MEANING
1. Too great or profound to express adequately in words.
2. Considered forbidden, unacceptable, or impossible to say aloud.
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Words that belong together
- unutterable grief
- unutterable joy
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She felt unutterable grief.
The reunion brought unutterable joy.
He struggled to describe the unutterable relief.
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- unutterable
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: More unutterable; most unutterable where gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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