INEXPRESSIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inexpressible mean? 

• INEXPRESSIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective INEXPRESSIBLE has 1 sense:

1. defying expression

  Familiarity information: INEXPRESSIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INEXPRESSIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defying expression

Synonyms:

inexpressible; unexpressible

Similar:

indefinable; indescribable; ineffable; unspeakable; untellable; unutterable (defying expression or description)

Antonym:

expressible (capable of being expressed)

 Context examples 

Her own terror rushed upon me, and in that moment of fear—the most terrible fear a man can experience—I knew that in inexpressible ways she was dear to me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If this journey had taken place during my days of study and happiness, it would have afforded me inexpressible pleasure.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

That was, at least, the end of that; and before noon, to my inexpressible joy, the highest rock of Treasure Island had sunk into the blue round of sea.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through, and passed at once to my head and extremities.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Service! oh! it was such an inexpressible obligation!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I have friends—good friends—like you, Dr. Seward; this was said with a leer of inexpressible cunning.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I freely own myself to have been struck with inexpressible delight, upon hearing this account: and the person who gave it me happening to understand the Balnibarbian language, which I spoke very well, I could not forbear breaking out into expressions, perhaps a little too extravagant.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Blurred and blotted, faulty and feeble as the lines were, they brought a look of inexpressible comfort to Beth's face, for her one regret had been that she had done so little, and this seemed to assure her that her life had not been useless, that her death would not bring the despair she feared.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

In vain did Elizabeth endeavour to check the rapidity of her mother's words, or persuade her to describe her felicity in a less audible whisper; for, to her inexpressible vexation, she could perceive that the chief of it was overheard by Mr. Darcy, who sat opposite to them.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)