Antonyms for ineffable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-ef-uh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɛf ə bəl

Definition of ineffable

Origin : late 14c., from Old French ineffable (14c.) or directly from Latin ineffabilis "unutterable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + effabilis "speakable," from effari "utter," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fari "speak" (see fame (n.)). Plural noun ineffables was, for a time, a jocular euphemism for "trousers" (1823). Related: Ineffably.

adj too great for words

Example sentences :

There were throes of love within her, of aspiration, of an ineffable delight in being.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

To dream that dream, this was the great, the ineffable happiness.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

There was an ineffable mingling of love and sorrow on the sweet countenance.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Rut they were all accompanied with an ineffable dignity, and an angelic purity.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

You worship no omnipotent and ineffable essence; you believe in no omnipotent and ineffable essence.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Always he was looking out to the stars, and to the ineffable calm of the sea.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He threw up his hands in ineffable scorn, and shuffled away into the house.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Carrier revealed his teeth in a smile of ineffable wickedness.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

Of that ineffable essence which we call Spirit, he that thinks most, will say least.
Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Synonyms for ineffable

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