unspeakableadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈspiːkəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈspikəb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b

a. Incapable of being expressed in words; inexpressible, indescribable, ineffable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adjective]

unsayinglyOE

wordlessa1200

unanemneda1225

unspeaking1340

untellablea1382

unenarrable1382

unspeakablea1400

ineffablec1450

inenarrablec1450

indicible1480

enarrable1482

inexplicable1502

inspeakable?1504

innominable1532

unoutspeakable1535

unexpressable1548

innarrable1554

inpronunciable1554

uncommunicable1555

inexprimablea1577

unexpressiblea1586

unutterablea1586

expressless1590

nameless1597

recountless1601

inutterable1603

indeclarable1610

unnameable1610

unreportable1611

speakless1612

unexpressivea1616

inexpressiblea1631

utterless1643

inexpressive1652

unwordablec1660

incommunicable1694

paintless1729

descriptionless1749

undelineable1767

describeless1799

indefinable1810

undescribable1818

unqualifiable1822

untelling1823

utterless1832

unpindownable1915

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and indescribable

untalelyc1225

unspeaking1340

unsayingc1350

untellablea1382

unspeakablea1400

ineffablec1450

unrehearsable1513

unutterablea1586

unrelatable1621

inexpressiblea1631

inexpressive1652

undescribable1728

indescribable1785

untelling1823

a1400 Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 199 Þe vnspekeabill & þe vnmesurabill charite, bothe of þe ffadire and of þe sone.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 37 It may neuer be cured..but if it plese god..for to help wiþ his vnspekeable vertu.

c1445 R. Pecock Donet 84 A þing..fer aboue alle creaturis speche vnspekable.

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1346/1 It is chaunged by an vnspeakeable woorking, although it seme bread to vs that be weake.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B2^v The flocke of vnspeakeable vertues laid vp..in that best builded folde.

1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 6 It is vnspeakable, what fatnesse is brought to low grounds by Inundations of waters.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 204 Those Bodies are Superadded, certainly for unspeakable and most Glorious Ends.

1754 Connoisseur No. 6. ⁋4 I had the unspeakable mortification to see my favours sometimes not inserted.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 57 The laws and the system of society conspired together to work unspeakable evils.

1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 216 He had the unspeakable advantage of being..respectable.

absolute.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 448/2 In what words..[can we] speak even afar off of the Unspeakable?

b. spec. Indescribably or inexpressibly bad or objectionable.Frequently of ‘the Turk’, after quot. 1876. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]

awlyc1200

grievousa1300

grilla1300

uglya1300

strongc1300

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

excessive1393

curseda1400

fella1400

misshapenc1400

rankc1400

monstruousc1425

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

nefand1490

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

funestal1538

enormious1545

facinorous1548

flagitious1550

dire1567

bonable1575

felonious1575

bomination1589

unvenial?1589

heathenish1592

enormous1593

villainous1598

nameless1611

pitchy1612

funest1636

funestous1641

scarleta1643

nefandous1649

aversable1663

atrocious1669

frightful1700

flagrant1706

atrocea1734

diabolical1750

unspeakable1831

1831 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. July 6 How they sailed..into Paynim land; fought with that unspeakable Turk, King Machabol.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. iii. 21 How ye came among us, in your cruel armed blindness, ye unspeakable County Yeomanry.

1876 T. Carlyle Let. 28 Nov. in R. H. Shepherd Mem. Life & Writings T. Carlyle (1881) II. xi. 311 The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the question, and the country left to honest European guidance.

1896 Advance (Chicago) 30 Jan. 153/1 We were..even more guilty than the Unspeakable himself.

1902 T. W. H. Crosland (title) The Unspeakable Scot.

c. n. An ineffable being.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun]

godeOE

deityc1374

higher powerc1384

princec1384

divinityc1386

governorc1400

powerc1425

numen1495

fear1535

heaven1554

godheada1586

godhood1586

landlorda1635

supreme1643

supercelestial1652

supernal1661

universality1681

father1820

unspeakable1843

Molimo1861

Mlimo1897

superperson1907

somebody up there1972

sky fairy1997

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xv. 307 Through all thy..melancholy Business and Cant, there does shine the presence of a Primeval Unspeakable.

2. Incapable of being spoken or uttered; that may not be spoken.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > unmentionable

unspeakable1568

unutterable1656

unmentionable1657

speechless1813

indiscussible1893

indiscutable1933

1568 H. Billingsley tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Learned Comm. Epist. Romanes 224 They are called vnspeakeable sighes, for that we speake not expressedlye what the spirite asketh.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. xii. 4 He..heard vnspeakable wordes, which it is not lawfull for a man to vtter.

