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Synonyms for unspeakable
ʌnˈspi kə bəlun·speak·able
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
unnameable, atrocious, painful, indefinable, undefinable, awful, terrible, unpronounceable, indescribable, unutterable, untellable, abominable, dreadful, ineffableAntonyms:
good, expressible, profane, secularatrocious, 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"
Synonyms:
irritating, dreadful, indescribable, indefinable, awful, sore, odious, unnameable, execrable, horrifying, frightful, amazing, horrendous, severe, tremendous, dreaded, dire, afflictive, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, atrocious, ineffable, painful, detestable, awing, awed, wicked, dread(a), awe-inspiring, horrific, nasty, terrible, horrible, abominable, frightening, unutterable, awesome, fearsome, fearful, direful, untellable, uglyAntonyms:
secular, expressible, good, profaneineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterableadjective
too sacred to be uttered
"the ineffable name of the Deity"
Synonyms:
unnameable, atrocious, painful, indefinable, awful, terrible, unpronounceable, indescribable, unutterable, untellable, abominable, dreadful, ineffableAntonyms:
secular, good, profane, expressible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unspeakableadjective
Synonyms:
inexpressible, unutterable, ineffable, indescribable, beyond expression
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unspeakableadjective
Synonyms:
ineffable, unutterable, inexpressible
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unspeakable":
untold, indescribable, inexpressible, heinous, abominable, atrocious
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2928 | amazing | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4491 | awesome | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#7683 | nasty | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9775 | awful | |
#12985 | sore | |
#16120 | dire | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#24255 | untold | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#39885 | horrifying | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58870 | indescribable | |
#62400 | awed | |
#77292 | ineffable | |
#97969 | detestable | |
#114454 | inexpressible | |
#116795 | unutterable | |
#121959 | indefinable | |
#143060 | execrable | |
#210263 | undefinable | |
#225399 | unpronounceable |
How to use unspeakable in a sentence?
This is just such a gross collapse of the system that we are supposed to trust, that it really is unspeakable.
The scene of this unspeakable event has been transformed into a beautiful memorial that celebrates and pays tribute to the lives that were lost.
The families suffered unspeakable loss... but that is about the helicopter crash, this case is about the first responders and what they did.
But if the only thing you can give them is money, then money has to stand in as compensation for the unspeakable loss.
When we talk about American leadership, American leadership is us caring about people who have been forgotten or who have been discriminated against or who've been tortured or who've been subject to unspeakable violence or who've been separated from families at very young ages, that's when we're the shining light on the hill.
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