indistinct impression
noun phraseUK /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt ɪmˈprɛʃən/
US /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt ɪmˈprɛʃən/
A fuzzy feeling or idea in your mind that you cannot see or explain clearly.
I had an indistinct impression that someone was watching me from the window.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A blurry memory that is hard to recall in detail.
She had only an indistinct impression of her early childhood home.
3. A weak or unclear understanding of something.
The students left the lecture with an indistinct impression of the main idea.
4. A faint visual sense of something not clearly seen.
Through the fog, he got an indistinct impression of a boat on the water.