untellable

ʌnˈtɛləbl̩

Definition

Definition of untellable - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

ineffable

Rare

beyond human comprehension or articulation

Rare

Her joy at the news was untellable.

indescribable

inexpressible

indescribable

Rare

impossible to express in words

Rare

The beauty of the sunset was untellable.

indescribable

ineffable

inexpressible

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Origin of untellable

English, un- (not) + tellable (able to be told)

Examples of untellable in a sentence

His grief was so deep it was untellable.
Her joy was untellable when she saw her child.
The horror of the scene was untellable.

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French:indicible, ineffable, ...
German:unaussprechlich, ...
Italian:incomprensibile, ineffabile, ...
Spanish:inefable, ...
Portuguese:indescritível, inexprimível, ...
Chinese:难以形容的, ...
Japanese:言葉にできない, 表現できない, ...
Arabic:لَا يُوصَف, عَصِيّ عَلَى الْوَصْف, ...
Hebrew:בִּלְתִּי נִתָּן לְתֵאוּר, ...
Russian:невыразимый, ...
Ukrainian:невимовний, ...
Hindi:अवर्णनीय, अव्यक्त, ...
Bengali:অবর্ণনীয়, অকথ্য, ...
Catalan:inexplicable, inexpressable, ...
Czech:nevýslovný, ...
Danish:ubeskrivelig, uudsigelig, ...
Dutch:onbeschrijfelijk, ...
Greek:ανέκφραστος, ...
Hungarian:kimondhatatlan, leírhatatlan, ...
Khmer:មិនអាចពិពណ៌នាបាន, មិនអាចពិពណ៌នា បាន, ...
Korean:형언할 수 없는, ...
Persian:غیرقابل توصیف, بیان‌ناپذیر, ...
Polish:niewyobrażalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):indescritível, inexprimível, ...
Romanian:de nedescris, de nespus, ...
Swedish:ofattbar, ...
Thai:ไม่สามารถบรรยายได้, บรรยายไม่ได้, ...
Turkish:anlatılamaz, tarifsiz, ...
Vietnamese:không thể diễn tả, không diễn tả được, ...

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Definition of untellable - Reverso English Dictionary

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