Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable.
See In- not, and Effable, Fame.]
Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable;
unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
[1913 Webster]
Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable
contentment over the soul. --Beattie.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ineffable
adj 1: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings";
"indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy";
"inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness";
"unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable
splendor" [syn: indefinable, indescribable, unspeakable,
untellable, unutterable]
2: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
[syn: unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
indefinable, indescribable, unnameable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable
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