| Main Entry: | indefinable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | elusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evasive, mysterious |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, baffling, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, difficult to catch, elusory, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious, fleeting, fraudulent, fugacious, fugitive, greasy, illusory, imponderable, incomprehensible, indefinable, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, occult, phantom, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery, stonewalling, subtle, transient, transitory, tricky, unspecific, volatile |
| Notes: | elusive is used when what is being avoided is physical capture or apprehension, whereas evasive is used when what is being avoided is direct or relevant response to a verbal challenge illusory means based on or having the nature of an illusion; elusive means difficult to describe or skillful at eluding capture |
Antonyms: |
attracting, confronting, encountering, enticing, facing, inviting |
| Main Entry: | indescribable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond words |
Synonyms: |
impossible, incommunicable, indefinable, ineffable, inexpressible, nondescript, sublime, subtle, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable |
Antonyms: |
definable, describable, explainable |
| Main Entry: | ineffable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too great for words |
Synonyms: |
beyond words, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, holy, ideal, impossible, incommunicable, incredible, indefinable, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, sacred, spiritual, too sacred for words, transcendent, transcendental, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable |
Antonyms: |
definable, describable, utterable |
| Main Entry: | unspeakable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad; beyond description |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, unimaginable, unutterable |
Antonyms: |
good, nice |
| Main Entry: | incommunicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | inexpressible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | undescribable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful*, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous*, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | unutterable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful*, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous*, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable |