Antonyms for unfathomable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-fath -uh-muh-buh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl |
Definition of unfathomable
Origin :- 1610s, originally in the figurative sense, of feelings, conditions, etc., from un- (1) "not" + fathomable. Literal sense attested from 1670s. Related: Unfathomably.
- adj bottomless
- adj hard to believe; difficult to understand
- And with her straight, unfathomable glance she answered that she would be so, of course.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- His eyes were dark, and they held an unfathomable melancholy.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- As she turned to go her eyes thanked him with an unfathomable glance.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Is it pale and gray with heat, full of sunshine, and unfathomable in depth?
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- They had leant, so to say, one on the other above an unfathomable depth, attracted to it by its horror.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- The greed of that absurd monster is incalculable, unfathomable, inconceivable.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- The most amazing wonder of the deep is its unfathomable cruelty.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- Unfathomable power of the god who conquers all human beings!
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- This, they seemed to say, is no unfathomable roguery of penniless adventurers.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- There seemed to be an echo in the silent wood of his unfathomable honesty.
- Extract from : « Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands » by Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
Synonyms for unfathomable
- abstruse
- abysmal
- baffling
- boundless
- clear as mud
- deep
- enigmatic
- esoteric
- eternal
- heavy
- immeasurable
- impenetrable
- incognizable
- incomprehensible
- indecipherable
- inexplicable
- infinite
- obscure
- profound
- soundless
- too deep
- uncomprehensible
- unending
- ungraspable
- unintelligible
- unknowable
- unmeasured
- unplumbed
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