Meaning of INCOMPREHENSIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | `inkâmpri'hensubul
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- [adj] difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
- [adj] incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
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| | Synonyms: | | cryptic, cryptical, dark, deep, enigmatic, enigmatical, impenetrable, indecipherable, inscrutable, lost, missed, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, paradoxical, puzzling, self-contradictory, unaccountable, uncomprehensible, unexplainable, unexplained, unintelligible |
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| | Antonyms: | | comprehendible, comprehensible, explicable | | |
| | See Also: | | fathomless, incomprehensible, inexplicable, insoluble, unclear, unfathomable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L.
incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr['e]hensible. See {In-}
not, and {Comprehensible}.]
1. Not capable of being contained within limits.
An infinite and incomprehensible substance.
--Hooker.
2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond
the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces
incomprehensible. --Milton.
-- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. --
{In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstruse, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, ambiguous, antic, arcane, baffling, beguiling, bewildering, beyond understanding, boundless, countless, cryptic, dark, deep, endless, enigmatic, eternal, exceptional, exhaustless, extending everywhere, extraordinary, fabulous, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, Greek to one, illimitable, illimited, immeasurable, immense, impenetrable, impossible, inarticulate, incalculable, incognizable, incoherent, inconceivable, incredible, indecipherable, inexhaustible, infinite, infinitely continuous, innumerable, inscrutable, interminable, interminate, limitless, marvelous, measureless, miraculous, mysterious, mystifying, no end of, numinous, obscure, occult, opaque, outlandish, passing strange, past comprehension, perpetual, perplexing, phenomenal, prodigious, puzzling, rambling, rare, recondite, remarkable, sensational, shoreless, strange, striking, stupendous, sumless, termless, unaccountable, unbelievable, unbounded, uncircumscribed, unconnected, undecipherable, unexpected, unfathomable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unintelligible, unique, universal, unknowable, unlimited, unmeasurable, unmeasured, unnumbered, unplumbed, unprecedented, unsearchable, untold, without bound, without end, without limit, without measure, without number, wonderful, wondrous |
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