Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ineffable
IPA transcription: [,ɪn'ɛfəbəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable
    Meaning: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
Usage examples
  • Athos smiled with ineffable pleasure.
  • The joys of self-sacrifice are ineffable.
  • Between the past and the present was an ineffable abyss.
  • With that ineffable smile still on her face, she rocked....
  • The bridal veil was composed of ineffable lace, made from an original design expressly for this bride.
  • In the religious tales music is always one of the delights of heaven; and a chief function of the angels who attend on God is to chant music of ineffable sweetness to Him, which they generally do in the shape of beautiful white birds.
  • Through the scene between Marguerite and the elder Duval, Lena wept unceasingly, and I sat helpless to prevent the closing of that chapter of idyllic love, dreading the return of the young man whose ineffable happiness was only to be the measure of his fall.
  • "Moissart and Voissart!" I repeated, thoughtfully, as she cut one of her pigeon-wings, and "Croissart and Froissart!" as she completed another--"Moissart and Voissart and Croissart and Napoleon Bonaparte Froissart!--why, you ineffable old serpent, that's me--that's me--d'ye hear?
  • Let this knowledge content you, and allow the secret of the murder to remain for ever a mystery upon earth, God knows the truth, and has doubtless punished the wretched sinner who was guilty of that crime, as He punishes every other sinner, sooner or later, in the course of His ineffable wisdom.