Adjective: unspeakable ,ún'spee-ku-bul
- Defying expression or description
"unspeakable happiness";
- indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, untellable, unutterable, undescribable
- Exceptionally bad or displeasing
"an unspeakable odour came sweeping into the room";
- atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, horrible
- Too sacred to be uttered
"the unspeakable name of the Deity";
- ineffable, unnameable, unutterable, unsayable
- Not capable of being said or expressed
"Her grief was unspeakable";
- unsayable
See also: bad, inexpressible, sacred, unexpressible
Encyclopedia: Unspeakable