Unspeakable meaning

What does “unspeakable” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“unspeakable” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: defying expression or description.

unspeakable

defying expression or description
“indefinable yearnings”
“indescribable beauty”
Synonymsindefinable indescribable ineffable untellable unutterable
exceptionally bad or displeasing
“atrocious taste”
“abominable workmanship”
Synonymsatrocious abominable awful dreadful painful terrible
too sacred to be uttered
“the ineffable name of the Deity”
Synonymsineffable unnameable unutterable

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University