impressed

/ษชmหˆpษนษ›st/

IPA: /IH0 M P R EH1 S T/

verb
  1. 1

    To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

    โ€œYou impressed me with your command of Urdu.โ€

  2. 2

    To make an impression, to be impressive.

    โ€œHenderson impressed in his first game as captain.โ€

  3. 3

    To produce a vivid impression of (something).

    โ€œThat first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.โ€

  4. 4

    To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.

    โ€œWe impressed our footprints in the wet cement.โ€

  5. 5

    To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

  6. 6

    To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

  7. 7

    To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.

    โ€œThe press gang used to impress people into the Navy.โ€

  8. 8

    To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

    โ€œThe liner was impressed as a troop carrier.โ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Strongly affected, especially favourably

  2. 2

    Stamped, under pressure

  3. 3

    Compelled to serve in a military force

  4. 4

    Confiscated by force or authority

Antonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impress, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impressed