Unexplainable

//ˌʌn.ɛksˈpleɪ.nə.bl̩// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That doesn't have a known or readily available explanation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not to be accounted for or explained wordnet

Synonyms

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abstrusedenseimpenetrableincomprehensibleindefinableinenubilable

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"They were full of an unexplainable longing to be humiliated and insulted."

Etymology

From un- + explainable. from explain + -able. from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”).

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