Even at a distance I could smell her sweet perfume, feel her tender warm touch, bathe in the ineffable light of those beautiful luring green eyes.
Source: tatoeba (2674747)
Ineffable
//ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl//
Synonyms for "ineffable" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (48)
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2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescoordinate
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
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12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄφατος adj (beyond expression)
Belarusian
2 entries- невыка́зны adj (beyond expression)
- невымо́ўны adj (beyond expression)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неизразим adj (beyond expression)
Czech
1 entries- nevýslovný adj (beyond expression)
Dutch
4 entries- geheiligd adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- onbespreekbaar adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- onnoembaar adj (beyond expression)
- onnoembaar adj (forbidden to be uttered)
Finnish
2 entries- sanoinkuvaamaton adj (beyond expression)
- sanomaton adj (beyond expression)
French
4 entries- ineffable adj (beyond expression)
- inexprimable adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- innommable adj (beyond expression)
- sacré adj (forbidden to be uttered)
Georgian
3 entries- აღუწერელი adj (beyond expression)
- გამოუთქმელი adj (beyond expression)
- უტყვი adj (beyond expression)
German
1 entries- unaussprechlich adj (beyond expression)
Greek
2 entries- άφατος adj (beyond expression)
- ανείπωτος adj (beyond expression)
Latin
1 entries- ineffabilis adj (beyond expression)
Manx
1 entries- neufocklagh adj (beyond expression)
Norwegian
3 entries- unevnelig adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- usigelig adj (beyond expression)
- uutsigelig adj (beyond expression)
Polish
3 entries- nieopisany adj (beyond expression)
- niewymawialny adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- tabu adj (forbidden to be uttered)
Portuguese
2 entries- indescritível adj (beyond expression)
- inefável adj (beyond expression)
Romanian
1 entries- inefabil adj (beyond expression)
Russian
3 entries- невырази́мый adj (beyond expression)
- неопису́емый adj (beyond expression)
- несказа́нный adj (beyond expression)
Slovene
1 entries- neizrekljiv adj (beyond expression)
Spanish
1 entries- inefable adj (beyond expression)
Swedish
3 entries- obeskrivlig adj (beyond expression)
- onämnbar adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- outsäglig adj (beyond expression)
Telugu
2 entries- చెప్పరాని adj (forbidden to be uttered)
- చెప్పలేని adj (beyond expression)
Turkish
2 entries- anlatılmaz adj (beyond expression)
- ağza alınmaz adj (forbidden to be uttered)
Ukrainian
1 entries- невимо́вний adj (beyond expression)
Welsh
1 entries- anhraethol adj (beyond expression)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
"What ineffable twaddle!" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table; "I never read such rubbish in my life."
Source: tatoeba (6303767)
In the April air there hang an ineffable perfume which whispered the secret name of spring.
Source: tatoeba (8803799)
The religious may like the article "Glossolalia and Linguistic Alterity: The Ontology of Ineffable Speech."
Source: tatoeba (10673517)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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