See indescribable on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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{
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"text": "He proved it with indescribable mathematics.",
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"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
"text": "Presently the men set up the melancholy little chant that I had heard on the first night when we were captured in the whaleboat, and the effect produced by their voices was very curious, and quite indescribable.",
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{
"ref": "1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, London: Methuen & Co., […], published 1907, →OCLC; The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1907, →OCLC, page 15:",
"text": "But there was also about him an indescribable air which no mechanic could have acquired in the practice of his handicraft however dishonestly exercised: [...] the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; [...]",
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"text": "Our hotel had an indescribable view of the Bay of Naples.",
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"ref": "1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 182:",
"text": "The time was when, had such an idea entered her mind, it would have been torture indescribable and agony the most intense; but then, subdued as was the usual warmth of her temperament, an awful suspension seemed to hold her feelings in control.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"Exceeding all description."
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"links": [
[
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[
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"word": "undescribable"
},
{
"word": "ineffable"
},
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:indescribable",
"word": "indefinable"
},
{
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],
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"word": "inexpressible"
},
{
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"literary"
],
"word": "inenarrable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:indescribable",
"word": "inutterable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:indescribable",
"word": "nameless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:indescribable",
"word": "termless"
},
{
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"word": "undefinable"
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{
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"word": "unnameable"
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{
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"word": "unspecifiable"
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{
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"word": "unspeakable"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "annkaragreli",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "աննկարագրելի"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njeapisálʹny",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "неапіса́льны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njevykázny",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "невыка́зны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neopisuem",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "неописуем"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "indescriptible"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúfǎ xíngróng",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "無法形容 /无法形容"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùkěmíngzhuàng",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "不可名狀 /不可名状"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "nepopsatelný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "onbeschrijfelijk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "nepriskribebla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "sanoin kuvaamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "kuvaamaton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "indescriptible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "indescritíbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "unbeschreiblich"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unusspillōþs",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌸𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anekdiígitos",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "ανεκδιήγητος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aperígraptos",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "απερίγραπτος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "acharaktíristos",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "αχαρακτήριστος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adiígitos",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "αδιήγητος"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anekdiḗgētos",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "ἀνεκδιήγητος"
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"alt": "いいあらわせない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iiarawasenai",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "言い表わせない"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "inēnarrābilis"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "neufocklagh"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "ubeskrivelig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "ubeskriveleg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "nieopisany"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "indescritível"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "indescriptibil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "inexprimabil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "de nedescris"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neopisújemyj",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "неопису́емый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neskazánnyj",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "несказа́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevyrazímyj",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "невырази́мый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "indescriptible"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "obeskrivlig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "tarifsiz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "tarif edilemez"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neopýsanyj",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "неопи́саний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nevymóvnyj",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "невимо́вний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neskazánnyj",
"sense": "impossible, or very difficult to describe",
"word": "несказа́нний"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "indescriptible"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "nepopsatelný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "onbeschrijfelijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "sanoin kuvaamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "kuvaamaton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "indescriptible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "indescritíbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "unbeschreiblich"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "nieopisywalny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "indescritível"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "indescriptibil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neopisújemyj",
"sense": "exceeding all description",
"word": "неопису́емый"
}
],
"word": "indescribable"
}
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