Synonyms for unspeakable
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Indescribable — incapable of being spoken or uttered
indescribable, unutterable, inexpressible, ineffable, nameless, indefinable, sacred, unnameable, untellable, inenarrable formal, unsayable
Other
undiscussable, unverbalizable, speechless dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
- adj. 2
Impossible to speak about.
Related words
- Word family
- unspeakably unspeakableness
Example sentences
- indescribable It's an indescribable mixture of joy and sadness.
- ineffable Something ineffable about you fascinates me, woman.
- unutterable The Real, according to Jacques Lacan, is the unutterable itself.
- terrible Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.
- dreadful Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unspeakable | rising | |
| indescribable | rising | |
| ineffable | rising | |
| inexpressible | rising | |
| unutterable | rising | |
| terrible | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- awful2
- 6 letters
- sacred2
- 7 letters
- painful2
- 8 letters
- terrible3, dreadful2, nameless2
- 9 letters
- atrocious3, ineffable4, unsayable
- 10 letters
- speechless2, abominable5, unnameable, untellable
- 11 letters
- indefinable5, unutterable, inenarrable
- 13 letters
- indescribable5, inexpressible, undiscussable
- 14 letters
- unverbalizable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- innommable
- Deutsch
- unbeschreiblich