as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
unutterable joy that a baby can bring to a household the unutterable suffering brought on by the war
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Recent Examples of unutterable
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.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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
To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021
The score comes with a long theological preface and effusive descriptions of the unutterable in each gaze.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
And where the two met, ideas that once seemed unutterable started, to many, to sound like the future.
—Anand Giridharadas, Time, 21 Nov. 2019
But Rosamund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows deserves its sudden reputation as a first-hand account of unutterable charm.
—Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 15 June 2018
Our minds, formed and informed by their We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
dark, cold
caves.
—Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
But Mac, instead, ended the chapter with lens blurred, in magnificent midsentence, as if the artist's voice were suddenly taken away in an unutterable trail of tears.
—Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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
To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021
The score comes with a long theological preface and effusive descriptions of the unutterable in each gaze.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
And where the two met, ideas that once seemed unutterable started, to many, to sound like the future.
—Anand Giridharadas, Time, 21 Nov. 2019
But Rosamund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows deserves its sudden reputation as a first-hand account of unutterable charm.
—Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 15 June 2018
Our minds, formed and informed by their We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
dark, cold
caves.
—Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
But Mac, instead, ended the chapter with lens blurred, in magnificent midsentence, as if the artist's voice were suddenly taken away in an unutterable trail of tears.
—Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unutterable
Adjective
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Many of us are incredible about taking care of others, but perhaps less fastidious about attending to our own needs.—
Lori B Daniels,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Its pint-size bottles of serum are seriously incredible too.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The unspoken, the unspeakable, is more frightening than anything else in the novel.—
Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Holocaust was an episode of unspeakable horror, enacted by a regime of evil men.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And in later scenes, as Jesse finally confronts Spencer's death, her ineffable pain is etched across Menzel's achingly expressive face.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Tester feedback: Everyone seems to have a different experience with this ineffable scent.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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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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.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Their presence at our rinks and in our community is deeply felt, and their absence is indescribable.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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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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Abstract images composed of indefinable light and inky darkness recur as well, even in his later multiscreen video installations, which are more narrative-driven.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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