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Meanings of inexpressible in English

Defying expression.

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      1
      There is an inexpressible charm in thus living in the open air.
      The Voyage of the Beagle
      2
      She opened the window, and in rushed the inexpressible sweetness of dawn.
      Gone to Earth
      3
      The death of the emperor caused inexpressible grief throughout the whole empire.
      Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome / ...
      4
      Such riddles as these become things inexpressible; and such is your goodness.
      Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert...
      5
      He for the first time enjoyed the inexpressible delicacy of feminine refinements.
      Madame Bovary
      6
      Five long days and nights-daysof intolerable suffering, nights of inexpressible horror.
      The Little Savage
      7
      The little Napoleon darted upon his brother a look of inexpressible contempt.
      Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
      8
      Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through.
      The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
      9
      I cannot describe the inexpressible softness, tenderness, and music of his accent.
      Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
      10
      When I looked again the brute had vanished, to my inexpressible relief.
      A Crystal Age
      11
      Here, to their inexpressible joy, were their daughters in each others arms.
      The First White Man of the West / Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'...
      12
      Serving America, my dear general, is to my heart an inexpressible happiness.
      Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
      13
      She gave a sigh of inexpressible relief and then rose to go.
      The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
      14
      Speaking of Rousseau, he says: I derived inexpressible satisfaction from his society.
      Barclay of Ury, and other poems / Part 3 From Volume I of The Wo...
      15
      Mr. Blake turned with a look of inexpressible deference to his wife.
      A Strange Disappearance
      16
      Then he spread out his arms with an inexpressible suggestion of longing.
      The Forfeit
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