incommunicable
[in-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buh l]
adjective
incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
not communicative; taciturn.
Origin of incommunicable
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Related Words for incommunicable
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, calamitous, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horridExamples from the Web for incommunicable
Contemporary Examples of incommunicable
The incommunicable thrill of things, that is the tuning-fork by which we test the flatness of our art.
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Historical Examples of incommunicable
Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past.
My AntoniaWilla Cather
Men burthened with great sorrows know them to be incommunicable.
A Sheaf of CornMary E. Mann
It was something unique, peculiar to himself and incommunicable.
The Combined MazeMay Sinclair
Each experience was solitary, unique, it had its own incommunicable quality.
The CreatorsMay Sinclair
The perception of this harmony is their only and incommunicable proof.
Robert FalconerGeorge MacDonald
incommunicable
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