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
But this was far and away Yapi’s most impressive all-around performance over the span of his 66 minutes.
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
However, his third shot on the seventh hole is what was impressive to some of the experts.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
What our reviewers say: The Bondi 9 is a fantastic walking shoe with a responsive midsole and impressive stack height for extra cushioning.
—Gabrielle Kassel, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
Its diverse cast of characters are all given a truly impressive amount of space to grow into rich and multi-dimensional human beings who excel in some ways, struggle in others, and bring their unique perspectives and experiences to their work.
—Sarah Kurchak, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impressive
Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
However, his third shot on the seventh hole is what was impressive to some of the experts.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
What our reviewers say: The Bondi 9 is a fantastic walking shoe with a responsive midsole and impressive stack height for extra cushioning.
—Gabrielle Kassel, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
Its diverse cast of characters are all given a truly impressive amount of space to grow into rich and multi-dimensional human beings who excel in some ways, struggle in others, and bring their unique perspectives and experiences to their work.
—Sarah Kurchak, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressive
Adjective
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It wasn’t scripted that Robby gets emotional and breaks down at [that] particular point in the speech….—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Just before the game, the franchise honored him with a video tribute, and Dončić became emotional.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The tools offer exciting new clues to how people living in the area thousands of years ago may have lived and interacted.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2025
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Outside of Matthews’ single shot, the most exciting chance the line created was an out-of-character clapper from Marner off the rush that was more of a novelty than a high-danger look.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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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For someone so obsessed with the granular details of carbohydrates and fueling, Roche runs with an easy, excitable freedom.—
Devin Kelly,
Outside Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Impressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressive. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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