Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 13 compound words that contain impression. The most common are listed below. Open impression in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- first impressionThe event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of them. ᵂᵖ
- under the impressionBelieving or making assumptions, often incorrectly.
- make an impressionTo affect someone strongly and often favorably.
- made an impressionsimple past and past participle of make an impression
- makes an impressionthird-person singular simple present indicative of make an impression: To affect someone strongly and often favorably.
- making an impressionpresent participle and gerund of make an impression
- artist's impressionA sketch or drawing of someone or something, produced when it is not possible to take a photograph.
- maternal impressionAn effect supposedly produced on a child in the womb as a result of a powerful mental or physical influence on the mother; thought to explain birth defects etc. before the modern understanding of genetics.
- present sense impressionA statement made by a person (the declarant) that conveys his or her sense of the state of an event or the condition of something, made spontaneously while the person was perceiving (i.e. contemporaneous with) the event or condition, or …
- after-impressionAny sensation that persists after the stimulus has ceased.
- finger impressionSynonym of fingerprint (“the pattern left on a surface where an uncovered fingertip has touched”)
- trial impressionSynonym of working proof: A trial proof that the artist has altered by hand, usually for the purpose of rendering subsequent changes to the composition on the printing plate.
- sulfur impressiona sulfur cast
- sulphur impressionAlternative spelling of sulfur impression: a sulfur cast
Compound words 13
- impressionableBeing easily influenced (especially of young people).
- impressionaryOf or relating to impressionism; impressionistic.
- impressionismAn art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.
- impressionistOne who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.
- impressionistsplural of impressionist: One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.
- impressionabilityThe quality of being impressionable.
- misimpressionAn inaccurate or misleading impression
- afterimpressionAlternative spelling of after-impression: Any sensation that persists after the stimulus has ceased.
- impressionablesplural of impressionable: Being easily influenced (especially of young people).
- impressionablyIn an impressionable manner.