impossible

adj.

1. Incapable of having existence or of occurring.
2. Not capable of being accomplished: an impossible goal.
3. Unacceptable; intolerable: impossible behavior.
4. Extremely difficult to deal with or tolerate: an impossible child; an impossible situation.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin impossibilis : in-, not; see in-¹ + possibilis, possible; see possible.]

impossibly im·pos'si·bly adv.

adjective

1. Not capable of happening or being done: impracticable, impractical, unattainable, unrealizable, unthinkable, unworkable. Idioms: out of the question. See possible/impossible.
2. So unpleasant or painful as not to be endured or tolerated: insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, unsufferable, unsupportable. See pain/pleasure.
3. Given to acting in opposition to others: balky, contrarious, contrary, difficult, froward, ornery, perverse, wayward. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, support/oppose.

adj

Definition: beyond the bounds of possibility
Antonyms: achievable, believable, obtainable, possible, reasonable, tenable

adj

Definition: intolerable, ungovernable
Antonyms: bearable, behaving, good, governable, manageable, tolerable

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IN BRIEF: Not able to happen or be done.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. — Victor Hugo.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - umulig, håbløs, utålelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onmogelijk, lastig (kind)

Français (French)
adj. - impossible, intolérable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unmöglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδύνατος, ανέφικτος, ακατόρθωτος, (μτφ.) ανυπόφορος, απαράδεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
impossibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impossível

Русский (Russian)
невозможный, невероятный, невыносимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - imposible, insoportable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - omöjlig, outhärdlig, imaginär (matem.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不可能的, 令人无法忍受的, 不容易的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不可能的, 令人無法忍受的, 不容易的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불가능한, 믿기 어려운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不可能な, とてもありえない, 我慢ならない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستحيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בלתי אפשרי, לא נסבל, לא קל, לא נוח‬

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mission impossible	mission impossible 3