impressverb [ I or T, not continuous ]
uk/ɪmˈpres/us/ɪmˈpres/B2 to cause someone to admire or respect you:
I remember when I was a child being very impressed with how many toys she had.
Your mother was clearly not impressed by our behaviour in the restaurant.
He tried to impress me with his extensive knowledge of wine.
formal I'm afraid the new theatre fails to impress.
More examples
- He tried to impress his teachers by using big words in all his essays.
- It's important to impress your seniors if you want to be promoted.
- Everyone was impressed by the cleverness of the machine.
- Listening to the interview, I was impressed by the subtlety of the questions.
- We were impressed by the great richness of detail in her painting.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- awe
- awestruck
- glory
- hero worship
- honorific
- honour
- idolatry
- idolize
- impression
- recognition
- regard
- salute
- sb deserves a medal idiom
- sit
- sit at the feet of sb idiom
- stan
- think the sun shines out (of) sb's arse/backside idiom
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Phrasal verb(s)
impress sth on/upon sb