| ADJECTIVE | all | impenetrable | not admitting of penetration or passage into or through |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | impenetrable, dense, heavy | permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | |
| all | impenetrable | impossible to understand |
| Sounds | ihmpeh'nahtrahbahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | not admitting of penetration or passage into or through. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | dense, thick | Hard to pass through because of dense growth |
| Opposite | penetrable | Admitting of penetration or passage into or through |
| Spanish | impenetrable | |
| Catalan | impenetrable | |
| Nouns | impenetrability | the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) |
| Meaning | permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "impenetrable gloom" | |
| Synonyms | dense, heavy | |
| Broader | thick | relatively dense / dense in consistency |
| Spanish | denso, espeso, impenetrable, tupido | |
| Catalan | dens, impenetrable | |
| Meaning | impossible to understand. | |
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| Example | "impenetrable jargon" | |
| Broader | incomprehensible, uncomprehensible | Difficult to understand |
| Spanish | impenetrable | |
| Catalan | impenetrable | |
| Nouns | impenetrableness | incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand |
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