Definition of unspeakable Unspeakable
/ʌnspiˈkʌbʌl/ - [unspeekubul] - un•speak•a•ble
We found 10 definitions of unspeakable from 5 different sources.
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What does unspeakable mean?
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| unspeakable - exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" | ||
| atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible | ||
| bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" | ||
| unspeakable - too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" | ||
| ineffable, unnameable, unutterable | ||
| unspeakable - defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" | ||
| indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable | ||
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Wiktionary 
- unspeakable (Adjective)
Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible. - unspeakable (Adjective)
Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described. - unspeakable (Adjective)
Extremely bad or objectionable.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unspeakable (a.)
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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unspeakable
That cannot be expressed or described with words. -
unspeakable
That should not be spoken.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unspeakable
un-spē′ka-bl, adj. incapable of being spoken, uttered, or described.—v.t. Unspeak′ (Shak.), to retract, as what has been spoken.—adv. Unspea′kably, in an unspeakable or inexpressible manner.—adj. Unspea′king, not being able to speak
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