English-Thai Dictionary

insubstantial

ADJ เปราะบาง  ไม่ แข็งแรง  อ่อนแอ  flimsy frail weak solid strong pro-bang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSUBSTANTIAL

a.Unsubstantial; not real.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSUBSTANTIAL

INSUBSTANTIAL In `sub *stan "tial, a.

 

Defn: Unsubstantial; not real or strong. "Insubstantial pageant. " [R.] Shak.

 

INSUBSTANTIALITY

INSUBSTANTIALITY In `sub *stan `ti *al "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: Unsubstantiality; unreality. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

insubstantial

in sub stan tial |ˌinsəbˈstanCHəl ˈˌɪnsəbˈstæn (t )ʃəl | ▶adjective lacking strength and solidity: the huts are relatively few and insubstantial | insubstantial evidence. • not solid or real; imaginary: the flickering light made her face seem insubstantial. DERIVATIVES in sub stan ti al i ty |-ˌstanCHēˈalitē |noun, in sub stan tial ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin insubstantialis, from in- ‘not ’ + substantialis (see substantial ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

insubstantial

in |sub ¦stan |tial |ɪnsəbˈstanʃ (ə )l | ▶adjective lacking strength and solidity: the huts are relatively few and insubstantial | insubstantial evidence. • not having physical existence: the flickering light made her face seem insubstantial. DERIVATIVES insubstantiality |-ʃɪˈalɪti |noun, insubstantially adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin insubstantialis, from in- ‘not ’ + substantialis (see substantial ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

insubstantial

insubstantial adjective 1 an insubstantial structure: flimsy, fragile, breakable, weak, frail, slight, unstable, shaky, wobbly, rickety, ramshackle, jerry-built. ANTONYMS sturdy. 2 insubstantial evidence: weak, flimsy, feeble, poor, inadequate, insufficient, tenuous, insignificant, unconvincing, implausible, unsatisfactory, paltry. ANTONYMS sound. 3 insubstantial visions: intangible, impalpable, untouchable, discarnate, unsubstantial, incorporeal; imaginary, unreal, illusory, spectral, ghostlike, vaporous, immaterial. ANTONYMS tangible. 4 an insubstantial amount: small, negligible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, trifling, measly; informal piddling. ANTONYMS ample, generous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

insubstantial

insubstantial adjective 1 these insubstantial structures cannot be converted into satisfactory dwellings: flimsy, slight, light, fragile, breakable, weak, frail, shaky, unstable, wobbly, tottery, rickety, ramshackle, makeshift; jerry-built, badly built, thrown together, cheap, shoddy, gimcrack. ANTONYMS sturdy. 2 insubstantial evidence: weak, flimsy, feeble, poor, inadequate, insufficient, thin, slight, tenuous, insignificant, inconsequential, unsubstantial, unconvincing, implausible, unsatisfactory, paltry, trifling, trivial, shallow. ANTONYMS sound. 3 she felt worried, in an insubstantial yet unsettling way | the flickering light made her face seem insubstantial: intangible, impalpable, indefinable, indescribable, vague, obscure, unclear, indistinct; untouchable, imperceptible to the touch, unsubstantial, incorporeal; imaginary, imagined, fancied, fanciful, figmental, unreal, non-existent, illusory, illusive, delusive, hallucinatory, phantom, spectral, ghostlike, visionary, chimerical, airy, vaporous; rare immaterial, unbodied, discarnate, phantasmal, phantasmic, inexistent, illusionary. ANTONYMS tangible; real.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

insubstantial

in sub stan tial /ɪ̀nsəbstǽnʃ (ə )l /形容詞 1 実体 [実質 ]のない, 実在しない ; 非現実的な (unreal ).2 か弱い, もろい ; 〈食事などが 〉十分でない, 満腹感のない .