impress

Nouns

  • (n) the act of coercing someone into government service impressment,

Verbs

  • (v) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
    • This child impressed me as unusually mature
    • This behavior struck me as odd
    strike, affect, move,
  • (v) impress positively
    • The young chess player impressed her audience
  • (v) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
    • Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
    ingrain, instill,
  • (v) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
    • To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
    imprint,
  • (v) reproduce by printing print,
  • (v) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
    • The men were shanghaied after being drugged
    shanghai,
  • (v) dye (fabric) before it is spun yarn-dye,

Synonyms

strike affect move impressment ingrain instill imprint print shanghai yarn-dye

Words of close approximity

impressed impressible impression impressionable Impressionism impressionist impressionistic impressive impressive aphasia impressively impressiveness impressment