Impossible
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref.
im- not + possibilis possible. See {Possible}.]
Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.;
unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command;
insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or
impracticable; not feasible.
[1913 Webster]
With men this is impossible; but with God all things
are possible. --Matt. xix.
26.
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Without faith it is impossible to please him. --Heb.
xi. 6.
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{Impossible quantity} (Math.), an imaginary quantity. See
{Imaginary}.
Syn: See {Impracticable}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "impossible":
I refuse, I will not, absurd, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot,
antic, barred, by no means, cardinal, closed-out,
contrary to reason, count me out, crazy, cureless, decimal,
differential, digital, even, exceptionable, excluded, exponential,
fanciful, fantastic, farcical, figural, figurate, figurative,
finite, fractional, hopeless, illogical, imaginary, immedicable,
impair, impracticable, impractical, inadmissible, include me out,
incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, incurable,
indefensible, infeasible, infinite, integral, intolerable,
irrational, irremediable, irreparable, logarithmic,
logically impossible, logometric, ludicrous, negative, no, no go,
not likely, not possible, nothing doing, numeral, numerary,
numerative, numeric, objectionable, odd, ordinal, outlandish,
outrageous, oxymoronic, pair, paradoxical, positive, possible,
preposterous, prime, prohibited, radical, rational, real,
reciprocal, ridiculous, ruled-out, self-contradictory, submultiple,
surd, transcendental, unacceptable, unaccountable, unachievable,
unattainable, unbelievable, uncorrectable, undesirable, unexpected,
unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unrealizable, unreasonable,
unsolvable, unsuitable, untenable, unthinkable, unworkable,
weird
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