indescribability
indescribability noun: the state or characteristic of being indescribable.
Noun
indescribability (countable and uncountable, plural indescribabilities)
- The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- Sensorial changes are by no means uncommon, and they are of every kind, description, and indescribability.1879, Henry Hartshorne, John Russell Reynolds, The Sense of Beauty, H. C. Lea, page 769
- These ideas may seem at first sight somewhat startling; but when we realise the extraordinary depth and indescribability of the emotions of music, the very remoteness and far-reachingness of the explanation is in favour of its validity.1880, Edmund Gurney, The Power of Sound, Elder Smith, page 119
- Something which cannot be described.
- The clothed embodied justice that sits in Westminster Hall, with penalties, parchments, tipstaves, is very visible. But the unembodied justice, whereof that other is either an emblem, or else is a fearful indescribability, is not so visible!1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 2”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, (please specify |book=I or IV, or the page)
indescribability meaning in Kannada
indescribability in Kannada
- ವರ್ಣನಾತೀತತೆ
Examples of indescribability in a sentence
- But the unembodied Justice, whereof that other is either an emblem, or else is a fearful indescribability, is not so visible!1910, Thomas Carlyle, The Sense of Beauty, Burt, page 15:
- The featurelessness of the affective quality, on the other hand, its indescribability, is due to the very simplicity of its relation to the organism.1919, Edward Nares, Psychological Review 1919-11: Volume 26, Issue 6, American Psychological Association, page 426:
- This emphasis on the indescribability of God in intense religious experience is consistently found in the more mystical religious traditions.1992, H. M. Vroom, “Can Religious Experience Be Shared?”, in J. D. Gort et al., editors, On Sharing Religious Experience, Eerdmans...
Synonyms of indescribability
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Forms of indescribability
| plural | indescribabilities |
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Origin of indescribability
From indescribable + -ity or in- + describability.
Questions about indescribability
- What does indescribability mean?
- Indescribability means the state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- What is indescribability in Kannada?
- Indescribability in Kannada is ವರ್ಣನಾತೀತತೆ. See Indescribability meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use indescribability in a sentence?
- But the unembodied Justice, whereof that other is either an emblem, or else is a fearful indescribability, is not so visible!
- What part of speech is indescribability?
- Indescribability is a noun.
- What is the plural of indescribability?
- The plural of indescribability is indescribabilities.
Words near indescribability in the dictionary
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