Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Unspeakable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unspeakable \Un*speak"a*ble\, a. [Pref. un- not + speakable.]
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately
described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as,
unspeakable grief or rage. -- {Un*speak"a*bly}, adv.
Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. --1
Pet. i. 8.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unspeakable
adj 1: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings";
"indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy";
"inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness";
"unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable
splendor" [syn: {indefinable}, {indescribable}, {ineffable},
{untellable}, {unutterable}]
2: 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" [syn: {atrocious},
{abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful}, {terrible}]
3: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
[syn: {ineffable}, {unnameable}, {unutterable}]
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