Antonyms for ungraspable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : grasp, grahsp

Phonetic Transcription : græsp, grɑsp

Definition of ungraspable

Origin : mid-14c., "to reach for, feel around," possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from Old English *græpsan "to touch, feel," from Proto-Germanic *grap-, *grab- (cf. East Frisian grapsen "to grasp," Middle Dutch grapen "to seize, grasp," Old English grapian "to touch, feel, grope"), from PIE root *ghrebh- (see grab). Sense of "seize" first recorded mid-16c. Figurative use from c.1600; of intellectual matters from 1680s. Related: Grasped; grasping. The noun is from 1560s.

As in incomprehensible : adj not understandable
As in invisible : adj unable to be seen; hidden
As in unfathomable : adj hard to believe; difficult to understand
As in unintelligible : adj not understandable
As in uncomprehensible : adj incomprehensible
As in impenetrable : adj incomprehensible

Example sentences :

It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Since then he has cultivated only that ungraspable forelock.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 » by Various

He had no real knowledge of the subject, and I had none of any kind, which made its ungraspable facts all the more thrilling.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

There were times when the ungraspable idea came before her that Juliet was herself.
Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

Everything was elusive, ungraspable, evasive—he seemed to get no further forward.
Extract from : « In the Mayor's Parlour » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Synonyms for ungraspable

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