Word of the Week

Ineffable

Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words: "ineffable beauty".

Too sacred to be uttered.

Synonyms:

unspeakable - inexpressible - unutterable - nameless

Examples:

1. The ineffable humiliation of his defeat led to his withdrawal from politics.

2. Morrel listened to catch the last sound of her dress brushing the branches, and of her footstep on the path, then raised his eyes with an ineffable smile of thankfulness to heaven for being permitted to be thus loved, and then also disappeared .... (Taken from The Count of Monte Cristo)