ineffable
Collocations
5ADJ.
light
VERB + INEFFABLE
bathe, describe, hang, love, part, taste
INEFFABLE + NOUN
atmosphere, scotland's, speech, twaddle
PREP.
about, in
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n.
Stroeve was trying to express a feeling which he had never known before, and he did not know how to put it into common terms. He was like the mystic seeking to describe the ineffable.
Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — defying expression or description
adjective — too sacred to be uttered
- unnameable
- unspeakable
- unutterable
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n.
WiktionaryStroeve was trying to express a feeling which he had never known before, and he did not know how to put it into common terms. He was like the mystic seeking to describe the ineffable.
WiktionaryThey, and many others, are one with the trains that ran them, part of that ineffable atmosphere of Scotland's railways.
WiktionaryEven at a distance I could smell her sweet perfume, feel her tender warm touch, bathe in the ineffable light of those beautiful luring green eyes.
Tatoeba · #2674747"What ineffable twaddle!" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table; "I never read such rubbish in my life."
Tatoeba · #6303767In the April air there hang an ineffable perfume which whispered the secret name of spring.
Tatoeba · #8803799