Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for impregnability

Antonyms for impregnability

Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-preg-nuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɛg nə bəl

Definition of impregnability

Origin :
  • early 15c., imprenable "impossible to capture," from Middle French imprenable "invulnerable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old French prenable "assailable, vulnerable" (see pregnable). With intrusive -g- 16c., on model of deign, reign, etc. Related: Impregnability.
  • As in safety : noun protection from harm
Example sentences :
  • If any spot can impress the notion of impregnability it is Kuffstein.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • Of course his impregnability gave rise to all manner of stories.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • But its impregnability could not offset its gross imprudence.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.
  • These were old and had not been repaired, since the Saguntines trusted in the impregnability of the steeps.
  • Extract from : « Snnica » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • If any spot can impress the notion of impregnability, it is Kuffstein.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine » by Various
  • He contents himself with asserting the vulnerability of all British locks and the impregnability of his own.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 » by Various
  • In Roman times the site still held its own as one of importance and impregnability.
  • Extract from : « Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces » by Francis Miltoun
  • I know they would; after Liege and Namur one knows that modern guns can outlaw any impregnability of the past.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of Scotland » by Keith Clark
  • The castle profited by the road in accessibility, but its impregnability was so far lessened.
  • Extract from : « The Dove in the Eagle's Nest » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Each visit to Thermopylæ has, however, deepened my conviction that Herodotus exaggerated the impregnability of this pass.
  • Extract from : « Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII » by Various

Synonyms for impregnability

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019