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unspeakable

adjective

1 unspeakable

Defying expression or description:
— Unspeakable happiness.

synonyms: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable.

Roget 870: surprised etc. v.; aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, ... show more

Roget 31: great; greater etc. 33; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge etc. (large in size) 192; ... show more

2 unspeakable

Exceptionally bad or displeasing:
— An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room.

synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible.

3 unspeakable

Too sacred to be uttered.

synonyms: ineffable, unnameable, unutterable.


Moby thesaurus: abominable, abusive, appalling, arrant, atrocious, awesome, awful, backhand, backhanded, bad, baneful, base, beastly, black, blamable, blameworthy, calumnious, contumelious, criminal, damnable ... show more.

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