After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
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Inexpressible
Synonyms for "inexpressible" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄσπετος adj (unable to be expressed)
Catalan
1 entries- inexpressable adj (unable to be expressed)
Czech
1 entries- nepopsatelný adj (unable to be expressed)
Dutch
1 entries- onuitsprekelijk adj (unable to be expressed)
Esperanto
1 entries- nedirebla adj (unable to be expressed)
Finnish
1 entries- sanoin kuvaamaton adj (unable to be expressed)
French
1 entries- inexprimable adj (unable to be expressed)
Galician
2 entries- inexpresable adj (unable to be expressed)
- inexpresábel adj (unable to be expressed)
Greek
1 entries- ανεκδιήγητος adj (unable to be expressed)
Italian
1 entries- inesprimibile adj (unable to be expressed)
Polish
1 entries- niewysłowiony adj (unable to be expressed)
Portuguese
2 entries- inexpressável adj (unable to be expressed)
- inexprimível adj (unable to be expressed)
Romanian
2 entries- inexprimabil adj (unable to be expressed)
- neexprimabil adj (unable to be expressed)
Russian
1 entries- невырази́мый adj (unable to be expressed)
Spanish
1 entries- inexpresable adj (unable to be expressed)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I recommend absolutely everyone to look at this painting. It evokes inexpressible emotions and forces one to think deeply.
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She felt inexpressible contempt for her attackers.
Source: wiktionary
That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!
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