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English Dictionary: unspeakable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unspeakable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unspeakable adj 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 exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" Synonym(s): atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" Synonym(s): ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unspeakable \Unspeak"able\, a. [Pref. un- not + speakable.] Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. -- {Unspeak"ably}, adv. Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. --1 Pet. i. 8.