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Antonyms for unspeakable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-spee-kuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈspi kə bəl



Definition of unspeakable

Origin :
  • c.1400, "inexpressible," from un- (1) "not" + speakable (see speak). Meaning "indescribably bad or wicked" is recorded from 1831. Related: Unspeakably.
  • adj very bad; beyond description
Example sentences :
  • He closed his great, bony fist in unspeakable agony at the thought.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The revulsion of feeling, the unspeakable horror, the remorse, was more than I could bear.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • It is gone--but has left behind a sense of unspeakable desolation.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It is with unspeakable agony I feel all this; lower I cannot sink in misery.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I was, indeed, a spirit in prison; and unspeakable was my dumb and unmoving agony.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • I have passed two years in this manner, yet their bitterness has been unspeakable.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • I shuddered at the thought of renewing my unspeakable dismay.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • It was all so wide, so vast, so dreadful in its unspeakable solitude.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • These unspeakable scoundrels but demanded a constitution, as was promised them from the throne.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • An unspeakable warmth began to flow through his heavy heart.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Synonyms for unspeakable

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