Synonyms for Unspeakable

Synonyms for "unspeakable" (161 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (33)

Adjective(6 words)

indescribable unutterable abominable atrocious atrocity awful

abominable abusive appalling arrant atrocious awesome awful backhand backhanded bad baneful base beastly black blamable blameworthy calumnious contumelious criminal damnable

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dark degrading detestable dire disgraceful disgusting distasteful

Strong matches (48)

divine dreadful evil exceptional execrable extraordinary fabulous fearful flagitious flagrant foul frightful grim hate hateful heavenly heinous hideous holy horrendous

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horrible horrid horrific horrifying humiliating improper incommunicable indefinable indescribable ineffable inenarrable inexpressible infamous iniquitous innominable insolent insulting inviolable inviolate

Adjective(9 words)

divine namedreadful forbidden inconceivable indecent indefinable ineffableineffable nameinexpressible

Related words (80)

knavishleft handedleft-handed legendary loathsome low marvelous monstrous mythical nameless naughty nefarious noncommunicable noteworthy numinous obnoxious odious offensive outrageous peccant

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Adjective(11 words)

monstrosity painfulsacred namesilenced topictabootaboo categoryterrible unmentionable unnameable untellable unthinkable

Adjective(1 words)

unsayable

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

adjective category concept descriptormoral conceptnametaboo concepttopic

More specific

11 entries

atrocity forbiddenforbidden topichorror indescribableineffable nameinexpressible monstrosity taboo tetragrammatonunspoken topic

Collocations

10 entries

unspeakable actsunspeakable crimeunspeakable crimesunspeakable crueltyunspeakable evilunspeakable horrorunspeakable nameunspeakable topicunspeakable tragedyunspeakable truth

Inflections

4 entries

less unspeakablemore unspeakablemost unspeakableunspeakables

Derivations

3 entries

unspeakability unspeakableness unspeakably

similar

4 entries

bad inexpressible sacred unexpressible

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We have to imagine what it would be like for our family, for our children, if the unspeakable happened to us.

Source: tatoeba (5774056)

Fadil forced Dania to perform unspeakable acts on him.

Source: tatoeba (5839580)

Police encountered a scene of unspeakable carnage.

Source: tatoeba (5876329)

The United States lives parasitically off the people and resources of Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa while subjecting their peoples to unspeakable atrocities.

Source: tatoeba (7913324)

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Unspeakable