We have to imagine what it would be like for our family, for our children, if the unspeakable happened to us.
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Unspeakable
Synonyms for "unspeakable" (158 found)
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Closest matches (32)
badindescribableunnameableabominableabusiveappallingarrantatrociousawesomeawfulbackhandbackhandedbanefulbasebeastlyblackblamableblameworthycalumniouscontumelious
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (79)
left handedleft-handedlegendaryloathsomelowmarvelousmonstrousmythicalnamelessnaughtynefandousnefariousnoncommunicablenoteworthynuminousobnoxiousodiousoffensiveoutrageouspeccant
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phenomenalportentousprodigiousrankreligiousremarkablerepellentreprehensiblereprobaterepugnantrepulsiverevoltingrottensacredsacrosanctsatanicscandalousscurrilescurrilousshamefulshockingsinfulspiritualstupefyingstupendoustabooterribletragicundefinableunexampledunforgivableunmentionableunparalleledunpardonableunprecedenteduntellableuntolduntouchableunutterableunverbalizableunwhisperableunworthyvenerableviciousvilevillainouswickedwonderfulwrong
Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
12 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄρρητος adj (unfit to be described)
Catalan
1 entries- indicible adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 說不得 /说不得 adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Czech
1 entries- nevýslovný adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Dutch
1 entries- onbeschrijfelijk adj (unfit to be described)
Esperanto
1 entries- nedirebla adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Finnish
4 entries- käsittämätön adj (extremely bad)
- saastainen adj (unfit to be described)
- sanoinkuvaamaton adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- sanomaton adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
French
4 entries- indicible adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- innommable adj (unfit to be described)
- innommable adj (extremely bad)
- inqualifiable adj (extremely bad)
German
1 entries- unsäglich adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌵𐌴𐌸𐍃 adj (unfit to be described)
Greek
3 entries- άρρητος adj (unfit to be described)
- άφατος adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- ανείπωτος adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Italian
1 entries- indicibile adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Japanese
2 entries- 口では言えない adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- 言い知れぬ adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Latin
2 entries- infandus adj (unfit to be described)
- infandus adj (extremely bad)
Polish
2 entries- niewypowiedziany adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- niewysłowiony adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Portuguese
1 entries- indizível adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Russian
3 entries- неопису́емый adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- непередава́емый adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
- несказа́нный adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Spanish
1 entries- indecible adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Telugu
1 entries- చెప్పరాని adj (incapable of being spoken or uttered)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Fadil forced Dania to perform unspeakable acts on him.
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Police encountered a scene of unspeakable carnage.
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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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