INDESCRIBABLE


Meaning of INDESCRIBABLE in English

in ‧ de ‧ scri ‧ ba ‧ ble /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəb ə l◂/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: adjective : describable ≠ ↑ indescribable , ↑ nondescript , ↑ descriptive ; verb : ↑ describe ; noun : ↑ description ; adverb : ↑ descriptively ]

something that is indescribable is so terrible, so good, so strange etc that you cannot describe it, or it is too difficult to describe:

a feeling of indescribable joy

—indescribably adverb :

an indescribably awful smell

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