Ineffable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ineffable is an adjective meaning Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
Meaning
Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
More Meanings
- Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.
Example Sentences
As Alan Watts (1961) wrote, it involves trying to speak the unspeakable, scrute the inscrutable and eff the ineffable.
They, and many others, are one with the trains that ran them, part of that ineffable atmosphere of Scotland's railways.
Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n.
Stroeve was trying to express a feeling which he had never known before, and he did not know how to put it into common terms. He was like the mystic seeking to describe the ineffable.
Synonyms for ineffable
Depending on context, synonyms include indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable, indefinable, undescribable, indicible.
Antonyms for ineffable
Common opposites include effable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include indescribable, unexpressible, unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible, untellable.
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