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ineffable
Ineffable (adj) means Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
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1
Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
"They, and many others, are one with the trains that ran them, part of that ineffable atmosphere of Scotland's railways."
— J. P. Wilson, Scottish Soliloquy (1958)
"Stroeve was trying to express a feeling which he had never known before, and he did not know how to put it into common terms. He was like the mystic seeking to describe the ineffable."
— William Somerset Maugham (1919)
2
Not allowed to be said aloud, because it is forbidden.
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What is the meaning of ineffable?
"ineffable" (adj) means beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
What is another word for ineffable?
Other words for "ineffable" include unspeakable, unnameable, indescribable, indefinable, unutterable, untellable.
What is the opposite of ineffable?
The opposite of "ineffable" is effable.
What are the different meanings of ineffable?
"ineffable" has 2 main meanings: 1. Beyond expression in words; unspeakable; 2. Not allowed to be said aloud, because it is forbidden.
