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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Adjective

Blumberg maintained a stoic face but was experiencing a range of emotions.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
All four stars ably play the stoic and sorrowful notes required of them, without finding many secondary or contrasting ones in their dialogue.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of stoic

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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
Riles’s face is impassive, focused, as the announcer reads out the winner.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

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