Ineffability

Quick meaning: Ineffability is a noun meaning The quality or state of being ineffable.

Meaning

The quality or state of being ineffable.

Example Sentences

But recently, physiological studies of ritual have suggested that the ineffability of intense emotional, transformative states may be due to the dominance of right brain activity.

To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor.

Word Forms

• ineffabilities

Synonyms for ineffability

Depending on context, synonyms include ineffableness, indescribability, inexpressibility, unspeakability, unspeakableness.

Antonyms for ineffability

Common opposites include effability, describability, expressibility, speakability, speakableness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inexpressibleness, indefinability, ineffaceability, infrangibleness, unfathomability, inexpiableness.

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