inexpressible

English

Etymology

in- +‎ expressible

Adjective

inexpressible (comparative more inexpressible, superlative most inexpressible)

1. Unable to be expressed.

   She felt inexpressible contempt for her attackers.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

     She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

Synonyms

• inexpressable (very rare)
• unexpressible (rare)
• See also Thesaurus:indescribable

Antonyms

• expressible

Related terms

• inexpressibility

Translations

unable to be expressed

• Catalan: inexpressable
• Esperanto: nedirebla
• Greek: ανεκδιήγητος (el) (anekdiígitos)
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• Romanian: inexprimabil (ro), neexprimabil (ro)
• Spanish: inexpresable (es)

See also

• counterparts in calculating:
  • innumerable
  • innumerous
  • unnumerable
  • incalculable