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Unspeakable Common

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Unspeakable has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

defying expression or description

"indefinable yearnings"

"indescribable beauty"

"ineffable ecstasy"

"inexpressible anguish"

"unspeakable happiness"

"unutterable contempt"

"a thing of untellable splendor"

2

exceptionally bad or displeasing

"atrocious taste"

"abominable workmanship"

"an awful voice"

"dreadful manners"

"a painful performance"

"terrible handwriting"

"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

3

too sacred to be uttered

"the ineffable name of the Deity"

4

Incapable of being spoken or uttered

Example Sentences
"indefinable yearnings" adjective
"indescribable beauty" adjective
"ineffable ecstasy" adjective
"inexpressible anguish" adjective
"unspeakable happiness" adjective
"unutterable contempt" adjective
"a thing of untellable splendor" adjective
"atrocious taste" adjective
"abominable workmanship" adjective
"an awful voice" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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