unspeakable

unspeakable (ʌnˈspiːkəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	incapable of expression in words: unspeakable ecstasy
2.	indescribably bad or evil
3.	not to be uttered: unspeakable thoughts

un'speakableness

—n

un'speakably

—*adv*

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unspeakable

c.1400, "inexpressible," from un- (1) "not" + speakable (see speak). Meaning "indescribably bad or wicked" is recorded from 1831.

Example sentences

There is fire and torment, and unspeakable practices, dwelled upon at length.

Today, she was answering her call to public service when these unspeakable acts

of violence took place.

And when taboos are broken, new forms and modes of discourse must evolve to

contain that which has previously been unspeakable.

It seems impossible that something that tragic, that unspeakable, was once a

part of my life.

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"The tranquility and peace that a scholar needs is something as sweet and exhilarating as love. Unspeakable joys are showered on us by the exertion of our mental faculties; the quest of ideas, and the tranquil contemplation of knowledge; delights indescribable, because purely intellectual and impalpable to our senses."

-Honoré De Balzac