- unfathomable
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unfathomable
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unfathomable — [adj1] bottomless abysmal, boundless, deep, eternal, immeasurable, infinite, soundless, unending, unmeasured, unplumbed; concepts 482,777 Ant. comprehensible, explainable, explicable, fathomable unfathomable [adj2] hard to believe; difficult to… … New thesaurus
unfathomable — index complex, inapprehensible, inarticulate, incomprehensible, indefinable, indeterminate, inexpressive, innumerable … Law dictionary
unfathomable — 1610s, originally in the figurative sense, of feelings, conditions, etc., from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + FATHOMABLE (Cf. fathomable). Literal sense attested from 1670s … Etymology dictionary
unfathomable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) incapable of being fully explored or understood. 2) impossible to measure the depth or extent of. DERIVATIVES unfathomably adverb unfathomed adjective … English terms dictionary
unfathomable — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
unfathomable — [[t]ʌnfæ̱ðəməb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as unfathomable, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated. An iron gate hung open, with a blue shirt, for some… … English dictionary
unfathomable — adjective a) impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable. b) difficult to penetrate. Ant: fathomable … Wiktionary
unfathomable — adj. Unfathomable is used with these nouns: ↑mystery … Collocations dictionary
unfathomable — adjective literary too strange or mysterious to be understood: the unfathomable mysteries of human nature unfathomably adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unfathomable — adjective Date: 1640 not capable of being fathomed: a. immeasurable b. impossible to comprehend … New Collegiate Dictionary
unfathomable — adj.; unfathomableness, n. * * * … Universalium
