vverb.emotionhave an emotional or cognitive impact uponSynset:affect impress move strike
Examples:- This child impressed me as unusually mature
- This behavior struck me as odd
- he was dumb-struck by the news
- her comments struck a sour note
Derivationally Related Form:impressibleimpressiveaffectiveaffect
Inherited Hypernyms:affect
Direct Hyponyms:alienateawakenclouddisturbengravehit homeimpressinfectingraininstilljarmovepiercesaddensmitestirstrike a chordstrike a notestrike dumbstrike homesurprisesweep awaysweep offtouchtroubleupsetzap
Causes:experience feel
Full Troponyms:agitatealienateamazeawakenbesiegebothercatchclouddazzledistressdisturbeatelectrifyengraveexplode a bombshellflabbergastgethit homehype upimpressinfectjarjoltmisgivemovenagperturbpiercepotherprepossesssaddenshocksmitestartlestrike dumbsurprisesweep awaytouchweigh downworrywowzap
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: move) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: impress, strike, move, affect) | The good news will --- her (apply to: impress, strike, move, affect)
vverb.emotionimpress positivelyExamples:- The young chess player impressed her audience
Derivationally Related Form:impressive
Hypernyms:affect impress move strike
Inherited Hypernyms:impressaffect
Direct Hyponyms:prepossesswow
Full Troponyms:prepossesswow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: impress)
vverb.cognitionproduce or try to produce a vivid impression ofSynset:impress ingrain instill
Examples:- Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
Derivationally Related Form:impressiveinstilling
Hypernyms:affect impress move strike
Inherited Hypernyms:impressaffect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactmark or stamp with or as if with pressureSynset:impress imprint
Examples:- To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
Derivationally Related Form:imprintimpression
Hypernyms:change surface
Inherited Hypernyms:impresschange surfacechange
Direct Hyponyms:bossembossstamp
Entailment:press
Full Troponyms:blockdateembosspostmarkrubberstampstamp
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.creationreproduce by printingSynset:impress print
Derivationally Related Form:printingprintprinter
Hypernyms:write
Inherited Hypernyms:printwritetracemarkchange
Direct Hyponyms:boldfacecyclostyleitaliciseitalicizeletteroffsetoverprintprint overprovesettypeset
Full Troponyms:boldfacecyclostyleitalicizeletteroffsetoverprintprovesurchargetypeset
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contacttake (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a shipTopic:crimecriminal offencecriminal offenselaw-breaking
Synset:impress shanghai
Examples:- The men were shanghaied after being drugged
Derivationally Related Form:impressshanghaierimpressment
Hypernyms:abduct kidnap nobble snatch
Inherited Hypernyms:shanghaikidnapseizetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changedye (fabric) before it is spunSynset:impress yarn-dye
Hypernyms:dye
Inherited Hypernyms:impressdyediscolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alldeeply or markedly affected or influencedAntonyms:unaffected
Inherited Hypernyms:impressed
Similar to:affected