ineffable (adj.)

  1. defying expression or description; indefinable yearnings; indescribable beauty; ineffable ecstasy; inexpressible anguish; unspeakable happiness; unutterable contempt; a thing of untellable splendor

    [ Syn: indefinable , indescribable , unspeakable , untellable , unutterable ]

  2. too sacred to be uttered; the ineffable name of the Deity

    [ Syn: unnameable , unspeakable , unutterable ]

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