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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

  1. verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
  2. verb To impress someone so much with skill, brilliance, or style that they can barely think straight.
  3. noun Impressive, showy brilliance.

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