Tom stared into the impenetrable blackness of the night sky.
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Impenetrable
/ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/
Synonyms for "impenetrable" (147 found)
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Closest matches (30)
ambiguousanestheticarcanebeyond reachbeyond understandingcabalisticcloseclose-knitclose-texturedclose-wovenclosedclosed forever toclosed tocompactcompactedcompressedconcentratedconcretecondensedcongested
Adjective(2 words)
densedense materials
Noun(1 words)
dense style
Strong matches (44)
exuberantfirmflourishingglueygone to seedgreek to onegrosshardheavyholeproofimpassableimpermeableimperviousimpregnableinaccessibleinarticulateincognizableincoherentincomprehensibleincontestable
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Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (73)
monolithicmysteriousmysticnonporousnonpuncturablenot to be hadnuminousoccultout of reachovergrownoverpoweringoverrunoverwhelmingpackedpast comprehensionperplexingproofpunctureprooframblingrank
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reconditeresistlessriotousserriedsolidsubstantialthickthick-growingthicksettightun-come-at-ableunaccessibleunaccomplishedunaccountableunapproachableunassailableunattainableunavailableunbeatableunconnectedunconquerableundiscoverableunfathomableungettableungraspableunguessedunintelligibleunknowableunobtainableunpassableunperforableunpierceableunprocurableunreachableunsearchableunsecurableunsubduableunsurmountableunweededunyieldingviscidviscoseviscousweed-chokedweed-riddenweedy
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(1 words)
technical prose
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9 entriesarcane writingarmored barriercryptic languagedense proseintransigent stancereinforced wallrigid stancesound barrierunyielding position
Collocations
6 entriesimpenetrable barrierimpenetrable darknessimpenetrable defenseimpenetrable fortressimpenetrable proseimpenetrable wall
Inflections
2 entriesmore impenetrablemost impenetrable
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
In reality, translation is akin to working for peanuts, since the corresponding meaning of something in one language is often hidden in some deep and impenetrable recesses of the other. As a result, the translator is forced to search all over... Never mind that the picky reader is very difficult to fool.
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The wall appeared to be smooth and impenetrable.
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The forest was thick and impenetrable.
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