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单词 inexpressible
释义

inexpressible

adjective

in·​ex·​press·​ible ˌi-nik-ˈspre-sə-bəl How to pronounce inexpressible (audio)
: not capable of being expressed : indescribable
inexpressible joy
inexpressibility
ˌi-nik-ˌspre-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce inexpressible (audio)
noun
inexpressibleness
ˌi-nik-ˈspre-sə-bəl-nəs How to pronounce inexpressible (audio)
noun
inexpressibly
ˌi-nik-ˈspre-sə-blē How to pronounce inexpressible (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • incommunicable
  • indefinable
  • indescribable
  • ineffable
  • inenarrable
  • nameless
  • uncommunicable
  • unspeakable
  • unutterable
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Example Sentences

overcome by an inexpressible awe at the sight of the thunderous waterfall
Recent Examples on the Web As Joe, Walker has a nearly campy intensity that captures the inexpressible fear of war’s consequences at the root of the role—and that the script itself, by Robert Nathan and Joseph Schrank, catches. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022 Now, finally, the cell itself dissolves away into an abstract chemical machine—and that into some intangible, inexpressible flow of energy. Loren C. Eiseley, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 And your desire to continue to excavate and express the inexpressible doesn’t leave you. New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022 Losing his best friend was an inexpressible loss, but there was little time to grieve. The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2022 During the Vietnam era, according to these studies, these women were full of inexpressible rage against both their absent husbands and the pressures to satisfy their husbands’ emotional needs while endlessly stifling their own. Charlotte Gray, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022 The scope of something inexpressible, a mammoth, ungraspable intimation, had overtaken him. Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 The narrative uses native wildflowers and plants to depict the inexpressible. Katherine Tulich, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021 Few people, even once in their lives, dare to make the inexpressible real. Tove Ditlevsen, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

inexpressible

adjective

in·​ex·​press·​ible ˌi-nik-ˈspre-sə-bəl How to pronounce inexpressible (audio)
: being beyond the power to express : indescribable
inexpressible happiness

inexpressible

adjective

as in indescribable
beyond the power to describe overcome by an inexpressible awe at the sight of the thunderous waterfall

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • indescribable
  • ineffable
  • unspeakable
  • unutterable
  • incredible
  • incommunicable
  • indefinable
  • unexplainable
  • unimaginable
  • inconceivable
  • unbelievable
  • uncommunicable
  • inexplicable
  • inenarrable
  • unthinkable
  • nameless
  • unsayable
  • featureless
  • nondescript
  • characterless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • communicable
  • definable
  • expressible
  • speakable
  • conceivable
  • imaginable
  • thinkable
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