as in emotional
having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies
an impressive play about a loving family attempting to lift themselves out of poverty
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Recent Examples of impressive
Just a month ago, Google traded at only 22x trailing earnings before this recent 23% rally—impressive momentum for a $3 trillion company, and still with room to run.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And both of Fitzgerald’s interceptions thus far were impressive.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Further gains in Tesla would build on an already impressive turnaround.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
True to its name, the Byblos Art Hotel is also home to an impressive array of contemporary works by artists such as Loris Cecchini, Mimmo Paladino, Pascale Marthine Tayou, and Marc Quinn, making a stay here feel less like checking into a hotel and more like living inside a museum.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And both of Fitzgerald’s interceptions thus far were impressive.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Further gains in Tesla would build on an already impressive turnaround.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
True to its name, the Byblos Art Hotel is also home to an impressive array of contemporary works by artists such as Loris Cecchini, Mimmo Paladino, Pascale Marthine Tayou, and Marc Quinn, making a stay here feel less like checking into a hotel and more like living inside a museum.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressive
Adjective
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To navigate emotional volatility, understand what behaviors are acceptable to you and create clear boundaries with the ones that are not.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The emotions of that victory two years ago were apparent at the time — Sirianni was bombastic exiting the field after the emotional win — but there is no concept of revenge this time.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Don't miss this exciting matchup, which can be viewed live on Fubo.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Each day delivers a tiny surprise and a chance to discover your next full-sized, must-have, making your countdown as exciting as the big day itself.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When pyramidal cells are too excitable, memory processing becomes noisy and disorganized.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Impressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressive. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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