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
In Burden, the Bears landed a dynamic pass catcher with impressive run-after-catch ability.
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
Martin doesn’t have impressive size at 5-11, 221 pounds.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
No matter what your favorite style chocolate chip cookie is, these impressive looking ones, which are perfectly chewy in the middle and crunchy on the outside, will always hit the spot.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
What an impressive performance so far by the Clippers in this playoff series against the Nuggets.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
Martin doesn’t have impressive size at 5-11, 221 pounds.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
No matter what your favorite style chocolate chip cookie is, these impressive looking ones, which are perfectly chewy in the middle and crunchy on the outside, will always hit the spot.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
What an impressive performance so far by the Clippers in this playoff series against the Nuggets.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressive
Adjective
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These tools aim to improve market prediction by understanding emotional and thematic patterns in earnings calls and press releases.—
Lester Pereira,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Controversy over wolf management can become more emotional and political than scientific.—
Olivia Ferrari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hunter is headed to the Jacksonville Jaguars (such an exciting moment for this team).—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
25 Apr. 2025
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Complementing Lewis’s exciting outfits is his daring jewelry style.—
Daisy Shaw-Ellis,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Its participants are easily excitable and just as effortlessly aggrieved, their collective nervous system tied somewhat intrinsically to social media notifications.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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And if Django’s Billy Crash tapped into Goggins’s ability to thrive with brutal spite, Mannix plays more to Goggins’s excitable energy and capacity for being clever (even when his character seems to be anything but).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Impressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressive. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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