1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) II. x. 147 Leonidas, whose looks Declar'd unspeakable applause.

3. U.S. Unwilling or unable to speak.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > unwilling to speak

costive1594

hardbound1612

obmutescent1799

unspeakable1888

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [adjective] > dumb

speechlessa1000

dumbc1000

deaf and dumb?c1225

mutec1400

tongueless1447

voiceless1535

wordless1648

tongue-tied1707

deaf-dumb1822

deaf-mute1837

utterless1854

unspeakable1888

1888 Advance (Chicago) 29 Nov. The distinguished but unspeakable witness.

1890 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 465 My dog..looks up at me as who should say, ‘You are become unspeakable as one of us, poor old fellow!’

4. adv. Unspeakably, indescribably.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adverb]

unsayinglyc1175

untellablyc1450

unspeakably1526

ineffably1551

inspeakablya1618

inexplicably1630

unexpressibly1635

unspeakable1635

inexpressibly1645

unutterably1746

undescribably1792

inexpressively1809

uncommunicablya1822

unexpressively1846

indefinably1847

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > inexpressibly

unspeakably1526

ineffably1551

unspeakable1635

inexpressibly1645

unutterably1746

undescribably1792

indescribably1795

inexpressively1809

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 34 Beyond the Land of Cathaie, which they prayse to be civill, and unspeakable rich.

1657 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted (1660) 59 How certainly and unspeakable happy you may be if you will.

Derivatives

unˈspeakableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [noun]

unspeakablenessa1586

incommunicableness1615

ineffability1629

incommunicability1640

unexpressibleness1652

ineffableness1681

unutterableness1681

inexpressibleness1727

unexpressibility1817

indescribability1824

inexpressibility1826

unspeakability1845

unnameability1862

indescribableness1880

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xi. sig. G7^v The vnspeakeablenes of his griefe.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 54 That we may rather conceive the unspeakablenesse then the untruth of the relation.

