ineffable

adjtoo great for words

Synonyms for ineffable

adj too great for words

Antonyms for ineffable

indescribable

adjective. beyond words

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French ineffable (14c.) or directly from Latin ineffabilis "unutterable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + effabilis "speakable," from effari "utter," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fari "speak" (see fame (n.)). Plural noun ineffables was, for a time, a jocular euphemism for "trousers" (1823). Related: Ineffably.

Example Sentences forineffable

There were throes of love within her, of aspiration, of an ineffable delight in being.

To dream that dream, this was the great, the ineffable happiness.

There was an ineffable mingling of love and sorrow on the sweet countenance.

Rut they were all accompanied with an ineffable dignity, and an angelic purity.

You worship no omnipotent and ineffable essence; you believe in no omnipotent and ineffable essence.

Always he was looking out to the stars, and to the ineffable calm of the sea.

Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul.

He threw up his hands in ineffable scorn, and shuffled away into the house.

Carrier revealed his teeth in a smile of ineffable wickedness.

Of that ineffable essence which we call Spirit, he that thinks most, will say least.

ineffable

Synonyms for ineffable

Antonyms for ineffable

incommunicable

indefinable

indescribable

inexpressible

undescribable

ineffable

Synonyms for ineffable

Antonyms for ineffable

More words related to ineffable

delightful

incommunicable

indefinable

indescribable

inexpressible

undescribable