Nature, both in her palpable and impalpable aspects, may be said to be the book of life wherein are recorded the movements, the expressions, and the diacritics of life.
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Impalpable
Synonyms for "impalpable" (104 found)
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Related words (52)
mealymicrocosmicmicroscopicmilledmolecularnonmaterialnonphysicalnonsubstantialoccultotherworldlypestledphantompowderedpowderypsychicpsychicalpulverantpulverizedpulverulentreduced to powder
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scalyscobicularscobiformscurfyshadowyshardedshreddedspiritualsubatomicsubtlesupernaturaltenuousthintransmundanetrituratedultramicroscopicunapparentunappreciableunconcreteunearthlyunembodiedunextendedunfleshlyunobservableunperceivableunphysicalunseeableunsolidunsubstancedunsubstantialunworldlyweightless
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- недоловим adj (not perceivable)
- неосезаем adj (not perceivable)
Dutch
2 entries- ongrijpbaar adj (not perceivable)
- ontastbaar adj (not perceivable)
Finnish
2 entries- vaikea aistia adj (not perceivable)
- vaikea tuntea adj (not perceivable)
French
1 entries- impalpable adj (not perceivable)
German
1 entries- ungreifbar adj (not perceivable)
Irish
4 entries- do-airithe adj (not perceivable)
- dobhraite adj (not perceivable)
- domhothaithe adj (not perceivable)
- doshonraithe adj (not perceivable)
Italian
1 entries- impalpabile adj (not perceivable)
Polish
1 entries- niewyczuwalny adj (not perceivable)
Spanish
1 entries- impalpable adj (not perceivable)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse. For thou and I walk here impalpable and invisible, as it were two dreams walking.
Source: wiktionary
On the benches lay figures covered with yellow linen, on which a fine and impalpable dust had gathered in the course of ages, but nothing like to the extent that one would have anticipated, for in these deep-hewn caves there is no material to turn to dust.
Source: wiktionary
What is happiness, anyhow? Is this one of its hours, or the like of it?—so impalpable—a mere breath, an evanescent tinge?
Source: wiktionary
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