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[ uhn-men-shuh-nuh-buhl ] / ʌnˈmɛn ʃə nə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unmentionable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable. nounsomething that is not to be mentioned: That subject was classed among the unmentionables. unmentionables, - undergarments.
- (formerly) trousers or breeches.
Origin of unmentionableFirst recorded in 1820–30; un-1 + mentionable OTHER WORDS FROM unmentionableun·men·tion·a·ble·ness, nounWords nearby unmentionableunmeaningful, unmeant, unmeasured, unmeet, unmemorable, unmentionable, unmentionables, unmentioned, unmerciful, unmeritable, unmerited Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unmentionableFinally, 27 minutes and 48 seconds into his monologue, Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the unmentionable: Palestinians. Netanyahu’s Iran Soliloquy at the U.N.|Maysoon Zayid|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST What really set her off was mentioning the unmentionable—that 18 years ago, she shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco. Amy Fisher Kicked Me Off Her Porn Shoot|Nicole LaPorte|August 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST The unmentionable image rattles down to the core of our brain. Do Women Rape?|Marcia Clark|April 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST I am an instigator of degrading immorality and unmentionable crimes. The Eyes of the World|Harold Bell Wright
Lost in smoke, the clerk grumbled that the gory affair was unmentionable nonsense. Dragon's blood|Henry Milner Rideout Quite possibly there were unmentionable volumes among them—de Maupassant, perhaps Boccaccio. The Confession|Mary Roberts Rinehart People assume that Urnings seek their pleasure only or mainly in an act of unmentionable indecency. A Problem in Modern Ethics|John Addington Symonds Why the unmentionable mischief do you waste your energies, singing like that at a rehearsal? The Dominant Strain|Anna Chapin Ray
British Dictionary definitions for unmentionable
adjective- unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
- (as noun)the unmentionable
Derived forms of unmentionableunmentionableness, noununmentionably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unmentionabletaboo, offensive, atrocious, disgraceful, forbidden, off-limits, out of bounds, scandalous, shameful, impermissible |