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unutterable
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un·ut·ter·a·ble  (n-tr--bl)
adj.
1. That cannot or must not be uttered or expressed: "I burned in the unutterable beauty of being alive" (John Peale Bishop). See Synonyms at unspeakable.
2. Being such that pronunciation is impossible: unutterable consonant clusters.

un·utter·a·ble·ness n.
un·utter·a·bly adv.

unutterable [ʌnˈʌtərəbəl]
adj
incapable of being expressed in words
unutterableness  n
unutterably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unutterableunutterable - too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
2.unutterableunutterable - 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
3.unutterableunutterable - very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

unutterable
adjective indescribable, extreme, overwhelming, unimaginable, unspeakable, ineffable, beyond words An unutterable sadness swept over her.
Translations
unutterable [ʌnˈʌtərəbl] ADJindecible

unutterable
adj wordunaussprechlich; joy, longing, sadnessunsäglich, unbeschreiblich; he talks unutterable rubbisher redet völligen Unsinn

unutterable [ʌnˈʌtrəbl] adj (liter) (joy, boredom) → indicibile
unutterable [ʌnˈʌtrəbl] adj (liter) (joy, boredom) → indicibile

unutterable
adj unutterable [anˈatərəbl]
1 (of a feeling) too strong to be expressed To his unutterable horror, the ground began to shake. onuitspreekbaar لا يوصَف неизразим nevýslovný ubeskrivelig unaussprechlich ανείπωτος inexpresable, indescriptible sõnulseletamatu غیر قابل وصف sanomaton indescriptible שֶאֵין לְהַבִּיעוֹ अकथ्य neizreciv kimondhatatlan ósegjanlegur inesprimibile 言いようのない 말로 표현할 수 없는 nenusakomas neizsakāms tdk terkatakan onuitsprekelijk usigelig, ubeskrivelig niewysłowiony inexprimível inexprimabil невыразимый nevýslovný neizrekljiv neizreciv outsäglig มากจนไม่สามารถอธิบายได้ anlatılması olanaksız 無法言語表達的 невимовний; несказанний ناقابل تعبير không thể nói nên lời
2 too bad to describe What unutterable rudeness! onuitspreekbaar لا يُمْكِن التَفَوُّه به неописуем nepopsatelný ubeskrivelig unglaublich απερίγραπτος, αχαρακτήριστος indescriptible kirjeldamatu نگفتنی sanoin kuvaamaton indescriptible שֶאֵין לְהַבִּיעוֹ वर्णनातीत neizrecivo loš kimondhatatlan ósegjanlegur indescrivibile ひどい 최악의 neapsakomas neizsakāms betul-betul onuitsprekelijk ubeskrivelig nieopisany indescritível indescriptibil неописуемый neopísateľný nepopisen neizreciv obeskrivlig เลวร้ายเกินกว่าที่จะเอ่ยได้ tarifi imkânsız 壞到無法形容的 несказанний ناگفتہ بہ khó tả


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