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- Dictionaryimpalpable/ɪmˈpalpəbl/
adjective
- 1. unable to be felt by touch: "an impalpable ghost"
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The meaning of IMPALPABLE is incapable of being felt by touch : intangible. How to use impalpable in a sentence. incapable of being felt by touch : intangible; so finely divided that no grains or grit can be felt; not readily discerned by the mind…
adjective. literary uk / ɪmˈpæl.pə.b ə l / us / ɪmˈpæl.pə.b ə l / Add to word list. difficult to feel or understand: an impalpable beauty / quality. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. labyrinthine. lost. non-intuitive. obscurely. obscurity.
Impalpable describes a feeling that, though real, you can’t logically explain. If you don't know why you love peanut butter and banana sandwiches so much, maybe your reasons are impalpable.
Impalpable definition: not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.. See examples of IMPALPABLE used in a sentence.
adjective. literary us / ɪmˈpæl.pə.b ə l / uk / ɪmˈpæl.pə.b ə l / Add to word list. difficult to feel or understand: an impalpable beauty / quality. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. labyrinthine. lost. non-intuitive. obscurely. obscurity.
1. incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible. 2. difficult for the mind to grasp readily. 3. (of powder) so fine that when rubbed between the fingers no grit is felt. [1500–10] im•pal`pa•bil′i•ty,n. im•pal′pa•bly,adv.
noun. impalpably (imˈpalpably) adverb. Word Frequency. impalpable in American English. (ɪmˈpælpəbəl ) adjective. 1. that cannot be felt by touching. 2. too slight or subtle to be grasped easily by the mind. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms.
