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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unspeakable  \Un*speak"a*ble\,  a.  [Pref.  un-  not  +  speakable.] 
  Not  speakable;  incapable  of  being  uttered  or  adequately 
  described;  inexpressible;  unutterable;  ineffable;  as 
  unspeakable  grief  or  rage.  --  {Un*speak"a*bly},  adv 
 
  Ye  rejoice  with  joy  unspeakable  and  full  of  glory.  --1 
  Pet.  i.  8. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unspeakable 
  adj  1:  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}, 
  {untellable},  {unutterable}] 
  2:  exceptionally  bad  or  displeasing;  "atrocious  taste"; 
  "abominable  workmanship";  "an  awful  voice";  "dreadful 
  manners";  "a  painful  performance";  "terrible  handwriting"; 
  "an  unspeakable  odor  came  sweeping  into  the  room"  [syn:  {atrocious}, 
  {abominable},  {awful},  {dreadful},  {painful},  {terrible}] 
  3:  too  sacred  to  be  uttered;  "the  ineffable  name  of  the  Deity" 
  [syn:  {ineffable},  {unnameable},  {unutterable}]




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