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inexpressible
(redirected from inexpressibility)

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in·ex·press·i·ble  (nk-sprs-bl)
adj.
Impossible to express: inexpressible grief. See Synonyms at unspeakable.

inex·pressi·bili·ty, inex·pressi·ble·ness n.
inex·pressi·bly adv.

inexpressible [ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsəbəl]
adj
too great, etc., to be expressed or uttered; indescribable
inexpressibility , inexpressibleness n
inexpressibly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inexpressibleinexpressible - defying expression                  
expressible - capable of being expressed; "an expressible emotion"

inexpressible
adjective indescribable, unspeakable, indefinable, ineffable, unutterable, incommunicable He felt a sudden inexpressible loneliness.
Translations
inexpressible [ˌɪnɪksˈpresəbl] ADJ [feelings, thoughts] → inexpresable; [joy, beauty, sorrow] → inefable, indescriptible

inexpressible [ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsɪbəl] adj [feeling] → inexprimable

inexpressible
adj thoughts, feelingsunbeschreiblich, unbeschreibbar; pain, joy alsounsagbar

inexpressible [ˌɪnɪksˈprɛsəbl] adjinesprimibile
inexpressible [ˌɪnɪksˈprɛsəbl] adjinesprimibile

inexpressible
adj inexpressible [inikˈspresəbl]
that cannot be expressed or described inexpressible delight. onuitspreeklike لا يُعَبَّر عَنه ، يَفوق الوَصْف неизразим nevýslovný; nepopsatelný ubeskrivelig unaussprechlich απερίγραπτος inexpresable, inefable sõnulseletamatu وصف ناپذیر sanoinkuvaamaton inexprimable שֶאֵין לְהַבִּיעוֹ בְּמִילִים अवर्णनीय neizreciv kimondhatatlan tak terkatakan (terperikan) ólÿsanlegur inesprimibile, indicibile 言い表せない 형언할 수 없는 neapsakomas neizsakāms; neaprakstāms tak terkatakan onuitsprekelijk ubeskrivelig, uutsigelig nieopisany inexprimível inexprimabil неописуемый nevýslovný neizrekljiv neizreciv outsäglig, obeskrivlig ซึ่งไม่สามารถบรรยายได้ anlatılamaz 難以表達或言喻的 невимовний, несказанний نا قابل اظہار không thể miêu tả
adv inexˈpressibly
onuitspreeklik بصورَة لا توصَف неизразимо nevýslovně ubeskriveligt unaussprechlich απερίγραπτα inexpresablemente, inefablemente väljendamatult بطور وصف ناپذیر sanomattomasti indiciblement שׁלא נִיתָן לְהַבִּיעוֹ अवर्णनीयता से neizrecivo kimondhatatlanul secara tak terperikan ólÿsanlega indicibilmente 言い表せないほどに 표현할 수 없을 정도로, 형언키 어렵게 neapsakomai neizsakāmi; neaprakstāmi dengan tak terkata onuitsprekelijkheid ubeskrivelig, usigelig niewymownie inexprimivelmente indescriptibil неописуемо nevýslovne neizrekljivo neizrecivo outsägligt, obeskrivligt อย่างไม่อาจบรรยายได้ anlatılamaz şekilde 表達不出地 невимовно, несказанно عدم وضآحت سے một cách không thể miêu tả


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Furthermore, even the form of his rhetorical question--posed, ostensibly, to confront the reader with the inexpressibility, the extraordinary quality of the emotional rapture corresponding to freedom--asserts both Equiano's voice of protest and his profound connection with biblical texts as essential both to the narrative of his experience and to his anti-slavery argument.
The lyric's figurative structure, in other words, insists on inexpressibility.
But we do have a vocabulary that acknowledges this inexpressibility.
 
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