unutterable

Meaning

Adj

1. Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
2. Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
3. Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
4. (figuratively) Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.

Noun

Something which is unutterable (incapable of being physically spoken, incapable of being articulated or expressed, etc.).

Opposite of

articulable, enunciable, expressible, pronounceable, sayable, utterable, indescribable, speakable, awful, bad, detestable, disagreeable, dreadful, unsatisfactory

Synonyms

unspeakable

inexpressible

ineffable

indescribable

unpronounceable

untellable

indefinable

untold

tough

challenging

innumerable

difficult

unfathomable

unfriendly

incommunicable

unnameable

awkward

inopportune

intractable

serious

sesquipedalian

taboo

tricky

troublesome

troublous

undefinable

unenviable

unexpressed

unmanageable

unsaid

unspoken

unwieldy

vacuous

undescribable

bunglesome

arduous

undescriptive

bad

👎

bitter

bloody-minded

bolshy

bothersome

breathtaking

Byzantine

cumbersome

deadpan

fractious

grave

🪦

grievous

hard

Translations

indicibile

ineffable

indicible

inexprimable

indescriptible

unsagbar

ανέκφραστος

unaussprechlich

ineffabile

inefável

inénarrable

impronunciable

ineffabilis

onuitsprekelijk

inefable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩/

Etymology

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + utterable.