FluentPlex

unspeakable

adjective C1
  1. Incapable of being spoken or uttered. · 1855-1882, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, book xv, The endless pride and outstretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows.
  2. Impossible to speak about.
  3. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
  4. Extremely bad or objectionable. · an unspeakable fool· an unspeakable play
  5. That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name. · an instance of an unspeakable type
+ Save to review

From the library

Rachel with unspeakable solemnity.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 66 · C1
He contemplated with unspeakable delight the large diamond which shone on the major’s little finger; for the major, like a prudent man, in case of any accident happening to his bank-notes, had immediately converted them into an available asset.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 678 · C1

Other matches

Learn unspeakable in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.