What does UNSPEAKABLE mean?

Definitions for UNSPEAKABLE
ʌnˈspi kə bəlun·speak·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterableadjective

    defying expression or description

    "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"

  2. atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakableadjective

    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"

  3. ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterableadjective

    too sacred to be uttered

    "the ineffable name of the Deity"

Wiktionary

  1. unspeakableadjective

    Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible.

  2. unspeakableadjective

    Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.

  3. unspeakableadjective

    Extremely bad or objectionable.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unspeakableadjective

    Not to be expressed.

    A thing, which uttered with true devotion and zeal of heart, affordeth to God himself that glory, that aid to the weakest sort of men, to the most perfect that solid comfort, which is unspeakable. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    A heavier task could not have been impos’d,
    Than I to speak my grief unspeakable. William Shakespeare.

    Both addrest for fight
    Unspeakable: for who, though with the tongue
    Of angels, can relate? John Milton.

    The comfort it conveys is something bigger than the capacities of mortality; mighty, and unspeakable; and not to be understood, till it comes to be felt. Robert South, Sermons.

    This fills the minds of weak men with groundless fears, and unspeakable rage towards their fellow subjects. Addison.

Wikipedia

  1. Unspeakable

    Unspeakable is a single from Ace of Bases 2002 album Da Capo.

ChatGPT

  1. unspeakable

    Unspeakable refers to something that is too shocking, distressing, or horrific to put into words or to be mentioned. Alternatively, it can also mean something extraordinarily good or impressive that it defies description. It essentially denotes something that is hard or impossible to express in words due to its extreme nature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unspeakableadjective

    not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage

Wikidata

  1. Unspeakable

    Unspeakable is the 17th album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2004 and features performances by Frisell, Hal Willner, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen, Don Alias, Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, Curtis Fowlkes, Adam Dorn, Jenny Scheinman, Eyvind Kang, and Hank Roberts. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2005.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unspeakable

    un-spē′ka-bl, adj. incapable of being spoken, uttered, or described.—v.t. Unspeak′ (Shak.), to retract, as what has been spoken.—adv. Unspea′kably, in an unspeakable or inexpressible manner.—adj. Unspea′king, not being able to speak.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNSPEAKABLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNSPEAKABLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of UNSPEAKABLE in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    These are very troubled times in the Middle East, and we see what happened just recently yesterday in Syria -- horrible. Horrible, horrible thing. Unspeakable.

  2. Pope Francis:

    (There has been) violence, death, unspeakable suffering by so many innocent people, refugees forced to leaves their countries, men, women and children without homes, food or means of support.

  3. Richard von Weizscker:

    There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything.

  4. Luigi Pirandello:

    Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.

  5. Tony Abbott:

    All parents would feel a gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened. This is an unspeakable crime. Tonight, there will be tears and prayers across our country for these children.

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