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incomprehensible
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incomprehensible
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective incomprehensible has 2 senses
- incomprehensible(a = adj.all) inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons" Derived form noun incomprehensibility1
- incomprehensible(a = adj.all) uncomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible" Antonym: comprehensible
Derived form noun incomprehensibility1
CIDE DICTIONARY
incomprehensible, a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompréhensible. See In- not, and Comprehensible.].
- Not capable of being contained within limits. [1913 Webster]"An infinite and incomprehensible substance." [1913 Webster]
- Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. [1913 Webster]"And all her numbered stars that seem to roll
Spaces incomprehensible."
OXFORD DICTIONARY
incomprehensible, adj. (often foll. by to) that cannot be understood.
Derivative
incomprehensibility n. incomprehensibleness n. incomprehensibly adv.
Etymology
ME f. L incomprehensibilis (as IN-(1), COMPREHENSIBLE)
THESAURUS
incomprehensible
Greek to one, 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, 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, wondrousROGET THESAURUS
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Infinity
N infinity, infinitude, infiniteness, perpetuity, boundlessness, infinite, immense, numberless, countless, sumless, measureless, innumerable, immeasurable, incalculable, illimitable, inexhaustible, interminable, unfathomable, unapproachable, exhaustless, indefinite, without number, without measure, without limit, without end, incomprehensible, limitless, endless, boundless, termless, untold, unnumbered, unmeasured, unbounded, unlimited, illimited, perpetual, infinitely, ad infinitum, as boundless as the sea.Unintelligibility
N unintelligibility, incomprehensibility, imperspicuity, inconceivableness, vagueness, obscurity, ambiguity, doubtful meaning, uncertainty, perplexity, spinosity, obscurum per obscurius, mystification, latency, transcendentalism, paradox, oxymoron, riddle, enigma, puzzle, diagnus vindice nodus, sealed book, steganography, freemasonry, pons asinorum, asses' bridge, high Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, jargon, unintelligible, unaccountable, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unknowable, unfathomable, incognizable, inexplicable, inscrutable, inapprehensible, incomprehensible, insolvable, insoluble, impenetrable, illegible, as Greek to one, unexplained, paradoxical, enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling (secret), indecipherable, obscure, dark, muddy, clear as mud, seen through a mist, dim, nebulous, shrouded in mystery, opaque, dense, undiscernible, misty, hidden, latent, indefinite, garbled, perplexed, undetermined, vague, loose, ambiguous, mysterious, mystic, mystical, acroamatic, acroamatical, metempirical, transcendental, occult, recondite, abstruse, crabbed, inconceivable, inconceptible, searchless, above comprehension, beyond comprehension, past comprehension, beyond one's depth, unconceived, inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable, unpredictable, unforeseeable, it's Greek to me.
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