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inexpressible

[in-ik-spres-uh-buhl] / ˌɪn ɪkˈsprɛs ə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
unspeakable
Synonyms
WEAK
abominable alarming appalling atrocious awful beastly beyond words calamitous defying description description detestable dire disgusting dreadful evil execrable fearful frightening frightful heinous horrible horrid incommunicable inconceivable indefinable indescribable ineffable inhuman loathsome monstrous nameless obnoxious odious offensive outrageous overwhelming preternatural repellent repugnant repulsive revolting shocking unbelievable undescribable unimaginable unutterable

Example Sentences

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The often monumental sculptures serve as challenging and emotional reminders of the vital role of art to express the inexpressible.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

“Happy Place” is funny at points, but it is also the closest that Henry has come to writing an old-school melodrama, a heart-rending plot that struggles to express the inexpressible.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023

Like those pilots, in Vietnam I connected and cried with people I'd never met, people who live on the other side of the world and who endured inexpressible suffering.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

And we were all sustained there with a savour inexpressible which satisfied us.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

The enormity of her debt was inexpressible, so she avoided him altogether.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.