impressing
Leaving others amazed
Impressing is making a strong positive effect on someone's mind or feelings: She's been impressing everyone with her quick thinking.
The word can also mean pressing something into a surface to leave a mark, or forcibly enlisting someone into military service—though these uses are now rare outside historical contexts.
Reverent fear and wonder
- admirationDeep respect felt
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
enchanting · mesmerizing · stunning · wowing · astonishing · amazing · astounding · bedazzling
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- persuadingInducing belief or action
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- influencingAltering someone's thinking
winning over · converting · bringing around · talking into · urging · coaxing · inducing · selling
Forceful foot motion
- embossingRaising designs from surfaces
- imprintingRapid early learning attachment
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- indentingShifting text rightward
marking · inscribing · etching · carving · incising · debossing · die-cutting · sealing
Creating technical blueprints
- enlistingFormally joining a force
- recruitingEnlisting new members
- commandeeringSeizing by force or authority
- musteringGathering or summoning
mobilizing · conscripting · shanghai · press-gang · inducting · calling up · levying
Emphasizing or feeling anxious
- underscoringStressing for importance
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- hammering homeEmphasizing through repetition
- instillingGradually introducing ideas
driving home · inculcating · drilling · reinforcing · reiterating · accentuating
awe
Reverent fear and wonder
- admirationDeep respect felt
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
charming · enchanting · mesmerizing · stunning · wowing · astonishing · amazing · astounding · bedazzling · enthralling
convincing
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- persuadingInducing belief or action
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
influencing · winning over · converting · bringing around · talking into · urging · coaxing · inducing · selling · pitching
stamping
Forceful foot motion
- embossingRaising designs from surfaces
- imprintingRapid early learning attachment
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
indenting · marking · inscribing · etching · carving · incising · debossing · die-cutting · sealing · branding
drafting
Creating technical blueprints
- enlistingFormally joining a force
- recruitingEnlisting new members
- commandeeringSeizing by force or authority
mustering · mobilizing · conscripting · shanghai · press-gang · inducting · calling up · levying
stressing
Emphasizing or feeling anxious
- underscoringStressing for importance
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- hammering homeEmphasizing through repetition
driving home · instilling · inculcating · drilling · reinforcing · reiterating · accentuating
- potterypot, pottery, clay pottery, throwing, ceramic vase
- glazing techniquesglazing, glaze, glazes, dipping, brushing
impressingdisappointing
Failing to satisfy expectations
underwhelming · dismaying · disheartening · letting down · failing
impressingboring
Failing to engage interest
dulling · putting to sleep · wearying · stultifying · blending in
impressingdisgracing
Causing loss of honor
shaming · flopping · bombing · tanking · striking out
- first impressionInstant assessment of someone
- make an impressionCreate lasting mental impact
- made an impressionCreated memorable impact
- under the impressionBelieving, perhaps wrongly
- making an impressionCreating memorable effect
- false impressionErroneous understanding of reality