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Meanings of inexpressible in English

Defying expression.

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Examples for "undescribable"
1
As animated, as diversified, as social, but with circumstances of superiority undescribable.
Mansfield Park
2
He counts it all nonsense that they say, that some things are undescribable.
Representative Men: Seven Lectures
3
To hear that he was still in being gave an undescribable relief to her mind.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
4
But now quiet, save for an undescribable, whispering overtone that seemed to permeate the air.
The Whispering Spheres
5
Death in this form, death from the hand of a brother, was thought upon with undescribable repugnance.
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
1
O what an unexpressible love hath she for you now!
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage / and the Second Part, The Confess...
2
This gave me an unexpressible pain.
Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
3
New generations will spring forth innocent of the memories which are ours and the unexpressible lessons of our day.
America's War for Humanity
4
Not one tenth of the things that might have been said was actually spoken; the greater part was unexpressed, perhaps unexpressible.
The Mayor of Warwick
Usage of inexpressible in English
1
There is an inexpressible charm in thus living in the open air.
The Voyage of the Beagle
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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
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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
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When I looked again the brute had vanished, to my inexpressible relief.
A Crystal Age
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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
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Then he spread out his arms with an inexpressible suggestion of longing.
The Forfeit
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