Unutterable

/(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩/ · adjective

Meaning

Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
2. Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
3. Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
4. (figuratively) Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.
5. Something which is unutterable (incapable of being physically spoken, incapable of being articulated or expressed, etc.).

Example Sentences

unutterable anguish

[H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.

Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […]

VVhat is to ſpeak? or vvherefore ſhould I ſpeak? / VVhat means theſe Tears, but Grief unutterable?

Still in harmonious intercourſe they liv'd / The rural day, and talk'd the flovving heart, / Or ſigh'd and look'd unutterable things.

[H]e was careſſed by all the people in the neighbourhood; who, while they admired his accompliſhments, could not help pitying his infatuated mother, for being deprived of that unutterable delight which any other parent would have enjoyed in the contemplation of ſuch an amiable ſon.

[M]y heart dilated with unutterable happineſs, when, to my amazement, the houſe was burſting out in a blaze of fire, and every apperture was red with conflagration!

[I]n this manner, Anne walking by her side, and Charles attending to his wife, they set forward, treading back with feelings unutterable, the ground, which so lately, so very lately, and so light of heart, they had passed along.

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• more unutterable
• most unutterable
• unutterables

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