Meaning & Definition of Unspeakable in English

1. Defying expression or description

• "Indefinable yearnings"

• "Indescribable beauty"

• "Ineffable ecstasy"

• "Inexpressible anguish"

• "Unspeakable happiness"

• "Unutterable contempt"

• "A thing of untellable splendor"

2. Exceptionally bad or displeasing

• "Atrocious taste"

• "Abominable workmanship"

• "An awful voice"

• "Dreadful manners"

• "A painful performance"

• "Terrible handwriting"

• "An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

3. Too sacred to be uttered

• "The ineffable name of the deity"