as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
an ineffable beauty descends upon the canyon as the sun begins to set
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Recent Examples of ineffable
Aquarius teaches us about community and friendship by showing us which friends support our individuality while offering the incredible, ineffable experience of losing ourselves in something greater and more communal.
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Colin Bedell, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
There’s an intangible, ineffable quality to it, but the reviews are glowing.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Buddha's ineffable wisdom teaches a profound truth: Thoughts define our reality.
—Veronica Angela, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Colin Bedell, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
There’s an intangible, ineffable quality to it, but the reviews are glowing.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Buddha's ineffable wisdom teaches a profound truth: Thoughts define our reality.
—Veronica Angela, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffable
Adjective
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Working with incredible directors like Gia (Coppola).—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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One of the highlights is an incredible car chase set on the Venice canals; Arnold biographer Dana Reemes claims this sequence was shot without permits.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2025
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The doctors also spoke about their personal challenges and the indescribable struggles of their colleagues in Gaza.—
Camilla Alcini,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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But there is also an indescribable weight to her, a sort of palpable intelligence, which is actually what makes Guy Pearce’s character feel so threatened and changes the direction of the film.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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The unspeakable war in Europe, not yet known as World War I, was in its sixth month and had introduced miserable trench warfare to the lexicon.—
Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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But the 28-minute short offers a few jarring moments — especially the sequence in which a poacher suddenly whips out a chainsaw, using it to do the unspeakable.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, there is something more cosmic, spiritual and inexpressible about what is missing —a poignant reminder of the profound void left by SOPHIE’s departure from our astral plane.—
Juan Velasquez,
Them,
23 Sep. 2024
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
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Abstract images composed of indefinable light and inky darkness recur as well, even in his later multiscreen video installations, which are more narrative-driven.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
28 June 2022
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
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