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US
/ˈpæɫpəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈælpəbəl/ ]
[ UK /pˈælpəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
it is plain that he is no reactionary
evident hostility
the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
in plain view
a palpable lie
a palpable lie
manifest disapproval
made his meaning plain
patent advantages -
(medicine) can be felt by palpation
a palpable tumor -
so intense as to be almost touched or felt
there was a palpable sense of joy in the air -
capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
a barely palpable dust
felt sudden anger in a palpable wave
a palpable lie
the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton
a palpable lie
How To Use palpable In A Sentence
- But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God. The Chosen Peoples
- The seething sense of unfairness is almost palpable. Times, Sunday Times
- And though you could not mark the delicacies of faces, you could have the full effect of costumes, -- rich, majestic, floating, gossamery, impalpable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
- This we would call a palpable lie were not so much of _The Bible in Spain_ sheer invention. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends
- That put the pressure firmly on Best Mate's shoulders with the tension in the crowd palpable as the horses cantered down to the start.
- Hypothermia may render the carotid pulse impalpable, but it is important not to start chest compression without evidence of cardiac arrest.
- The urge for victory was almost palpable. Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager
- She makes writing a book sound like busywork ... the strain is as palpable as the voice is cute, and the drama is virtually nonexistent. Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert: Book summary
- as impalpable as a dream
- Roy Round, whose dance photographs fill this handsome volume, is at his best when he is straightforward, when the subject seems to emerge from luminous, unpunctuated space, and when the challenge of pure movement is palpable.