Timeline for What's a neutral/negative word for 'impress'?
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| Jul 17, 2017 at 20:22 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | "That's what dismayed me the most about the prison experience". ...or... "bummed me out" in the vernacular. Also consider demoralized. | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 18:37 | comment | added | Katrina Brock | You could use the phrase "stuck with me". | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 18:33 | answer | added | EllieK | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 17:53 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | Dictionaries will affirm what @Tᴚoɯɐuo says. "To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably"; often implies that the word can be (and is) used for negative impressions. | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 17:52 | comment | added | user11628 | You could reference Johnny Cash's song "Folsom Prison Blues" for some good examples of this feeling. (It is a "country" song, so some of the phrasing is a little rural.) youtu.be/6ZPToXstS8M | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 17:45 | comment | added | TimR | I should impress upon you that impress doesn't always have positive connotations. | |
| Jul 17, 2017 at 17:22 | history | asked | user239460 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |