| acrid | | |
| adj. | 1. acrid, pungent | strong and sharp.; "the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber" |
| ~ tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste.; "a tasty morsel" |
| adj. | 2. acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic | harsh or corrosive in tone.; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" |
| ~ unpleasant | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings.; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
| impress | | |
| n. (act) | 1. impress, impressment | the act of coercing someone into government service. |
| ~ seizure | the taking possession of something by legal process. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. affect, impress, move, strike | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ infect | affect in a contagious way.; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" |
| ~ surprise | cause to be surprised.; "The news really surprised me" |
| ~ ingrain, impress, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
| ~ awaken | make aware.; "They were awakened to the sad facts" |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ engrave | impress or affect deeply.; "The event engraved itself into her memory" |
| ~ strike dumb | render speechless, as by surprising or shocking.; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" |
| ~ zap | strike suddenly and with force.; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" |
| ~ jar | affect in a disagreeable way.; "This play jarred the audience" |
| ~ hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord | refer to or be relevant or familiar to.; "I hope this message hits home!" |
| ~ smite | affect suddenly with deep feeling.; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" |
| ~ cloud | make gloomy or depressed.; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" |
| ~ pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress | impress positively.; "The young chess player impressed her audience" |
| ~ sweep off, sweep away | overwhelm emotionally.; "Her swept her away" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ touch, stir | affect emotionally.; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" |
| ~ move | arouse sympathy or compassion in.; "Her fate moved us all" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ sadden | make unhappy.; "The news of her death saddened me" |
| ~ alienate | make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.; "the boring work alienated his employees" |
| ~ come to, hit, strike | cause to experience suddenly.; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. impress | impress positively.; "The young chess player impressed her audience" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ prepossess | make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand.; "A prepossessing appearance" |
| ~ wow | impress greatly.; "The speaker wowed the audience" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. impress, ingrain, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (contact) | 5. impress, imprint | mark or stamp with or as if with pressure.; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ stamp | to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something.; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" |
| ~ press | exert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" |
| ~ boss, emboss, stamp | raise in a relief.; "embossed stationery" |
| v. (creation) | 6. impress, print | reproduce by printing. |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| ~ letter | set down or print with letters. |
| ~ typeset, set | set in type.; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" |
| ~ prove | take a trial impression of. |
| ~ offset | produce by offset printing.; "offset the conference proceedings" |
| ~ overprint, print over | print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper. |
| ~ cyclostyle | print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil. |
| ~ boldface | print in boldface. |
| ~ italicise, italicize | print in italics. |
| v. (contact) | 7. impress, shanghai | take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" |
| v. (change) | 8. impress, yarn-dye | dye (fabric) before it is spun. |
| ~ dye | color with dye.; "Please dye these shoes" |
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