unspeakable

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more unspeakable

Superlative

most unspeakable

1.
Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
1855-1882, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, book xv, The endless pride and outstretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows.
Đồng nghĩa: unutterable, ineffable, inexpressible
2.
Impossible to speak about.
3.
Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
Đồng nghĩa: unutterable, undiscussable
4.
Extremely bad or objectionable.
an unspeakable fool
an unspeakable play
5.
(not comparable)(programming, not comparable) That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.
an instance of an unspeakable type

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

unspeakables

1.
Something that cannot or must not be spoken about.
Near-synonym: unthinkable
Đồng nghĩa: unthinkable

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Đồng nghĩa

unutterable ineffableinexpressibleundiscussable unthinkableunutterable#Adjectiveundiscussable#Adjective

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English unspekable, equivalent to un- + speakable.