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unutterable

[ uhn-uht-er-uh-buhl ]
/ ʌnˈʌt ər ə bəl /
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adjective
not communicable by utterance; unspeakable; beyond expression: unutterable joy.
not utterable; not pronounceable: an unutterable foreign word.
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Origin of unutterable

1580–90; un-1 + utterable

OTHER WORDS FROM unutterable

un·ut·ter·a·bly, adverb
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Words related to unutterable

abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, calamitous, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid

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British Dictionary definitions for unutterable

unutterable
/ (ʌnˈʌtərəbəl) /
adjective
incapable of being expressed in words

Derived forms of unutterable

unutterableness, noununutterably, adverb
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