IMPRESSION Synonyms

• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

• a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

• a sunken or depressed geological formation

• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• pushing down

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• an outward appearance

• an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a symptom caused by an illness or a drug

• produce

• act so as to bring into existence

• the experiencing of affective and emotional states

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a physical sensation that you experience

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• an intuitive understanding of something

• 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

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• a general inclusive concept

• an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

• (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof

• a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people

• the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

• the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

• a clear and telling mental image

• a situation treated as an observable object

• illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• the visible part of a television transmission

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• a typical example of some state or quality

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• show in, or as in, a picture

• text handwritten in the style of printed matter

• the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

• reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

• all the copies of a work printed at one time

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• a type or class

• a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

• a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment

• a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

• machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

• a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

• a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

• walk heavily

• to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something

• reveal clearly as having a certain character

• affix a stamp to

• treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

• destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

• form or cut out with a mold, form, or die

• crush or grind with a heavy instrument

• raise in a relief

• a clear and telling mental image