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Impossible   /ɪmpˈɑsəbəl/   Listen
Impossible

adjective
1.
Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with.  "An impossible situation"
2.
Totally unlikely.  Synonyms: inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable.
3.
Used of persons or their behavior.  Synonyms: insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable.  "Insufferable insolence"
noun
1.
Something that cannot be done.



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"Impossible" Quotes from Famous Books



... to hear you say so, Mistress Thankful," said Washington quietly; "for 'twould have been natural for you to have sought an interview with your recreant lover in yonder camp, though the attempt would have been unwise and impossible." ...
— Thankful Blossom • Bret Harte
... more than rescue; it annexes and appropriates what it saves. It has "perfected" them (ver. 14); that is to say, it has placed them effectually in that position of complete "peace with God" which guilt while still unsettled makes impossible. It has "put them among the children," within the home circle of Divine love. It has done this "in perpetuity," [Greek: eis to dienekes] (ver. 14); that is to say, they will never to the very last need anything but that sacrifice and offering ...
— Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews • Handley C.G. Moule
... ghost of Uncle Klavdy should appear this minute?" flashed through Vaxin's mind. "But, of course, that's impossible." ...
— Love and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... after a little pressing, he accepted the mount, and, of course, found it impossible to refuse his confidence to the man whose horse he ...
— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell
... as to chin and monopolized by a pair of dark eyes, sad and deep and beautiful. A faded blue "jumper" was buttoned tightly across the narrow chest; frayed trousers were precariously attached to the "jumper," and impossible shoes and stockings supplemented the trousers. Glancing from boy to bottle, the "comp'ny mit ...
— Little Citizens • Myra Kelly


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