unspeakable
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Synonyms
incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, nameless, uncommunicable, unutterable
Antonyms
communicable, definable, expressible, speakable
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This act of violence resulted in an unspeakable tragedy for this family. — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, "Ga. Teen Strangled Sister to Death Over WiFi Password, Gets Life in Prison," 6 Aug. 2019 Yes — people owned slaves, and yes, that is an unspeakable horror. — Katherine Timpf, National Review, "The NBA’s PC Move Away from the Word ‘Owner’," 10 July 2019 The unspeakable tragedy of that night didn’t end there. — Abigail Haworth, Marie Claire, "The Lost Daughters of Salerno," 1 July 2019 Women in Kashmir have suffered at the hands of the Indian Armed Forces in unspeakable terms. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "A Kashmiri Novelist on a State Under Siege," 16 Aug. 2019 In stark contrast to politicians tweeting out their intentions or calls to action, the religious communities of the places impacted are the real forces working to mend that which has been torn asunder by unspeakable violence. — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, "In a Community Turned Upside Down by Tragedy, ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Are Everything," 13 Aug. 2019 In ’69, the young people were viewing unspeakable horror. — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, "Riots, deaths, sexual assault: Maybe Woodstock was always a nightmare," 13 Aug. 2019 In the aftermath of the tragedy, what should have been Trapattoni's crowning achievement paled into irrelevancy, becoming a day remembered of unspeakable pain as opposed to unbridled joy. — SI.com, "Giovanni Trapattoni: A Career of 2 Halves That Defined the Golden Era of Calcio at Juventus," 12 Aug. 2019 Each word of Latin text was spit out by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, making Mozart’s unspeakable might astoundingly singable. — Los Angeles Times, "Mozart’s Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl takes on special relevance in tragic times," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unspeakable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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