impressionable

[ im-presh-uh-nuh-buhl, -presh-nuh- ]

/ ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nə bəl, -ˈprɛʃ nə- /

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adjective

easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.

capable of being impressed.

OTHER WORDS FOR impressionable

1 receptive, responsive, suggestible.

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Origin of impressionable

1825–35; impression + -able; compare French impressionnable

OTHER WORDS FROM impressionable

im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nounim·pres·sion·a·bly, adverbnon·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective

non·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjectiveo·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bly, adverbun·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH impressionable

impressionable , impressive

Words nearby impressionable

impresario, imprescriptible, impress, impressible, impression, impressionable, impressionism, impressionist, impressive, impressment, impressure

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|Digiday
Country Gandalf couldn’t be wrong in my impressionable eyes, nor could numbers.
Runners, Ignore These Popular Training Tips|syadron|September 12, 2021|Outside Online
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|Digiday
Yes, 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 Land

In 2019, word spread locally of a visible wolf den at Yellowstone’s Slough Creek, exposing especially impressionable puppies to people.
The Ethics of Wildlife Photography|Mike Koshmrl|April 14, 2021|Outside Online
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|DAILY BEAST
Headmasters are in a unique position of power to mold the minds of impressionable young students.
Headmasters Behaving Badly|Emily Shire|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sadly, some impressionable young listeners will internalize this “advice.”
Is This Country Star the New Wendy Davis?|Matt Lewis|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Education 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|DAILY BEAST
Impressionable and enthusiastic, a philosophical liberal by nature, he eagerly absorbed the teaching of the Encyclopedists.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
You 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 Oppenheim
The important practical question is the prevention of the fulfilment of the morbid impulse during these impressionable years.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
They are exceedingly impressionable, and all their feelings are readily exalted into passions.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

British Dictionary definitions for impressionable

impressionable

/ (ɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl, -ˈprɛʃnə-) /

adjective

easily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influencean impressionable child; an impressionable age

Derived forms of impressionable

impressionability or impressionableness, noun

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