beggar description

Idioms  

1. Defy or outdo any possible description, as in The stage set was so elaborate, it beggared description. This term, alluding to the idea that words are insufficient to do something justice, was already used by Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra (2:2), “For her own person It beggared all description.”

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Example Sentences

And from sun rise to sun set, I passed through scenes and experiences that beggar description.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2019

The acoustics are so complex that they beggar description.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sufferings endured by the poor Highlanders in the succeeding winter truly beggar description.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

The years of happiness with my wife beggar description.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

But the pomp of carriage, the circumstance of gait which he assumed, the manner of the man beggar description.

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford