overimpress

verb

over·​im·​press ˌō-vər-im-ˈpres 

overimpressed; overimpressing

transitive + intransitive

: to impress (someone or something) to an excessive degree

especially : to give (someone) an extremely or unduly favorable impression (see impression sense 1a)

… I don't feel like I'm overdoing anything, or trying to overimpress the coaches.

—Laurence Maroney

a candidate who didn't overimpress

He writes about real people and real situations, never trying to overthink or overimpress with lofty wordiness.

—Mario Tarradell

—often used in passive constructions

… a flawed man overimpressed by his own intelligence.

—Sue Turnbull

Often we see that a trainee is overimpressed with the ideas of the supervisor.

—Luigi Boscolo

I haven't been overimpressed with unoaked chardonnays from Australia, … but this one delivers.

—Beppi Crosariol

The appeals court was provided with a videotape of the three dancers dancing …. The judges were not overimpressed.

—William O'Rourke

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above