ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Incomprehensible

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Incomprehensible is an adjective meaning Impossible or very difficult to understand.

Meaning

Impossible or very difficult to understand.

More Meanings

  1. (theology or literary) Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
  2. Anything that is beyond understanding.

Example Sentences

In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.
He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'
Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.
But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.

Word Forms

Synonyms for incomprehensible

Depending on context, synonyms include fathomless, unfathomable, unintelligible, abstruse, dense, enigmatic.

Antonyms for incomprehensible

Common opposites include comprehensible, understandable, comprehendible, explicable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include indecipherable, unaccountable, inexplicable, uncomprehensible, unintelligible, unexplainable.

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