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| 1. | [ adjective ] making a strong or vivid impression | |
| Examples: | "an impressive ceremony" |
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| Related terms: | unimpressive dramatic brilliant expansive amazing formidable baronial arresting gallant dazzling dazzling thundering grandiose important-looking heroic astonishing signal mind-boggling palatial moving | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] producing a strong effect | |
| Synonyms: | telling | |
| Examples: | "gave an impressive performance as Othello" "a telling gesture" |
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| Related terms: | effective | |
| Similar spelling: |
impressively impress impressible impressed impression impressment imprecise impureness impressionist impressionism imprecisely impreciseness imprecate impresario |
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