indescribable
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/ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/
Definition of indescribable
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Impossible (or very difficult) to describe.
“He proved it with indescribable mathematics.”
“The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.”
“Presently the men set up the melancholy little chant that I had heard on the first night when we were captured in the whaleboat, and the effect produced by their voices was very curious, and quite indescribable.”
“But there was also about him an indescribable air which no mechanic could have acquired in the practice of his handicraft however dishonestly exercised: [...] the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; [...]”
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adj
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Impossible (or very difficult) to describe.
“He proved it with indescribable mathematics.”
“The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.”
“Presently the men set up the melancholy little chant that I had heard on the first night when we were captured in the whaleboat, and the effect produced by their voices was very curious, and quite indescribable.”
“But there was also about him an indescribable air which no mechanic could have acquired in the practice of his handicraft however dishonestly exercised: [...] the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; [...]”
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Exceeding all description.
“Our hotel had an indescribable view of the Bay of Naples.”
“The time was when, had such an idea entered her mind, it would have been torture indescribable and agony the most intense; but then, subdued as was the usual warmth of her temperament, an awful suspension seemed to hold her feelings in control.”
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Etymology
From in- + describe + -able.
Words you can make from indescribable
200+ playable · top: DESCRIBABLE (18 pts)
Best play describable 18 points11-letter words
3 words10-letter words
5 words9-letter words
31 words- CLABBERED 16 pts
- SCRABBLED 16 pts
- SCRIBBLED 16 pts
- BARBICELS 15 pts
- CALIBERED 14 pts
- INSCRIBED 14 pts
- SLABBERED 14 pts
- BERNICLES 13 pts
- IRASCIBLE 13 pts
- SIBILANCE 13 pts
- ACRIDINES 12 pts
- ARDENCIES 12 pts
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- BREADLINE 12 pts
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- DECLINERS 12 pts
- DERACINES 12 pts
- DERISIBLE 12 pts
- DESIRABLE 12 pts
- DIABLERIE 12 pts
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- EIRENICAL 11 pts
- LARCENIES 11 pts
- RELIANCES 11 pts
- SIDELINER 10 pts
- LINEARISE 9 pts
8-letter words
110 words- CRIBBLED 15 pts
- SCABBLED 15 pts
- BARBICEL 14 pts
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- BALDRICS 13 pts
- BENDABLE 13 pts
- BINDABLE 13 pts
- CALIBRED 13 pts
- CARBIDES 13 pts
- CREDIBLE 13 pts
- DABBLERS 13 pts
- DEBACLES 13 pts
- DECIBELS 13 pts
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- DIBBLERS 13 pts
- DRABBLES 13 pts
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- BERNICLE 12 pts
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- CALIBERS 12 pts
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- INSCRIBE 12 pts
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- REALISED 9 pts
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- RENAILED 9 pts
- RESAILED 9 pts
- SIDELINE 9 pts
- SIDEREAL 9 pts
- AIRLINES 8 pts
- ALIENERS 8 pts
7-letter words
50 words- BIBASIC 13 pts
- BICARBS 13 pts
- BALDRIC 12 pts
- BELACED 12 pts
- ABSENCE 11 pts
- ALBINIC 11 pts
- ASCRIBE 11 pts
- BARBELS 11 pts
- BARBIES 11 pts
- BASILIC 11 pts
- BILBIES 11 pts
- ABIDERS 10 pts
- ALIBIED 10 pts
- BALDIES 10 pts
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- BEADLES 10 pts
- BEDRAIL 10 pts
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- BERLINE 9 pts
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