Indescribable
[ɪndɪ'skraɪbəb(ə)l] or [,ɪndɪ'skraɪbəbl]
Definition
(a.) Incapable of being described.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inexpressible, ineffable, unutterable, that cannot be described, that beggars description.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unaccountable, inexpressible, ineffable, unutterable
ANT:Familiar, ordinary
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Definition
adj. that cannot be described: (pl.) applied facetiously to trousers.—adv. Indescrib′ably.
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Examples
- But after one glance, she retired, with an indescribable expression, for looking quite lost in the big carriage, sat Amy and one young lady. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Wounded desperate, miss,' replied Giles, with indescribable complacency. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But now, though her voice was still sweet, I found in its melody an indescribable sadness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Rebecca stood for a few moments in indescribable anxiety, and then exclaimed, Is it really thus? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- All the remainder of the raiment they indulged in was utterly indescribable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To my indescribable surprise, they were escorted, not by Mr. Godfrey (as I had anticipated), but by the lawyer, Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The richness of his deep voice added its own indescribable charm to the interesting business question which he had just addressed to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The freshness of her beauty was indeed gone, but its indescribable majesty and its indescribable charm remained. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Holmes examined both it and the indescribable wreck which it had wrought. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was an indescribable luxury to find myself indulging in earnest conversation with serious persons. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His face was thin and haggard; but an indescribable air of jaunty impudence and perfect self-possession pervaded the whole man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The clumsy attempt of the hard-pressed first line of the Persian fleet to put about led to indescribable confusion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The state of Rome in the tenth century is almost indescribable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sensation of riding the air in an aeroplane is indescribable. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the wretched state of my nerves, loud sound of any kind is indescribable torture to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The only chance of safety, the only hope of preservation from every form of indescribable suffering, was our keeping together. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The perfect pulse throbbed with indescribable being, miraculous unborn species. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The compliment was just returned, coldly and proudly; and, under indescribable irritation of spirits, she was then conveyed to Hartfield. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She had an indescribable repugnance to this step being taken. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You have relieved me of indescribable wretchedness; you have given me a new life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The rest of the day is indescribable. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- True, this man may perhaps have a certain indescribable charm about him, a _je ne sais quoi_, which may not be discoverable at the first glance! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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