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UNTELLABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untellable mean?
• UNTELLABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNTELLABLE has 1 sense:
1. defying expression or description
Familiarity information: UNTELLABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defying expression or description
Synonyms:
indefinable; indescribable; ineffable; unspeakable; untellable; unutterable
Context example:
a thing of untellable splendor
Similar:
inexpressible; unexpressible (defying expression)
Context examples
"My true friend," she said, in a faint voice, but with untellable pathos, "My true friend, and his! Oh, guard him, and give me peace!"
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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