'Ineffable' definitions:
Definition of 'ineffable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable]
adjective
Too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" [syn: ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable]
Definition of 'Ineffable'
From: GCIDE
- Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame.] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. [1913 Webster]
- Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ineffable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- awesome,
- awful,
- celestial,
- divine,
- empyreal,
- empyrean,
- ethereal,
- exceptional,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- heavenly,
- holy,
- ideal,
- incommunicable,
- indefinable,
- indescribable,
- inenarrable,
- inexpressible,
- innominable,
- inviolable,
- inviolate,
- legendary,
- marvelous,
- mythical,
- noncommunicable,
- noteworthy,
- numinous,
- phenomenal,
- portentous,
- prodigious,
- religious,
- remarkable,
- sacred,
- sacrosanct,
- spiritual,
- stupefying,
- stupendous,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- undefinable,
- unexampled,
- unmentionable,
- unnameable,
- unparalleled,
- unprecedented,
- unspeakable,
- untellable,
- untouchable,
- unutterable,
- unwhisperable,
- venerable,
- wonderful