Impossible+to+believe

  • 91Censorship —    During the period of partition, films in the Polish territories were censored according to the laws of the occupying powers. After regaining independence in 1918, the government was in favor of an open market regulated by tariffs and… …

    Guide to cinema

  • 92Censorship —    Official film censorship in Spain started in 1912, and remained in place as an explicit system to control artistic expression, enforced in one form or another, until 1977. The power to censor spectacles was held, in the early periods, by the… …

    Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • 93astounding — as|tound|ing [əˈstaundıŋ] adj so surprising that it is almost impossible to believe = ↑astonishing ▪ The concert was an astounding success. >astoundingly adv ▪ astoundingly beautiful scenery …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 94laughable — laugh|a|ble [ˈla:fəbəl US ˈlæ ] adj something that is laughable is impossible to believe or be serious about, because it is so silly or bad = ↑ridiculous ▪ The promises are so far from reality that they are laughable. >laughably adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 95absurd — ab|surd [ əb sɜrd, əb zɜrd ] adjective * 1. ) completely stupid, unreasonable, or impossible to believe: RIDICULOUS: She makes the most absurd claims about her past achievements. it is absurd to do something: It s completely absurd to suggest… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 96absurd, the — ab|surd, the [ əb sɜrd, əb zɜrd ] noun a situation or way of thinking that seems crazy or impossible to believe: Some of these criticisms border on the absurd …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 97absurdly — ab|surd|ly [ əb sɜrdli, əb zɜrdli ] adverb in a way that seems stupid, unreasonable, or impossible to believe: absurdly high prices She was absurdly young to be in such a demanding job. a. used for saying that some quality or feeling is much… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 98Octavian — masc. proper name, from Latin, from Octavius, from octavus eighth, from octo (see EIGHT (Cf. eight)). But although we find so marked differences in the use of the numerals as names, it is impossible to believe that this use did not arise in the… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 99next\ to — I. adv Almost; nearly. It was next to impossible to believe that in a month the grass would be green and flowers would be blooming. It was next to unthinkable that the boy would steal. II. prep. Just after; second to. Next to his family, baseball …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 100unbelievability — n. incredibility, state of being impossible to believe …

    English contemporary dictionary