Standard Lemma guide

impressed

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪmˈpɹɛst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛst
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R EH1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

strongly affected, especially favourably

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I was impressed with the cleanliness of the hotel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

stamped, under pressure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

compelled to serve in a military force

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

confiscated by force or authority

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

simple past and past participle of impress

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տպավորված (tpavorvac) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Belarusian: ўра́жаны (wrážany) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Bulgarian: впечатле́н (vpečatlén) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Bulgarian: очаро́ван (očaróvan) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Bulgarian: възхите́н (vǎzhitén) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Catalan: impressionat — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Esperanto: imponita — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Finnish: vaikuttunut — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • French: impressionné — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Galician: impresionado — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • German: beeindruckt — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Italian: colpito — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Italian: impressionato — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Italian: sbalordito — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Italian: senza parole — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Korean: 반한 (banhan) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Korean: 인상적인 (insangjeogin) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Old English: ġehrinen — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Polish: pod wrażeniem — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Portuguese: impressionado — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Russian: впечатлённый (vpečatljónnyj) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Russian: поражённый (poražónnyj) — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Spanish: impresionado — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Swedish: imponerad — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Turkish: etkilenmiş — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Vietnamese: ấn tượng — strongly affected, especially favourably
  • Bulgarian: нати́снат (natísnat) — stamped, under pressure
  • Bulgarian: отпеча́тан (otpečátan) — stamped, under pressure
  • Bulgarian: щампо́ван (štampóvan) — stamped, under pressure
  • Catalan: imprès — stamped, under pressure
  • Finnish: painunut — stamped, under pressure
  • Old English: ġeþryht — stamped, under pressure
  • Old English: ġeþryċċed — stamped, under pressure
  • Swedish: tryckt — stamped, under pressure
  • Bulgarian: иззе́т (izzét) — confiscated by force or authority
  • Bulgarian: отне́т (otnét) — confiscated by force or authority
  • Bulgarian: конфиску́ван (konfiskúvan) — confiscated by force or authority
  • Catalan: requisat — confiscated by force or authority
  • Finnish: takavarikoitu — confiscated by force or authority
Real reading context

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