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impalpable
Meaning: impossible or very difficult to touch or perceive
impalpable in a sentence
How impalpable is used in real sentences:
An impalpable unease settled over the room before the verdict.
Only an impalpable trace of perfume remained in the empty theater.
“The walkway's disturbance was nearly impalpable to human visitors, no more than a faint tremor underfoot, yet it repeatedly fractured the ants' routes.”
— from the passage The Tremor Above
“Her earlier warning that a solvent from the abandoned mill was causing the children’s tremors had seemed impalpable beside the visible comfort of ordinary explanations.”
— from the passage The Case She Carried
Synonyms for impalpable
Other words for impalpable — intangible, imperceptible and insubstantial — carry the same meaning.
- intangible
- imperceptible
- insubstantial
Antonyms of impalpable
Words that mean the opposite of impalpable:
- palpable
- tangible
- perceptible
Where it comes from
From Latin impalpabilis, meaning 'not touchable.'
Memory hook
IM means not and PALPABLE means touchable: impalpable means not touchable or perceptible.
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