UNUTTERABLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

unutterable

adjective

ˌən-ˈə-tə-rə-bəl

Definition of unutterable

as in incredible

beyond the power to describe unutterable joy that a baby can bring to a household the unutterable suffering brought on by the war

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Recent Examples of unutterable 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, 4 Dec. 2025 Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024 In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform. — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022 To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression. — John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021 And where the two met, ideas that once seemed unutterable started, to many, to sound like the future. — Anand Giridharadas, Time, 21 Nov. 2019 But Rosamund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows deserves its sudden reputation as a first-hand account of unutterable charm. — Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 15 June 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unutterable

Adjective

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

At the heart of this speculative novel is an unspeakable atrocity that serves as the premise of Kathy’s life.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026
After the complex chain of causes that the rest of the film has detailed, this final image stands as a single unspeakable effect.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unspeakable

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

Definition of indefinable

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