Definition of Unspeakable

1. Adjective. Defying expression or description. "A thing of untellable splendor"


2. Adjective. Exceptionally bad or displeasing. "An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Exact synonyms: Abominable, Atrocious, Awful, Dreadful, Painful, Terrible
Similar to: Bad
Derivative terms: Awfulness, Dreadfulness, Terribleness

3. Adjective. Too sacred to be uttered. "The ineffable name of the Deity"
Exact synonyms: Ineffable, Unnameable, Unutterable
Similar to: Sacred

Definition of Unspeakable

1. a. Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.

2. a. Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.

Definition of Unspeakable

1. speakable [adj] - See also: speakable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Unspeakable

unsoundness
unsoundness
unsoundnesses
unsourced
unsoured
unsowed
unsown
unspaced
unspar
unspared
unsparing
unsparingly
unsparred
unspars
unspeak
unspeakable (current term)
unspeakably
unspeaking
unspeaks
unspecialised
unspecialized
unspecialized
unspecifiable
unspecific
unspecified
unspectacular
unsped
unspell
unspelled
unspells

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