| ADJECTIVE | all | unspeakable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable | defying expression or description |
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| all | unspeakable, atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible | exceptionally bad or displeasing | |
| all | unspeakable, ineffable, unnameable, unutterable | too sacred to be uttered |
| Sounds | ahnspiy'kahbahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | defying expression or description. | |
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| Example | "unspeakable happiness" | |
| Synonyms | indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable | |
| Broader | inexpressible, unexpressible | defying expression |
| Spanish | indecible, indefinible, indescriptible, inefable, inenarrable, inexpresable | |
| Catalan | indefinible, indescriptible, indicible, inefable, inenarrable, inexpressable, inexprimible | |
| Adverbs | unspeakably | to an inexpressible degree |
| Meaning | exceptionally bad or displeasing. | |
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| Example | "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" | |
| Synonyms | atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible | |
| Broader | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
| Spanish | abominable, atroz, espantoso, horrendo, horrible, horripilante, horroroso, terrible, tremendo | |
| Catalan | abominable, atroç, espantós, horrible, hòrrid, horripilant, horrorós, terrible, tremend | |
| Meaning | Too sacred to be uttered. | |
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| Synonyms | ineffable, unnameable, unutterable | |
| Broader | sacred | concerned with religion or religious purposes |
| Spanish | indecible, inefable, inenarrable, inexpresable | |
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