impressionare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dazzle verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
- flabbergast verb To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
- impress verb To have a strong, often admiring, effect on someone.
- smite verb (literary) To strike hard, especially with a weapon or divine power.
Senses
impressionare is used for these senses in English:
- dazzle (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
- flabbergast (transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]
- impress (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
- smite (figuratively, now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.
dazzle — full definition
- verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
- verb To impress someone so much with skill, brilliance, or style that they can barely think straight.
- noun Impressive, showy brilliance.