invulnerable

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/ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/

adjective

Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.

“an invulnerable argument”

Similar
airtightair-tightbombproofshellproofdefendabledefensibleentrenched
Opposite
vulnerable
OriginMiddle French invulnérable ← Latin invulnerābilis →
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Meanings

adjectiveinvulnerable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIncapable of being injured; not vulnerable.

    His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.

    1979, Brian Daley, Han Solo at Stars' End
  2. not comparableUnanswerable; irrefutable.

    an invulnerable argument

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveimmune to attack; impregnable

Similar
airtightair-tightbombproofshellproofdefendabledefensibleentrenched
Opposite
vulnerable
Also see
airtightbombproofdefendabledefensibleimpregnableinviolablesafesecureshellproofshelteredstrongtightunassailableunattackableundefeatableunhackableuntouchable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latininvulnerābilis
  2. Middle Frenchinvulnérable
  3. Englishinvulnerable

From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”), equivalent to in- + vulnerable.

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Translations

Bulgarian неуязви́м
  • неуязви́м (neujazvím)incapable of being wounded
Catalan invulnerable
  • invulnerableincapable of being wounded
Czech nezranitelný
  • nezranitelnýincapable of being wounded
Dutch onkwetsbaar
  • onkwetsbaarincapable of being wounded
Esperanto nevundebla
  • nevundeblaincapable of being wounded
Finnish haavoittumaton, kiistaton
  • haavoittumatonincapable of being wounded
  • kiistatonunanswerable, irrefutable
  • kumoamatonunanswerable, irrefutable
French invulnérable
  • invulnérableincapable of being wounded
German unverwundbar
  • unverwundbarincapable of being wounded
Greek απρόσβλητος, άτρωτος
  • απρόσβλητος (aprósvlitos)incapable of being wounded
  • άτρωτος (átrotos)incapable of being wounded
Hindi अभेद्य
  • अभेद्य (abhedya)incapable of being wounded
Hungarian sebezhetetlen, megtámadhatatlan
  • sebezhetetlenincapable of being wounded
  • megtámadhatatlanunanswerable, irrefutable
Italian invulnerabile
  • invulnerabileincapable of being wounded
Latin invulnerābilis, atrōtus
  • invulnerābilisincapable of being wounded
  • atrōtusincapable of being wounded
Norwegian Bokmål usårbar
  • usårbarincapable of being wounded
Polish niewrażliwy
  • niewrażliwyincapable of being wounded
Romanian invulnerabil
  • invulnerabilincapable of being wounded
Russian неуязви́мый
  • неуязви́мый (neujazvímyj)incapable of being wounded
Slovak nezraniteľný
  • nezraniteľnýincapable of being wounded
Spanish invulnerable
  • invulnerableincapable of being wounded
Swedish osårbar
  • osårbarincapable of being wounded
Ukrainian невразли́вий
  • невразли́вий (nevrazlývyj)incapable of being wounded

Rhymes & wordplay

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