What is "impenetrable" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does impenetrable mean in English? Meaning of impenetrable definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "impenetrable" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "impenetrable": not admitting of penetration or passage into or through

Adjective

  • Meaning: not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
  • Example: an impenetrable fortress impenetrable rain forests
  • Synonyms: impenetrable
  • Antonyms: penetrable
  • Similar: dense thick
  • Meaning of "impenetrable": permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

    Adjective

  • Meaning: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
  • Example: dense smoke heavy fog impenetrable gloom
  • Synonyms: dense heavy impenetrable
  • Similar: thick
  • Meaning of "impenetrable": impossible to understand

    Adjective

  • Meaning: impossible to understand
  • Example: impenetrable jargon
  • Synonyms: impenetrable
  • Similar: incomprehensible uncomprehensible
  • Adjective: Not penetrable. The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken. 2012 June 30, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, New York Time: The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide.2012 June 30, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, New York Time: The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide.(figuratively) Incomprehensible; inscrutable. Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it.
  • Synonyms:

    impervious, impassable, close, compact, firm, hard, hermetic, impermeable, inviolable, solid, substantial, thick, bulletproof, unpiercable, unintelligible, unfathomable, baffling, unaccountable, arcane, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, hidden, indiscernible, mystic, obscure, sibylline, Delphic, enigmatical, incognizable, ungraspable, unknowable,

    Antonyms:

    penetrable, permeable, porous, comprehensible, intelligible, open, clear, soft, thin, understandable, comprehensible, intelligible, explainable, explicable, known, obvious, penetrable, permeable, porous, clear, plain, soft, thin, understandable,

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    impenetrable in English: impenetrable
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