impressionable
[im-presh-uh-nuh-buhl, -presh-nuh-]
- easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- capable of being impressed.
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Origin of impressionable
Synonyms
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susceptibleimpressibleaffectedfeelingingenuousopenperceptiveplasticreceptiveresponsivesensiblesensitivesentientvulnerablesuggestiblesusceptiveaffectableinfluenceableExamples from the Web for impressionable
Contemporary Examples
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
Headmasters are in a unique position of power to mold the minds of impressionable young students.
Sadly, some impressionable young listeners will internalize this “advice.”
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 MoreJunheng Li
November 30, 2013
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie By Muriel Spark “Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.”
Historical Examples
Tony Cornish had also been young in those days, and impressionable.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
She was an impressionable young person and her papa was very wealthy.
Cap'n Dan's DaughterJoseph C. Lincoln
It is better for mankind to be impressionable than reflective.
Notes on My BooksJoseph Conrad
He was a younger man than Lockwood, with an impressionable erudition.
Erik DornBen Hecht
I was at a most impressionable age when I was transplanted to the new soil.
The Promised LandMary Antin
impressionable
- easily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influencean impressionable child; an impressionable age
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Word Origin and History for impressionable
adj.
1836, formed on French model, from impression + -able. Earlier was impressible (1620s).
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