unutterable

[US]/ʌn'ʌt(ə)rəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ʌn'ʌtərəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adjective: indescriptible, impossible à mettre en mots

Phrases & Collocations

Unutterable sorrow

Unutterable sorrow

Unutterable joy

Unutterable joy

Unutterable pain

Unutterable pain

Unutterable beauty

Unutterable beauty

Unutterable love

Unutterable love

Unutterable happiness

Unutterable happiness

Example Sentences

I felt an unutterable fool.

J'ai ressenti une profonde sensation de folie.

there was an unutterable sadness around Medina del Campo.

there was an unutterable sadness around Medina del Campo.

an unpronounceable foreign word; unutterable consonant clusters.

un mot étranger indistinct ; des groupes de consonnes impromptables.

the unutterable beauty of the sunset

la beauté indicible du coucher de soleil

an unutterable sense of loss

un sentiment indicible de perte

the unutterable joy of seeing loved ones

la joie indicible de voir les êtres chers

the unutterable horror of the scene

l'horreur indicible de la scène

the unutterable pain of losing a loved one

la douleur indicible de perdre un être cher

an unutterable longing for home

un désir indicible de rentrer chez soi

the unutterable complexity of the situation

la complexité indicible de la situation

an unutterable sense of peace

un sentiment indicible de paix

Real-world Examples

The " shwa" is that " uh" like in butter or unutterable.

Le "schwa" est ce son "uh", comme dans "butter" ou "unutterable".

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2019 Collection

The schwa is that ah, like in butter or unutterable.

Le schwa est ce son "ah", comme dans "butter" ou "unutterable".

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2018 Collection

He was silent and I guessed at his unutterable depression.

Il était silencieux et j'ai deviné sa profonde dépression.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

This belt was the most salient thing about him. It advertised his callowness—a callowness sheer and unutterable.

Cette ceinture était l'aspect le plus frappant chez lui. Elle affichait sa superficialité, une superficialité pure et insondable.

Source: The Call of the Wild

There was nothing I could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn't true.

Il n'y avait rien à dire, sauf le fait insondable qu'il était faux.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

And where the two met, ideas that once seemed unutterable started, to many, to sound like the future.

Et là où les deux se rejoignaient, des idées qui semblaient autrefois insondables ont commencé, pour beaucoup, à sonner comme l'avenir.

Source: Time

What unutterable pathos was in his voice!

Quel pathétique insondable dans sa voix !

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness.

Ses traits portaient une expression de tristesse insondable.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

I could only prostrate myself upon the earth and groan in unutterable anguish.

Je ne pouvais qu'agenouiller sur la terre et gémir d'une douleur insondable.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

I felt a cold sinking, as though some unutterable calamity had befallen me.

J'ai ressenti un froid qui s'installait, comme si une calamité insondable m'était survenue.

Source: Murder at the golf course

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