impress[verb]Synonyms:- excite, affect, inspire, make an impression, move, stir, strike, touch
- stress, bring home to, emphasize, fix, inculcate, instil into
- imprint, emboss, engrave, indent, mark, print, stamp
Related Idioms: make (
or leave) one's mark, drive home to one, fix in one's mind, get into one's head
Related Words: enthuse,
electrify,
thrill,
excite,
galvanize,
pique,
provoke,
stimulate,
establish,
fix,
set [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
im‧press S3 W3 /ɪmˈpres/
verb [transitive] [
Word Family: noun:
impression,
impressionism,
impressionist,
impressiveness;
adjective:
impressionable,
impressive ≠
unimpressive,
impressionistic,
unimpressed;
adverb:
impressively,
impressionistically;
verb:
impress]
[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of imprimere, from premere 'to press']
1. [not in progressive] to make someone feel admiration and respect:
Steve borrowed his dad’s sports car to impress his girlfriend.impress somebody with/by something We were very impressed by the standard of work. One candidate in particular impressed us with her knowledge. I think the chief exec was favourably impressed by your presentation. ‘He’s a lawyer?’ Mum looked suitably impressed (=as impressed as you would expect).2. to make the importance of something clear to someone
impress something on somebody Father impressed on me the value of hard work.3. to press something into a soft surface so that a mark or pattern appears on it:
patterns impressed in the clay [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