Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility.
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Impossibility
//ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti//
Synonyms for "impossibility" (17 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (8)
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4 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَحِيل noun (something that is impossible)
Asturian
1 entries- imposibilidá noun (quality of being impossible)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mümkünsüzlük noun (quality of being impossible)
- qeyri-mümkünlük noun (quality of being impossible)
Bulgarian
1 entries- невъзможност noun (quality of being impossible)
Catalan
1 entries- impossibilitat noun (quality of being impossible)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不可能 noun (quality of being impossible)
Czech
1 entries- nemožnost noun (quality of being impossible)
Danish
2 entries- umulighed noun (something that is impossible)
- umulighed noun (quality of being impossible)
Dutch
2 entries- onmogelijkheid noun (something that is impossible)
- onmogelijkheid noun (quality of being impossible)
Esperanto
3 entries- neeblaĵo noun (something that is impossible)
- neebleco noun (quality of being impossible)
- neeblo noun (quality of being impossible)
Estonian
1 entries- võimatus noun (quality of being impossible)
Finnish
2 entries- mahdottomuus noun (something that is impossible)
- mahdottomuus noun (quality of being impossible)
French
2 entries- impossibilité noun (something that is impossible)
- impossibilité noun (quality of being impossible)
Galician
1 entries- imposibilidade noun (quality of being impossible)
Georgian
1 entries- შეუძლებლობა noun (quality of being impossible)
German
1 entries- Unmöglichkeit noun (quality of being impossible)
Greek
4 entries- αδυναμία noun (something that is impossible)
- αδύνατο noun (something that is impossible)
- αδύνατο noun (quality of being impossible)
- ακατόρθωτο noun (something that is impossible)
Hungarian
1 entries- lehetetlenség noun (quality of being impossible)
Italian
1 entries- impossibilità noun (quality of being impossible)
Japanese
1 entries- 不可能 noun (quality of being impossible)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- мүмкүнсүздүк noun (quality of being impossible)
Latvian
1 entries- neiespējamība noun (quality of being impossible)
Macedonian
1 entries- невозможност noun (quality of being impossible)
Northern Sami
2 entries- veadjemeahttunvuohta noun (something that is impossible)
- veadjemeahttunvuohta noun (quality of being impossible)
Old Georgian
2 entries- ვერშეძლება noun (quality of being impossible)
- ვერშეძლებაჲ noun (quality of being impossible)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ommäajlichkjeit noun (quality of being impossible)
Polish
3 entries- niemożliwość noun (something that is impossible)
- niemożliwość noun (quality of being impossible)
- niemożność noun (quality of being impossible)
Portuguese
1 entries- impossibilidade noun (quality of being impossible)
Romanian
1 entries- imposibilitate noun (quality of being impossible)
Russian
1 entries- невозмо́жность noun (quality of being impossible)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nemogúćnōst noun (quality of being impossible)
- немогу́ћно̄ст noun (quality of being impossible)
Spanish
1 entries- imposibilidad noun (quality of being impossible)
Swedish
1 entries- omöjlighet noun (quality of being impossible)
Ukrainian
1 entries- неможли́вість noun (quality of being impossible)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Death is the possibility of the absolute impossibility of Dasein.
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It's an impossibility.
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Climbing that steep mountain is a physical impossibility.
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