incomprehensible
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incomprehensible
- /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ UK
- /ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ UK
- /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ US
- /ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.
adjective more incomprehensible · most incomprehensible
- Impossible or very difficult to understand. But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.
- Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite. Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your
Similar: fathomless, unfathomable, unintelligible, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, bottomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inexplicable, impenetrable, insensible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, tenebrose, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, ungraspable · Opposite: comprehensible, understandable
noun incomprehensibles
- Anything that is beyond understanding.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: indecipherable, unaccountable, inexplicable, uncomprehensible, unintelligible, unexplainable, unexplained, opaque, impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious, enigmatic, obscure, enigmatical, cryptical, cryptic
adjective
Similar: fathomless, unfathomable, unintelligible, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, bottomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inexplicable, impenetrable, insensible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, tenebrose, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, ungraspable · Opposite: comprehensible, understandable
Translations
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adj impossible or very difficult to understand
| Español | incomprensible, incomprehensible |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 不可解な fukakai na, 理解できない rikai dekinai |
| 中文 | 難以理解的 /难以理解的 nányǐ lǐjiě de, 費解的 /费解的 fèijiě de |
| हिन्दी | कल्पनातीत kalpanātīt, अकल्पनीय akalpanīya |
| Português | incompreensível |
| Français | incompréhensible |
| Deutsch | unverständlich, unbegreiflich, unfassbar |
| Italiano | incomprensibile |
| Ελληνικά | ακατανόητος akatanóitos, ακαταλαβίστικος akatalavístikos |
| Русский | непоня́тный neponjátnyj, непостижи́мый nepostižímyj, невразуми́тельный nevrazumítelʹnyj |
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title = {incomprehensible},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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