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
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.
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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
Our minds, formed and informed by their We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
dark, cold
caves.
—Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
But Mac, instead, ended the chapter with lens blurred, in magnificent midsentence, as if the artist's voice were suddenly taken away in an unutterable trail of tears.
—Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
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
Our minds, formed and informed by their We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
dark, cold
caves.
—Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
But Mac, instead, ended the chapter with lens blurred, in magnificent midsentence, as if the artist's voice were suddenly taken away in an unutterable trail of tears.
—Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unutterable
Adjective
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Harry brought his trademark humor and warmth to the awards, a ceremony honoring seriously ill children who have shown incredible courage, joking and making smiles all around.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to incredible works like Parasite and Squid Game, Korean content has made huge achievements on the world stage.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Or marry Selden, if you’re actually attracted to him, and endure the not-very-unspeakable fate of being merely upper middle class rather than super-rich.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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All these artists are doing it for the right reasons — to raise money after this unspeakable tragedy.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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After all, being famous for your ineffable qualities is perilously close to being famous for no reason.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The greatest movie stars are ones that combine their raw skill with a kind of ineffable glimmer.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Spike’s carry such a unique and indescribable feeling.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
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It’s been such a privilege to compete here, and to be in the final is just indescribable.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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“Unutterable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unutterable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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