unspeakable
Collocations
4VERB + UNSPEAKABLE
committed, outstretching, perform, showed, subjected, suffered
UNSPEAKABLE + NOUN
africa, algeria, atrocities, carnage, crimes, cruelty, joys, rhodesia
PREP.
during, in, on
ADV.
also
Definitions
adj
Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
1855-1882, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, book xv, The endless pride and outstretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows.
Impossible to speak about.
It is true that during the first week hardly a day passed that Erskine did not address himself to Watt, on the subject of Watt's duties. But in the first week Watt's words had not yet begun to fail him, or Watt's world to become unspeakable.
Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
The miser will remember his hoard of gold, the robber his ill-gotten wealth, the angry and revengeful and merciless murderers their deeds of blood and violence in which they revelled, the impure and adulterous the unspeakable and filthy pleasures in which they delighted.
Extremely bad or objectionable.
an unspeakable fool
an unspeakable play
That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.
an instance of an unspeakable type
unspeakable field names
noun
Something that cannot or must not be spoken about.
Near-synonym: unthinkable
The longer we don't speak about the unspeakables, the more harm they do to the relationship.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — defying expression or description
adjective — too sacred to be uttered
- ineffable
- unnameable
- unutterable
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
61855-1882, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, book xv, The endless pride and outstretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows.
WiktionaryIt is true that during the first week hardly a day passed that Erskine did not address himself to Watt, on the subject of Watt's duties. But in the first week Watt's words had not yet begun to fail hi
WiktionaryThe miser will remember his hoard of gold, the robber his ill-gotten wealth, the angry and revengeful and merciless murderers their deeds of blood and violence in which they revelled, the impure and a
WiktionaryNear-synonym: unthinkable
WiktionaryThe longer we don't speak about the unspeakables, the more harm they do to the relationship.
WiktionaryWe have to imagine what it would be like for our family, for our children, if the unspeakable happened to us.
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