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impuissant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of impuissant

unable to act or achieve oneʼs purpose

claims that such restrictions on military interventions on foreign soil would render the nation an impuissant giant on the world stage

Synonyms of impuissant

hamstrung, handcuffed, helpless, high and dry, hog-tied, impotent, paralyzed, powerless, weak

Words Related to impuissant

incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, unfit, useless

feeble, frail, infirm, passive, spineless, supine, unaggressive

Near Antonyms of impuissant

able, capable, competent, effective, efficient

authoritarian, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical (also tyrannic)

dominant, dynamic, energetic, forceful, robust, sturdy, tough, vigorous

important, major, significant

high-level, senior, top

Antonyms of impuissant

mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, strong

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