Word

impress, v.
(impressed, impresses, impressing)
freq. cnt. 23

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3

affect impress move strike

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impressive impressive impressible

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

affective affect

semantic pointers

hyponym

infect surprise impress, ingrain, instill awaken engrave strike dumb zap jar strike home, hit home, strike a chord, strike a note smite cloud pierce impress sweep away, sweep off disturb, trouble, upset touch, stir move sadden alienate

verb group

prompt, motivate, move, incite, actuate, propel come to, hit, strike

cause

feel, experience

impress positively
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

impress

sample sentences

"The young chess player impressed her audience"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impressive

semantic pointers

hypernym

strike, impress, move, affect

hyponym

prepossess wow

produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

impress ingrain instill

sample sentences

"Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impressive

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

instilling

semantic pointers

hypernym

strike, impress, move, affect

mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

impress imprint

sample sentences

"To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impression

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

imprint

semantic pointers

hypernym

change surface

hyponym

stamp emboss, boss, stamp

entailment

press

dye (fabric) before it is spun
<verb.change>

impress yarn-dye

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

dye

take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
<verb.contact>

impress shanghai

sample sentences

"The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shanghaier

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impressment impress

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

crime, law-breaking, criminal offense, criminal offence

hypernym

kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch

reproduce by printing
<verb.creation>

impress print

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

printer printer printing print printer

semantic pointers

hypernym

write

hyponym

letter typeset, set prove offset overprint, print over cyclostyle boldface italicize, italicise