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indescribable

[ in-di-skrahy-buh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not describable; too extraordinary for description:

    a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.

    Synonyms: unutterable, indefinable, overwhelming



indescribable

/ ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl /

adjective

  1. beyond description; too intense, extreme, etc, for words


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Derived Forms

  • ˌindeˈscribably, adverb
  • ˌindeˌscribaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • inde·scriba·bili·ty inde·scriba·ble·ness noun
  • inde·scriba·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of indescribable1

First recorded in 1785–95; in- 3 + describable ( def )

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Example Sentences

Personality is that indescribable something that sets you off as a person.

The deliciousness of the meal and headiness of the wine are almost indescribable.

The air was full of indescribable suffering and questions for which I have no answers.

But he said he has fond memories of his “awesome” and “indescribable” experience working on Star Wars: Detours with Lucas.

In its wake, the Countess was overwhelmed by a feeling she could identify only as “indescribable loneliness.”

He threw into the last two words an indescribable sound of half-laughing contempt.

About thirty persons were killed, many more were wounded: and the whole city was filled with an indescribable consternation.

At the end of the opera the Emperors portrait was brought on the stage, and an indescribable tumult followed.

An indescribable feeling of tender affection has always drawn me to this child, to Marie's Marguerite.

His delight at finding himself the sole master of his little flat of three rooms was indescribable.

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