Will you please use indelible ink so the phrase won't rub out?
Source: tatoeba (320046)
Indelible
//ɪnˈdɛləbl//
Synonyms for "indelible" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
inexpugnableinextinguishableingrainingrainedinvincibleinvulnerablekeenlastingnaggingnonperishableobsessivepenetratingpermanentpersistentpervadingpiercingpoignantprofoundquenchlessrecurrent
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Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνεξάλειπτος adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Bulgarian
2 entries- незаличим adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- неизличим adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Catalan
1 entries- indeleble adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Dutch
4 entries- onuitwisbaar adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- onuitwisbaar adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- onuitwisbaar adj (incapable of being annulled)
- onvergetelijk adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Esperanto
1 entries- neforigebla adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Finnish
4 entries- lähtemätön adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- lähtemätön adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- peruuttamaton adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- peruuttamaton adj (incapable of being annulled)
French
1 entries- indélébile adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Galician
2 entries- indeleble adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- indelébel adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
German
3 entries- hartnäckig adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- unauslöschlich adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- unauslöschlich adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Greek
1 entries- ανεξίτηλος adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Hungarian
1 entries- kitörölhetetlen adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Italian
3 entries- indelebile adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- indelebile adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- indelebile adj (incapable of being annulled)
Japanese
4 entries- 削除できない adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- 忘れられない adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- 消せない adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- 消せない adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Manx
4 entries- do-scryst adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- neuastyrtagh adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- neunaardagh adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- neuvooghee adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Norwegian
1 entries- uutslettelig adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Polish
4 entries- nieusuwalny adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- nieusuwalny adj (incapable of being annulled)
- niezatarty adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- niezmywalny adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Portuguese
4 entries- inanulável adj (incapable of being annulled)
- indelével adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- indelével adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- indelével adj (incapable of being annulled)
Russian
4 entries- незабыва́емый adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- неизглади́мый adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- несмыва́емый adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- нестира́емый adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Spanish
2 entries- indeleble adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- indeleble adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Swedish
1 entries- outplånlig adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
Ukrainian
3 entries- невивідний adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
- незабутній adj (incapable of being canceled or forgotten)
- незмивний adj (difficult to delete, remove or wash away)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Mr. Brown's unique style of teaching left an indelible mark on generations of students.
Source: tatoeba (710978)
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.
Source: tatoeba (907015)
This pen's ink is indelible.
Source: tatoeba (7910178)
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