unfathomable

/ʌn'fæðəməbl/

Thân thiện

The ocean's unfathomable depths hide many mysteries.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Impossible to understand or comprehend: Describes something so complex, mysterious, or profound that it cannot be fully grasped by the mind.
   • Immeasurably deep: Describes a physical depth, such as that of an ocean or chasm, that is so great it cannot be measured or sounded.
   • Resembling an abyss in depth: Suggests a depth that is vast, boundless, and seemingly infinite.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Impossible to understand):
  • Her motives for leaving were unfathomable to her family.
  • The universe contains many unfathomable mysteries.
• Adjective (Immeasurably deep):
  • The diver peered into the unfathomable darkness of the trench.
  • They sailed over unfathomable depths.

Advanced Usage

• "unfathomable depths": Often used literally for oceans or figuratively for complex subjects like the human mind or emotions.
  • He was lost in the unfathomable depths of his own thoughts.
• "unfathomable to someone": A common construction indicating who cannot understand something.
  • The concept of infinity is unfathomable to a young child.

Variants and Related Words

• Unfathomably (adverb): In an unfathomable manner.
  • The ocean is unfathomably deep.
• Fathomable (adjective): Capable of being understood or measured (the direct opposite).
  • The instructions were clear and fathomable.
• Fathom (verb): To understand or measure the depth of something.
  • I cannot fathom why he made that decision.

Synonyms

• Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
• Impenetrable: Impossible to pass through or understand.
• Abyssal: Pertaining to great depths, especially of the ocean.
• Bottomless: Having no bottom; extremely deep.

Antonyms

• Comprehensible: Able to be understood.
• Fathomable: Able to be understood or measured.
• Shallow: Of little depth (literal or figurative).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "The unfathomable sea": A poetic phrase emphasizing the ocean's mystery and depth.
  • Ancient maps often warned of monsters in the unfathomable sea.
• "An unfathomable mystery": A common collocation for something utterly inexplicable.
  • The disappearance of the ancient civilization remains an unfathomable mystery.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. impossible to come to understand
2. resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
   • the abyssal depths of the ocean
3. of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured

Từ đồng nghĩa

• abysmal
• abyssal