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unspeakable

[ uhn-spee-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not speakable; that may not be spoken.
  2. exceeding the power of speech; unutterable; inexpressible; indescribable.

    Synonyms: unimaginable, ineffable

  3. inexpressibly bad or objectionable.


unspeakable

/ ʌnˈspiːkəbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of expression in words

    unspeakable ecstasy

  2. indescribably bad or evil
  3. not to be uttered

    unspeakable thoughts

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • unˈspeakableness, noun
  • unˈspeakably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·speaka·ble·ness noun
  • un·speaka·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unspeakable1

1350–1400; Middle English unspekeabill. See un- 1, speak ( def ), -able ( def )
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Example Sentences

Baltimore County Police said in a statement Thursday night that they were grieving over the “unspeakable deaths” after discovering the kids’ bodies when they pulled 33-year-old Nicole Johnson over in a traffic stop late Wednesday.

When an unspeakable evil is unleashed upon the world, civilization descends into chaos, and war blankets the globe.

The risks were appalling and the hardships unspeakable, but no government official would ever again tell you what to do.

Those two days, May 31 and June 1 of 1921, were unspeakable atrocities where unspeakable violence happened.

This unspeakable and avoidable tragedy is just one piece of the puzzle.

Were you defining yourself as a fiction writer then, or did you already envision writing essays like the ones in The Unspeakable?

But unlike other recent books in its genre, Unspeakable Things is markedly uninterested in converting its readers.

Syria—not usually the unspeakable disaster it is now, but never good.

Reports describe a gruesome scene of “almost unspeakable horror” with “bodies everywhere, organs splayed out.”

While current protests focus on government corruption, the unspeakable succession to the throne overshadows all.

But her sympathy, and her confident belief that Alessandro might yet be found, gave unspeakable cheer to Felipe.

He has been at once the author and the audience of the pitiful, unspeakable, long-drawn and far-stretched tragedy of earthly life.

He didn't know there was a grave, but something weighed him down with unspeakable remorse.

No good; he must humiliate himself again before those unspeakable aliens.

It is very little more trouble, and certainly no more expense; and the advantages in point of comfort are unspeakable.

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