unspeakable (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 , ineffable , untellable , unutterable ]

  2. exceptionally bad or displeasing; atrocious taste; abominable workmanship; an awful voice; dreadful manners; a painful performance; terrible handwriting; an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room

    [ Syn: atrocious , abominable , awful , dreadful , painful , terrible ]

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

    [ Syn: ineffable , unnameable , unutterable ]

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