indescribable

[US]/ɪndɪ'skraɪbəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ˌɪndɪ'skraɪbəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. impossible to describe or capture in words

Example Sentences

most prisoners suffered indescribable hardship.

experienced indescribable delight.See Synonyms at unspeakable

when June came the grasses headed out and turned brown, and the hills turned a brown which was not brown but a gold anad saffron and redan indescribable color.

Real-world Examples

The -- the damage here is indescribable.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation December 2021

" Thomasin! " he exclaimed in an indescribable tone of disappointment.

Source: Returning Home

My world is full of colors; some colors are indescribable.

Source: TED-Ed Student Weekend Show

Oh, it was a scene of woe and fear inconceivable and indescribable!

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

His face, ordinarily so emotionless, was stamped with indescribable astonishment.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

If someone describes something to you as indescribable, didn't they just describe it.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery, is of an indescribable fascination.

Source: New Concept American English Edition Book 4

It was an unspeakable, indescribable, unqualifiable and — the word hardly exists, but no matter — immemorable horror.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Their injuries are indescribable. One had his hand blown off. It was all so horrific. BBC News.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2014

Then the propeller was brought to its maximum speed, and its four blades churned the waves with indescribable violence.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

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