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Antonyms for impress
ɪmˈprɛs; ˈɪm prɛsim·press
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impressverb
Synonyms:
print, confiscate, make an impression, sequester, impound, stamp, pressgang, imprint, seizeimpressverb
The act of impressing
You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
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pressgang, stamp, sequester, confiscate, make an impression, seize, print, imprint, impoundimpressverb
An impression, and impressed image or copy of something
That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.
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imprint, print, sequester, impound, make an impression, pressgang, stamp, seize, confiscateimpressverb
A stamp or seal used to make an impression
We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.
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stamp, impound, pressgang, sequester, confiscate, imprint, print, make an impression, seizeimpressverb
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.
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print, seize, impound, make an impression, pressgang, stamp, confiscate, sequester, imprintimpressverb
To seize or confiscate (property) by force
The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.
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impound, pressgang, sequester, imprint, make an impression, stamp, print, confiscate, seizeimpressverb
To make an impression, to be impressive
Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.
Synonyms:
sequester, imprint, impound, make an impression, stamp, pressgang, seize, print, confiscate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
impressnoun
impressverb
Antonyms:
learn, be impressed, be studious, be mindfulSynonyms:
stamp, print, imprint, inculcate, fix deeply
Princeton's WordNet
impress, impressmentverb
the act of coercing someone into government service
Synonyms:
impressmentaffect, impress, move, strikeverb
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
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touch, chance upon, dissemble, incite, act, expunge, move, motivate, affect, strickle, imprint, attain, be active, come upon, chance on, propel, impact, take, fall upon, strike, involve, shanghai, ingrain, assume, displace, make a motion, excise, collide with, coin, yarn-dye, fall, proceed, walk out, impinge on, go, sham, run into, scratch, shine, hit, prompt, regard, touch on, take up, bear on, locomote, mint, instill, travel, happen upon, bear upon, pretend, come to, run, print, feign, actuate, light upon, come across, discoverimpressverb
impress positively
"The young chess player impressed her audience"
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imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, printimpress, ingrain, instillverb
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
"Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
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instill, yarn-dye, impregnate, instil, strike, imprint, inculcate, ingrain, tincture, affect, print, move, shanghai, grain, transfuse, infuseimpress, imprintverb
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
"To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
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imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print, formprint, impressverb
reproduce by printing
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imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, publish, affect, yarn-dye, printshanghai, impressverb
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
"The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
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imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, printimpress, yarn-dyeverb
dye (fabric) before it is spun
Synonyms:
imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print
How to use impress in a sentence?
It wasn’t about the money. He always wanted to impress people.
You can impress people from a distance but you can impact them only up close.""The more sensitive you become toward sin, the more aware you'll be for the need of godliness and holiness.""The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.""You teach what you know but you reproduce what you are.""People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. The Bible's already relevant. You're the one that's irrelevant!
We have to do everything to solve the conflict situation with Iran in a peaceful manner, we will do everything to impress on all sides, but especially to make clear to Iran, that this serious situation mustnt be aggravated.
There are many forms of service that you can render to your country ... what I want to impress on you is that if death is necessary to accomplish your end in upholding your dignity and that of your country then death should be nothing.
To me it looks like Zumba is driving around the enclosure in his off-road car, to impress his wife Timba.
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