unspeakable

Meaning

Adj

1. Incapable of being spoken or uttered
2. Impossible to speak about.
3. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
4. Extremely bad or objectionable.
5. (not-comparable) That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.

Noun

Something that cannot or must not be spoken about.

Synonyms

unutterable

inexpressible

indescribable

ineffable

unsaid

indefinable

terrible

awful

untold

untellable

dreadful

abominable

atrocious

undescribable

incommunicable

outrageous

unnameable

painful

unspoken

incomprehensive

inconceivable

indecipherable

intolerable

macabre

miraculous

morbid

taboo

unarticulated

uncomprehended

unexpressed

unfathomable

ungrasped

unhoped

unhoped-for

unintelligible

unnamed

unreal

unstated

unthought

unthought-of

unuttered

unverbalized

unvoiced

uncomprehensible

unverbalised

noncomprehensive

undescriptive

unexpressible

ununderstood

objectionable.

Translations

indicible

indecible

indicibile

ineffable

unsagbar

indescriptible

ineffabile

inexprimable

ανέκφραστος

unsäglich

unbeschreiblich

inefável

innommable

inénarrable

inenarrabile

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: unspekable

In summary

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