as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
the indescribable immensity of Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of indescribable
People pouring through our borders, unchecked, people doing things that are indescribable and not for today to discuss.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 26 May 2025
The taste, a pink electrocution of the tongue, was indescribable—and there was a version that was more so?
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
No matter how much authenticity a film production strives for in a Holocaust drama, the end product will never fully capture the indescribable horrors of the Nazi effort to exterminate Europe’s Jewish population during World War II.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Changes in estrogen levels during these times can lead to a host of symptoms that could contribute to an indescribable burning sensation.
—Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 13 May 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 26 May 2025
The taste, a pink electrocution of the tongue, was indescribable—and there was a version that was more so?
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
No matter how much authenticity a film production strives for in a Holocaust drama, the end product will never fully capture the indescribable horrors of the Nazi effort to exterminate Europe’s Jewish population during World War II.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Changes in estrogen levels during these times can lead to a host of symptoms that could contribute to an indescribable burning sensation.
—Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indescribable
Adjective
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As officials continue to confirm deaths and search for those missing after the Texas Hill Country floods on Friday, locals have started to share stories of incredible acts of bravery and heroism amid a weekend of anguish.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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This adds incredible complexity to a tax code that was already opaque.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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The point, of course, isn’t that America’s film industry should be doing more to profit off the back of an unspeakable humanitarian catastrophe.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
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Is anyone else around The Bolt at that unspeakable hour?—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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An ineffable, but important community component was lost in that economic and social transition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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The city has captured the hearts of travelers of centuries for its innate elegance and beauty, along with that ineffable je ne sais quoi.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Her work often explores indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
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“Indescribable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indescribable. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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