ineffable
Adjective Satellite
- defying expression or description
- "ineffable ecstasy"
- too sacred to be uttered
- "the ineffable name of the Deity"
Adj
- Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
- Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French ineffable (modern French ineffable), from Latin ineffābilis, from in- (“not”) + effor (“utter”) + -bilis (“-able”).
Synonyms
indefinable, indescribable, unnameable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable, Chinese, Greek, abstruse, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, indicible, ineffable, inenarrable, inenubilable, inexplicable, inexpressible, inscrutable, insensible, insoluble, insolvable, inutterable, mysterious, nameless, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, taboo, termless, thick, undecipherable, undefinable, undescribable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable, unspecifiable, untold, ununderstandable
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
ineffable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordineffable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ineffable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary