as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
the indescribable immensity of Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of indescribable
But there is also an indescribable weight to her, a sort of palpable intelligence, which is actually what makes Guy Pearce’s character feel so threatened and changes the direction of the film.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Their presence at our rinks and in our community is deeply felt, and their absence is indescribable.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The challenge for the festival will be how to meet the demands of change while holding onto that certain indescribable something that makes the festival so special.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Celebrity Style The actor posed with his co-star, Elle Fanning, in an almost indescribable look and demonstrated his great sense of humor.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 14 Dec. 2024
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Their presence at our rinks and in our community is deeply felt, and their absence is indescribable.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The challenge for the festival will be how to meet the demands of change while holding onto that certain indescribable something that makes the festival so special.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Celebrity Style The actor posed with his co-star, Elle Fanning, in an almost indescribable look and demonstrated his great sense of humor.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indescribable
Adjective
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Fans can share their own incredible images that celebrate the beauty of the planet during the Nat Geo Your Shot ourHOME challenge.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Red Scare unfolded amid all of this other incredible political activity, including the civil rights movement and the push for women’s rights.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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The last 17 months have seen unspeakable destruction and death wrought upon a people who, during the previous 20 years, lived under blockade by the Israeli military and the brutal regime of Hamas.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Those moments when intuitions remain unspoken and unspeakable are only part of life.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, there is something more cosmic, spiritual and inexpressible about what is missing —a poignant reminder of the profound void left by SOPHIE’s departure from our astral plane.—
Juan Velasquez,
Them,
23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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There are also plenty of new songs (even the trio of musical numbers carried over from the original have extensive new lyrics from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), though none of them have the same special, ineffable quality of the originals.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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Some things prove ineffable, like this multi-perspective story of a woman, her daughter, her personal assistant, her so-so suitor, her long-ago camp crush and his wife — all of whom spend a weekend together.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
28 June 2022
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Her work often explores indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
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“Indescribable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indescribable. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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