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Ineffable

Ineffable Meaning & Definition
Ineffable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ineffable?

[adj] defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
[adj] too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ineffable: indefinable | indescribable | inexpressible | sacred | unexpressible | unnameable | unspeakable | untellable | unutterable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ineffable: abstract | awesome | awful | celestial | divine | empyreal | empyrean | ethereal | exceptional | extraordinary | fabulous | heavenly | holy | ideal | incommunicable | indefinable | indescribable | inenarrable | inexpressible | innominable | inviolable | inviolate | legendary | marvelous | mythical | noncommunicable | noteworthy | numinous | phenomenal | portentous | prodigious | religious | remarkable | sacred | sacrosanct | spiritual | stupefying | stupendous | transcendent | transcendental | undefinable | unexampled | unmentionable | unnameable | unparalleled | unprecedented | unspeakable | untellable | untouchable | unutterable | unwhisperable | venerable | wonderful

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Ineffable In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See {In-} not, and {Effable}, {Fame}.] Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. --Beattie.

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