| impossibility | (n) incapability of existing or occurring, Syn. impossibleness, Ant. possibility |
| impossibility | (n) an alternative that is not available, Syn. impossible action |
| impossible | (n) something that cannot be done, Example: his assignment verged on the impossible |
| impossible | (adj) not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with, Ant. possible, Example: an impossible dream; an impossible situation |
| impossible | (adj) totally unlikely, Syn. unimaginable, out of the question, inconceivable |
| impossible | (adj) used of persons or their behavior, Syn. unacceptable, unsufferable, insufferable, Example: impossible behavior; insufferable insolence |
| impossibly | (adv) to a degree impossible of achievement, Ant. possibly, Example: long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation; impossibly far from sources of supply |
| Impossibility | n.; They confound difficulty with impossibility. South. [ 1913 Webster ] Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Impossible | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Without faith it is impossible to please him. Heb. xi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Impossible | n. An impossibility; “Madam, ” quoth he, “this were an impossible!” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| impossibleness | n. incapability of existing or occurring; impossibility. |
| Impossibly | adv. Not possibly. Sir. T. North. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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