impressionable
[im-presh-uh-nuh-buh l, -presh-nuh-]
- easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- capable of being impressed.
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Origin of impressionable
Synonyms
See more synonyms for impressionable on Thesaurus.com1. receptive, responsive, suggestible.
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If there are qualities common to all they are impressionability and capacity for affection.
Another SheafJohn Galsworthy
Harriet P's impressionability was put to a very useful purpose.
The Divining RodCharles Latimer
It will depend on the size of the calculus, on the point where impacted, and on the impressionability of the subject.
He was not only sensitive, he was just come to the passion and impressionability of full-blooded young manhood.
The Eagle's HeartHamlin Garland
I kept glancing at the faces of the dead cautiously, distrusting my impressionability.
Short StoriesFiodor Dostoievski
impressionable
- easily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influencean impressionable child; an impressionable age
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Word Origin and History for impressionability
impressionable
adj.
1836, formed on French model, from impression + -able. Earlier was impressible (1620s).
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