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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.

Words related to impressionable

susceptible, impressible, affected, feeling, ingenuous, open, perceptive, plastic, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, vulnerable, suggestible, susceptive, affectable, influenceable

Words nearby impressionable

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

Origin of impressionable

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

OTHER WORDS FROM impressionable

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH impressionable

impressionable impressive
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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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