1691 J. Bunyan (title) The Greatness of the Soul, and unspeakableness of the loss thereof.

1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique viii. 182 After the loneliness of war and the unspeakableness of the bomb,..women as well as men sought the comforting reality of home and children.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unspeakable
释义	unspeakableadj.n.adv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈspiːkəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈspikəb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b 1. a. Incapable of being expressed in words; inexpressible, indescribable, ineffable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adjective] unsayinglyOE wordlessa1200 unanemneda1225 unspeaking1340 untellablea1382 unenarrable1382 unspeakablea1400 ineffablec1450 inenarrablec1450 indicible1480 enarrable1482 inexplicable1502 inspeakable?1504 innominable1532 unoutspeakable1535 unexpressable1548 innarrable1554 inpronunciable1554 uncommunicable1555 inexprimablea1577 unexpressiblea1586 unutterablea1586 expressless1590 nameless1597 recountless1601 inutterable1603 indeclarable1610 unnameable1610 unreportable1611 speakless1612 unexpressivea1616 inexpressiblea1631 utterless1643 inexpressive1652 unwordablec1660 incommunicable1694 paintless1729 descriptionless1749 undelineable1767 describeless1799 indefinable1810 undescribable1818 unqualifiable1822 untelling1823 utterless1832 unpindownable1915 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and indescribable untalelyc1225 unspeaking1340 unsayingc1350 untellablea1382 unspeakablea1400 ineffablec1450 unrehearsable1513 unutterablea1586 unrelatable1621 inexpressiblea1631 inexpressive1652 undescribable1728 indescribable1785 untelling1823 a1400 Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 199 Þe vnspekeabill & þe vnmesurabill charite, bothe of þe ffadire and of þe sone. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 37 It may neuer be cured..but if it plese god..for to help wiþ his vnspekeable vertu. c1445 R. Pecock Donet 84 A þing..fer aboue alle creaturis speche vnspekable. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1346/1 It is chaunged by an vnspeakeable woorking, although it seme bread to vs that be weake. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B2^v The flocke of vnspeakeable vertues laid vp..in that best builded folde. 1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 6 It is vnspeakable, what fatnesse is brought to low grounds by Inundations of waters. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 204 Those Bodies are Superadded, certainly for unspeakable and most Glorious Ends. 1754 Connoisseur No. 6. ⁋4 I had the unspeakable mortification to see my favours sometimes not inserted. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 57 The laws and the system of society conspired together to work unspeakable evils. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 216 He had the unspeakable advantage of being..respectable. absolute.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 448/2 In what words..[can we] speak even afar off of the Unspeakable? b. spec. Indescribably or inexpressibly bad or objectionable.Frequently of ‘the Turk’, after quot. 1876. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 1831 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. July 6 How they sailed..into Paynim land; fought with that unspeakable Turk, King Machabol. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. iii. 21 How ye came among us, in your cruel armed blindness, ye unspeakable County Yeomanry. 1876 T. Carlyle Let. 28 Nov. in R. H. Shepherd Mem. Life & Writings T. Carlyle (1881) II. xi. 311 The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the question, and the country left to honest European guidance. 1896 Advance (Chicago) 30 Jan. 153/1 We were..even more guilty than the Unspeakable himself. 1902 T. W. H. Crosland (title) The Unspeakable Scot. c. n. An ineffable being. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] godeOE deityc1374 higher powerc1384 princec1384 divinityc1386 governorc1400 powerc1425 numen1495 fear1535 heaven1554 godheada1586 godhood1586 landlorda1635 supreme1643 supercelestial1652 supernal1661 universality1681 father1820 unspeakable1843 Molimo1861 Mlimo1897 superperson1907 somebody up there1972 sky fairy1997 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xv. 307 Through all thy..melancholy Business and Cant, there does shine the presence of a Primeval Unspeakable. 2. Incapable of being spoken or uttered; that may not be spoken. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > unmentionable unspeakable1568 unutterable1656 unmentionable1657 speechless1813 indiscussible1893 indiscutable1933 1568 H. Billingsley tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Learned Comm. Epist. Romanes 224 They are called vnspeakeable sighes, for that we speake not expressedlye what the spirite asketh. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. xii. 4 He..heard vnspeakable wordes, which it is not lawfull for a man to vtter. View more context for this quotation 1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) II. x. 147 Leonidas, whose looks Declar'd unspeakable applause. 3. U.S. Unwilling or unable to speak. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > unwilling to speak costive1594 hardbound1612 obmutescent1799 unspeakable1888 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [adjective] > dumb speechlessa1000 dumbc1000 deaf and dumb?c1225 mutec1400 tongueless1447 voiceless1535 wordless1648 tongue-tied1707 deaf-dumb1822 deaf-mute1837 utterless1854 unspeakable1888 1888 Advance (Chicago) 29 Nov. The distinguished but unspeakable witness. 1890 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 465 My dog..looks up at me as who should say, ‘You are become unspeakable as one of us, poor old fellow!’ 4. adv. Unspeakably, indescribably. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adverb] unsayinglyc1175 untellablyc1450 unspeakably1526 ineffably1551 inspeakablya1618 inexplicably1630 unexpressibly1635 unspeakable1635 inexpressibly1645 unutterably1746 undescribably1792 inexpressively1809 uncommunicablya1822 unexpressively1846 indefinably1847 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > inexpressibly unspeakably1526 ineffably1551 unspeakable1635 inexpressibly1645 unutterably1746 undescribably1792 indescribably1795 inexpressively1809 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 34 Beyond the Land of Cathaie, which they prayse to be civill, and unspeakable rich. 1657 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted (1660) 59 How certainly and unspeakable happy you may be if you will. Derivatives unˈspeakableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [noun] unspeakablenessa1586 incommunicableness1615 ineffability1629 incommunicability1640 unexpressibleness1652 ineffableness1681 unutterableness1681 inexpressibleness1727 unexpressibility1817 indescribability1824 inexpressibility1826 unspeakability1845 unnameability1862 indescribableness1880 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xi. sig. G7^v The vnspeakeablenes of his griefe. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 54 That we may rather conceive the unspeakablenesse then the untruth of the relation. 1691 J. Bunyan (title) The Greatness of the Soul, and unspeakableness of the loss thereof. 1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique viii. 182 After the loneliness of war and the unspeakableness of the bomb,..women as well as men sought the comforting reality of home and children. 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随便看	get a rat get a result get a results get a riding get a rise get a rocket get a room get a run for one's money get a rush get a rustle on get a settling get a shift on get a snitch on get a soaker get a spark up get a stand get a stomach get a thing on his etc feet get a thing on his feet get a thing on his her feet get a thing or person seen to get a tumble get a wiggle on get a wire get a woman up the spout