indefinable

C2 Topic:House & Home
US /ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbəl/
adj Freq #67387

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    defying expression or description

    Indefinable yearnings.

  2. 2
    adj

    That which cannot be precisely defined or put into words.

    They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.

  3. 3
    adj

    not capable of being precisely or readily described

  4. 4
    adj

    That which defies description; indescribable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · defying expression or... unutterable
3 adj · not capable of being... undefinable
Opposites
Word family
Forms indefinablesindefinably
Derived forms indefinablenessindefinably
Related forms indefinability

Etymology

From in- + definable.

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