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
The score comes with a long theological preface and effusive descriptions of the unutterable in each gaze.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
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
The score comes with a long theological preface and effusive descriptions of the unutterable in each gaze.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
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
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American Express and Chase both have incredible travel rewards programs that offer a wide variety of redemptions and exceptional value.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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And a huge thank you to Planned Parenthood of Greater New York for this incredible honor.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Rose Ayling-Ellis, an English television presenter and writer of children’s books whose previous acting credits include EastEnders and Casualty, plays that lone survivor of an unspeakable incident, named Aliss.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Published in 1946 and translated into 50 languages with more than 16 million copies sold, Frankl’s account follows his time in the Nazi concentration camps and his exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of unspeakable adversity.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Home for the Holidays (1995) Holly Hunter’s ineffable charm makes this Thanksgiving-centric movie a perfect rewatch for any time of year, not just on the third Thursday in November.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2025
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And in later scenes, as Jesse finally confronts Spencer's death, her ineffable pain is etched across Menzel's achingly expressive face.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 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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Typically, Soto will show up alone, with loads of fresh flowers and laminated pictures of victims, when something indescribable happens — strangers off the street offer to help set up the display, each taking a moment to contribute to this memorial.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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This sends Charlie down a rabbit hole of indescribable grief.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
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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
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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