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unspeakable(dictionary)

unspeakable (iou)



unspeakable adjective & noun. LME.
[from UN-1 + SPEAKABLE.]
A. adjective.
That cannot be expressed in words; inexpressible, indescribable, ineffable. LME.
J. McDougall The psychic representation of..unspeakable terror.
spec. Indescribably bad or objectionable. Also (now rare), indescribably good or enjoyable. LME.
F. Weldon For a mother to leave her children..was an unspeakable thing to do. M. Ignatieff The journey had been unspeakable, bumper to bumper on the country roads.
That may not be spoken (about); unmentionable. M16.
A. Stevens The..taboo which rendered all sexual experience unspeakable.
Unwilling or unable to speak. US. L19.
b. noun. An unspeakable person or thing. E19.
E. M. Forster I'm an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.
unspeaka'bility noun (rare) M19.
unspeakableness noun L16.
unspeakably adverb LME.
unspeaking adjective (a) not speaking; unable to speak; (b) rare unspeakable, ineffable: OE.