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Definition: Impressed |
ImpressedAdjective1. Deeply or markedly affected or influenced. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "impressed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | Pressed in. (references) |
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Synonym: ImpressedSynonym: impressed(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | Under the impression; impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with. |
Feeling | Verb: feel; receive an impression; Noun: be impressed with; Adjective: entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling; n. |
Impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with; devoured by; wrought up; (excited); struck all of a heap; rapt; in a quiver; Noun: enraptured. | |
Insensibility | Adverb: insensibly; Adjective: aequo animo; without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed; in cold blood; with dry eyes, with withers unwrung. |
Memory | Sink in the mind; run in the head; not be able to get out of one's head; be deeply impressed with; rankle; (revenge). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Impressed |
| English words defined with "impressed": abstruseness, abstrusity, affect, Autotypography ♦ cockscomb, coxcomb ♦ Damon and Pythias, deliver ♦ engraved, etched ♦ graven ♦ Impictured, impress, Impress money, Impressible, impressionable, Impressionless, incised, indelible ink, inscribed ♦ Keraunograph ♦ Laws of motion, Lithophane ♦ Morse alphabet, move ♦ present, profoundness, profundity ♦ range, reconditeness ♦ Signaturist, strike, Sudarium, susceptible ♦ -type ♦ Vis impressa ♦ watermark, Weak. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "impressed": Abandon ♦ cascade control, Coins ♦ EMBOSSING-PRESS OPERATOR, ENGRAVER, RUBBER, engraver, signature ♦ flow folding ♦ Green Wax ♦ Hardcore ♦ Jealousy ♦ Newton's laws of motion ♦ pressure microphone, printable area, prospective customer ♦ SEAL, sod off , Stephen Jobs, Sterling Money ♦ velocity microphone. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "impressed": Signaturist. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Excuse me, excuse me. I don't mean to harass you, but I was very impressed with the capable and stylish manner in which you dealt with that situation (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) Look, we're all very impressed with Andy's new toy. (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton) Rick, I hope you're more impressed with me, now (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Oh! Well, I'm so glad you called, because I forgot to tell you today what a nice ass you have. I'm also impressed that you were able to get my phone number given the fact that I don't have a phone (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) You'd have been impressed. (Holy Smoke; writing credit: Anna Campion; Jane Campion) | |
Lyrics | Be impressed by the words I chose of (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited) Impressed I am (Girl Next Door; performing artist: Musiq Soulchild) Honey I ain't impressed ((It's Just) The Way That You Love Me; performing artist: Paula Abdul) | |
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| "Singapore Building 2" by Jason Felmingham Commentary: "Shot on a disposable Kodak camera. I was impressed by the results." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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 | Applaud; clap; clamor; fuss; encore; delighted; impressed. |
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| Author | Quotation |
A. Alison | Who at this season does not feel impressed with a sentiment of melancholy? |
Aristotle | We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Mrs. Elton seemed most favourably impressed by the size of the room, the entrance, and all that she could see or imagine |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The cup moves because certain mechanical forces are impressed on it by my hand |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | From his firm though slow step, and the singular vigour impressed upon all his motions, one would hardly have thought him fifty |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The whole cut impressed me as if it were a cave with its stalactites laid open to the light |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The panel is impressed that surgery is beneficial for selected patients, but the optimal timing of surgery is not known. (references) | |
Business | Most tourists buy economy class seats and would be impressed by an incentive package that involved a seating upgrade. (references) | |
The Japanese, in particular, became interested in Britain for a variety of reasons, but the flexibility of the work force and the adaptation of best-practice methods particularly impressed them. The U.K. is currently the preferred European home for Nissan, Toyota, and Honda, although the latter is presently building a new automobile plant in France. (references) | ||
Economic History | Turkey | Turkish visitors to those fairs return highly impressed by the U.S. products. (references) |
Human Rights | Colombia | Although the ELN agreed to halt recruitment of children under the terms of the June 1998 Mainz "Heaven's Gate" agreement, it also regularly impressed children into its ranks. (references) |
Worker Rights | Sierra Leone | Despite releasing many children during the year, the RUF rebels continued to use previously impressed young boys and girls as involuntary servants. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words locum sigillis are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Robert Novak | I was really impressed, Al, how much Mr. Peres, how seriously he takes the Saudi peace proposal. He isn't dwelling on the Saudi support for terrorist bombings. He wants to talk to the Saudis, which is a reasonable request, I think. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Deeply impressed with the blessings which we enjoy, and of which we have such manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly drawn to that Almighty Being, the great source from whence they proceed and to whom our most grateful acknowledgments are due. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Licentious blockades, irregularly enlisted or impressed sea men, and the property of honest commerce seized with violence, and even plundered under legal pretenses, are disorders never separable from the conflicts of war upon the ocean. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I am not, therefore, disposed to revive the recommendation, but am not the less impressed with the importance of so organizing that Department that its Secretary may devote more of his time to our foreign relations. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Fully impressed with the gravity of the duties that confront me and mindful of my weakness, I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which await me. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | The American people aren't impressed by gimmicks. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Impressed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 89.36% of the time. "Impressed" is used about 1,595 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 89.36% | 1,425 | 5,644 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 7.45% | 119 | 29,501 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.19% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,595 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "impressed": be deeply impressed ♦ be deeply impressed with ♦ be impressed ♦ impressed current cathodic protective system ♦ impressed vapor pressure ♦ impressed vapour pressure ♦ impressed with. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "impressed": over-impressed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anti current fouling impressed | 19 |
