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Synonyms for fathomless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fath -uh m-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæð əm lɪs

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Définition of fathomless

Origin :
  • 1630s, literal; 1640s, figurative; from fathom + -less.
  • As in incomprehensible : adj not understandable
  • As in profound : adj bottomless
  • As in abysmal : adj extending deeply
  • As in unintelligible : adj not understandable
  • As in uncomprehensible : adj incomprehensible
  • As in deep : adj extending very far, usually down
Example sentences :
  • The fathomless eyes, full of gloom and of an immense despair, did not close.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • She had probed its depth and found it fathomless––fathomless in its devotion to herself.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • There is a fathomless look in his eyes and he is cold and unresponsive.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise in the Country » by L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
  • It is the home of the Archean granite, and its basins are of a fathomless dust.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • All the cone trembled as if it was about to plunge into a fathomless gulf.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • What can the world give her, adequate to her fathomless wants?
  • Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
  • In storm all is magnificence; in calm there is the brooding of a fathomless peace.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • What fathomless duplicity was hers, that she could appear so innocent.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • The fathomless and swelling cerulean is to him as the scenery of his birth place.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846 » by Various
  • So you see, the hearts of hetæræ are fathomless and hard to understand.
  • Extract from : « The Kath Sarit Sgara » by Somadeva Bhatta

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