'Unspeakable' definitions:
Definition of 'unspeakable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable]
adjective
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" [syn: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable]
adjective
Too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" [syn: ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable]
Definition of 'Unspeakable'
From: GCIDE
- Unspeakable \Un*speak"a*ble\, a. [Pref. un- not + speakable.] Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. -- {Un*speak"a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. --1 Pet. i. 8. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unspeakable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominable,
- abusive,
- appalling,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awesome,
- awful,
- backhand,
- backhanded,
- bad,
- baneful,
- base,
- beastly,
- black,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- calumnious,
- contumelious,
- criminal,
- damnable,
- dark,
- degrading,
- detestable,
- dire,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- divine,
- dreadful,
- evil,
- exceptional,
- execrable,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- grim,
- hateful,
- heavenly,
- heinous,
- hideous,
- holy,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- humiliating,
- improper,
- incommunicable,
- indefinable,
- indescribable,
- ineffable,
- inenarrable,
- inexpressible,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- innominable,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- inviolable,
- inviolate,
- knavish,
- left-handed,
- legendary,
- loathsome,
- low,
- marvelous,
- monstrous,
- mythical,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- noncommunicable,
- noteworthy,
- numinous,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- peccant,
- phenomenal,
- portentous,
- prodigious,
- rank,
- religious,
- remarkable,
- repellent,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- sacred,
- sacrosanct,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- sinful,
- spiritual,
- stupefying,
- stupendous,
- terrible,
- tragic,
- undefinable,
- unexampled,
- unforgivable,
- unmentionable,
- unnameable,
- unparalleled,
- unpardonable,
- unprecedented,
- untellable,
- untouchable,
- unutterable,
- unwhisperable,
- unworthy,
- venerable,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- wicked,
- wonderful,
- wrong