UNSPEAKABLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

unspeakable

adjective

ˌən-ˈspē-kə-bəl

Definition of unspeakable

as in incredible

beyond the power to describe continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps

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Recent Examples of unspeakable Traces of fight ing, oppression, destruction and of the unspeakable horrors of genocide overlap and mingle. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 As is true of so many of these events, the unspeakable horror of 9/11 played out live on television news. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 The tragic murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, allegedly at the hands of their son Nick Reiner, left Hollywood in shock and the Reiner family facing unspeakable grief. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 July 2026 Labeled a 21st-century Hemingway by Entertainment Weekly, the longtime Vanity Fair contributor sought to understand the complex effects of such unspeakable violence. — Air Mail, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unspeakable

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Within a few years, Torra was playing in metal bands across Long Island, belting out songs by Skid Row, Cinderella, Ratt, and yes, Quiet Riot, with incredible power and force.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
There are so many incredible materials for artists here, all for free.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025

Definition of unutterable

Adjective

All share a similar ineffable sweetbitterness and its attendant experiences.

— Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
Loving your work is great, but career obsession can be its own form of sterility; corporations aren’t people, and most employers would sooner lay you off than understand your ineffable you-ness.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of ineffable

Adjective

The universe of the film, as all of Nolan’s worlds are, is one drawn from the muted colors of reluctant determination and it’s structured by a gravity of inexpressible guilt.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Much like the famed British poets of World War I, who sought to express the inexpressible, Abu Toha strives to capture the unspeakable carnage, futility, and despair of war.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

Definition of inexpressible

Adjective

But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of incommunicable

Adjective

Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026

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