Antonyms for impregnable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-preg-nuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɛg nə bəl


Definition of impregnable

Origin :
  • early 15c., imprenable "impossible to capture," from Middle French imprenable "invulnerable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old French prenable "assailable, vulnerable" (see pregnable). With intrusive -g- 16c., on model of deign, reign, etc. Related: Impregnability.
  • adj unyielding
Example sentences :
  • In our own single manhood to be bold, Fortressed in conscience and impregnable.'
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Slowly, cautiously, it was unrolling its ball of impregnable armour.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The Republic could not suffer at their hands; the Republic and the dynasty were impregnable.
  • Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth
  • General von Kluck's artillery was impregnable to the French.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • That was, indeed, an impregnable position for any one who knew how to defend it.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • It is an impregnable fortress which nothing can ever break down.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • It were odd if I did not know the most impregnable fortress in Italy.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • All he knew was that the thing appeared to be formed of living, impregnable stone.
  • Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
  • As the result of their deliberations they agreed that the place was impregnable.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • At Althea the position had been so strengthened as to be now impregnable.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Synonyms for impregnable

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