unspeakable

adj 1: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings";

"indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy";

"inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness";

"unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable

splendor" [syn: {indefinable}, {indescribable}, {ineffable},

{untellable}, {unutterable}]

2: 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" [syn: {atrocious},

{abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful}, {terrible}]

3: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"

[syn: {ineffable}, {unnameable}, {unutterable}]