IMPASSIBLE Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

impassible

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈpa-sə-bəl

Definition of impassible

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

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John McKinney, 58, who leapfrogged to a second-place finish in the primaries amid a stoic, law-and-order campaign that sometimes slipped into Spencer Pratt-style dystopian imagery.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Filson Rugged Twill Original Briefcase Not everyone wants to resemble Don Draper at the office—some men prefer the stoic, rugged vibe.

— Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of stoic

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Then, after walking for a couple of blocks, directing withering sneers at the policeman’s reddish face, which was as impassive as that of a stone idol, Gleb cooled down and succumbed to boredom.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
There are melancholic elements, including human characters that can seem lost in their thoughts — impassive and detached from the world.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

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