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English Dictionary: Unutterable by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Unutterable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unutterable
adj
  1. too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
    Synonym(s): ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable
  2. defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
    Synonym(s): indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable
  3. very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"
    Synonym(s): unpronounceable, unutterable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unutterable \Un*ut"ter*a*ble\, a.
      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.
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