unspeakable meaning
UK US /ənˈspikəbəl/ 4 syllables
unspeakable (adjective): defying expression or description.
unspeakable has 3 meanings in this dictionary.
unspeakable as an adjective
- defying expression or description
- indefinable yearnings
- indescribable beauty
- ineffable ecstasy
- inexpressible anguish
- unspeakable happiness
- unutterable contempt
- a thing of untellable splendor
Synonyms: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable
Similar: inexpressible
- 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
Synonyms: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible
Similar: bad
- too sacred to be uttered
- the ineffable name of the Deity
Synonyms: ineffable, unnameable, unutterable
Similar: sacred
unspeakable in a sentence
- Prisoners in Guantanamo were subjected to unspeakable torture.
- The Real, according to Jacques Lacan, is the unspeakable itself.
- French troops committed unspeakable atrocities in Algeria.
- Algerians suffered unspeakable cruelty during the French colonization.
- Yanni showed unspeakable violence.
How to pronounce unspeakable
unspeakable is pronounced /ənˈspikəbəl/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.
Scrabble score: 19 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in LE · 11-letter words
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