Antonyms for fathomed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fath -uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæð əm


Definition of fathomed

Origin :
  • Old English fæðm "length of the outstretched arm" (a measure of about six feet), also "arms, grasp," and, figuratively "power," from Proto-Germanic *fathmaz "embrace" (cf. Old Norse faðmr "embrace, bosom," Old Saxon fathmos "the outstretched arms," Dutch vadem "a measure of six feet"), from PIE *pot(e)-mo-, from root *pete- "to spread, stretch out" (see pace (n.)). There are apparent cognates in Old Frisian fethem, German faden "thread," which OED explains by reference to "spreading out."
  • verb discern, understand
Example sentences :
  • He can afford not to be fathomed for every little pearl that lies at the bottom of his ocean.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • He had always believed he had long since fathomed the depths of his wild friend.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The point I have not fathomed is the means by which the ‘goods’ are brought into the country.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • By this time I had fathomed all the depths of Madame d'Urfe's character.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • He had fathomed the true state of affairs between Archie and Hope.
  • Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Lady Augusta declared that no woman yet ever fathomed the heart of man.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • He saw that his suspicions had been fathomed, and this injured his opinion of his own diplomacy.
  • Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
  • I was so nervous and restless that Kate fathomed my painful anxiety.
  • Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic
  • Everything that could not be fathomed was attributed to witchcraft.
  • Extract from : « Paul and the Printing Press » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • She felt he had a world apart, which he loved passionately and which had laws she had not fathomed.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Synonyms for fathomed

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