indescribable

adjective

ˌin-di-ˈskrī-bə-bəl How to pronounce indescribable (audio)
Definition of indescribablenext
as in incredible
beyond the power to describe the indescribable immensity of Mount Everest

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Recent Examples of indescribable To celebrate that person is an indescribable feeling. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 But the actual experience of redness—that felt, interior, indescribable thing—lives inside your perception box, and nowhere else. — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 6 May 2026 For David and Tara Heidenreich, the moment their son Eli became a Steeler was nearly indescribable. — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 Lots of us can remember George Graham’s Arsenal snatching the league from Liverpool in 1989 and the epic, almost indescribable drama of Michael Thomas scoring the decisive goal with virtually the last kick of the season. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for indescribable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indescribable
  1. incredible
  2. unspeakable
  3. inexpressible
  4. ineffable
  5. unutterable
  6. 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
  • On-screen, stars depict unspeakable acts of violence and cruelty.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • When once-unspeakable truths break through and are finally said aloud, that is a win.
    — Marcus Anthony Hunter, Time, 19 June 2026
Definition of unspeakable
Adjective
  • 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
  • Writing gives mothers the space and the time to express the inexpressible, even when the space and time do so are stolen away.
    — Alice Vincent, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of inexpressible
Adjective
  • 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
  • Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of ineffable
Adjective
  • 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, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Definition of unutterable
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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