0
  adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative] 2: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" [syn: pensive, wistful]
• percussive 0
  adj 1: involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments; "percussive music"
• permissive 0
  adj 1: not preventive [ant: preventative, preventive] 2: granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents" [ant: unpermissive]
• pervasive 0
  adj 1: spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion" [syn: permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive]
• plosive 0
  n 1: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive] [ant: continuant, continuant consonant]
• possessive 0
  adj 1: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: possessive, genitive] 2: desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys" 3: having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent" n 1: the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case]
• preclusive 0
  adj 1: made impossible [syn: preclusive, obviating(a)]
• progressive 0
  adj 1: favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" [ant: regressive] 2: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) [syn: progressive, reformist, reform-minded] 3: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases [ant: regressive] 4: gradually advancing in extent 5: (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position; "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments" 6: advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis" n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going [syn: progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense] 2: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn: liberal, liberalist, progressive] [ant: conservative, conservativist]
• propulsive 0
  adj 1: having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient" 2: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive]
• protrusive 0
  adj 1: thrusting outward [ant: intrusive]
• purposive 0
  adj 1: having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior" 2: having a purpose; "purposive behavior" [syn: goal-directed, purposive]
• recessive 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary, recessive] 2: (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical [ant: dominant] n 1: an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical [syn: recessive allele, recessive]
• reclusive 0
  adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] 2: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" [syn: cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered]
• recursive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a recursion
• reflexive 0
  adj 1: without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" [syn: automatic, reflex(a), reflexive] 2: referring back to itself [syn: reflexive, self-referent] n 1: a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent [syn: reflexive pronoun, reflexive]
• regressive 0
  adj 1: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases [ant: progressive] 2: opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state [ant: progressive]
• repressive 0
  adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]
• repulsive 0
  adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive] 2: possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force" [ant: attractive(a)] 3: so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" [syn: hideous, repulsive]
• responsive 0
  adj 1: containing or using responses; alternating; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal laughter" [syn: responsive, antiphonal] 2: readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" [ant: unresponsive] 3: reacting to a stimulus; "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons" [syn: reactive, responsive]
• retrogressive 0
  adj 1: going from better to worse [syn: retrograde, retrogressive]
• submissive 0
  adj 1: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" [ant: domineering] 2: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes- man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive]
• subversive 0
  adj 1: in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive] n 1: a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]
• successive 0
  adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive]
• suppressive 0
  adj 1: tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
• unimpressive 0
  adj 1: not capable of impressing [ant: impressive]
• unobtrusive 0
  adj 1: not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial" [syn: unobtrusive, unnoticeable] [ant: noticeable, obtrusive]
• unresponsive 0
  adj 1: not responding to some influence or stimulus [ant: responsive] 2: aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances" 3: not susceptible to suggestion or influence
• hypertensive 0
  adj 1: having abnormally high blood pressure [ant: hypotensive, normotensive] n 1: a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
• unpersuasive 0
  adj 1: not capable of persuading
• amusive 0
  adj 1: providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive, diverting]
• omissive 0
  adj 1: characterized by omissions; "omissive crimes"
• degressive 0
  adj 1: going down by steps 2: (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount

See also cohesive definition and cohesive synonyms