unutterable
not communicable by utterance; unspeakable; beyond expression: unutterable joy.
not utterable; not pronounceable: an unutterable foreign word.
Origin of unutterable
1Other words from unutterable
- un·ut·ter·a·bly, adverb
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How to use unutterable in a sentence
Then Kalkmann, dark and unutterably stern, turned in the dim light and faced the rest.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodHow unutterably glad and thankful she was in all her life afterward that she gave that kiss unasked.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterThe slight change which he noted in her speech touched him unutterably.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettSome of his tales are dark and dreadful, some are unutterably sad, and some end in a huge laugh of irony.
Coming Home | Edith WhartonI was weak in health, and unutterably lonely and sad, and I clung to her protection and kindness.
The Late Miss Hollingford | Rosa Mulholland
British Dictionary definitions for unutterable
/ (ʌnˈʌtərəbəl) /
incapable of being expressed in words
Derived forms of unutterable
- unutterableness, noun
- unutterably, adverb
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