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impressed
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impressed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aroused |
| Synonyms: | affected, dazzled, fascinated, snowed |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press down to make design |
| Synonyms: | carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp |
| Antonyms: | take apart |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
| Synonyms: | bring home, drive home, establish, fix, get into head, inculcate, instill, press, set, stress |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | interested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, curious |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, attentive, attracted, awakened, biased, caught, drawn, eat sleep and breathe, engrossed, enticed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked, implicated, impressed, inspired, inspirited, intent, into*, involved, keen, lured, moved, obsessed, occupied, on the case, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, roused, sold, stimulated, stirred, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, incurious, unconcerned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | susceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed, naive |
| Synonyms: | affected, aroused, be taken in, disposed, easily moved, easy, fall for, given, gullible, impressed, impressible, impressionable, inclined, influenced, liable, mark, movable, nonresistant, obnoxious, open, out on a limb, persuadable, predisposed, prone, pushover, ready, receptive, responsive, roused, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, sitting duck, soft, stirred, subject, sucker, suggestible, susceptive, swallow, swayed, tender, touched, tumble for, vulnerable, wide open |
| Antonyms: | resistant, resisting, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | touched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved emotionally |
| Synonyms: | affected, disturbed, grabbed, impressed, melted, softened, stirred, swayed, turned on by, turned on to, upset |
| Antonyms: | unemotional, unmoved, untouched |
| Main Entry: | sold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | convinced |
| Synonyms: | impressed, persuaded, satisfied, taken with |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
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