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In some senses, unutterable is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
unutterable anguish
[H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.
Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
Hovv oft the humble Scholar came, / And to your Songs he rais'd his Ears / To learn the Unutterable Name, / To view the Eternal Baſe that bears / The Nevv Creations Frame.
Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.
These unutterable people upon the telephone have already ruined my morning's work, so that a little more can hardly matter.
noun
Something which is unutterable (incapable of being physically spoken, incapable of being articulated or expressed, etc.).