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Antonyms for incomprehensible
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl, in-kom- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl, ɪnˌkɒm- |
Definition of incomprehensible
Origin :- mid-14c., from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).
- adj not understandable
- The thing was incomprehensible to Tip, and altogether a fanciful notion.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Is not she the one woman who would have understood the incomprehensible?
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- There was silence everywhere, and I wondered why, as it seemed to me incomprehensible.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The only sound he could raise was an incomprehensible guttural grunt.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I lose myself again in trying to understand what is incomprehensible.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- God in Himself is incomprehensible, and is only to be apprehended in his manifestations.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- Then he mused to himself upon the strange and incomprehensible nature of women.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- It is so incomprehensible that there is but one way of looking at it.
- Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
- His voice trailed off into a stream of incomprehensible profanity.
- Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
- How incomprehensible that Leonard Bast should have won her this night of peace!
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
Synonyms for incomprehensible
- baffling
- beats me
- beyond comprehension
- beyond one's grasp
- clear as mud
- cryptic
- Delphic
- enigmatic
- fathomless
- Greek
- impenetrable
- incognizable
- inconceivable
- inscrutable
- mysterious
- mystifying
- obscure
- opaque
- over one's head
- perplexing
- puzzling
- sibylline
- unclear
- unfathomable
- ungraspable
- unimaginable
- unintelligible
- unknowable
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