impotent
/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/
impotent adjective: lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
Adjective
impotent (comparative more impotent, superlative most impotent)
- Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
- Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
- Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent1984, Freeman J. Dyson, Weapons and Hope
- Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
- A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 158
- Sterile
- Lacking self-restraint
- Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760...
- Synonyms:
- incontinent
Noun
impotent (plural impotents)
- A man who has erectile dysfunction
- Synonyms:
- wet noodle
- Antonyms:
- priapist
- An impotent or powerless person
impotent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
impotent in Hindi
- lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
- नामर्द nāmard, नपुंसक napunsak
- lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
- नामर्द nāmard, नपुंसक napunsak
- incapable of sexual intercourse
- नामर्द nāmard, नपुंसक napunsak
- sterile
- नामर्द nāmard, नपुंसक napunsak
impotent in Tamil
- ஆண் தன்மையற்ற, ஆண்மையற்ற, ஆற்றலற்ற, ஆளுமையற்ற, கையேலாத, திறனற்ற
impotent in Marathi
- impotent
- षंढ ṣaṇḍha
impotent in Urdu
- impotent
- نامرد nāmard, زنخا zanxā, دربل durbal
- impotent, eunuch
- ٹھنڈا ṭhanḍā
More languagesFewer languages
- impotent in Bengali
- অক্ষমা ôkkhôma, অক্ষম ôkkhôm
- impotent in Malayalam
- തളർന്ന, പുരുഷത്വം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട, ബലഹീനമായ, വന്ധ്യമായ
- impotent in Kannada
- ನಪುಂಸಕ napuṃsaka
- impotent in Punjabi
- ਨਪੁੰਸਕ napunsak
- impotent in Gujarati
- નપુંસક napũsak
- impotent in Odia
- ନପୁଂସକ
- impotent in Nepali
- नपुंसक
- impotent in Tagalog
- limawon
Examples of impotent in a sentence
- This, of course, was taboo: any man hit by a woman's undercloth was supposed to become impotent.
- They are entirely impotent with respect to causal effects on the physical world.
- We impotents are great collectors of objets de vertu, snuffboxes, musical boxes, knick-knacks.
Synonyms of impotent
Antonyms
Forms of impotent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more impotent |
| superlative | most impotent |
| Noun | |
| plural | impotents |
Origin of impotent
From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).
Words formed from impotent
Questions about impotent
- What does impotent mean?
- Impotent means lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
- What is impotent in Hindi?
- Impotent in Hindi is नामर्द (nāmard), नपुंसक (napunsak). See Impotent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impotent?
- Impotent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce impotent?
- Impotent is pronounced /ˈɪm.pə.tənt/.
Words near impotent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impotent (page history and authors); impotent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); षंढ (Marathi) (page history and authors); دربل (Urdu) (page history and authors); অক্ষম (Bengali) (page history and authors); impotent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ನಪುಂಸಕ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨਪੁੰਸਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); નપુંસક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); impotent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impotent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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