UNSPEAKABLE


Meaning of UNSPEAKABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnspi:kəb(ə)l ]

If you describe something as unspeakable , you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.

...the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons...

...unspeakable crimes.

= appalling

ADJ [ emphasis ]

• un‧speak‧ably

The novel was unspeakably boring.

ADV : usu ADV adj

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