indelible
/ɪnˈdɛləbl/
indelible adjective: having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
Adjective
indelible (comparative more indelible, superlative most indelible)
- Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
- This ink spot on the contract is indelible.
- This stain on my shirt is indelible.
- Synonyms:
- unerasable
- Antonyms:
- delible, uninsertable
- Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
- That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.
- During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- unerasable, unforgettable
- Incapable of being annulled.
- November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow
They are […] endued with indelible power from above.
- November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow
indelible meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
indelible in Tamil
- துடைத்தழிக்க முடியாத, நிலையான
indelible in Urdu
- انمٹ, پکی, راسخ
indelible in Bengali
- indelible; unavoidable; that which cannot be rubbed out, wiped away, or averted
- অনেপনেয় oneponeyo
indelible in Malayalam
- മങ്ങാത്ത, കളങ്കം മായാത്ത, മറയാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
- indelible in Kannada
- ಅಳಿಸಲಾಗದ, ತೊಡೆಯಲಾಗದ, ನಾಶಮಾಡಲಾಗದ
Examples of indelible in a sentence
- Written with indelible pen.
- The brow was smooth and fair; no deep thought, born of deep feeling, had grown there—those indelible lines which stamp even youth with age.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
Synonyms of indelible
Antonyms
Forms of indelible
| comparative | more indelible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most indelible |
Origin of indelible
From Latin indēlēbilis (“indestructible”). By surface analysis, in- + delible.
Words formed from indelible
Questions about indelible
- What does indelible mean?
- Indelible means having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
- What is indelible in Tamil?
- Indelible in Tamil is துடைத்தழிக்க முடியாத, நிலையான. See Indelible meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use indelible in a sentence?
- Written with indelible pen.
- What part of speech is indelible?
- Indelible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce indelible?
- Indelible is pronounced /ɪnˈdɛləbl/.
Words near indelible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: indelible (page history and authors); indelible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indelible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অনেপনেয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); indelible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indelible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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