Associations to the word «Unspeakable»

Wiktionary

UNSPEAKABLE, adjective. Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible.
UNSPEAKABLE, adjective. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
UNSPEAKABLE, adjective. Extremely bad or objectionable.

Dictionary definition

UNSPEAKABLE, adjective. Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor".
UNSPEAKABLE, adjective. Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room".
UNSPEAKABLE, adjective. Too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats