impressible

[ im-pres-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being impressed; impressionable.

Other Words From

• im·pressi·bili·ty im·pressi·ble·ness noun
• im·pressi·bly adverb
• over·im·pressi·bili·ty noun
• over·im·pressi·ble adjective
• over·im·pressi·bly adverb
• unim·pressi·bili·ty noun
• unim·pressi·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of impressible¹

First recorded in 1620–30; impress ¹ + -ible

Example Sentences

Part of his defense includes research in the field of neuroscience to argue that he was young and impressible, a byproduct of a gang-infested community, but not a murderer.

From Voice of San Diego

Another thing that influenced impressible Tessa this day, was a talk at the tea-table.

From Project Gutenberg

She was one of those strong-minded women who are impressible by grand sentiments.

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The trouble is that they are so impressible and imaginative that they are at the mercy of all sorts of fancy systems.

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Mortimer Lightwood was not an extraordinarily impressible man, but this face impressed him.

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But there was Mrs Boffin to part from, and, in the full flush of her dignity, the impressible little soul collapsed again.

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