as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
an ineffable beauty descends upon the canyon as the sun begins to set
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Recent Examples of ineffable
Some of those moms include the terrific performers Cindy Cheung and Liz Wisan, and the play itself promises satire, songs, bouffon, bodily fluids, and, underneath it all, a contemplation of overwhelming joy and ineffable heartache.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
One reason medieval mystics resorted to apophatic language was to suggest the ineffable majesty of God, the God beyond God.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The only time he’s truly dazzled, and left fans bewildered, has been in game-winning scenarios, his ineffable trait.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
These dishes have been there for generations, like the ineffable energy that seeps from the walls of this special Bay View nook.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
One reason medieval mystics resorted to apophatic language was to suggest the ineffable majesty of God, the God beyond God.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The only time he’s truly dazzled, and left fans bewildered, has been in game-winning scenarios, his ineffable trait.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
These dishes have been there for generations, like the ineffable energy that seeps from the walls of this special Bay View nook.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffable
Adjective
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Just another day of incredible moments at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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And that’s an incredible quality.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As del Toro enters the Oscars’ race with one of his best projects to date, the return of the feature that founded his filmography serves as a kind of toast to the mastery of art, life, and indescribable spaces between.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
8 Dec. 2025
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The opportunity to see her mom and each member of her family is indescribable, Joseph said.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
27 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Based on true events, Lost Girls focuses on the aftermath of unspeakable crimes rather than the crimes themselves.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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The mood was of unspeakable sadness and grief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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If everything is systematically interlinked, then life’s transcendent beauty is inextricable from its inexpressible horrors and outright silliness, like the jarring swings between slapstick and tragedy in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Instead, there were chuckles to hold back anger and carefully chosen words to express what felt inexpressible.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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But there was something intangible at stake: Momentum, that indefinable quality that can define a playoff run.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
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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
Adjective
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
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In a way, Tiffany’s rendering of fandom as specific and incommunicable risks undermining her premise, which has to do with the massed power of people online.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2022
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