impressionable
AdjectiveUS[im-presh-uh-nuh-buhl]/ˌɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl/5 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- easily impressed or influenced“an impressionable youngster”“an impressionable age”“a waxy mind”Synonyms: waxyimpressibleSimilar plastic, spinnable, easy, susceptible
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Im·pres′sion·a·ble adjective
Origin: Cf. F. impressionnable.
Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible; as, a bad influence on impressionable youths.
He was too impressionable; he had too much of the temperament of genius.— John Lothrop Motley
A pretty face and an impressionable disposition.— Theodore Ed. Hood
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54