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Meanings of indefinable in English

Defying expression or description.

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Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words.

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Usage of indefinable in English
1
It's an indefinable quality, but pedigree sure counts in Europe's premier competition.
The Irish Times
2
Simply being alive at that moment seemed, in some indefinable way, ungentlemanly.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
3
He hadn't exactly matured; but he had in some indefinable sense broadened.
A journey: my political life
4
The quality of Theroen's voice as he spoke the word was indefinable.
The blood that bonds
5
Inside the drain, something indefinable glistened, reflecting the flashlight beam; it moved.
Phantoms
6
Sometimes their shoulders touched; the indefinable perfume of her hair thrilled him.
The Voice in the Fog
7
There was something indefinable in the situation, which produced apprehension and alarm.
The Tragedies of the Medici
8
An indefinable dreamy something steals over the senses and enthralls the soul.
Arizona Sketches
9
Again he breathed deep of the new indefinable smell off the land.
One Man's Initiation—1917
10
Something indefinable in the clear, full gaze that met his daunted him.
Red Pottage
11
And Nan knew that in some indefinable way she had comforted him.
The Moon out of Reach
12
Potts felt an indefinable fear stealing over him in spite of himself.
Cord and Creese
13
There was an indefinable something in his manner which jarred on her.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
14
What made me wish to flee was something very attenuated and indefinable.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
15
But this time it felt worse in some small and indefinable ways.
Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
16
A surge of emotion, indefinable and delicate, made him turn away quickly.
More Than Human
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common