Synonyms for ungraspable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : grasp, grahsp |
| Phonetic Transcription : græsp, grɑsp |
Top 10 synonyms for ungraspable
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- beats me
- beyond comprehension
- beyond one's grasp
- cabalistic
- clear as mud
- concealed
- covert
- cryptic
- dark
- deceptive
- deep
- Delphic
- disguised
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- esoteric
- ethereal
- fathomless
- gaseous
- ghostly
- Greek
- heavy
- hidden
- ideal
- impalpable
- imponderable
- inappreciable
- inarticulate
- incognizable
- incoherent
- inconspicuous
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- inexplicit
- infinitesimal
- inscrutable
- insensible
- intangible
- jumbled
- masked
- microscopic
- muddled
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystifying
- not in sight
- obliterated
- obscure
- obscured
- occult
- opaque
- out of sight
- over one's head
- perdu
- perplexing
- profound
- puzzling
- screened
- sibylline
- supernatural
- tenebrous
- too deep
- ulterior
- unaccountable
- unapparent
- uncertain
- unclear
- uncomprehensible
- undisclosed
- unexplicit
- unfathomable
- ungraspable
- unimaginable
- unintelligible
- unknowable
- unnoticeable
- unobservable
- unperceivable
- unreadable
- unreal
- unseeable
- unseen
- unviewable
- vague
- vaporous
- veiled
- wraithlike
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ungraspable
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