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unutterable

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unutterable  \Un*ut"ter*a*ble\,  a. 
  Not  utterable;  incapable  of  being  spoken  or  voiced; 
  inexpressible;  ineffable;  unspeakable;  as  unutterable 
  anguish. 
 
  Sighed  and  looked  unutterable  things  --Thomson. 
  --  {Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Un*ut"ter*a*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unutterable 
  adj  1:  too  sacred  to  be  uttered;  "the  ineffable  name  of  the  Deity" 
  [syn:  {ineffable},  {unnameable},  {unspeakable}] 
  2:  defying  expression  or  description;  "indefinable  yearnings"; 
  "indescribable  beauty";  "ineffable  ecstasy"; 
  "inexpressible  anguish";  "unspeakable  happiness"; 
  "unutterable  contempt";  "a  thing  of  untellable  splendor" 
  [syn:  {indefinable},  {indescribable},  {ineffable},  {unspeakable}, 
  {untellable}] 
  3:  very  difficult  to  pronounce  correctly;  "an  unpronounceable 
  foreign  word";  "unutterable  consonant  clusters"  [syn:  {unpronounceable}]




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