Pronunce
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/ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/
Aggettivo
Being easily influenced (especially of young people).
- Parole correlate
- Esempi
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I had never been an impressionable girl as far as men were concerned—I was not an impressionable woman.
Altri esempi (2)
"Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."
Besides, there are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years; and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and they literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.
As a result, Miss Brodie calls on her authority over her "impressionable" students in order to urge them into roles she herself is too afraid to occupy.
Altri esempi (1)
Sages and mothers have long noted that humans, especially young humans, are impressionable. It is supposed that the environment that one inhabits plays a large role in a child's behavioral and moral development.
Sostantivo
An impressionable person.
- Esempi
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They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.
Aggettivo
easily impressed or influenced
- Sinonimi
- Contrari
- Esempi
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an impressionable youngster
an impressionable age
Altri esempi (1)
a waxy mind