indescribable

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indescribable

  • /ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/

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From in- + describe + -able.

adjective more indescribable · most indescribable

  1. Impossible (or very difficult) to describe. He proved it with indescribable mathematics.
  2. Exceeding all description. Our hotel had an indescribable view of the Bay of Naples.

Similar: undescribable, ineffable, indescribable, indefinable, indicible, inexpressible, untold, inenarrable, inutterable, nameless, termless, undefinable, unnameable, unspecifiable, unspeakable, unutterable · Opposite: describable, common, definable, expected, expressible, nameable, normal, specifiable

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adj impossible, or very difficult to describe

Españolindescriptible
日本語言い表わせない iiarawasenai
中文無法形容 /无法形容 wúfǎ xíngróng, 不可名狀 /不可名状 bùkěmíngzhuàng
Portuguêsindescritível
Françaisindescriptible
Deutschunbeschreiblich
Ελληνικάανεκδιήγητος anekdiígitos, απερίγραπτος aperígraptos, αχαρακτήριστος acharaktíristos, αδιήγητος adiígitos
Românăindescriptibil, inexprimabil, de nedescris
Русскийнеопису́емый neopisújemyj, несказа́нный neskazánnyj, невырази́мый nevyrazímyj

adj exceeding all description

Portuguêsindescritível
Françaisindescriptible
Deutschunbeschreiblich
Românăindescriptibil
Русскийнеопису́емый neopisújemyj

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@misc{indescribable_2026,
  title = {indescribable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indescribable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}