impassible

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈpa-sə-bəl How to pronounce impassible (audio)
Definition of impassiblenext
as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion years of living behind bars had rendered him impassible

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Recent Examples of impassible The strait carries roughly 20% of the world’s oil, and has remained largely impassible during the war. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2026 On some of the country’s biggest lakes, often hundreds of miles wide with no current, an unfavorable wind made a waterway impassible. — Outside, 7 Feb. 2026 This front will bring heavy snow to areas downwind of the Great Lakes, which could severely impact travel until Saturday and make some roads impassible. — Gavon Laessig, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025 In Delaware and New Jersey, particularly the southern part of the state, coastal flooding could get bad enough to cause some roads to become impassible and some structures to flood, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impassible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassible
  1. stoic
  2. impassive
Adjective
  • Clancy appeared upset during the sidebar but returned to the defense table with a stoic expression.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • On the other side of the bench, Davis’ son remains stoic, but closes his eyes, leaning against the uncomfortable cloth seats, devastated at the prospect of losing his father to the penitentiary system.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of stoic
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  • At one point, he was seen cracking a smile, a departure from his otherwise impassive nature throughout the hearings.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Lancelot, noticeably weary, impassive, and preoccupied atop an equally weary black horse, follows the sorcerer, while Merlin leads him up the path into the realm of shadows, out of the frame to the left.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
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“Impassible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassible. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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