as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps
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Recent Examples of unspeakable
For the time being, the work of reinvigorating the union takes a backseat to new calls to divulge once unspeakable secrets.
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Inspiring unspeakable dread across an entire country doesn’t require much planning—just some warped ideas and a cellphone.
—Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
In the face of unspeakable loss, her belief in humor, hope, and humanity is put to the ultimate test.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unspeakable
James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Inspiring unspeakable dread across an entire country doesn’t require much planning—just some warped ideas and a cellphone.
—Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
In the face of unspeakable loss, her belief in humor, hope, and humanity is put to the ultimate test.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unspeakable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspeakable
Adjective
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Go up against incredible competition and the expectations and some change, right?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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We were robbed of an incredible human.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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So Clark, for whom physical intimacy with Carol is still something of a new adventure, recommends looking out for those little indescribable, unique physical details of a person that enhance presence and attraction.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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And then to be asked to sing my own song with one of my idols is kind of an indescribable feeling.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
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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But it’s driven by the same instincts that make her other work seem to express something ineffable about the way musical subcultures fit into the world.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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But while this may help some artists, others continue to credit the ineffable qualities of music composition.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 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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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
Adjective
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Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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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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“Unspeakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspeakable. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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