impenetrable
Meanings
Plural: impenetrables
Adjective
- not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
- "an impenetrable fortress"
- "impenetrable rain forests"
Adjective Satellite
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- "impenetrable gloom"
- impossible to understand
- "impenetrable jargon"
Adj
- Not penetrable.
- Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent.
- Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
Noun
- A person not openly given to friendship.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.
Synonyms
abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impregnable, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inexplicable, inscrutable, insensible, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable, ununderstandable
Antonyms
confusing, fathomable, incomprehensible, penetrable, permeable, pregnable
Scrabble Score: 18
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