IMPRESSING Synonyms

• tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

• capturing interest as if by a spell

• amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

• shining intensely

• beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special

• far more than usual or expected

• (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials

• making a strong or vivid impression

• producing a strong effect

• unusual or striking

• worthy of attention

• the physical coming together of two or more things

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

• commanding attention

• causing great astonishment and consternation

• causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility

• strikingly beautiful or attractive

• a distinctive influence

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page

• an impression produced by pressure or printing

• a device produced by pressure on a surface

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

• a picture or design printed from an engraving

• a visible indication made on a surface

• availability in printed form

• a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

• a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

• a printed picture produced from a photographic negative

• put into print

• write as if with print; not cursive

• make into a print

• reproduce by printing

• the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

• have an effect upon

• act physically on; have an effect upon

• connect closely and often incriminatingly

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• surrendered as a penalty

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• place or shut up in a pound

• the act of coercing someone into government service

• thoroughly work in

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

• impart gradually

• enter drop by drop

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

• teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

• fill, as with a certain quality

• the act of deciding to do something

• the act of changing your residence or place of business

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

• move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

• change residence, affiliation, or place of employment

• follow a procedure or take a course

• be in a state of action

• go or proceed from one point to another

• perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• give an incentive for action

• arouse sympathy or compassion in

• dispose of by selling

• progress by being changed

• live one's life in a specified environment

• have a turn; make one's move in a game

• propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

• take hold of; grab

• take or capture by force

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• hook by a pull on the line

• affect

• capture the attention or imagination of

• requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

• keep away from others

• set apart from others