impossible

adjective69 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.1

Used for strong emphasis when describing a difficult person.

To emphasize that a person is very difficult to deal with.

Indicates that something is very difficult, to the point of being nearly impossible.

Used to strongly emphasize that something is impossible without any doubt.

Similar to 'absolutely impossible', stressing total impossibility.

An emphatic way to say something is completely impossible.

Similar to 'almost impossible', suggesting a state that is so close to impossible it might as well be.

Means 'almost' or 'virtually' impossible; for all practical purposes, it cannot be done.

Means 'completely' impossible, used for emphasis. More common in British English.

A strong, often literary, way to express complete impossibility.

An informal way to say something is completely and obviously impossible.

To be very difficult to deal with or be around.

To realize through experience that a person is very difficult to deal with.

To change into a state of being very difficult to deal with.

The most common and direct way to state that something is not possible.

To cause something to become impossible.

Expresses that something appears to be impossible, often implying a subjective judgment.

To discover through experience that something is impossible.

To judge or think of something as not being possible, often after some thought.

Indicates a transition from a state of being possible to impossible.

Used to describe a situation that seems impossible based on initial observation.

Similar to 'appear impossible', suggests impossibility based on visual or surface-level assessment.

To perceive or view something as being impossible.

Suggests that an idea or plan seems impossible based on how it is described.

Indicates that something was shown to be impossible after attempts were made.

To consider or think of something in a particular way, as impossible.

To have the belief or idea that something is impossible.

To hold the opinion that something cannot happen or exist.

A more formal way to say 'make something impossible'.

Emphasizes that something continues to be in a state of impossibility.

A formal way to say you judge something to be impossible.

Specifies for whom or what something is impossible.

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