impress

impress

verb

Definition of IMPRESS

1

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response <impressed him with the intensity of their musical performance>

Synonyms impact, impress, influence, move, reach, strike, sway, tell (on), touch

Related Words carry away, dazzle, enrapture, entrance, enthrall (or enthral), ravish, transport; bias, color; inspire, stir; engage, interest, involve, penetrate, pierce; afflict, agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fluster, harass, harry, perturb, pester, plague, smite, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry, wring; allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate

Near Antonyms bore, jade, pall, tire, weary; underwhelm

2

to produce a vivid impression of <impressed the importance of safe driving habits by displaying photos of horrific crashes>

Synonyms brand, etch, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain (also engrain)

Related Words enroot, imbue, implant, inculcate, infuse, instill; fix, set, stamp

Near Antonyms blot out, erase, expunge, obliterate

3

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure <after weeks of nagging, they impressed her into going to the masquerade party>

Synonyms blackjack, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, impel, impress, make, muscle, obligate, oblige, press, pressure, sandbag

Related Words browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, hector, intimidate; blackmail, high-pressure, menace, shame, terrorize, threaten; drag; badger, harass, hound

Near Antonyms allow, let, permit; argue, convince, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)