unfathomable

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un·fath·om·a·ble

(ŭn-făth′ə-mə-bəl)

adj.

1. Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible: unfathomable theories.

2. Difficult or impossible to measure: the unfathomable depths.

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unfathomable

(ʌnˈfæðəməbəl)

adj

1. incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable

2. incapable of being understood

unˈfathomableness n

unˈfathomably adv

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un•fath•om•a•ble

(ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl)
adj.

1. impossible to understand; incomprehensible.

2. incapable of being measured; limitless; vast.

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Adj.	1.	unfathomable - of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep" fathomable, plumbable, soundable - (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth
	2.	unfathomable - resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" abysmal, abyssal deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"
	3.	unfathomable - impossible to come to understand uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

unfathomable

adjective

1. baffling, incomprehensible, inexplicable, deep, profound, esoteric, impenetrable, unknowable, abstruse, indecipherable How unfathomable and odd is life!

2. immeasurable, bottomless, unmeasured, unplumbed, unsounded Her eyes were black, unfathomable pools.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

unfathomable

adjective

Incapable of being grasped by the intellect or understanding:

impenetrable, incomprehensible, inscrutable, uncomprehensible, unintelligible.

Translations

unfassbar

ανεξιχνίαστος ασύλληπτος

insondable

impenetrabile insondabile

unfathomable

[ʌnˈfæðəməbl] ADJ → insondable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unfathomable

[ʌnˈfæðəməb^əl] adj

(= inexplicable) [reason, mystery] → insondable

(= inscrutable) [person, expression, eyes] → insondable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unfathomable

adj → unergründlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unfathomable

[ʌnˈfæðəməbl] adj (depths, mystery) → insondabile, imperscrutabile; (person) → impenetrabile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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And into the unfathomable did I there seem to sink.

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Evening passed, night came, and the feeling of suspense and softening of heart in the presence of the unfathomable did not lessen but increased.

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1-2) Thestorides, full many things there are that mortals cannot sound; but there is nothing more unfathomable than the heart of man.