Synonyms for unspeakable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-spee-kuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈspi kə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for unspeakable
- alarming
- beastly
- beyond words
- calamitous
- detestable
- dire
- disgusting
- evil
- execrable
- fearful
- frightening
- frightful
- horrid
- incommunicable
- indefinable
- inexpressible
- inhuman
- loathsome
- monstrous
- nameless
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- outrageous
- overwhelming
- preternatural
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- shocking
- unbelievable
- unimaginable
- unutterable
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for unspeakable
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