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overimpress

overimpress verb: to impress too much.

Verb

overimpress (third-person singular simple present overimpresses, present participle overimpressing, simple past and past participle overimpressed)

  1. (transitive) To impress too much.
    • He wore his suit and best hat, but he didn't want to overimpress Cyril. The mine owner would know for sure something suspicious was underway if he did too much to make an impression on him.2016, Doreen Milstead, The Mists of Eternity: Four Historical Romances

Forms of overimpress

third-person singular presentoverimpresses
present participleoverimpressing
past participleoverimpressed
pastoverimpressed

Origin of overimpress

From over- + impress.

Questions about overimpress

What does overimpress mean?
Overimpress means to impress too much.
What part of speech is overimpress?
Overimpress is a verb.
What is the past tense of overimpress?
The past tense of overimpress is overimpressed.

Words near overimpress in the dictionary

  1. overimposable
  2. overimpose
  3. overimposed
  4. overimposes
  5. overimposing
  6. overimpress
  7. overimpressed
  8. overimpresses
  9. overimpressing
  10. overimprisonment
  11. overimproved

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