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Antonyms for impeccable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pek-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɛk ə bəl



Definition of impeccable

Origin :
  • 1530s, "not capable of sin," from Middle French impeccable (15c.) or directly from Late Latin impeccabilis "not liable to sin," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pecare "to sin," of unknown origin. Meaning "faultless" is from 1610s. Related: Impeccably.
  • adj above suspicion; flawless
Example sentences :
  • The impeccable character of the little house had been against it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Your laundress will report on everything, you know; so you must be impeccable.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • How was that to be reconciled with impeccable deference to the ruling religion?
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • I think we could get the newscasts to see it as impeccable public behavior.
  • Extract from : « Tinker's Dam » by Joseph Tinker
  • And what—if I may take the liberty—seeks our excellent and impeccable Gaul so far west?
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • Then, bending from an impeccable height, she vouchsafed a mitigated pardon.
  • Extract from : « Flaming June » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • But the manners both of Coneni and of his daughter were impeccable.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
  • Maria had expected something of the sort from her impeccable friend.
  • Extract from : « A Lady of Rome » by F. Marion Crawford
  • Let Egorka and Marina read your allegory together, and the household will be impeccable.
  • Extract from : « The Precipice » by Ivan Goncharov
  • Only Haydon could never have done anything so impeccable in taste.
  • Extract from : « Mortal Coils » by Aldous Huxley

Synonyms for impeccable

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