unspeakable
Plural: unspeakables
Adjective Satellite
- defying expression or description
- "unspeakable happiness"
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
- too sacred to be uttered
Adj
- Incapable of being spoken or uttered
- Impossible to speak about.
- Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
- Extremely bad or objectionable.
- That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.
Noun
- Something that cannot or must not be spoken about.
Examples
- an instance of an unspeakable type
- an unspeakable fool
- an unspeakable play
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English unspekable, equivalent to un- + speakable.
Synonyms
abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, painful, terrible, unnameable, untellable, unutterable, inexpressible
Scrabble Score: 19
unspeakable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunspeakable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unspeakable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary