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indescribable
Meaning: too extreme or unusual to be put into words
indescribable in a sentence
How indescribable is used in real sentences:
The view from the mountaintop was indescribable, and photos barely captured it.
Tourists often say the shifting colors of the northern lights are indescribable once they finally see them.
“The view was indescribable.”
— from the passage The Ridge Vote
Synonyms for indescribable
Other words for indescribable — unspeakable, unimaginable and inexpressible — carry the same meaning.
- unspeakable
- unimaginable
- inexpressible
Where it comes from
From Latin in- 'not' + describere 'to write down, describe'
Memory hook
You simply cannot DESCRIBE something INDESCRIBABLE, no matter how you try.
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