uncommunicable

adjective

ˌən-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl How to pronounce uncommunicable (audio)
Definition of uncommunicablenext
as in incredible
beyond the power to describe the book attempts to communicate the uncommunicable horrors of war

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncommunicable
  1. incredible
  2. unspeakable
  3. indescribable
  4. incommunicable
  5. ineffable
Adjective
  • High-end options feature intense realism, including flocked finishes and incredible body detail.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Before the snow flies weekly in western mountain towns, these crisp cold days can lead to incredible riding conditions—morning frost and just enough sun often give way to silky smooth hero dirt.
    Lily Ritter, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of incredible
Adjective
  • WandaVision gave the character the space and time to struggle with her grief and commit unspeakable acts in the process.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Skinwalkers are believed to be those who have committed unspeakable acts, gaining dark powers in return.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of unspeakable
Adjective
  • Althoff, who’s 27 years old, just has it, that indescribable presence, that gravitational pull.
    Katie Drummond, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The devastation our tri-state area has suffered is indescribable.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of indescribable
Adjective
  • Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.
    Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
  • And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
Definition of incommunicable
Adjective
  • Read: The rise of anti-liberalism Annihilation is another conversion novel, this time about a secular Frenchman’s awakening to that same ineffable cosmos.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • In Bradley’s work, cosmetic spoons or spatulas exist primarily for hygiene reasons, but also lend an ineffable sense of… something.
    Brennan Kilbane, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of ineffable
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“Uncommunicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncommunicable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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