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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 [ʌnˈspiːkəbəl]
adj
1. incapable of expression in words unspeakable ecstasy
2. indescribably bad or evil
3. not to be uttered unspeakable thoughts
unspeakableness  n
unspeakably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unspeakable - defying expression or descriptionunspeakable - 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.unspeakable - exceptionally bad or displeasingunspeakable - 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.unspeakable - too sacred to be utteredunspeakable - 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 the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons
Translations
unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl] ADJ (= terrible) [pain etc] → horrible; (= dreadful) → incalificable

unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbəl] adj [pain] → indescriptible; [horror, crimes] → innommable; [behaviour, treatment] → inqualifiable

unspeakable
adjunbeschreiblich; their unspeakable tradeihr abscheuliches Geschäft; to do/say unspeakable things to somebodyjdm unaussprechliche Dinge antun/sagen

unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl] adj (behaviour, crime) → abominevole; (pain, joy) → indicibile, indescrivibile

unspeakable
adj unspeakable [anˈspiːkəbl]
that cannot be expressed in words, especially because too bad to describe his unspeakable cruelty/rudeness. onuitspreekbaar لا يوصَف، يَعْجَز عنه الوَصْف неописуем nepopsatelný ubeskrivelig unsäglich απερίγραπτος, αχαρακτήριστος indecible, incalificable, indescriptible kirjeldamatu وصف ناپذیر sanoin kuvaamaton inexprimable שֶׁאֵין לְהַבִּיעוֹ בְּמִילִים अकथनीय neizreciv kimondhatatlan ósegjanlegur, ólÿsanlegur indescrivibile 言いようのない 말로 표현할 수 없는 neapsakomas neizsakāms tdk terkatakan onuitsprekelijk ubeskrivelig, under enhver kritikk nieopisany indescritível de nedescris неописуемый neopísateľný, nevýslovný nepopisen neopisivo outsäglig ที่เลวร้ายจนไม่สามารถอธิบายเป็นคำพูดได้ anlatılamaz 說不出口的 невимовний ناقابل بيان không tả xiết
adv unˈspeakably
The house is unspeakably filthy. onuitspreekbaar بصورَةٍ لا توصَف неописуемо nepopsatelně ubeskriveligt unsäglich απερίγραπτα de modo indecible/incalificable/indescriptible kirjeldamatult بطور غیر قابل وصف sanoin kuvaamattoman d'une façon inexprimable בְּאוֹפֶן שֵׁאין לְהַבִּיעוֹ अकथनीय रूप से neizrecivo kimondhatatlanul viðbjóðslega indescrivibilmente 言いようもなく 이루 말할 수 없게 neapsakomai neizsakāmi tdk terkatakan ontuitsprekelijk ubeskrivelig niewymownie indescritivelmente de nedescris неописуемо neopísateľne nepopisno neopisivo outsägligt อย่างพูดไม่ออก anlatılamayacak şekilde 無法形容地 несказанно ناقابل بيان طور پر không tả xiết


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