unutterable
/ʌnˈʌtərəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ʌnˈʌtərəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ˈə-tə-rə-bəl How to pronounce unutterable (audio)/ (ame, mw)
unutterable — adjective
- unutterablepositive
- more unutterablecomparative
- most unutterablesuperlative
1. so strong, painful, or overwhelming that ordinary language feels too weak to des
so strong, painful, or overwhelming that ordinary language feels too weak to describe it
Ziad felt unutterable grief when he opened his mother's final letter.
collocation: unutterable grief
An unutterable smell rose from the broken fridge in Ritu's dark flat.
attributive: unutterable + noun
The village waited in unutterable fear as the river kept rising.
The news of the crash brought unutterable pain to Felix's family.
For Noa, the relief of hearing her son breathe again was unutterable.
- indescribable
a more common word for something words cannot fully capture
- inexpressible
close in meaning, often used for feelings too strong to put into words
- unspeakable
often stronger and more negative, especially for horror or evil
- expressible
able to be put into words clearly
- describable
possible to explain or picture in language
文法句型
unutterable + noun
be unutterable
with/in unutterable + noun
用法筆記
Most often appears before nouns such as grief, pain, fear, or relief, especially in formal writing. In everyday speech, people usually choose more common words such as 'terrible', 'overwhelming', or 'indescribable'.