UNUTTERABLE

unpronounceable, unutterable

(adjective) very difficult to pronounce correctly; “an unpronounceable foreign word”; “unutterable consonant clusters”

indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable

(adjective) defying expression or description; “indefinable yearnings”; “indescribable beauty”; “ineffable ecstasy”; “inexpressible anguish”; “unspeakable happiness”; “unutterable contempt”; “a thing of untellable splendor”

ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable

(adjective) too sacred to be uttered; “the ineffable name of the Deity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unutterable (comparative more unutterable, superlative most unutterable)

Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced

Synonyms: inexpressible, ineffable, unspeakable, Thesaurus:indescribable

Anagrams

• enturbulate

Source: Wiktionary


Un*ut"ter*a*ble, a.

Definition: Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson.

– Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n.

– Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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