unspeakable
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adjective \-ˈspē-kə-bəl\Definition of UNSPEAKABLE
1
a : incapable of being expressed in words : unutterable b : inexpressibly bad : horrendous <unspeakable living conditions> <unspeakable evil>
2
: that may not or cannot be spoken <the bawdy thoughts that come into one's head — the unspeakable words — L. P. Smith> <unspeakable collections of consonants — Rosemary Jellis>
— un·speak·ably \-blē\ adverb
See Examples of UNSPEAKABLE
- the unspeakable horror of war
- <continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps>
First Known Use of UNSPEAKABLE
14th century
Related to UNSPEAKABLE
- Synonyms
- incommunicable, indefinable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, nameless, uncommunicable, indescribable, unutterable
- Antonyms
- communicable, definable, expressible, speakable
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