as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
years of living behind bars had rendered him impassible
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Recent Examples of impassible
The storm left 1,467 roads impassible, NCDOT said, cutting off several communities from the outside world.
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Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Low water crossings on San Pedro Road and River Road will likely become impassible with dangerous swift flowing water.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The northbound lane of Emerson Avenue remains impassible at East 10th Street, but the intersection isn't closed for cars heading south, east or west.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Back in 2022, when the Lerner family tried to do just that, the media dispute proved an impassible roadblock, Sportico previously reported.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Low water crossings on San Pedro Road and River Road will likely become impassible with dangerous swift flowing water.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The northbound lane of Emerson Avenue remains impassible at East 10th Street, but the intersection isn't closed for cars heading south, east or west.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Back in 2022, when the Lerner family tried to do just that, the media dispute proved an impassible roadblock, Sportico previously reported.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassible
Adjective
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Contestants not only looked the part, but also acted the part of the coach who at times is stoic and fiery.—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The skeletal trees, stripped of their summer green and fiery autumn leaves, stand in a white shroud of snow like stoic models of resilience and grace.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Modern buildings go up in the impassive lunar desert.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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But the most spectacular aspect of Nuestra Tierra may be its use of drone camerawork, and the way Martel uses the unsettling stillness of a drone as the eye of an impassive god, looking down at the wrongs carried out by those on the ground.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Impassible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassible. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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