Unspeakable

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Something that cannot or must not be spoken about.

Equivalents

Españolindecible

Françaisindicible innommable inqualifiable

Deutschunsäglich

12 more languages

العربيةﻻ يصحّ ذكره

Češtinanevýslovný

ΕλληνικάΑνείπωτος άρρητος άφατος

Esperantonedirebla

Suomikäsittämätön saastainen sanoinkuvaamatonsanomaton sopimaton

Italianoindicibile

日本語口では言えない名状し難い言い知れぬ

Latinaīnfandus

Nederlandsonbeschrijfelijk

Polskiniewypowiedziany niewysłowiony

Portuguêsindizível

Русскийнеопису́емый непередава́емый несказанный

Examples

“Near-synonym: unthinkable”

“The longer we don't speak ⟳ about the unspeakables, the more harm ⟳ they do to the relationship.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

unspeakableness Unspeakably Unspeaking unspeakingness Unspecialized Unspecializing

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