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单词 unspeakable
释义

unspeakable

/ʌnˈspiːkəb(ə)l /
adjective
1Not able to be expressed in words: I felt an unspeakable tenderness towards her...
  • How she felt so unseen and out-of-place, like the silence that fills the void of unspeakable words.
  • My sisters and I understood very little of the unspeakable reality he sought to describe.
  • If this is so, then writing becomes a problematic activity. If the writer uses words connected to the world, then cannot express an unspeakable experience.

Synonyms

indescribable, beyond words, beyond description, inexpressible, unutterable, indefinable, beggaring description, ineffable, unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, unheard of, marvellous, wonderful
1.1Too bad or horrific to express in words: a piece of unspeakable abuse...
  • Please drop whatever you're doing and throw your weight behind the campaign to put a stop to these unspeakable abuses.
  • Or were the crimes she committed so unspeakable as to be beyond forgiveness?
  • The scale of destruction is unthinkable, and the horror is unspeakable.

Synonyms

dreadful, awful, appalling, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, horrendous, atrocious, insufferable, abominable, abhorrent, repellent, repulsive, repugnant, revolting, sickening, frightful, fearful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, dire, hateful, odious, loathsome, gruesome, monstrous, outrageous, heinous, deplorable, despicable, contemptible, execrable, vile, indescribable, indescribably bad/wicked/evil
rare egregious

Derivatives

unspeakableness

noun ...
  • I believe the silence was the result of the unspeakableness of what they had experienced and the belief that no one would understand them if they did try to convey it.
  • It is this absence, this unspeakableness, through which sexuality is regulated.
  • The language of "unspeakableness" has practical problems and theological ones.

unspeakably

/ʌnˈspiːkəbli / adverb
[as submodifier]: he was unspeakably cruel...
  • Then they were held at Bagram and Kandahar, where their treatment was unspeakably harsh and cruel.
  • While a relationship is breaking down, people can be unspeakably cruel to each other.
  • To get the best vantage point we drove right to the top of the mountain - the Peshmerga front line. It was dark, unspeakably bleak and incredibly cold.
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