English adjective: unspeakable | |||
| 1. | unspeakable defying expression or description | ||
| Samples | Indefinable yearnings. Indescribable beauty. Ineffable ecstasy. Inexpressible anguish. Unspeakable happiness. Unutterable contempt. A thing of untellable splendor. | ||
| Synonyms | indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable | ||
| Similar | inexpressible, unexpressible | ||
| Antonyms | expressible | ||
| 2. | unspeakable exceptionally bad or displeasing | ||
| Samples | Atrocious taste. Abominable workmanship. An awful voice. Dreadful manners. A painful performance. Terrible handwriting. An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room. | ||
| Synonyms | abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible | ||
| Similar | bad | ||
| Antonyms | good | ||
| 3. | unspeakable too sacred to be uttered | ||
| Samples | The ineffable name of the Deity. | ||
| Synonyms | ineffable, unnameable, unutterable | ||
| Similar | sacred | ||
| Antonyms | profane, secular | ||