Word.ws English Dictionary

instressed

instressed is the simple past and past participle of instress.

Meaning of instress

Verb

instress (third-person singular simple present instresses, present participle instressing, simple past and past participle instressed)

  1. To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

See all 2 meanings of instress

Questions about instressed

What is instressed the simple past and past participle of?
Instressed is the simple past and past participle of instress.

Words near instressed in the dictionary

  1. instreamings
  2. instreams
  3. instrengthen
  4. instrengthens
  5. instress
  6. instressed
  7. instresses
  8. instressing
  9. instrew
  10. instrews
  11. instrinsic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: instressed (page history and authors); instress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “instressed.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/instressed. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.