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unspeakable

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un·speak·a·ble  (n-spk-bl)
adj.
1. Beyond description; inexpressible: unspeakable happiness.
2. Inexpressibly bad or objectionable: unspeakable poverty.
3. Not to be spoken: unspeakable thoughts.

un·speaka·ble·ness n.
un·speaka·bly adv.
Synonyms: unspeakable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, unutterable
These adjectives mean defying expression or description: unspeakable misery; indefinable yearnings; indescribable beauty; ineffable ecstasy; inexpressible anguish; unutterable contempt.

unspeakable
Adjective
1. incapable of expression in words: unspeakable gratitude
2. indescribably bad or evil: unspeakable atrocities
unspeakably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unspeakableunspeakable - defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
inexpressible, unexpressible - defying expression
2.unspeakableunspeakable - 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"
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
3.unspeakableunspeakable - too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

unspeakable
adjective dreadful, shocking, appalling, evil, awful, overwhelming, horrible, unbelievable, monstrous, from hell (informal) inconceivable, unimaginable, repellent, abysmal, frightful, heinous, odious, indescribable, loathsome, abominable, ineffable, beyond words, execrable, unutterable, inexpressible, beyond description, hellacious U.S. (slang) too horrible for words
Translations
Spanish unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl] adjindecible (= awful); incalificable
French unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl] adjindicible (= awful); innommable
German unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl] adj (= indescribable) → unsagbar (= awful); abscheulich
Italian unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl] adj (= bad) → abominevole

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"Then," said the doomed one, "I should just like to remark that you are the most unspeakable old imbecile in seven States and the District of Columbia.
Their breasts are ever bared To the pitiless steel and all the wounds of war Unspeakable.
Even at a small party, the company was a pleasure to behold; the richly varied hues of the assembly in a church or theatre are said to have more than once proved too distracting for our greatest teachers and actors; but most ravishing of all is said to have been the unspeakable magnificence of a military review.
 
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