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indescribable

Syllables: in·de·scri·ba·ble/ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/

indescribable adjective: impossible (or very difficult) to describe.

Adjective

indescribable (comparative more indescribable, superlative most indescribable)

  1. Impossible (or very difficult) to describe.
    • He proved it with indescribable mathematics.
    • The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co.
  2. Exceeding all description.
    • Our hotel had an indescribable view of the Bay of Naples.
    • The time was when, had such an idea entered her mind, it would have been torture indescribable and agony the most intense; but then, subdued as was the usual warmth of her temperament, an awful suspension seemed to hold her feelings in control.1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 182

indescribable meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

indescribable in Urdu

غیرمتعین, مبہم, ناقابل بیان

indescribable in Bengali

অনির্বচনীয়, বর্ণনাতীত

indescribable in Malayalam

വാചാതീതമായ, അവ്യക്തമായ, അവർണ്ണനീയം

indescribable in Kannada

ಕೊಗೆಯಲಾಗದ

Synonyms of indescribable

5 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of indescribable

Forms of indescribable

comparativemore indescribable
superlativemost indescribable

Origin of indescribable

From in- + describe + -able.

Words formed from indescribable

Questions about indescribable

What does indescribable mean?
Indescribable means impossible (or very difficult) to describe.
What is indescribable in Urdu?
Indescribable in Urdu is غیرمتعین, مبہم, ناقابل بیان. See Indescribable meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is indescribable?
Indescribable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce indescribable?
Indescribable is pronounced /ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/.

Words near indescribable in the dictionary

  1. inderivable
  2. inderivative
  3. inderivatively
  4. indescribabilities
  5. indescribability
  6. indescribable
  7. indescribableness
  8. indescribables
  9. indescribably
  10. indescript
  11. indescriptive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indescribable (page history and authors); indescribable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Indescribable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indescribable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indescribable (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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