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Synonyms for impressing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb im-pres; noun im-pres |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪmˈprɛs; noun ˈɪm prɛs |
Top 10 synonyms for impressing Other synonyms for the word impressing
- be conspicuous
- blow away
- bring home
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- carry
- carve
- dent
- drive home
- electrify
- emboss
- enforce
- engrave
- enthuse
- establish
- etch
- fix
- galvanize
- get
- get into head
- grab
- grandstand
- imprint
- inculcate
- indent
- inscribe
- instill
- kill
- knock out
- make a hit
- make an impression
- make splash
- move
- overawe
- pique
- press
- provoke
- push around
- register
- score
- set
- show off
- slay
- stamp
- stimulate
- stir
- stress
- strike
Définition of impressing
Origin :- late 14c., "have a strong effect on the mind or heart," from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere "press into or upon, stamp," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Literal sense of "to apply with pressure, make a permanent image in, indent, imprint" is from early 15c. in English. Sense of "to levy for military service" is from 1590s, a meaning more from press (v.2). Related: Impressed; impressing.
- verb influence
- verb press down to make design
- verb emphasize
- Wilhelmine's statements were impressing de Loubersac less and less favourably.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- He was very earnest in impressing on Heemskirk his own feeling of absolute security.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- We were not singing it—any of us, except Babberly—with a view to impressing other people.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- I have no doubt that she was successful in impressing her views on Babberly and the others.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- As for impressing her, or hoping to impress her, with rank—pooh!
- Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
- It was evident that he was both impressed and certain of impressing his hearer.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- Mrs. O'Halloran took her own way of impressing this on the kitchenmaid.
- Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham
- I feared, however, that I had not succeeded in impressing him with the hopelessness of his cause.
- Extract from : « In the Wilds of Florida » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Often impressing this on his wife and daughters, he would have them at all times well dressed.
- Extract from : « James B. Eads » by Louis How
- He just hoped that he wouldn't have to do his impressing at gun point.
- Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
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