indescribable

B2
US /ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/
adj Freq #28278

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Impossible (or very difficult) to describe.

    He proved it with indescribable mathematics.

  2. 2
    adj

    Exceeding all description.

    Our hotel had an indescribable view of the Bay of Naples.

  3. 3
    adj

    defying expression or description

Etymology

From in- + describe + -able.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · defying expression or... unutterable
More indefinableindicibleineffableinenarrableinexpressibleinutterablenamelesstermlessundefinableundescribableunnameableunspeakable
Opposites
commondefinabledescribableexpectedexpressiblenameablenormalspecifiable
Word family
Derived forms indescribableness
Related forms incomprehensibleindescribabilityindescribablyinnumerableunspeakable

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