indescribable
[in-di-skrahy-buh-buh l]
- not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
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Origin of indescribable
Synonyms
See more synonyms for indescribable on Thesaurus.comoverwhelming, indefinable, unutterable.
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Contemporary Examples
Personality is that indescribable something that sets you off as a person.
The air was full of indescribable suffering and questions for which I have no answers.
But he said he has fond memories of his “awesome” and “indescribable” experience working on Star Wars: Detours with Lucas.
In its wake, the Countess was overwhelmed by a feeling she could identify only as “indescribable loneliness.”
With a computer that goes bad and the mystery of the monolith and the indescribable ending that nobody could understand.
Historical Examples
It was an indescribable change, but Andrew knew that the man had opened his eyes.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
The peculiar feelings one has who is a "runaway" are indescribable.
Biography of a SlaveCharles Thompson
There was indescribable rebuke in her slow emphasis of the words.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
There was an indescribable menace in the forger's half-uttered threat.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
I had an indescribable sense that I ought to applaud, as if I were a public meeting.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
indescribable
- beyond description; too intense, extreme, etc, for words
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