INDEFINABLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

indefinable

adjective

ˌin-di-ˈfī-nə-bəl

Definition of indefinable

as in incredible

beyond the power to describe some indefinable quality makes that movie star very appealing

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Recent Examples of indefinable This East Coast city earns high marks year after year for its various dining options, museums, and the indefinable, electric energy of the city that never sleeps. — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025 Her work often explores indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature. — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025 An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 When the two creatives become housemates, an indefinable friendship sparks. — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for indefinable

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Adjective

Spot an incredible variety of wildlife, including sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, bald eagles and puffins.

— Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
What excited us about the Daisy Chain Reaction was the opportunity to give Olivia Rodrigo’s incredible community of fans that extra invitation to take that first step.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

But even those procedures seem to speak to something ineffable about the cultures of the parties.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Gus Birney, Shulman’s real-life daughter, brings an ineffable lightness to Sarah Nell, the joyfulness and sweetness of the portrayal all the more wondrous before of all the darkness that surrounds it.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of ineffable

Adjective

The brain-squeezing rush of those starts is nearly indescribable.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s totally indescribable HBO series was both a grand evolution of the Tim Robinson experience and a wildly original contribution to what television could be and feel like.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of indescribable

Adjective

The universe of the film, as all of Nolan’s worlds are, is one drawn from the muted colors of reluctant determination and it’s structured by a gravity of inexpressible guilt.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Much like the famed British poets of World War I, who sought to express the inexpressible, Abu Toha strives to capture the unspeakable carnage, futility, and despair of war.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

Definition of inexpressible

Adjective

Mom and mental health advocate Meghan Cliffel wonders why others only seem concerned about the condition in the wake of an unspeakable tragedy.

— Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Traces of fight ing, oppression, destruction and of the unspeakable horrors of genocide overlap and mingle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of unspeakable

Adjective

But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of incommunicable

Adjective

An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025

Definition of unutterable

Adjective

Things take a dark turn after a series of unexplainable deaths draw Hal and John to a small town in Nebraska.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
That central theme, the ongoing search for truth and meaning in a sometimes mysterious and unexplainable universe, reflects Carter's own views.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of unexplainable

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