irrefutable
/ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/
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irrefutable adjective: undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted.
Adjective
irrefutable (comparative more irrefutable, superlative most irrefutable)
- undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted
- […]clear and irrefutable evidence of the Cause I have undertaken1653, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC
- True, there had been nothing, in his lifetime, viler than this man. She knew it, there was no other fact within her consciousness that she felt to be so certain; and yet, because her persecutor found himself safe and irrefutable in death, he frowned upon his victim, and threw back the blame on her!1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- positive, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indeniable, indisputable, indubitable, irrebuttable, irrecusable, irrefragable
- Antonyms:
- refutable
irrefutable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
irrefutable in Tamil
- பொய்யென எண்பிக்க முடியாத, மறுக்கமுடியாத
irrefutable in Bengali
- irrefutable, indisputable, uncontrovertible, unquestionable
- অকাট okaṭ
- irrefutable, undeniable
- অনস্বীকার্য onośśikarjo
- irrefutable, unanswerable, what can not be overturned
- অকাট্য okaṭṭo
- irrefutable, undisputable, unanswerable
- অখণ্ডনীয় ôkhônḍôniẏô, অখণ্ড্য ôkhônḍô
irrefutable in Malayalam
- undeniable, indisputable, unquestionable
- തെറ്റാണെന്നു സ്ഥാപിക്കാനാകാത്ത, അനിഷേധ്യമായ, അവിതർക്കിതം, ഖംഡിക്കാനാവാത്ത, നിർവ്വിതർക്ക, തർക്കമറ്റ
irrefutable in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಲಗಳೆಯಲಾಗದ, ಖಂಡಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಅನಿರಾಕರಣೀಯ, ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ
Examples of irrefutable in a sentence
- He had formed his mind by Helvetius, whose system he deemed irrefutable, and in whom alone he had faith.1845, B[enjamin] Disraeli, Sybil; or The Two Nations. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- I have listened also to the remarks of counsel, with high interest—and especially will I commend the masterly and irrefutable logic of the distinguished gentleman who represents the plaintiff.1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et...
Synonyms of irrefutable
- positive
- inarguable
- incontestable
- incontrovertible
- indeniable
- indisputable
- indubitable
- irrebuttable
- irrecusable
- irrefragable
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Forms of irrefutable
| comparative | more irrefutable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irrefutable |
Origin of irrefutable
From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from ir- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”), from refūtō (“to refute”) + -bilis (“-able”), equivalent to ir- + refutable.
Words formed from irrefutable
Questions about irrefutable
- What does irrefutable mean?
- Irrefutable means undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted.
- What is irrefutable in Tamil?
- Irrefutable in Tamil is பொய்யென எண்பிக்க முடியாத, மறுக்கமுடியாத. See Irrefutable meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use irrefutable in a sentence?
- He had formed his mind by Helvetius, whose system he deemed irrefutable, and in whom alone he had faith.
- What part of speech is irrefutable?
- Irrefutable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irrefutable?
- Irrefutable is pronounced /ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/.
Words near irrefutable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irrefutable (page history and authors); irrefutable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অকাট (Bengali) (page history and authors); irrefutable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); irrefutable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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