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Meaning of 'unspeakable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unspeakable [ a.]
- Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.

Meaning of 'unspeakable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unspeakable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
Example in sentence:
  • a painful performance;
  • abominable workmanship;
  • an awful voice;
  • an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room;
  • atrocious taste;
  • dreadful manners;
  • terrible handwriting
Meaning (2):
- defying expression or description
Example in sentence:
  • a thing of untellable splendor;
  • indefinable yearnings;
  • indescribable beauty;
  • ineffable ecstasy;
  • inexpressible anguish;
  • unspeakable happiness;
  • unutterable contempt
Meaning (3):
- too sacred to be uttered
Example in sentence:
  • the ineffable name of the Deity

Nearby Words:

unsacrament unsad unsadden unsaddle unsadness unsafety unsaint unsaintly unsalable unsanctification

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