unutterable

adjective

ˌən-ˈə-tə-rə-bəl How to pronounce unutterable (audio)
Definition of unutterablenext
as in incredible
beyond the power to describe unutterable joy that a baby can bring to a household the unutterable suffering brought on by the war

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Recent Examples of unutterable An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 May 2026 Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present. — Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025 Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024 In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform. — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022 To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression. — John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021 And where the two met, ideas that once seemed unutterable started, to many, to sound like the future. — Anand Giridharadas, Time, 21 Nov. 2019 But Rosamund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows deserves its sudden reputation as a first-hand account of unutterable charm. — Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 15 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unutterable
  1. incredible
  2. unspeakable
  3. ineffable
  4. inexpressible
  5. indescribable
  6. incommunicable
  7. indefinable
Adjective
  • Given Nolan’s famous aversion to AI, there was a relief in knowing this incredible display of creativity came primarily from practical effects and shooting on location.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • The Nordstrom Beauty annual sale has returned in grand style, and there are incredible deals to be had.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 July 2026
Definition of incredible
Adjective
  • That’s one thing; ballplayers love nothing more than throwing around large sums of money to coerce normal humans to do unspeakable tasks.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • On-screen, stars depict unspeakable acts of violence and cruelty.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of unspeakable
Adjective
  • This Dansk Kobenstyle enameled casserole dish with its geometric handles and subtle curves manages to be both stylish and understated in that ineffable Scandinavian way.
    — Clara Hillis, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
  • Too much wanting for something ineffable, something that feels more like absence than body, the negative space around a someone.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of ineffable
Adjective
  • The universe of the film, as all of Nolan’s worlds are, is one drawn from the muted colors of reluctant determination and it’s structured by a gravity of inexpressible guilt.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • Much like the famed British poets of World War I, who sought to express the inexpressible, Abu Toha strives to capture the unspeakable carnage, futility, and despair of war.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of inexpressible
Adjective
  • The brain-squeezing rush of those starts is nearly indescribable.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
  • Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s totally indescribable HBO series was both a grand evolution of the Tim Robinson experience and a wildly original contribution to what television could be and feel like.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Definition of indescribable
Adjective
  • But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of incommunicable
Adjective
  • Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of indefinable

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“Unutterable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unutterable. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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