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[ uhn-spee-kuh-buhl ] / ʌnˈspi kə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unspeakable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot speakable; that may not be spoken. exceeding the power of speech; unutterable; inexpressible; indescribable. inexpressibly bad or objectionable. Origin of unspeakable1350–1400; Middle English unspekeabill.See un-1, speak, -able SYNONYMS FOR unspeakable2 ineffable, unimaginable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unspeakable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unspeakableun·speak·a·ble·ness, nounun·speak·a·bly, adverbWords nearby unspeakableunsophisticated, unsound, unsourced, unsparing, unspeak, unspeakable, unspecific, unspecified, unspectacular, unspent, unsphere Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unspeakableWere you defining yourself as a fiction writer then, or did you already envision writing essays like the ones in The Unspeakable? Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life|David Yaffe|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST But unlike other recent books in its genre, Unspeakable Things is markedly uninterested in converting its readers. Laurie Penny’s In-Your-Face Feminism|Rachel Hills|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Syria—not usually the unspeakable disaster it is now, but never good. Is It Just Me or Is the World Exploding? So Why Isn’t Obama Doing More?|Michael Tomasky|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST While current protests focus on government corruption, the unspeakable succession to the throne overshadows all. The Real Crisis in Thailand is the Coming Royal Succession|Somchai Samizdat|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“What we have is just a normal family who unfortunately was the victim of an unspeakable act,” says Banks of the NYPD. Brooklyn Mother, Four Children Allegedly Slain by Jealous Cousin|Michael Daly|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST They have been the bulwark of Christendom against the unspeakable Turk and his religion. Birdseye Views of Far Lands|James T. Nichols The main streets are wide, well laid-out, and tolerably clean in dry weather; but the dirt of the suburbs is unspeakable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852|Various All the courtiers were seized with unspeakable fear, and suddenly a voice from outside was heard: “O princes, open the door!” Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians|Woislav M. Petrovitch To some people life is an unspeakable tragedy; to others it is a mere farce. Ghosts I Have Seen|Violet Tweedale The rush for the one remaining bridge became yet more frantic and the day closed amidst scenes of unspeakable woe. The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)|John Holland Rose
British Dictionary definitions for unspeakable
adjectiveincapable of expression in wordsunspeakable ecstasy indescribably bad or evil not to be utteredunspeakable thoughts Derived forms of unspeakableunspeakableness, noununspeakably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unspeakabledreadful, unimaginable, monstrous, atrocious, indescribable, inhuman, unbelievable, appalling, heinous, odious, ineffable, horrible, awful, abominable, inconceivable, shocking, alarming, beastly, calamitous, detestable |