Antonyms for unintelligible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl

Definition of unintelligible

Origin : 1610s, "incapable of being understood," from un- (1) "not" + intelligible. Related: Unintelligibly.

adj not understandable

Example sentences :

Evelyn made some incoherent response, unintelligible to Grace.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

"All this is unintelligible to me," responded my guide, with indifference.
Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Let us now listen to a conversation which we hope will not be quite so unintelligible.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Every proposition, which is not true, is there confused and unintelligible.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

My principle vindicates God from unintelligible abstractions.
Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

It was all I could hear, save tantalizing, unintelligible murmurs.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

From his slack jaws poured a constant whining of words, unintelligible.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

They were not his sort; their standards for the measurement of things were unintelligible to him.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

The words were unintelligible to him, but their import was unmistakable.
Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace

Except to men who, like Walpole, knew him intimately, he was all but unintelligible.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Synonyms for unintelligible

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