as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
an ineffable beauty descends upon the canyon as the sun begins to set
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Recent Examples of ineffable
Every man will seek with ineffable ardour the good of all.
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Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
After all, being famous for your ineffable qualities is perilously close to being famous for no reason.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The greatest movie stars are ones that combine their raw skill with a kind of ineffable glimmer.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
That’s what delivered a moment that was nearly ineffable.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
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Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
After all, being famous for your ineffable qualities is perilously close to being famous for no reason.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The greatest movie stars are ones that combine their raw skill with a kind of ineffable glimmer.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
That’s what delivered a moment that was nearly ineffable.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffable
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Reykjavik—famous for its incredible local cuisine, colorful architecture, and easy access to Iceland’s many natural wonders—also took the top spot in last year’s report.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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The eerie moments of darkness by day and the awe-inspiring sight of the corona are what make a total eclipse experience so incredible.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the final chapter, Heather has the chance to hear from two sisters, Jennie and Lizzy, who suffered indescribable abuse at the hands of their father.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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The grief felt by our entire staff is indescribable.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Skinwalkers are believed to be those who have committed unspeakable acts, gaining dark powers in return.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Harwicz’s books are most generously appreciated as spelunking missions into the cave of the unwell mind, untethered from our op-ed pages or the unspeakable carnage available to us every day on our Instagram reels.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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If everything is systematically interlinked, then life’s transcendent beauty is inextricable from its inexpressible horrors and outright silliness, like the jarring swings between slapstick and tragedy in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Instead, there were chuckles to hold back anger and carefully chosen words to express what felt inexpressible.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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For all Sacks’ efforts to remain an indefinable cult figure outside the mainstream, he has lately been caught in Hollywood’s tractor beam, with several film scripts in advanced stages of development.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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This East Coast city earns high marks year after year for its various dining options, museums, and the indefinable, electric energy of the city that never sleeps.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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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
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
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In a way, Tiffany’s rendering of fandom as specific and incommunicable risks undermining her premise, which has to do with the massed power of people online.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2022
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“Ineffable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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