indescribable
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(noun)
description
(adjective)
describable ≠ indescribable nondescript descriptive
(verb)
describe
(adverb)
descriptively
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishindescribablein‧de‧scri‧ba‧ble /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl◂/ adjective
EXPRESSsomething that is indescribable is so terrible, so good, so strange etc that you cannot describe it, or it is too difficult to describe
a feeling of indescribable joy —indescribably adverb
an indescribably awful smellExamples from the Corpusindescribable• The chaos and confusion was indescribable.• But the experience itself is essentially non-rational and indescribable.• Unlimited discomfort would of course be indescribable.• The sky, that had been so grey and lowering, was iridescent with indescribable beauty.• Fresh salmon has an indescribable flavor.• I woke up on the day after my wedding with a feeling of indescribable joy.• There is a space around it, an indescribable presence.• Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief.• There is an indescribable sense of community here.
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