unutterable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unutterable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈʌtərəbl]
How to pronounce unutterable in American English:
US [ʌnˈʌtərəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- too sacred to be uttered
- defying expression or description
- very difficult to pronounce correctly
Word Origin
- unutterable (adj.)
- 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + utterable (see utter (v.)). As a noun, from 1788; unutterables as a euphemism for "trousers" is recorded by 1843.
Example
- 1. In their echoes , there wasatoneof unutterable sorrow .
- 2. What unutterable pathos was in his voice !
- 3. If we glimpse the unutterable , it is unwise to try to utter it .
- 4. He has already gone through unutterable agonies .
- 5. After that the blackness of unutterable night .