🇬🇧 Insurmountable meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Insurmountable means a problem or challenge that feels so huge and difficult that you think you can’t possibly get past it or beat it, like a mountain that seems way too tall to ever climb—even though, with help and effort, it might not really be impossible.

Waking up before 7 a.m. on a Saturday seemed like an insurmountable task, so I bravely chose to keep sleeping.

Mom said the smell from my gym shoes was an insurmountable force of nature and opened every window in the house.

The mountain of homework looked insurmountable, so I started by sharpening twelve pencils and hoping the worksheets would get scared and leave.

Cleaning my room felt insurmountable because I wasn’t sure if the floor still existed under all the toys.

Saving my Halloween candy for more than one day was an insurmountable test of willpower that I totally, completely, absolutely failed.

At dawn a boy faced a cliff and breathed, "insurmountable." The cliff looked insurmountable, the climb felt insurmountable, and his knees shook at the insurmountable shadow. A woman brought rope, neighbors held the rope, and together they made steps. At the top he laughed — the word insurmountable fell away.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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