impressionable
easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
capable of being impressed.
Origin of impressionable
1Other words for impressionable
Other words from impressionable
- im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, noun
- im·pres·sion·a·bly, adverb
- non·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective
- non·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, noun
- o·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- o·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective
- o·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, noun
- o·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bly, adverb
- un·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with impressionable
- impressionable , impressive
Words Nearby impressionable
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How to use impressionable in a sentence
After years of pushing for advertisers and the TV industry to self-regulate, the FTC stepped in to stop what it considered to be manipulative messaging promoting unhealthy foods to impressionable young minds.
Kill Your Algorithm: Listen to episode two of the podcast featuring tales from a more fearsome FTC | Kate Kaye | October 28, 2021 | DigidayCountry Gandalf couldn’t be wrong in my impressionable eyes, nor could numbers.
That said, we live in a world where agents, financial advisors and businessmen target young and impressionable talent with significant riches, so seeking the right guidance is key.
Former Manchester United footballer Louis Saha is helping athletes become media entrepreneurs | Seb Joseph | June 24, 2021 | DigidayYes, social media and digital marketing opened up a new world, but they also made our audience less impressionable to cookie-cutter marketing tactics.
How to find the perfect influencers for your brand: A quick and easy way | Sponsored Content: Awario | April 28, 2021 | Search Engine LandIn 2019, word spread locally of a visible wolf den at Yellowstone’s Slough Creek, exposing especially impressionable puppies to people.
An 18-year-old Swedish rapper/Internet meme has inspired legions of impressionable teens to get based in bucket hats.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’ | Marlow Stern | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHeadmasters are in a unique position of power to mold the minds of impressionable young students.
Sadly, some impressionable young listeners will internalize this “advice.”
That he joined the Army at the less-impressionable age of 27 must have something to do with this.
Between Boredom and Terror: One US Soldier’s Letters from Afghanistan | Brian Castner | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEducation remains first and foremost a device for drilling party ideology into impressionable minds.
China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More | Junheng Li | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTimpressionable and enthusiastic, a philosophical liberal by nature, he eagerly absorbed the teaching of the Encyclopedists.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonYou will pardon the inquisitiveness of an old man, but are not you musicians a most impressionable lot?
The Fifth String | John Philip Sousa"She is an exceedingly dangerous person for an impressionable man like myself," Sogrange remarked, arranging his tie.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimThe important practical question is the prevention of the fulfilment of the morbid impulse during these impressionable years.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThey are exceedingly impressionable, and all their feelings are readily exalted into passions.
British Dictionary definitions for impressionable
/ (ɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl, -ˈprɛʃnə-) /
easily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influence: an impressionable child; an impressionable age
Derived forms of impressionable
- impressionability or impressionableness, noun
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