Poetry is a search for the inexplicable.
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Inexplicable
//ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩//
Synonyms for "inexplicable" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (44)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
54 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- i pashpjegueshëm adj (impossible to explain)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δύσφραστος adj (impossible to explain)
Asturian
1 entries- inesplicable adj (impossible to explain)
Belarusian
1 entries- невытлумача́льны adj (impossible to explain)
Bulgarian
1 entries- необясни́м adj (impossible to explain)
Catalan
1 entries- inexplicable adj (impossible to explain)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不能說明的 /不能说明的 adj (impossible to explain)
Czech
1 entries- nevysvětlitelný adj (impossible to explain)
Danish
1 entries- uforklarlig adj (impossible to explain)
Dutch
1 entries- onverklaarbaar adj (impossible to explain)
Esperanto
1 entries- neklarigebla adj (impossible to explain)
Finnish
2 entries- käsittämätön adj (impossible to explain)
- selittämätön adj (impossible to explain)
French
1 entries- inexplicable adj (impossible to explain)
Galician
2 entries- inexplicable adj (impossible to explain)
- inexplicábel adj (impossible to explain)
German
1 entries- unerklärlich adj (impossible to explain)
Greek
1 entries- ανεξήγητος adj (impossible to explain)
Hungarian
1 entries- megmagyarázhatatlan adj (impossible to explain)
Icelandic
1 entries- óútskýranlegur adj (impossible to explain)
Italian
3 entries- incomprensibile adj (impossible to explain)
- inesplicabile adj (impossible to explain)
- inspiegabile adj (impossible to explain)
Japanese
3 entries- 不可解な adj (impossible to explain)
- 割り切れない adj (impossible to explain)
- 説明がつかない adj (impossible to explain)
Korean
2 entries- 불가해하다 adj (impossible to explain)
- 설명할 수 없다 adj (impossible to explain)
Latin
1 entries- inēnōdābilis adj (impossible to explain)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nesuprantamas adj (impossible to explain)
Macedonian
1 entries- необјаснив adj (impossible to explain)
Manx
2 entries- neuhoilsheydagh adj (impossible to explain)
- neureaghee adj (impossible to explain)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uforklarlig adj (impossible to explain)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- uforklarleg adj (impossible to explain)
- uforklårleg adj (impossible to explain)
Occitan
1 entries- inexplicable adj (impossible to explain)
Old English
1 entries- unāreccendlīċ adj (impossible to explain)
Polish
1 entries- niewytłumaczalny adj (impossible to explain)
Portuguese
1 entries- inexplicável adj (impossible to explain)
Romanian
2 entries- inexplicabil adj (impossible to explain)
- neexplicabil adj (impossible to explain)
Russian
1 entries- необъясни́мый adj (impossible to explain)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- neobjàšnjiv adj (impossible to explain)
- необја̀шњив adj (impossible to explain)
Slovak
1 entries- nevysvetliteľný adj (impossible to explain)
Slovene
1 entries- nerazložljiv adj (impossible to explain)
Spanish
1 entries- inexplicable adj (impossible to explain)
Swedish
1 entries- oförklarlig adj (impossible to explain)
Thai
1 entries- ที่อธิบายไม่ได้ adj (impossible to explain)
Turkish
1 entries- açıklanamaz adj (impossible to explain)
Ukrainian
2 entries- непоясне́нний adj (impossible to explain)
- непоясни́мий adj (impossible to explain)
Welsh
1 entries- anesboniadwy adj (impossible to explain)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
When anyone tries to explain the inexplicable, he is getting ready to excuse the inexcusable.
Source: tatoeba (433034)
The basement of his house is constantly inundated with inexplicable water leaks.
Source: tatoeba (876012)
This relation between the Sun and planetary motion is not an odd and inexplicable coincidence.
Source: tatoeba (1128050)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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