indescribable

[ in-di-skrahy-buh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.

Origin of indescribable

1
First recorded in 1785–95; in-3 + describable

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Other words from indescribable

  • in·de·scrib·a·bil·i·ty, in·de·scrib·a·ble·ness, noun
  • in·de·scrib·a·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for indescribable

indescribable

/ (ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl) /


adjective
  1. beyond description; too intense, extreme, etc, for words

Derived forms of indescribable

  • indescribability or indescribableness, noun
  • indescribably, adverb

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