unspeakable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English unspekable, equivalent to un- +‎ speakable. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === unspeakable (comparative more unspeakable, superlative most unspeakable) Incapable of being spoken or uttered. Synonyms: unutterable, ineffable, inexpressible 1855-1882, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, book xv, The endless pride and outstretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows. Impossible to speak about. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described. Synonyms: unutterable, undiscussable Coordinate terms: unthinkable, imponderable Extremely bad or objectionable. (programming, not comparable) That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:indescribable ==== Derived terms ==== unspeakably unspeakableness ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === unspeakable (plural unspeakables) Something that cannot or must not be spoken about. Coordinate term: imponderable Near-synonym: unthinkable === References === “unspeakable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “unspeakable”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "unspeakable" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) "unspeakable" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) “unspeakable”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. "unspeakable" at Rhymezone (Datamuse, 2006). Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) == Scots == === Etymology === un- +‎ speak +‎ -able === Adjective === unspeakable (comparative mair unspeakable, superlative maist unspeakable) unspeakable