impressive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

impressive (comparative more impressive, superlative most impressive)

1. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress

   an impressive speech

   an impressive movie

2. Capable of being impressed.
3. Appealing.

Antonyms

• unimpressive

Derived terms

• impressiveness

Related terms

• impression

Translations

making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress

• Albanian: madhështor (sq)
• Armenian: տպավորիչ (hy) (tpavoričʻ)
• Asturian: impresionante
• Belarusian: уража́льны (uražálʹny)
• Bulgarian: впечатляващ (bg) (vpečatljavašt)
• Catalan: impressionant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 令人印象深刻 (lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè)

• Czech: působivý
• Dutch: indrukwekkend (nl), imposant (nl)
• Finnish: vaikuttava (fi), muhkea
• French: impressionnant (fr), épatant (fr)
• Galician: impresionante
• Georgian: შთამბეჭდავი (štambeč̣davi)
• German: beeindruckend (de), eindrucksvoll (de), imposant (de)
• Greek: εντυπωσιακός (el) (entyposiakós)
• Hebrew: מרשים (marshím)
• Hungarian: impresszív
• Icelandic: tilkomumikill
• Indonesian: impresif (id)
• Irish: iontach
• Italian: impressionante (it), spettacolare (it), notevole (it)
• Japanese: 印象的な (ja) (いんしょうてきな, inshōteki na)
• Korean: 인상적 (ko) (insangjeok)
• Maltese: impressjonanti
• Norwegian: imponerende (no)
• Persian: چشمگیر (fa) (češmgir)
• Plautdietsch: oppfaulent, be'endrucksvoll
• Polish: imponujący (pl)
• Portuguese: impressionante (pt)
• Romanian: impresionant (ro), mișcător (ro)
• Russian: впечатля́ющий (ru) (vpečatljájuščij), внуши́тельный (ru) (vnušítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: impresionante (es)
• Swedish: imponerande (sv), maffig (sv)
• Turkish: etkileyici (tr)
• Ukrainian: вража́ючий (vražájučyj)
• Yiddish: אײַנדרוקספֿול (ayndruksful)

capable of being impressed

• Bulgarian: впечатлителен (bg) (vpečatlitelen)
• Czech: vnímavý
• Dutch: onder de indruk
• French: impressionnable (fr)
• Russian: впечатли́тельный (ru) (vpečatlítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: impresionable (es)

appealing

• Italian: eccitante (it)
• Romanian: atrăgător (ro), mișcător (ro)
• Spanish: halagüeño (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} impresionante (es)

Anagrams

• permissive