impossible

impossible
1. n невозможное, неосуществимое, невыполнимое

impossible of achievement — невыполнимый

next door to impossible — почти невозможно

physically impossible — абсолютно невозможно

to assay the impossible — пытаться сделать невозможное

elimination of the impossible — исключение невозможного

2. a невозможный, невыполнимый, неосуществимый

impossible ambitions — несбыточные желания

next to impossible — почти невозможно, маловероятно, едва ли

impossible event — недопустимое событие; невозможное событие

to pie the matter is impossible — напутать здесь невозможно

3. a невероятный, неправдоподобный

impossible circumstance — невероятный случай

4. a неприемлемый; невыносимый

impossible situation — нетерпимое положение

Синонимический ряд:
1. absurd (adj.) absurd; illogical; paradoxical; preposterous
2. difficult (adj.) balky; contrary; difficult; ornery; perverse; wayward
3. futile (adj.) futile; infeasible; insurmountable
4. hopeless (adj.) cureless; hopeless; immedicable; incurable; insanable; irremediable; irreparable; uncorrectable; uncurable; unrecoverable
5. incredible (adj.) inconceivable; incredible; unbelievable; unimaginable
6. intolerable (adj.) insufferable; insupportable; intolerable; unbearable; unendurable
7. objectionable (adj.) objectionable; unacceptable; unsuitable; untenable
8. unrealizable (adj.) impracticable; impractical; irrealizable; unattainable; unfeasible; unrealisable; unrealizable; unthinkable; unworkable
Антонимический ряд:
acceptable; feasible; logical; possible

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  • impossible — [ ɛ̃pɔsibl ] adj. et n. m. • 1227; lat. impossibilis ♦ Qui ne peut être, exister; qui n est pas possible. I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui ne peut se produire, être atteint ou réalisé. Cette éventualité lui paraît impossible. ⇒ inenvisageable. Solution… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • impossible — Impossible. adj. de tout genre. Qui ne peut estre, qui ne se peut faire. Le mouvement perpetuel est impossible. la quadrature du cercle est regardée comme impossible. il n y a rien d impossible à Dieu. cela est moralement impossible. Il se dit… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • impossible — Impossible, Impossibilis. Il est impossible d avantage, Nihil supra. Il est impossible de faire aujourd huy tellement l ouvrage, que tousjours il n y ait à refaire, Numquam hoc vno die efficiatur opus, quin opus semper fiet. Il est impossible que …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impossible — Im*pos si*ble, n. An impossibility; as, he tried to do the impossible. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Madam, quoth he, this were an impossible! Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impossible — im·pos·si·ble adj: not possible: incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled a party s performance is impossible in part Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. impossible …   Law dictionary

  • impossible — [im päs′ə bəl] adj. [OFr < L impossibilis: see IN 2 & POSSIBLE] 1. not capable of being, being done, or happening 2. not capable of being done easily or conveniently 3. not capable of being endured, used, agreed to, etc. because disagreeable… …   English World dictionary

  • impossible — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. impossible, from L. impossibilis not possible, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + possibilis (see POSSIBLE (Cf. possible)). Related: Impossibly …   Etymology dictionary

  • impossible — [adj1] beyond the bounds of possibility absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred to one*, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible,… …   New thesaurus

  • impossible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to occur, exist, or be done. 2) very difficult to deal with: an impossible situation. DERIVATIVES impossibility noun (pl. impossibilities) impossibly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • impossible — (in po si bl ) adj. 1°   Qui ne peut être, qui ne peut se faire. •   Tout ce qui n est pas aisé, ils [les lâches conseillers] le nomment impossible, BALZAC De la cour, 5e disc.. •   À qui sait bien aimer il n est rien d impossible, CORN. Médée, V …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré


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