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(ɪmpenɪtrəbəl)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something such as a barrier or a forest as impenetrable, you mean that it is impossible or very difficult to get through.
...the Caucasus range, an almost impenetrable barrier between Europe and Asia.
Synonyms: impassable, solid, impervious, thick More Synonyms of impenetrable
2. adjective
If you describe something such as a book or a theory as impenetrable, you are emphasizing that it is impossible or very difficult to understand.
[emphasis]
His books are notoriously impenetrable.
...these impenetrable poems.
impenetrably adverb [ADVERB adjective]
...impenetrably detailed reports on product sales.
More Synonyms of impenetrable

impenetrable in British English

(ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəbəl)
adjective
1. 
incapable of being pierced through or penetrated
an impenetrable forest
2. 
incapable of being understood; incomprehensible
impenetrable jargon
3. 
incapable of being seen through
impenetrable gloom
4. 
not susceptible to ideas, influence, etc
impenetrable ignorance
5.  physics
(of a body) incapable of occupying the same space as another body
Derived forms
impenetrability (imˌpenetraˈbility)
noun
impenetrableness (imˈpenetrableness)
noun
impenetrably (imˈpenetrably)
adverb

impenetrable in American English

(ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəbəl)
adjective
1. 
that cannot be penetrated or passed through
an impenetrable jungle
2. 
that cannot be solved or understood; unfathomable; inscrutable
3. 
unreceptive to ideas, impressions, influences, etc.
4.  Physics
having that property of matter by which two bodies are prevented from occupying the same space at the same time
Derived forms
impenetrability (imˌpenetraˈbility)
noun
impenetrably (imˈpenetrably)
adverb
Word origin
ME inpenetrable < Fr impénétrable < L impenetrabilis

Examples of 'impenetrable' in a sentence
impenetrable

Only a few hours after leaving Athens, we seemed to be sailing towards an impenetrable wall of rock.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is considered to be almost impenetrable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This means it can kill an enemy hiding behind an impenetrable wall.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Behind it was what looked like an impenetrable wall of mountains.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Just a touch short of oceans and glaciers and impenetrable forests.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What seem to be impenetrable dilemmas now will be transformed into a constructive exchange of ideas next week.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He has blasted his way through what had seemed an impenetrable barrier and has shown what can be done.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For the man for whom these lavish arrangements had been made had spent his life behind an almost impenetrable shroud of secrecy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was a stickler for defensive discipline and organisation, and it made us almost impenetrable.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There are impenetrable walls of sound and moments of simple, sublime beauty.
The Sun (2008)
Their sound relies heavily on a murky, sometimes impenetrable wall of noise.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then there are great songs whose genesis seems impenetrable and unimaginable: how did anyone come up with that?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
England looked ready to launch a counter-attack only to see an impenetrable barrier of yellow shirts on the halfway line.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This 10-man wall looked almost impenetrable.
The Sun (2012)
The doors seem sealed, impenetrable.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
AT first glance, the documents are almost impenetrable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
On one was written: 'I thought you told us the walls were impenetrable?
The Sun (2011)
In contrast, if a painting presents an impenetrable wall of foliage no-one wants to buy it.
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He is therefore not an impenetrable wall of steel; he's just a nuisance.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
People were excitedly chipping bits of concrete off the wall - the first holes in the once blood-soaked and impenetrable barrier.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One factor in the Pacific theatre that favoured snipers was the density of the tropical forests, near impenetrable in places.
Andy Dougan THE HUNTING OF MAN (2004)
THE world of insurance seems impenetrable; what do insurers do and why do they always seem to want to wriggle out of paying up?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What looks to you like an impenetrable barrier today will become, if you lean into it, a bridge to a whole new season of blessing.
Christianity Today (2000)

In other languages
impenetrable

British English: impenetrable ADJECTIVE
If you describe something such as a barrier or a forest as impenetrable, you mean that it is impossible or very difficult to get through.
...a mountain range that is an almost impenetrable barrier between the two continents.
  • American English: impenetrable
  • Brazilian Portuguese: impenetrável
  • Chinese: > 难以穿越的障碍或森林等
  • European Spanish: impenetrable
  • French: impénétrable
  • German: undurchdringlich
  • Italian: impenetrabile
  • Japanese: 通り抜けられない
  • Korean: 관통할 수 없는
  • European Portuguese: impenetrável
  • Latin American Spanish: impenetrable

1 (adjective) 
Definition
impossible to get through
The range forms an impenetrable barrier between Europe and Asia.
Synonyms
impassable
Many minor roads in the south remained impassable today.
solid
impervious
The floorcovering will need to be impervious to water.
thick
The smoke was blueish-black and thick.
dense
a large, dense forest
hermetic
impermeable
The canoe is made from an impermeable wood.
inviolable
unpierceable
Opposites
accessible
,
passable
,
penetrable
,
enterable
,
pierceable
2 (adjective) 
Definition
impossible to understand
His philosophical work is notoriously impenetrable.
Synonyms
incomprehensible
incomprehensible mathematics puzzles
obscure
The contract is written in obscure language.
baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
dark
the dark recesses of the mind
hidden
Uncover hidden meanings and discover special messages.
mysterious
He died in mysterious circumstances.
enigmatic
She starred in one of Welles's most enigmatic films.
arcane
the arcane world of contemporary music
inexplicable
Your behaviour was extraordinary and inexplicable.
unintelligible
She muttered something unintelligible.
pages inscribed with unintelligible characters
inscrutable
Even when opened the contents of the package were as inscrutable as ever.
unfathomable
How unfathomable and odd is life!
indiscernible
cabbalistic
enigmatical
Opposites
clear
,
obvious
,
understandable
,
soluble
,
explicable

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arcane
Definition
very mysterious
the arcane world of contemporary music
Synonyms
mysterious,
secret,
hidden,
esoteric,
occult,
recondite,
cabbalistic
in the sense of baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
Synonyms
puzzling,
strange,
confusing,
weird,
mysterious,
unclear,
bewildering,
elusive,
enigmatic,
perplexing,
incomprehensible,
mystifying,
inexplicable,
unaccountable,
unfathomable
in the sense of dark
Definition
secret or mysterious
the dark recesses of the mind
Synonyms
secret,
deep,
hidden,
mysterious,
concealed,
obscure,
mystic,
enigmatic,
puzzling,
occult,
arcane,
cryptic,
abstruse,
recondite,
Delphic

Nearby words of
impenetrable

  • impedimenta
  • impel
  • impending
  • impenetrable
  • impenitence
  • impenitent
  • imperative

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