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Meanings of impressionable in English

Portuguese
impressionável

Easily impressed or influenced.

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Usage of impressionable in English
1
You were at an impressionable age, too young to know your error.
The lady elizabeth
2
Well you young people are impressionable.' She again started moaning and bickering.
Metro 2033
3
The young and impressionable son had small, shocked eyes: open yet vulnerable.
The Guardian
4
We need to protect our homes, our families, and our impressionable youth.
The next to die
5
But being young and impressionable, I gave him my phone number anyway.
Ebony
6
That was really, really bad for anybody who is younger and impressionable.
Reuters
7
He was used to that phrase from the ardent and impressionable Selma.
The Conflict
8
All this taken together produces an indescribable effect on the impressionable Hindu.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
9
Bunsey was a bachelor, and should have been therefore the more impressionable.
The Romance of an Old Fool
10
Indeed, his warm impressionable nature was not the temperament of a fortune-hunter.
Bluebell / A Novel
11
She is an impressionable young person and yet one of remarkable candour.
The Red Planet
12
The whole nature of MacDowell was singularly impressionable, imaginative, idealistic and romantic.
Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music
13
He has an ear-two of them, in fact-andan impressionable mind, but-
The Idiot
14
You are an awful family for an impressionable young girl to visit.
Dear Enemy
15
I will remind you that I was young, impressionable, and had views.
A Prince of Sinners
16
He cursed himself for an impressionable fool, and asked with forced calmness-
Under Western Eyes
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Translations for impressionable
Portuguese
impressionável
Impressionable through the time
Impressionable across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common