unspeakably

Examples

• All

• - I find it unspeakably distasteful.

  On the Road (2012)

• To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

  Blog text (8)

• I was alone, unspeakably alone.

  Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

• But something was unspeakably good in this moment.

  Fiction book (1997)

• "She felt very young, "and at the same time unspeakably aged.

  Alice, Darling (2022)

• Darling, you're unspeakably pretty and bright and you have talent.

  Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

• But the alternatives are very limited and unspeakably depressing, sir.

  A New Leaf (1971)

• By God's grace and mercy, my family and I have been unspeakably blessed by their labors.

  Blog text (9)

• This is unspeakably painful.

  Men with Brooms (2002)

• Normally, the first sighting of land, Douglass remarked, makes one "unspeakably grateful."

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

I

incredibly

vsunspeakably

172 2.8

In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe

states extreme wordlessness rather than signalling amazement

U

unbelievably

vsunspeakably

107 3.7

In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible

expresses indescribability without implying disbelief or surprise

I

immeasurably

vsunspeakably

10 5.4

To a very great degree that you cannot count

focuses on inability to express rather than on size

U

unimaginably

vsunspeakably

8 6.8

To a degree that is very hard to believe

focuses on lack of words rather than on mental picturing

I

indescribably

vsunspeakably

4 6.5

In a way that is so strong it is hard to put into words

has identical meaning but is the preferred entry form

I

inconceivably

vsunspeakably

2 7.7

In a way that is very hard to imagine

emphasizes inability to put it into words instead of imagination

U

unfathomably

vsunspeakably

1 8.2

In a way that is so great it cannot be understood or believed

focuses on being beyond words rather than on comprehension

I

inexpressibly

vsunspeakably

1 7.7

Very much in a way that words cannot describe

focuses on the same lack of verbal expression

U

unutterably

vsunspeakably

1 8.1

So strong that you cannot find words to describe it

speaks of indescribability in a more common tone

I

incalculably

vsunspeakably

1 7.6

By a very large amount that cannot be measured

centres on inexpressibility rather than on calculability

U

unthinkably

vsunspeakably

1 7.5

An amount so great you cannot imagine

stresses being beyond expression rather than beyond thought

I

ineffably

vsunspeakably

• Formal

1 9.8

So great that you cannot find words to describe it

is similar but uses plainer language for the same idea

I

inestimably

vsunspeakably

1 8.6

So great that you cannot measure it

describes the same intensity but stresses expression limits

I

indefinably

vsunspeakably

7.5

In a way you cannot clearly describe

emphasizes wordlessness rather than lack of clear definition

How Intense

unspeakably

8 6.8

extremely

∞ 1.0

greatly

350 1.0

fairly

895 1.0

slightly

885 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology