used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle
If you describe someone or something as imposing, you mean that they have an impressive appearance or manner. the imposing wrought-iron gates at the entrance to the estate. large, impressive, and appearing important