unutterable
Syllables: un·ut·ter·a·ble/(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩/US/ˌʌnˈʌtɚəb(ə)l/
unutterable adjective: not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
Adjective
unutterable (comparative more unutterable, superlative most unutterable)
- Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
- Antonyms:
- articulable, enunciable, expressible, pronounceable, sayable, utterable
- Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
- unutterable anguish
- [H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.c. 1607–1621 (date written), [Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of France, and His Brother Theodoret. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas...
- Synonyms:
- ineffable, inutterable, unspeakable, utterless, indescribable, indefinable, undescribable, indicible, inexpressible, untold
- Antonyms:
- articulable, expressible, utterable, describable, enunciable, pronounceable, sayable, speakable, verbalizable
- Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
- Hovv oft the humble Scholar came, / And to your Songs he rais'd his Ears / To learn the Unutterable Name, / To view the Eternal Baſe that bears / The Nevv Creations Frame.1706, I[saac] Watts, “To the Memory of the Reverend Mr. Tho[mas] Gouge, who Died January 8. 1⁶⁹⁹⁄₇₀₀”, in Horæ Lyricæ. Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind. […], London: […] S. and D. Bridge, for John...
- Synonyms:
- unsayable
- Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.
- These unutterable people upon the telephone have already ruined my morning's work, so that a little more can hardly matter.1929 January, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Disintegration Machine”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 531
- Antonyms:
- acceptable, agreeable, all right, amazing, as fine as Dick's hatband, awesome, beatific, bene, blissful, bodacious
Noun
unutterable (plural unutterables)
- Something which is unutterable (incapable of being physically spoken, incapable of being articulated or expressed, etc.).
unutterable meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam
unutterable in Hindi
- unutterable, unmentionable
- अकथ्य akathya, अकथनीय akathnīya, अकथ akath
unutterable in Bengali
- incapable of being articulated or expressed — see also indescribable, inexpressible
- অকথ্য okottho
unutterable in Malayalam
- നിർവ്വാച്യ, ഉച്ചരിക്കാവതല്ലാത്ത, പറയാൻ കൊള്ളാത്ത
Examples of unutterable in a sentence
- VVhat is to ſpeak? or vvherefore ſhould I ſpeak? / VVhat means theſe Tears, but Grief unutterable?1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 47:
- Still in harmonious intercourſe they liv'd / The rural day, and talk'd the flovving heart, / Or ſigh'd and look'd unutterable things.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published...
- [M]y heart dilated with unutterable happineſs, when, to my amazement, the houſe was burſting out in a blaze of fire, and every apperture was red with conflagration!1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “Offences are Easily Pardoned where There is Love at Bottom”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume II...
- Young Juan wander'd by the glassy brooks / Thinking unutterable things; […]1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza XC, page 48:
Synonyms of unutterable
- ineffable
- inutterable
- unspeakable
- indescribable
- indefinable
- undescribable
- inexpressible
- untold
- inenarrable
- nameless
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Antonyms
- articulable
- enunciable
- expressible
- pronounceable
- sayable
- utterable
- describable
- speakable
- verbalizable
- acceptable
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Forms of unutterable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unutterable |
| superlative | most unutterable |
| Noun | |
| plural | unutterables |
Origin of unutterable
From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + utterable.
Words formed from unutterable
Questions about unutterable
- What does unutterable mean?
- Unutterable means not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
- What is unutterable in Hindi?
- Unutterable in Hindi is अकथ्य (akathya), अकथनीय (akathnīya), अकथ (akath). See Unutterable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unutterable in a sentence?
- VVhat is to ſpeak? or vvherefore ſhould I ſpeak? / VVhat means theſe Tears, but Grief unutterable?
- What part of speech is unutterable?
- Unutterable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unutterable?
- Unutterable is pronounced /(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩/ (UK).
Words near unutterable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unutterable (page history and authors); अकथ (Hindi) (page history and authors); unutterable (Malayalam 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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