ineffable
Meanings
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
abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, indefinable, indescribable, 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, unnameable, unspeakable, unspecifiable, untellable, untold, ununderstandable, unutterable
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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