a vague impression of something
1vague — [ veıg ] adjective ** 1. ) not clearly or fully explained: Some aspects of the law were somewhat vague and ill defined. Witnesses gave only a vague description of the driver. vague promises: The politicians made vague promises about independence …
2vague */*/ — UK [veɪɡ] / US adjective Word forms vague : adjective vague comparative vaguer superlative vaguest 1) a) not clearly or fully explained Some aspects of the law were somewhat vague and ill defined. Witnesses gave only a vague description of the… …
3vague — [[t]ve͟ɪg[/t]] vaguer, vaguest 1) ADJ GRADED If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly. A lot of the talk was apparently vague and general... The description was pretty vague. ...vague information. Ant …
4impression — impressional, adj. impressionally, adv. impressionless, adj. /im presh euhn/, n. 1. a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc. 2. the first and immediate effect of an experience or perception upon the mind; sensation. 3 …
5impression — im•pres•sion [[t]ɪmˈprɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, or senses 2) the effect produced by an agency or influence 3) a somewhat vague awareness: a general impression of distant voices[/ex] 4) a mark produced… …
6impression — In general, an effect, a feeling, an image, a percept, or a (usually vague) memory. In printmaking, a single print made from a block, plate, or stone; or the act of impressing the contact between the printing surface and the surface on which… …
7impression — /ɪmˈprɛʃən / (say im preshuhn) noun 1. a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, or conscience. 2. the first and immediate effect upon the mind in outward or inward perception; sensation. 3. the effect produced by an agency or… …
8idea — [ī dē′ə] n. [L < Gr, form or appearance of a thing as opposed to its reality < IE * widswo < base * weid , to see, know > L videre, to see, Gr idein, to see, OE witan, to know] 1. something one thinks, knows, or imagines; a thought;… …
9im|pres|sion — «ihm PREHSH uhn», noun. 1. Figurative. a) an effect produced on a person: »Punishment seemed to make little impression on the child. b) an effect produced by any operation or activity: »The rain made little impression on th dry fields. 2.… …
10pre|sen|ti|ment — «prih ZEHN tuh muhnt», noun. a feeling or impression that something, especially something evil, is about to happen; vague sense of approaching misfortune; foreboding: »a presentiment of death. ╂[< Middle French presentiment < pre before +… …
