Impressible

  • 41impressif — ● impressif, impressive adjectif (anglais impressive) Littéraire. Qui est propre à causer ou à traduire des impressions. Se dit de la qualité acoustique et auditive d un son, qui le rend propre à évoquer certains bruits naturels. ⇒IMPRESSIF, IVE …

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  • 42impressionable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. susceptible, suggestible, malleable. See obedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. susceptible, impressible, receptive, easily affected, sensitive, responsive, suggestible, penetrable, flexible,… …

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  • 43Sensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sensibility sensibility sensibleness sensitiveness Sgm: N 1 moral sensibility moral sensibility Sgm: N 1 impressibility impressibility affectibility Sgm: N 1 susceptibleness… …

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  • 44soft — I. a. 1. Impressible, yielding. 2. Plastic, pliable, easily moulded, malleable. 3. Smooth, delicate, fine. 4. Compliant, submissive, irresolute, facile, flexible, impressible, weak, undecided. 5. Mild, gentle, bland, kind, lenient, tender. 6.… …

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  • 45Impressibility — Im*press i*bil i*ty, n. The quality of being impressible; susceptibility. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 46Impressionable — Im*pres sion*a*ble, a. [Cf. F. impressionnable.] Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible; as, a bad influence on impressionable youths. [1913 Webster] He was too impressionable; he had too much of the… …

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  • 47leading tone — Sensible Sen si*ble, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus sense.] 1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or… …

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  • 48Sensible — Sen si*ble, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus sense.] 1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding;… …

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  • 49Sensible horizon — Sensible Sen si*ble, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus sense.] 1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or… …

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  • 50Sensible note — Sensible Sen si*ble, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus sense.] 1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or… …

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