Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

unutterable
adj 1: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
[syn: {ineffable}, {unnameable}, {unspeakable}]
2: 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}, {unspeakable},
{untellable}]
3: very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable
foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters" [syn: {unpronounceable}]


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