impressed current cathodic protection | 4 |
impressed | 4 |
current impressed system | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "impressed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 铭记 (impress, Impresses, Impressing). (various references) | |
Danish | prægestempel (die, embossing stamp, impressed stamp, stamp), paatrykt damptryk (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), påtrykt katodisk beskyttelsesanlæg (impressed current cathodic protective system), påtryk strøm (impressed current), glas med ivalsede relieffer (impressed glass). (various references) | |
Dutch | opgedrukte dampspanning (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), kathodisch corrosiebeschermingssysteem (impressed current cathodic protective system), glas met reliëf (impressed glass), droogstempel (embossing stamp, impressed stamp). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaikuttava höyrynpaine (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), ulkoisella virtalähteellä aikaansaatu katodisuojaus (impressed current cathodic protective system), syöpyä (be corroded, be impressed on a person's mind, become ingrained, corrode, eat into), sinettileimasin (embossing stamp, impressed stamp), painua muistiin (be impressed on the memory), korkopuristusleima (embossing stamp, impressed stamp). (various references) | |
French | impression rétinienne (image impressed on retina), verre imprimé (impressed glass), timbre sec (impressed stamp), tension de vapeur imposée (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), système de protection cathodique à courant imposé (impressed current cathodic protective system), courant étranger (impressed current). (various references) | |
German | eingeprägt, beeindruckte, aufgedrückt (imprinted). (various references) | |
Greek | έντυπο γυαλί (impressed glass), σύστημα ενεργού καθοδικής προστασίας (impressed current cathodic protective system), εμφύτεψη με πίεση ατμού (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), ανάγλυφο αποτύπωμα σφραγίδας (embossing stamp, impressed stamp). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחוות (be deeply impressed, experience), להתפעל (admire, be impressed, be moved), להתרשם (be impressed, leave an impression). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagy hatással van rá vmi (to be impressed by sg). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terkesan (imprinted). (various references) | |
Italian | imprimere (be impressed, engrain, engrave, give, impart, impress, imprint, incuse, print), immagine impressa sulla retina (image impressed on retina), vetro stampato (impressed glass), timbro a secco (embossing stamp, impressed stamp), sistema di protezione catodica a corrente impressa (impressed current cathodic protective system), pressione di vapore forzata (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), corrente esterna (current from external sources, external flow, impressed current, stray currents). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肝に銘じる (to be deeply impressed), 染み通る (to be deeply impressed, to soak through), 染み透る (to be impressed, to soak through), 感じ入る (to be impressed, to greatly admire). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きもにめいじる (to be deeply impressed), しみとおる (to be deeply impressed, to be impressed, to soak through), かんじいる (to be impressed, to greatly admire). (various references) | |
Korean | 감명을 주는. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impresseday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vidro estampado (impressed glass), sistema de protecção catódica por corrente imposta (impressed current cathodic protective system), selo branco (embossing stamp, impressed stamp), pressao de vapor imposta (impressed vapor pressure, impressed vapour pressure), corrente parasita (impressed current), carimbo seco (embossing stamp, impressed stamp). (various references) | |
Russian | производить впечатление/ .пораженный. (various references) | |
Spanish | inculcado (ingrained), impresionado, grabado (engraving, graven, image, inset, picture, plate, recorded), estampado (pattern, pressing, print, printed, printing, stamping, tight). (various references) | |
Swedish | imponerad (struck). (various references) | |
Turkish | hayran kalmak (admire, be amazed, be fascinated, be impressed, enthuse), etkilenmek (be affected, be impressed, be thrilled, be touched, grip, impose, respond). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "impressed": overimpressed, unimpressed. (additional references) | |
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"Impressed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: empressed, imperasset, Impresa, impressd. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "impressed" (pronounced i'mpre"st) |
| 7 | i' m p r e" s t | unimpressed. |
| 6 | -m p r e" s t | compressed. |
| 5 | -p r e" s t | depressed, expressed, oppressed, pressed, Prest, repressed, suppressed. |
| 4 | -r e" s t | abreast, addressed, breast, crest, digressed, distressed, dressed, progressed, rest, stressed, transgressed, unaddressed, undressed, unrest, wrest. |
| 3 | -e" s t | arrest, acquiesced, assessed, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, Celeste, chest, coalesced, confessed, congest, detest, digest, dispossessed, divest, fessed, finessed, gest, guessed, guest, infest, ingest, invest, jest, lest, messed, molest, nest, northwest, obsessed, pest, possessed, professed, quest, rearrest, reassessed, recessed, reinvest, repossessed, request, retest, southwest, suggest, test, vest, West, zest. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-m-p-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: demireps, dermises, despiser, disperse, emprises, epiderms, impeders, impreses, premised, premises, presides, simpered, spiremes. | |
-2 letters: demirep, demises, deperms, depress, desires, despise, empires, empress, emprise, epiderm, epimers, impeder, impedes, imprese, impress, merises, messier, premeds, premies, premise, premiss, preside, pressed, prissed, remised, remises, resides, simpers, speired, spiders, spiered, spireme, spirems. | |
-3 letters: deisms, demies, demise, deperm, dermis. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-m-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: distempers. | |
+2 letters: epidermises, spermicides, unimpressed. | |
+3 letters: desipramines, hypodermises, monodisperse, slipstreamed, superimposed. | |
+4 letters: decompressing, decompression, misapprehends, overimpressed, pedestrianism, pteridosperms, underemphasis. | |
+5 letters: decompressions, disparagements, headmastership, misrepresented, pedestrianisms. | |
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